Opening Day at Grace Point Church

Thank you Grace Point Church for the opportunity to paint big and for supporting the arts. :) 

Congratulations on your new contemporary worship center and art gallery and to POLK STANLEY WILCOX Architects for designing such a stunning space. 

For updates on the opening of the art gallery visit: Art=Story

Installation Countdown: Today is the Day!

Guess what today is?  You know it...the long awaited installation day!

And yes, my generous husband took yet another day off to be my installer.  Love that guy!

Hanging Step #1:

Getting the template lined up.

Installation Day                             H Carlsen-Rogers

Step #2:

The first panel up!  (I did get a little teary-eyed at this moment.)

Installation Day                                 H. Carlsen-Rogers

Step #3:

Second panel up!

Installation Day                                 H. Carlsen-Rogers

Step #4:

Number three!

Scattering Seeds Installation                   H. Carlsen-Rogers

Yippee!  Here is your painting Grace Point Church.  See you on

opening day! :)

Installation Countdown: 1 Day to Go

Tomorrow is installation day and there is still more to do. :(   Oops, I meant a happy face. :)

One of the last two things on the list is painting the outer edges white.  This is kind of a sentimental thing for me.  It really marks the end of a painting, but I always kind of hate to cover up the drips and marks that end up on the edges of the canvas.  They are part of the artistic process and show a bit of the soul of the painting, so it kind of makes me sad to white them out.  

So here they are before I have to clean them up...

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...and my friends, the absolute final step...the signature!  Viola!  Done.

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Installation Countdown: 2 days to go

We made it back safely from our scanning trip yesterday and are back in the studio today.  A few issues with the canvases came to light today, so there is some extra work to do.

Even though the canvases are really straight, they were not joining together as cleanly as we expected.   

Extra project #1: I had to trim and re-staple most of the corners of the canvases.  Very grateful to have a pneumatic staple gun...love that thing!

H. Carlsen-Rogers

Extra project #2:  I had to extend the shapes on the front of the canvas over onto the edges where the canvases joined together.  I normally don't do this as I'm not a big fan of how it looks, but had to make an exception in this case.  There was a slight gap when the canvases butted together and this was the best solution to make the painting look visually seamless.   

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Installation Countdown: 3 Days to Go

This morning we rented a UHaul trailer to transport the panels to the photographer where they will be professionally scanned.  My husband was very generous in taking the day off to be my art driver.  

Packing the truck took a bit longer than it should have mostly because I was micro-managing and over-padding everything!  :)

We should be back at the end of the day to un-pack!

Installation Countdown: 4 Days to Go

Done, done, done!  The front is done!  :)  

Just in time...tomorrow is scanning day.  

The front is done!                               Heidi Carlsen-Rogers

Installation Countdown: 7 Days Left

My painting is due to be installed in 7 days!   I was overly optimistic in my last post thinking that I could wrap this up in three days...not so!  :)  The third panel is not resolving as quickly as I would have hoped and all of the very thin layers of paint that I apply are take some extra time.  Keep painting, pushing, and smiling! :)

A late night in the studio.                  H. Carlsen-Rogers