New Painting in Progress

This is the under painting for a large piece that I started last week. I've been working on building up the surface layers and am drawing on it with conte crayon today to create an underlying structure...

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iPhone Sketches: Lines in the Snow

Hello snow!  I headed out to walk this morning and was distracted with the way the light was hitting the tire tracks in the snow and the way the lines interacted with each other.  Inspiring start to the day!

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iPhone Sketches: Curves + Shapes

I am always drawn to long meandering lines and the curves & shapes I see in everyday settings.  

Really loved how the walking path changed in my camera as I moved around it.

These are the kinds of shapes I look for in between the pencil lines of the drawings that are the catalyst for my Silhouette paintings, seen below.

Silhouette (Pink + Green) I

Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Fine Art Paper

25.625" H x 19.75" W

Heidi Carlsen-Rogers

Silhouette (Pink + Green) II

Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Fine Art Paper

25.625" H x 19.75" W

Heidi Carlsen-Rogers

Silhouette (Pink + Green) I

Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Fine Art Paper

25.625" H x 19.75" W

Heidi Carlsen-Rogers

Silhouette (Pink + Green) II

Acrylic, Gouache & Pencil on Fine Art Paper

25.625" H x 19.75" W

Heidi Carlsen-Rogers

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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...

H. Carlsen-Rogers 

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H. Carlsen-Rogers

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

H. Carlsen-Rogers

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.   

H. Carlsen-Rogers

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

Commission Update & Construction Photos

Wow!  I was able to walk through the new contemporary worship center for Grace Point Church in Bentonville, AR last week where my large painting will be installed in a few weeks.

The building is in the final stages of construction. It is hard to tell from the photos how large and airy the space actually is...floor to ceiling glass panels and soaring ceilings, it is just flooded with natural light.  Simply beautiful!

I have been working long hours in the studio painting, but this baby is almost finished!  Like 97% done.  I'm thinking 3 more full days of painting to do the final touches.  Yippee!  

We, I mean my super-handy husband, is installing the hanging cleats on the canvases this weekend.  Will post some photos of him in action.

Art Wall at Grace Point Church...waiting for my painting! :)

Art Wall and Hallway View at Grace Point Church

Commission Painting in Progress            H. Carlsen-Rogers

Painting Commission in Progress (Step 3): More Painting!

As you might have guessed, we are going to be stuck on Step 3 for a while!  

Here are a few more pictures from the second day of painting.  I am laying down

more washes of color before I go back in to "carve out" the shapes.

And of course Delta, my trusty studio companion is hanging out to make 

sure I don't fall off the ladder!  :)