The Painted Violin Project

Hey everyone,
It's been awhile since I've updated any of my websites. I am going to try and keep this one updated the most, since it's the most visited.
Anway, the latest news is that I have been invited to participate in the 2011 Painted Violin Project. This is a fundraiser for the Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Artist portfolios are reviewed by a panel of artists, gallery representatives, and art lovers. The selected emerging, regional and national artists receive a violin that has been donated for this purpose, and then create original works of art on the violin (as a blank canvas). All of the violins will be sold, auctioned or raffled during various Painted Violin events during the 2010-2011 Season. Painted Violin Artists are invited to sign limited edition print reproductions of their painted violin, which will be sold to benefit DYAO.

I am very excited to be part of this event! Stay tuned as I keep you updated of my progress.

Right now, I am still working on prepping the violin for painting. You can't simply just paint onto the old violin; there has to be a good paintable surface for the paint to adhere to. So I have been sanding and coating it with a white finish so that the new paint really stands out the way it should.

That's all for now!

Hunter