Canyon Grande

Measuring Up

The Judge measures the artist, his squires standing on his set of rules. The artist paints, submitting himself to the judging in order to share and paints himself right out of here.

Dorene has developed a point system for judging art shows, which eliminates much personal prejudice. Her point system concentrated on color harmony, composition, creativity and craftsmanship.

Dedicating it to every artist heart that cried and every judge who cared.

Art is art and analyze as one may, the ambiance it exudes cannot be contained in a box of our own making. The world takes this art, puts it on t-shirts and plates to make money.

~Combined Impact~

Amid a oneness between artist and viewer, a fine work is conceived and received aesthetically and appreciated intellectually.

~Color Harmony~

Under painting, scumbling, glazing without chalking or muddying. Transitions from tint to shade, warm to cold, or bright to dull. Combinations lavender loves green, fuchsia crowns orange, chartreuse marries peach, periwinkle blue dances in the presence of pastel teal, and fire resides in the heart of a cool pink rose.

~Composition~

The main ingredients of balance and tension also need to be interesting. The length of time a work captures the viewers interest directly corresponds to it's caliber of competence.

~Creativity~

Being different for the sake of being different is not creativity at all, but merely a form of social rebellion. Creativity is a category of enormous potential. An artist is not the Creator, but a connoisseur of creation, reflecting life in and around them in their own unique way.

If to copy from another is to be your lot, you may look grand and lovely, but original, you're not.

~Craftsmanship~

The more knowledgeable the judge, the fairer the score. The enemy of good craftsmanship is commercialism, somewhere between need and greed, an artist may lose his integrity. The professional quality of a work does much to raise the nobility of man.