Silk Painters International (SPIN) - Special Balloon Museum Exhibition
The Art of Ballooning - Patterns in the Sky
An exhibition of up to 30 painted silk panels displaying a theme of hot air balloons in original designs and painted with silk dyes will adorn the museum from the beginning of August through the run of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The exhibition will be a joint Fundraiser for SPIN and the Balloon Museum Foundation.
These original paintings will be placed up for bid via silent auction until the last week of Balloon Fiesta®. You may place your bid(s), in person, at the Balloon Museum Shoppe or phone number 505.822.1111 (leave a message 24 hours a day). You may submit your private bid at balloonmuseumsilkauction2008@gmail.com. Use the number of the piece(s) you are bidding on (numbers are located in the table directly above the picture of the panels below) in the subject line and leave all of your contact information in your email.
There is a reserve of $500.00 on each piece though can be lowered at the artists discretion. Bidding starts at $100.00. This a fundraiser to support the 501(c)3 non profit organizations. Your bid is a legally binding contract so serious bids only. Thank you for your generous support!
There will be packages of note cards available commemorating this beautiful exhibit at the Balloon Museum Shoppe.
Please leave your comments of praise and support at balloonmuseumsilkpainters@gmail.com and your message(s) will be forwarded to the artist(s).
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ARTIST: Tunizia Abdur-Raheem TITLE: "Stars Shine at Midnight" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Silk dyes on Crepe de Chine "The hot air balloons travel through the night skies on a clear night. Clear Gutta was used as an outline to cause the balloons to be luminous against the night sky." COUNTRY: Rancho Palos Verdes, California USA |
ARTIST: Tatiana Burkova TITLE: "Festival" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Batik "inspired by children's drawings" COUNTRY: Ekaterinburg, Russia |
ARTIST: Nina Canal TITLE: "Earth and Air" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Watercolor technique with acid silk dyes using brushes and no other products on silk crepe de chine. COUNTRY: Paris, France |
ARTIST: Linda Caperton TITLE: "Untitled" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: COUNTRY: Capitan, New Mexico USA |
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ARTIST: Audrey Coronado TITLE: "Howell 2006" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Silk satin, French acid dyes, Tinfix, Gutta. The painting was created using the French Serti technique and steam set dyes. "The Balloon was created from a photograph that I took at the Howell 2006 Balloon Festival in Michigan." COUNTRY: Livonia, Michigan USA |
ARTIST: Julia March Croccetto TITLE: "Dawn Launch" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Serti technique with water based resistant French dye. "Fanciful balloons lift off in the nearly dark New Mexico dawn." COUNTRY: Talkeetna, Arkansas USA |
ARTIST: Audrey Durnan TITLE: "Dawn" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: gold water based gutta on crepe de chine and silk acid dyes "Two balloons sailing over the mountains at dawn" COUNTRY: Claremont, California USA WEBSITE: www.audreydurnan.com |
ARTIST: Tatiana Eisenhart TITLE: "Wind Rose" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Batik with hot wax and Tacquard dyes "Wind rules the world of hot air balloons. Wind catches and carries balloons higher and higher. From this point of view Earth looks like a beautiful quilt blanket" COUNTRY: Baltimore, Maryland USA WEBSITE: www.tatianasilk.com |
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ARTIST: Joyce Estes TITLE: "Balloons at Dawn Break" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: "I used the water color technique with Procion H Concentrate fiber reactive dyes with overlaying the colors. Water base resist , dry brush, steamed, washed in vinegar". COUNTRY: Eastpoint, Florida USA |
ARTIST: Claudia Fluegge TITLE: "Somewhere Close to the Rainbow..." TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Serti technique, water based gutta, blending of colors and some touch of dry brush strokes. Jacquard dyes steam set. COUNTRY: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA |
ARTIST: Susan Garment TITLE: "Morning Reflections" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Batik "Inspired by hot air balloons lifting off at sunrise over water." COUNTRY: Monument, Colorado USA |
ARTIST: Sandy Hopper TITLE: "Untitled" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: COUNTRY: Elephant Butte, New Mexico USA WEBSITE: www.grasshoppersilk.com |
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ARTIST: Benita Mandel TITLE: "To Soar Above the Trees" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: silk dyes and paints; markers in a water color manner "Dogs on the ground bark excitedly as a dog in a balloon flies overhead." COUNTRY: Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania USA |
ARTIST: Janine Maves TITLE: "In the Park" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Painted in the Serti method, using water based resist and bronze, gutta, silk dyes and paints "Dogs on the ground bark excitedly as a dog in a balloon flies overhead." COUNTRY: Raleigh, North Carolina USA |
ARTIST: Judith Meeks TITLE: "Journey to Happiness" COUNTRY: Ontario, Canada |
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ARTIST: Susan Douglas Moody TITLE: "Rainbow Balloons" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Watercolor technique "Balloons rising into the sun." COUNTRY: Muldoon, Texas USA |
ARTIST: Mary Ellen O'Brien TITLE: "O Sole Mio" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Watercolor technique "Portrayal of the sun happily watching an ascension of hot air balloons." COUNTRY: Tampa, Florida USA |
ARTIST: Judith Roderick TITLE: "Balloons" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Gutta resist lines, painting on silk COUNTRY: Placita, New Mexico USA |
ARTIST: Michelle Sokol Kalafat TITLE: "Balloons 1" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Hand paintied on silk COUNTRY: Cleveland Heights, Ohio USA |
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ARTIST: Kala Steward TITLE: "Night Watch"
COUNTRY: Long Beach, California USA |
ARTIST: Suzanne Visor TITLE: "Fledglings" TYPE/TECHNIQUE: Jacquard silk wet technique, urea texturing, gutta certi, French dyes COUNTRY: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA |
ARTIST: Ursula Wamister TITLE: "Swiss Mountain Balloon Festival"
COUNTRY: Burgistein, Switzerland |