Oil Painters of America: National Show

I got a painting accepted into the Oil Painters of America National Show in Santa Fe, NM. The show will hang during the entire month of May. It will be a few weeks before the awards are given, but only about 200 paintings out of 1,500 artists (and 2,400 entries) were chosen to hang, so I consider it an honor.

Actually, I'm really, REALLY excited! This is one of my favorite paintings...there's just a certain freshness to it. The old "less is more" adage applies here, I think.

The painting is called Bistro Waitress, 24"x18"

You can see more interior paintings on the following page of my website: www.trentgudmundsen.com/interiors.html

Honorable Mention Award!

I just found out that I won an award at a cool invitational show in southern Utah! It was at the Dixie State Invitational Art Show at Dixie State College in St. George. I wasn't able to attend the awards ceremony, but next time I'll have to try harder. (We were really busy fixing up our house for some potential buyers). The painting is called "Spinning Wool" (20"x16"). It can be found in the "figures" section of my website.

Painting accepted in Salon International Show

I was excited to find out today that I got a painting accepted into the Salon International Show at Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio (click here for the list of accepted entries). It's always fun to know that I've gotten into the same show as some other great artists whose work I really admire.

I was taking photos of restaurants in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, when I happened to pass this girl on the sidewalk. I immediately turned around and asked for her permission to take her picture. (I was drawn to the fact that she was wearing clothing that echoed the background nicely, and that she also happened to be very photogenic). She was nice enough to even let me "pose" her a little until I got a photo I was happy with.. and here's the result!

My painting is entitled "Red and Yellow Purse", (24"x12").

As always, you can visit my website, www.trentgudmundsen.com, for more.

-Trent

Giant mural just completed!

I just finished the mural at the American West Heritage Center. It measures 10 feet tall and 72 feet wide. In all, I actually only painted about 450 square feet (there are several large cut-outs to allow for dioramas and displays)...but that's still pretty big; usually I just deal in square inches instead of feet.

Here is the autumn panel of the mural (this particular panel measures about 10 feet by 5 1/2 feet). I refer to them as "panels," but they are all actually connected...there's a 2-foot high strip of painted area at the top of the cut-outs between each panel.

Go to my website to view the other panels and some progress photos from last month. www.trentgudmundsen.com ...go to the bottom of the homepage, and click on the photo of me painting the mural.



Here is the summer/fall panel (about 10x12 feet)

-As a matter of interest, right now I'm working on four smaller paintings that will echo the feeling of the mural. The first one will depict the Shoshone tribe in their winter camp near Preston, Idaho (at the site where they were later massacred by the U.S. army).