Joel Wilkinson Studio

SCAVENGER HUNT -- I'm really low on these, if you have any you want to get rid of, let me know. Facebook Message or call/text me at 864-235-4483. -- Thank you!

For specific studio projects, I'm looking for scrap wood: I need an abundance of 1 x 2, and 1 x 4 inches, any length.

Also, need scraps of ply, from luan to various thickness and sizes of other plywood.

NOTE -- Scraps may be new full or partial boards of any length, ply sheets of any size.

Old, rougher pieces with scratches, nicks, scarred surfaces, and screw and nail holes are ok.

No particle or MDF board. No treated woods. No rotted woods.

TITLE: Tumble. Mixed media. 12 x 9 inches.



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TITLE: Firebox. Mixed media painting over relief impression, in progress, before sealing and varnish. 16 x 11 inches.



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It’s a Go / It’s Going to be Fire. Mixed media on corrugated paper. 12" x 9".

The economic development boom has been growing all around my studio here in Greenville. Holland Park is at the end of my street and across Laurens Road. Home Team BBQ is throwing "Party In The Park" on Saturday, Sept. 9. Described as a day of family fun, Home Team and Greek Town restaurants will be "slinging BBQ and Greek food" as they celebrate the opening of the Swamp Rabbit Trail connection. I'm sure you've seen the new pedestrian bridge by now. This area has changed so much, it truly is a boom town, and as Greg Brown sings, it'll "Boom as long as the boom has room." It’s going to be fire.

One of three of my artworks in the show (Charcoal drawing) — The Artists Collective, Spartanburg SC Presents an exhibition by the Greenville Contemporary Print Collective (CPC) – “Inked, Brushed, Rolled and Penciled: Collective Perspective: Seeing Outside the Box, Prints and Exploratory Artwork in Other Mediums” –

The show will feature works by 16 Print Collective artists and three invited members of the Artist Collective.

Participating members from the Contemporary Print Collective will be Barbara Ervin, Susan Staggs, Marty Epp-Carter, Katya Cohen, Steven Chapp, Shaun McCallum, Jared Stanley, Joel Wilkinson, Roberta Restaino, Catherine Labbe, Gerry Wubben, Nancy Jaramillo, Luis Jaramillo, Mandy Ferguson, Meredith Bogardus Skinner and Orlando Corona. Three Artist Collective | Spartanburg artists participating by special invitation will be Jim Creal, Hague Williams and Addam Duncan. An exhibition of prints and artwork in a variety of media by each participant.

WHEN: July 11 through Aug. 27 in the Solomon Gallery.
WHERE: The Artists Collective / Solomon Gallery, Spartanburg SC,
LOCATION: 578 West Main Street, Spartanburg SC 29301
RECEPTION: Thursday, July 20, as part of ArtWalk Spartanburg.

Dry run. Estimating the size and length of small sculptural pieces l’m making from a batch of found wood and objects. I’ve had finds stored in bins for the last five years and longer. I scavenge AND save my own table saw scraps, a practice that never ends. Don’t want to cut wood until the piece is in progress, a kind of “measure twice cut once” approach.

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Bits and pieces on the drawing board. I pitched a good many pieces of collage scraps I’d been saving, I just didn’t trust the lightfast quality of the printed papers. I want to do collage that doesn’t get framed under glass, preferring instead to mount on panels and seal with acrylic gel and Golden UV resistant varnish.

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I prefer drawing with charcoal but it sure is messy compared to graphite, and the smudging is fantastic with charcoal. Lately, though, I’m using graphite 6B and 5B pencils with sketchbooks, 9 x 12 inches.

Driving through Powdersville over the weekend and seeing the roadside fields bare and tinged with the beige of broomsedge, and gray skies overhead. Maybe this was a tree farm, there were rows of small trees and indication of weathered tractor pathways, I don't recall this field as a tree farm in summer, though. Sketchbook drawings of locations around the area are done on-location or with phone camera pics taken for studio reference. Or by memory.

Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), in association with the Contemporary Print Collective, is excited to announce the opening of the new Community Gallery exhibition, Unmasked, on

First Friday, September 2, 2022, from 6:00 - 9:00 PM!

The exhibition features the work of CPC member artists and friends: Kent Ambler, Jim Campbell, Steven Chapp, Kevin Clinton, Katya Cohen, Addam Duncan, Marty Epp-Carter, Barbara Ervin, Mandy Ferguson, Phil Garrett, David Gerhard, Luis Jaramillo, Nancy Jaramillo, Catherine Labbe, Shaun McCallum, Vivian Morris, Mark Mulfinger, Jane Nodine, Douglas Piper, Deborah Puretz, Roberta Restiano, Ambrose Rouse, Susan Staggs, Jared Stanley, Freda Sue, Mary Walker, Joel Wilkinson, and Gerry Wubben.

In Unmasked, printmakers reintroduce themselves to society through self-portraits. Participants were asked to create a self-portrait that is recognizable yet not necessarily realistic. These portraits range in print media, from relief prints of woodcut and linoleum to intaglio and lithography.

My relief print for the Unmasked exhibition at Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), in association with the Contemporary Print Collective.

WHEN: First Friday, September 2, 2022, from 6-9 PM.
LOCATION: Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 101 Abney St, Greenville, SC 29611.

Unmasked -- Printmakers reintroduce themselves to society through self-portraits. Participants were asked to create a self-portrait that is recognizable yet not necessarily realistic. These portraits range in print media, from relief prints of woodcut and linoleum to intaglio and lithography.

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Today’s date: December 26, 2021. With the temp just over 70 degrees and blue skies, it was like springtime. Fall and winter so far has been mild. In the garden, nasturtiums continue to bloom. Meanwhile, inside, there's a wood stove in the studio that's not been used.

REMINDER -- Art + Ceramics are ideal for your gift list. Shop THIS Saturday, Dec 4, 11-4pm. It's going to be a beautiful day. Do come see us.
DETAILS: https://www.facebook.com/events/564849361281335

LOCATION:
Wilkinson ART
This gallery is in a residential setting located in the downtown area, at 39 Blair Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29607.

EVENT HOURS: Saturday, Dec 4, 11AM – 4PM
Contact: Joel Wilkinson, 864-235-4483

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