Finch Number One

This painting is the first in a series of paintings I am doing to fulfill my part of the grant I received from a local art group - Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (L.R.A.C.) They awarded this grant with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program with supplemental funds from Rivendell Foundation, administered locally by LARAC. I have worked longer on this painting than any painting I have done to date. I was allowed to go through this paper making plant because of the kind nature of the president and CEO of Finch Paper - Joseph Raccuia. I explained what I was planning and he arranged an escort to take me through the mill while paper was being made. I saw men at various stages of the process - (I saw one woman forklift driver - so it is not all men). I was taken aback when I saw how few people were required to actually make gigantic rolls of paper. The huge machines were mesmerizing - the noise, the heat, the movement.

Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Framed with a 3/4 inch wide black floating frame.
Size: 32 inches x 48 inches
Price: $3,200.00 (This price does not include applicable sales tax or shipping)

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