The 2022 Peninsula Art Academy (PAA) Photographers International Digital Exhibition and Competition Participation in digital revolving gallery kiosk displaying entrants and winners, four entries in categories Land, Air, Nature, Imagination. August 2022 – October 2022 Peninsula Art Academy 1600 Mill Street West Peninsula, Ohio 44264
Judges: Kevin Wilson Woody Walters Michael Ayers (judging panel chair) Robert Hughes Charles van den Ouden
Sponsors: Tamron USA, Inc. Freestyle The Dodd Co. The Digital Academy
Photography by Janet Dodrill
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It is an honor to have my photograph, Wonder, accepted into the Fairmount Center for the Arts 46th Annual Art Exhibition 2022. The show runs August 8, through August 27, 2022 (closing reception). It is my first time participating in the show. The iPhone photo was taken at a MLK Jr. exhibit at the Maltz Museum, in Beachwood, Ohio.
Exhibit Location: Fairmount Center for the Arts 8400 Fairmount Road Novelty, OH 44072
Wonderful Live Lemur Animal Life Drawing Session with @animallifedrawing Holly Surplice at Duke Lemur Center @dukelemurcenter with host Sara Clark. Live Coquerel’s Sifaka Lemurs and Ring-Tailed Lemurs in the woods. We watched them eat, groom, rest and nap. Beautiful creatures, and 50% of the session was donated to support the center. The animals gave the nod that they wanted to be left alone, so we sketched from photos that the center provided of a Black and White Ruffed Lemur and Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs.
Blue-eyed black lemurs drawing, 6 x 8 inches, by Janet Dodrill
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I am pleased to announce that three of my pieces has been accepted to the juried The Sacred, Art reflecting Spirituality, Mindfulness, and Healing, Art Exhibit at Stella’s Art Gallery in Willoughby, Ohio.
The figurative multimedia drawings were created from live online life drawing sessions with Brazilian performance and life model, Juliano Hollivier.
Juror is Jim Loomis.
The opening is Friday, May 13, 2022, 7:00-9:00 p.m. ET, and the exhibit runs through June 4, 2022 at Stella’s Art Gallery, 38033 Euclid Ave, Willoughby, Ohio 44094. If you plan to attend, check hours at www.stellasartgallery.com.
Protection, ink drawing, 6 x 8 inches, by Janet Dodrill
Golden Rays, multimedia drawing, 6 x 8 inches, by Janet Dodrill
Fly Away, multimedia drawing, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, by Janet Dodrill
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On September 4, 1965, Page Shamburger became the first woman to accompany the United States Air Force Hurricane Hunters on a reconnaissance mission into the eye of a hurricane.
Page Shamburger flight suit, women of aviation display at Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. Sketch by Janet Dodrill at the Urban Sketchers Cleveland event February 27, 2022.
Source: International Women Air & Space Museum, Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cleveland-based wallpaper design and printing firm, Schmitz-Horning Co. (1905-1964) printed more than just color lithographic panoramic friezes (patent 1906) and advertising posters. They reproduced illustrations by reputable English illustrators and that sold in London, and possibly New York.
My great-grandfather co-founded the company, and grandfather ran it after him. Some of our relatives had a selection prints from Schmitz-Horning. Our cousin had some that depicted popular nursery rhymes that hung in her classroom that she taught in. Her father owned a small amount of stock in the company early on. He built a custom bar for their family room, and decorated it by mounting some of the printed lithographs. It is still in the family today, and shown below in a recent photograph.
Custom-made bar by family member with applied Schmitz-Horning Co. printed English illustrations.
English illustrations printed by Schmitz-Horning Co. mounted on wood face of bar (detail).
English illustrations printed by Schmitz-Horning Co. mounted on wood face of bar (detail).
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My design was based on the Guardians of Transportation –– a Cleveland landmark that are massive carved stone pylons which line the Hope Memorial Bridge downtown, and also the name of two Cleveland sports teams.
Metallic Guardians, ink (gold, silver, and black) on watercolor paper, mounted on cardboard, bells, and ribbon, 2.75″ w x 8.5″h, ornament by Janet Dodrill
Metallic Guardians (back), ornament by Janet Dodrill
Peninsula Art Academy (www.peninsulaartacademy.org) hosts a Plein Air competition, open to all artists, October 14-16, 2021. Paintings are created (or 2-D work) outdoors in natural available light over the course of three days (Thursday through Saturday) around prime landmarks and locations around beautiful Peninsula, Ohio including in the Cuyahoga National Park. By the end of the third day (Saturday) the work must be completed (two pieces allowed per artist), framed and ready to hang. The exhibit is on Sunday, October 17, 2021 directly following, with a reception and awards ceremony from 3-6pm. Juried by David Rankin.
This was my third year participating in the event, and though both demanding and challenging, it was a very enriching way to build my skills and technique, and the experience even allowed me to meet several local area artists. I created two paintings, Cedar Grove Cemetery, 16″ x 20″ oil on canvas, and GAR Hall, 8″ x 10″ gouache. I am looking forward to future events offered by the Peninsula Art Academy.
The exhibit runs October 18 – November 22, 2021
Peninsula Art Academy 1600 Mill Street West Peninsula, OH 44264 (330) 657-2248 http://www.peninsulaartacademy.org Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11am-5pm
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Cedar Grove Cemetery, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″ by Janet Dodrill, Peninsula, Ohio.
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″ by Janet Dodrill, Peninsula, Ohio.
GAR Hall, Gouache on Board, 8″ x 10″ by Janet Dodrill, Peninsula, Ohio.
GAR Hall, Gouache on Board, 8″ x 10″ by Janet Dodrill, Peninsula, Ohio.
Peninsula Art Academy, Peninsula Art Academy Plein Air competition 2021, Peninsula, Ohio.
I am pleased to announce that my piece entitled Tight Space, has been accepted to the juried 5th Annual Oddball Exhibit at Stella’s Art Gallery in Willoughby, Ohio.
The figurative multimedia drawing was created from a live online life drawing session with Brazilian performance and life model, Juliano Hollivier.
Juror is Mary Urbas.
The exhibit runs October 8 – November 6, 2021 at Stella’s Art Gallery, 38033 Euclid Ave, Willoughby, Ohio 44094. If you plan to attend, check hours at http://www.stellasartgallery.com.
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Tight Space, multimedia drawing, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, by Janet Dodrill
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