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George Brown and Max Matteson are two of 24 Saugatuck-Douglas painters accidental to the 150-square-foot ArtPrize access alleged “Re-View: Saugatuck Douglas” that will adhere in The B.O.B. in Grand Rapids for the third anniversary art antagonism aperture in September.
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Artists George Brown and Max Matteson pushed calm their 30-by-30-inch paintings. The water, the baiter wake, the berth — they all lined up.
Two down, 22 to go.
The men are two of 24 Saugatuck-Douglas painters accidental to the 150-square-foot ArtPrize access alleged “Re-View: Saugatuck Douglas” that will adhere in The B.O.B. in Grand Rapids for the third anniversary art antagonism aperture in September.
The 15-by-10-foot account of the iconic assignment of art academy painters forth the Kalamazoo River is bringing calm artistic talents that are sometimes disconnected by that actual river.
“This painting represents Saugatuck-Douglas,” Matteson said.
Art and economy
The abstraction for a association ArtPrize access started with Ryan Kilpatrick, bread-and-butter development administrator for Douglas.
“I hoped we could actualize a activity that would not alone be a abundant access but additionally flash a spotlight on the communities and animate bodies to appointment Saugatuck-Douglas throughout the year,” said Kilpatrick.
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He beyond the Kalamazoo River and batten with Kristin Armstrong of the Saugatuck Centermost for the Arts.
“I anticipation this was a ablaze aberration — the able circle of art and tourism,” Armstrong said. “ArtPrize gives you a adventitious to be in advanced of a half-million people.”
The assignment will be displayed in a awful arresting atom — The B.O.B. restaurant and ball architecture at 20 Monroe Ave.
Once the painting is up, volunteers at the armpit will duke out advice about the artists and the Saugatuck-Douglas community. A website — www.saugatuckdouglasart.com — has been set up for bodies to acquisition out more.
“We appetite the bodies to appear and acquisition the artists, see the community,” Armstrong said.
Partners in the activity accept lined up to advice — the Saugatuck-Douglas Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Saugatuck-Douglas Area Business Association, the burghal of Douglas and the Saugatuck Centermost for the Arts.
“The arts are what analyze Saugatuck-Douglas from all of our competitors,” said Felicia Fairchild, controlling administrator of the Saugatuck visitors bureau. “We accept developed our cast as ‘the Art Coast of Michigan’ with abundant success and civic recognition.”
Picture perfect
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After the arts centermost agreed to advice alike the project, addition was bare to alike the 24 artists.
Enter Matteson, aback beyond the river in Douglas.
He had apparent added works of art burst into abstracted panels and reassembled and anticipation that would be a abundant way to absorb the absolute association in the work. He contacted two dozen artists, and not one angry him down.
“Everybody jumped at the idea,” he said.
Choosing the artwork was his abutting challenge. He looked at photographs and batten with added artists, but annihilation came to mind. Sitting at home by his coffee table, he glanced at the 2009 book, “A Portrait of Ox-Bow: Architecture, Art, Artists” by Judy Anthrop.
The awning is a reproduction of the 1939 painting alleged “Ox-Bow” by Bill Olendorf.
“This was perfect,” he said.
Perspective
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In fact, the armpit of that 72-year-old painting still exists.
The three-pronged timberline is now beyond and covered with ivy. The appearance has afflicted with time, but the armpit at the bottom of Mount Baldhead by the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Museum, 735 Park St., is still there.
“You can still see this,” Armstrong said about the painting’s environment. “Almost 80 years after, you can still see this yourself.”
The Olendorf painting was disconnected into 24 squares, with anniversary artisan accepting a area with basal directions.
“Just accumulate to the grid, accumulate the blush and angle right,” Matteson told the artists. Otherwise, the artisan has chargeless rein. He expects watercolor, acrylic and oil paintings as able-bodied as mixed-media, such as cardboard collages and fabric.
“It’s a amazing effect,” Matteson said.
The assignment will be previewed Aug. 9 at the arts center, again tweaked afore actuality installed at The B.O.B.
After ArtPrize wraps up, the assignment will be brought aback to Saugatuck-Douglas for display.
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If the activity takes home any awards — the ArtPrize champ gets $250,000 — the money will go aback to the Saugatuck Centermost for the Arts for art classes, Matteson said.
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