Local artist chosen for juried show

Posted 5/13/20

The 39th Annual Western Spirit Juried Art Show and Seminar at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne kicked off with an opening reception Saturday, March 7.

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Local artist chosen for juried show

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LUSK – The 39th Annual Western Spirit Juried Art Show and Seminar at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne kicked off with an opening reception Saturday, March 7. 

The reception included live entertainment, a complimentary full bar and heavy hors d’ oeuvres. Carla Stroh and Becky Freeman, both of Lusk, attended the opening.
Stroh submitted a scratch board piece of a girl in a straw hat sitting on a log facing away from the viewer, titled “Sitting Here Thinking.”

Scratch board medium involves working on a clay surface, coated with black ink. The drawing is then rendered by scratching the ink off and showing the white clay underneath. It is a complicated method and time consuming. The artist also has to think “backwards” to normal light and dark drawing because instead of shading like in a regular drawing, you are only taking the high lights and leaving the dark areas. The tiny scratches with the tip of a No. 11 exact-o blade allows fine detail and subtle changes of shadow by the distance between the lines where the scratches are made. 

Carla felt it was a privilege to be accepted in this prestigious show because of the high caliber of artists and the high quality of artwork. The show featured more than 400 original pieces of Western Art from artists all over the country.

The jury process guaranteed only the best work gets in. Carla has been accepted a number of times and each time it is an honor to be included. Also included were Carla’s two miniature scratch board pieces. One was of a head study of a draft horse stud titled “Murchison Stud” and the other was a box full of kittens, titled “Free Kittens.” The show ran through April.

Carla Stroh is a member of the Academy of Equine Artists and is currently showing some of her works at the Western Nebraska Arts Center, in Scottsbluff, Neb.