MuDots #16

Chas Harris
antique sheet music, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

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MuDots #16

Chorus
antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #15

Wordless Purple
antique sheet music, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

Dots:
coffee stained, painted paper, kid's workbook,
Popular Mechanics, kid's book, gingham fabric paper

MuDots #14

Dreaming
antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #13

Springtime Brings the Roses
antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #12

Pictures of Childhood

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

The Baby (from a greeting card) over the "childhood" was a total accident.
I didn't notice until I took this detail shot.

MuDots #11

Only a Chain of Daisies

antique sheet music, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #10

Green Whispers

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #9

Floatin'

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

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MuDots #8

Instrumental hits

antique sheet music backcover, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #7

Friends

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #6

Pink Wordless

antique sheet music, red pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #5

The only piece not on music (so far).  I glued the book edges to this piece of matboard almost a year ago and then just looked at it, not knowing what to do next.  There are book, magazine, and envelope edges mingled together, holding another set of decades' worth of paper dots on top.

121 Dots

matboard, book edges, misc. paper dots
12 x 12 inches

Dot Info:
circus ticket, paper used to make a monoprint, envelope, picture postcard,
magazine ad insert, painted/drawn on vintage newspaper, found photo, kids' book,
greeting card, found photo, greeting card, found photo

MuDots #4

Most Popular

antique sheet music back cover, pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #3

Rosary

antique sheet music back cover, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

That top left dot is from a souvenir ticket to the circus from an estate sale in my neighborhood, c. 1970s.

MuDots #2

Try These

antique sheet music back cover, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

Music Dots Series #1

Welcome to fall time here at Eighty Acres Art!  

After a 7 week run of art shows, I had some time to regroup and prepare for a busy holiday retail season.  I've been making some popular simple-yet-fabulous pieces out of antique piano music and paper dots on a grid.  Some grids are straightforward squares, others are off-center, diagonal, or on arches.  Please enjoy the new pieces and contact me if you are interested in purchasing!  I'll be taking a majority of these to the City Arts space at the Wichita Art Museum for their Gifts in the Gallery Holiday Boutique.  Others will travel with me around the KC and Lawrence area to the pop-ups perfect for cold weather shopping.

A family friend's mother was a piano teacher for decades and she generously donated many books to me for art purposes!  I have enough paper to live several life times and not use it all, and I keep all the little bits and pieces from various applications.  Trying to use them up, I found my trusty hole punch from the early vinyl clock days and started at it.

Without further adieu...

Four Most Popular
antique sheet music back cover (1908), pencil, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

Four Most Popular detail

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Cow VI

Cow VI

One hot bovine, yeah?

Available at Society6

Cow V

Cow V

Available at Society6!
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Cow IV

Cow IV

Available at Society6

Cow III

Cow III

Nice jowls, bro.  Also, he seems to have an attitude.  Right?

Available at Society6.

Cow II

Cow II

Don't those horns look filed to perfection?

Available at Society6.

Cow I

Cow I

The next several images come from Biggle's Cow Book, published in 1913.  I found it on the farm, of course, and it is in pretty bad shape, but most of the sweet little cow faces are in tact.

Available at Society6.

Liquor Sign

Liquor (Grey) 

Liquor (Green)

Liquor (Red)

Big thank you to Don's Liquor on South West Blvd. in Kansas City for having a great sign that catches the light just right and sends out a beacon to the masses who need their 5% beer.

Red and Green versions available at Society6.

Here's the original picture, just for fun:

Office

Office

Another shot of the building on South West Blvd. and Washington in KCMO.  I love the art deco letters but the broken glass is kind of ominous, as all office portals are.

Available on Society6.

Bird House

Bird House
Fredericksburg, Texas
Das Peach Haus

A recent trip to Texas as inspirational with all its non-KC stuff, including different wildflowers, lots of peaches, and this little bird house.

Get it up to 17 x 17 inches at Society6!

No Trespassing

No Trespassing

Find it in real life on South West Boulevard near Washington in KCMO.  It's not as fabulously pink, of course.  And I really wanted to trespass because the building has stuff in it although at least half of it is defunct.

Art print available here.

IN-STA-GRAM!