Yes, the Black Rock Portrait Project is Alive and Well…

I’ve just updated the Black Rock Portrait Project website:
http://www.blackrockportraitproject.com/blackrockportraitproject.com/Home_Page.html

(Image credit Marie Vlasic 2012)

I’ve been pining for the Man, I admit. It’s been a bit torturous watching friends getting ready to leave for Burning Man. I didn’t expect be feel so melancholy at not going this year, but I AM bound and determined to go next year. More on that in a minute…

It has been, well, an interesting couple of years, and due to family and financial obligations, the Black Rock Portrait Project is taking longer than originally intended. For that I do apologize. However it is alive and well! I am still creating small study paintings for the project (which you can see on the “Paintings” link on the Black Rock Portrait Project website) and am just now starting the 3rd large Gallery Painting. As a result of the delay in the Project, it has grown and changed a bit. I am doing something a little different with the paintings now that I am very excited about, so the delay has ultimately been a good thing. Stay tuned for painting updates!

All of you wonderful people who helped the project get to the Playa in 2011 and 2012 (you have my deepest gratitude for your generosity and patience) will still be receiving all your donation rewards if you haven’t already. (the book will take the longest, as I plan to add images from next year’s Burn to complete it) The new projected completion time for the Project is Fall/Winter 2014. I am planning a trip to Burning Man for the 2014 festival to bring the Portrait Project “to the People” with a gallery art installation of the paintings and images from the Project, which will be displayed in a gallery-like 10×20 white tent at the festival. This is something I intended to do from the beginning, and have decided to incorporate it into the Portrait Project book to bring it all full-circle. Yes, there will be fundraisers to make this happen, more on that soon. If you’d like to help the project, your donations are greatly appreciated, and rewards are all still being honored.

Thank you again for your support and attention as this Portrait Project continues, and if you are on your way to Burning Man this year, enjoy the hell out of it for me.