Resources for creating Kentucky Derby Fine Art: 

Churchill Downs, racehorses, run for the roses and dawn at the downs

Next week the city of Louisville will be in full swing for the Kentucky Derby. Artists -- such as myself -- have been creating and designing hats, art prints, mint julep cups and interesting handmade clothing. I've been hanging around the track admiring the horses.

My photographs of  racing thoroughbreds, horses being 'hot walked' at Churchill Downs backside and the paddock are available in all sizes, framed or unframed, and as fine art greeting cards sized a generous 4 by 6 inches. These variations of Derby fine art make wonderful mementos for friends and family or business associates. I use handmade paper as matting material, cloth or even a canvas frame upon which to mount or "paint" the photos.

My fine art piece pictured below is titled, "The Paddock with Roses," and it will soon be available for purchase at Block Party Handmade Boutique, 560 E. 4th Street in Louisville, Ky. The piece is in its final stages of development -- I will add some handmade paper, paint the frame with a wash, adhere some ribbon and assemble a few other embellishments to finish out the 3-D affect I strive for  -- that which makes "Scrapboarding" so unique. A thoroughbred 3-D racehorse will appear in the collage.

The fine art piece is 14 by 17 inches, framed and ready to hang. Large blooming faux roses are adhered to the archival paper for a full 3-D affect.  Professional sealants, glue and archival papers make the wall hanging one that endures over time. It is UV protected, as are all scrapboards. The second photo is a detail of jewel-toned sequins upon the cardstock mat. You can also purchase via my Scrapboarding shop on Etsy at:

 http://scrapboarding.etsy.com

Carol Labashosky's scrapboards debut at Handmade Block Party Boutique

The official opening day of Louisville's new 4th Street art retailer, Block Party Handmade Boutique, gathered together nearly 100 artisans and visitors to welcome Louisville's newest art destination. Scrapboarding fine art by Carol Labashosky is displayed among the glamorous merchandise. Scrapboarding is available for purchase in the boutique's rear gallery.

I created several new Kentucky Derby fine art pieces and greeting cards for the opening focused on the "World's Fastest Sporting Event"  --  held the first week in May at Churchill Downs.

Brian Labashosky admires the Scrapboarding collection on Boutique opening night.

Scrapboarding is pictured above. Sue Gay's textile baskets are below.

Kentucky Thoroughbred racehorse Bold Twice is featured in this 11 x 14 " scrapboard.

The Paddock is an 8 x 10 " handmade paper fine art piece coupled with a matching photo.

 

 

 The Block Party Handmade Boutique is located at 560 S. 4th Street, Louisville, Ky. The founder is Mary Levinsky.

Come to South 4th St. new retail grand opening; Scrapboarding at Block Party Handmade Boutique

Carol Labashosky's Cincinnati Fountain photo wins first place national award

The home-page photograph I took of the fountain at this website has just received a first place national honor by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The photo depicts the completed construction of Cincinnati waterfront's Grand Staircase Tiered Fountain.

Civil War Photography at Antietam Battlefiled (Sharpsburg, Md.)
Pen and Ink drawing by Carol Labashosky

I've always had an affinity for civil war photography by Alexander Gardner and Mathew Brady who photographed the civil war. Their efforts were to ensure the public saw the reality of the battlefield and the bloodshed up close and really personal; too gruesome for some. They had a studio in New York,

My fine art pen and ink drawing was rendered from a photograph taken by Gardner. The piece had sat unfinished in a closet for 12 years, and I finally completed it two years ago and had it framed. There is something serene about the drawing, but yet forlorn. At Antietam, both armies, the Union and the Confederacy,  suffered the highest casualties of the entire civil war.

Scrapboarding to retail alternative fine art in Louisville's historic 4th Street corridor

Block Party Handmade Boutique is among four new businesses currently under construction on 4th Street, Louisville, Ky.  just north of Chestnut Street between the Brown and Seelbach hotels.

Block Party Handmade Boutique is a collective of artisans who will retail ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodworks, photography, crafts/accessories and 3-D fine art Scrapboarding, dubbed an alternative art form by the new retailer. Fine art and many other crafts and artworks will occupy a newly furnished eclectic refurbished store. An attractive glistening window display will attract shoppers to venture into the unique boutique. The store will open by mid-April.

"I'm extremely pleased to be involved in such a creative undertaking to provide downtown shoppers a place to search for all different kinds of art," said Carol Labashosky, creator of 3-D fine art scrapboarding." More than 30 artists have been juried into the new operation, according to Mary Levinsky, entrepreneur and owner of Block Party Handmade Boutique.

For pictures of the construction work in progress, be sure to join the Boutiques' facebook page and Barking Dog Enterprises facebook for updates. You can see the artists' wares at

 http://www.facebook.com/BlockPartyHandmadeBoutique?ref=ts&fref=ts





Join Carol Labashosky's facebook, Barking Dog Enterprises at
http://www.facebook.com/barkingdogenterprises?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

Water color affect with pastels and acrylics

ssclose, originally uploaded by Barking Dog Enterprises.

A detail is pictured of the sky color scheme at sunset.