Wheat Fields and Pig Iron: The Iowa Seal

This week our fabulous intern, Roxanne, and I had the great opportunity to paint the seal of the great state of Iowa on white rear projection screen to make a lightbox for our first show in the Elizabethan this year, "The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa."


I learned a l lot about Iowa in the process.  The seal was originally a wood carving only 2 inches across, which made some of the symbols a little hard to decipher.  So, I did a little research and found out about paddle boats and iron smelters and plows and even liberty caps.  

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I had never painted on RP before.  I found it to be a  very challenging surface that shows EVERY brush stroke even though we used a lot of medium in the paint.

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Finished product!

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Even had time for a little fun with the frame. 

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