The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Event Art Strings 2004 Art Strings 2004 This is a close up of the artwork on the violin. With a few finishing touches and a light coat of acrylic varnish, this fancy little violin will be ready to go on tour and meet the world! A picture of my accompanying painting which I painted to match the violin. The violin art I have created will be donated to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to raise money for their educational programming. I am doing this because I think that education in all the arts is crucial to the welfare of our society. It has been a fun and challenging project and it is an honor to have been chosen. I'm hoping this will be a stepping stone in my career and will expose my work to a much broader audience. Having to switch mediums for this project from watercolor to acrylics has been a wonderful learning experience. Thanks to some very knowledgeable artist friends, I was able to find ways to make my wet-in-wet technique work in acrylics for my "Spirit Art" theme. I actually like working in acrylics and have several other pieces in the works!