Chalk is what I would call my “art medium of choice.” It is something about the texture, feeling the chalk through your finger tips hitting the payment to create beauty is almost like magic. I’ve participated in chalk art street painting festivals since 1999 and had the opportunity to meet some amazing artists along the way. Thank you to my friends, family, art teachers and fellow artists over the years who have supported me at the festivals. Your support keeps me wanting to continue in this joy.
Famous festival quotes: “Less talk, more chalk.” and “Lay that chalk!”
Note: Festival participation are for non-profits to promote creating artwork for all to enjoy. Some festivals provide a small artist stipends for participating to assist with travel costs to get to the festival. Original artists credited if known and listed below.
Astronaut
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La Strada Chalk Art Festival in Downtown Hillsboro (summer 2024). The theme this year was “Yesterday’s Tomorrow.”
High quality chalks from Mount Vision really helped this piece feel like velvet on the payment.
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Date/Location: July 2024, Downtown Hillsboro, OR
Chalk Artist: Amy Madden
Original Artist:
Size: 10x10 ft
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Velvet Cat
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La Strada Chalk Art Festival in Downtown Hillsboro (summer 2023). The theme this year was “Creative Critters.” This piece was voted and won the “People’s Choice Award” in the 10x10 category.
High quality black chalks from Mount Vision really helped this piece feel like velvet on the payment. I completed the cats face/ears/small flowers and bottom fur.
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Date/Location: July 15 & 16 2023, Downtown Hillsboro (OR)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist: n/a
Size: 10x10
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Grapes
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Two day festival. I completed the top half of the image and Naomi did the bottom half. There were so many pieces of fruit to draw. lol Loved how smooth the face colors turned out.
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Date/Location: June 2018, Downtown San Rafael (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist: Alphose Mucha
Size: 8x16
Black & White Face
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Two day festival. Big challenge to complete a black and white piece as you are limited on color ranges and variance. It was a good challenge.
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Date/Location: June 2013, Downtown San Rafael (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden
Original Artist: Unknown
Size: 6x8
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Bird
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One of our most popular pieces Naomi Duben and I have completed. This just came alive on the street with the bold and bright feathers. The blue colors really popped on the pavement. Maybe we should do a bird again?
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Date/Location: June 2016, Downtown San Rafael (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist: Unknown (stock photography)
Size: 8x16
Flowers & Beads
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Two day weekend event. Naomi loves to do textures in pieces i.e beads, embroidery, jewelry. This piece had it all! I took on the flowers and the face. The flowers and necklace took up so much time. Called in the troops to help us with the black border and background.
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Date/Location: July 2018, Downtown San Rafael (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist: Unknown (stock photography)
Size: 8x16 ft
Dog Fruit Nose
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One day festival and it rained on us. We lost a couple of hours of drawing time and had to start over. Chalk and water don’t mix.
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Date/Location: August 2021, Cerritos Town Center (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist: Unknown (stock photography)
Size: 5x5 ft
Dog Fish
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One day festival with children focused art creating activities. Went with something kid friendly for this piece.
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Date/Location: July 2019, Cerritos Town Center (CA)
Chalk Artists: Amy Madden & Naomi Duben
Original Artist:
Size: 5x5 ft
Makeup Mask
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Festival Story: Theme was masks for 2015. These polka dots gave me a run for my money. Loved how the colors came out in this piece.
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Date/Location: June 2015, Downtown San Rafael (CA)
Chalk Artist: Amy Madden
Original Artist: Unknown (stock photography)
Size: 6x8 ft
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