A Smile in the Making

Planning to be there on Saturday, June 9th in the outside tent.
Art for the Cash Poor

Was in Wisconsin this week and got to see the exhibit for
Richeson 75 Portrait competition.. Lots of great work.

AFTCP was fun today. Met some neat people.

Definitely art on different ends of the spectrum this week.

Update.
Miracle Man won Best of Show at Richesons. I can see why. It made you smile back.

Will be at Art Watch at the White Bear Lake Art Center next month. They have held two Open Canvas events. Both were alot of fun and they treated the artists well. I am sure they will do a good job with this one also.

When I was at the Richeson Gallery to see the portrait exhibit, I came across this big painting. It is by Tim Tyler and I would guess is 6'x8'. It is part of Jack Richeson's collection.

Big painting. But it is sitting on an even bigger easel.

Answered an ad on Craigslist. It was for artists who could bring some work to an event on short notice.

It is at The Well. . They are having a fashion show on June 30th at 7pm. They are located at 1631 Loretta Ave in Feasterville.

If you havent clicked on any of the links yet, The Well is a church. I was kind of surprised, being from the Midwest. But from talking with a few people from around here, I guess churches involved in the arts is not uncommon. Decided to bring some pieces that I had in my illustration portfolio at Wilkinsons Studios. (Click on the portfolio link and scroll down to Janet Nelson)

Meanwhile, I have been busy with my Etsy shop. It's been alot of work trying to generate traffic to my shop. They recommend listing items frequently (see my newest listing here) and participating in the forums.

Another Craiglist ad that I answered was the Wilmington Craft Mafia looking for new members. I applied and they asked me to join. First meeting tho is during Art Watch in White Bear Lake Minnesota. So I will have to miss. Was looking forward to meeting other local artists.

I am excited about next week. Linda Dubin Garfield from the Art Sisters is hosting a trip down to Washington DC to some of the Colorfield Remix events. I signed up to go along. It is a small group going. Plans are for a art critique of your work during the ride.

Off to Wisconsin again this weekend. Hope you will check out all the links.

I was gone this weekend and so excited to see that one of my cicada paintings had sold when I checked my email.

Denise of Bellis Studios bought one of my cicada paintings and posted about it on her blog. Her letterpress pieces are really pretty. Take a look at some here.

A few weeks ago my friend and I visited Studio 432 in Perryville MD. Her studio will be featured on HGTV's "Look What I Did" on July 16th at 6pm.

Sandi Neiman Lovitz will be at the Rosenfeld Gallery on Sunday July 8th from 12-5pm She is participating in a group show.

Join ARTsisters for the month of July at the coolest cafe on the Main Line, Gryphon Cafe in Wayne, next to the Anthony Wayne Theater on Lancaster Avenue. Their work will be there all month, so stop by, get a cup of java and enjoy fine art!!

On the evening of July 18, Accent Gallery in Ocean City, NJ will be doing a charity benefit for the Quentin Foundation, supporting cancer research called Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall. which is based on Linda Dubin Garfield's installation/participatory art project Invisible/Invincible Women: Portraits of Women of a Certain Age. Participants will come and make their own portraits, using materials provided by the artist.

Started for the 2006 Philly Fringe Festival, Invisible/Invincible Women is a series of 34 portraits based on women's experiences of aging in our society, focusing on how women become invisible as they age.

Continuing Linda's installation/public participatory art projects on Women and Culture, this year she is turning her attention and yours to pocketbooks.

Women have been carrying handbags, purses, or pocketbooks for hundreds of years. What pocketbook do you carry? What does it say about you? What do you carry of most importance? How do these things reveal who you are?

See Linda's series of Pocketbook Portraits, which illuminate the deep relationship between a female and her most needed and appreciated possession.

Men and women of all ages are invited to join the artist for an interactive, mixed media workshop to make Pocketbook Portraits using materials provided by the artist. These portraits can become part of the ongoing installation to be show at a later date.
Proceeds from this project benefit Darfur Alert Coalition.

Philly Fringe Festival
August 31 to September 15, 2007
@
The Book Trader
7 N. 2nd Street
Old City Philadelphia
10 AM to 10 PM everyday

Join the artist and make your own portrait @
Pocketbook Portrait-Making Mixed Media Workshops:
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 4- 6 PM- ongoing
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 4- 6 PM- ongoing
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 4- 6 PM- ongoing
Monday, September 10, 2007, 4- 6 PM- ongoing

Thursday, I went to Washington DC to view some exhibits in the Colorfield Remix celebration. Read about the movement here. We stopped at the Luther Brady Gallery at George Washington University first. Prominent were some works by Gene Davis. There was also a piece by Morris Louis They used a technique called stained canvas where they used acrylic paints mixed with turpentine called Magna Their work was very graphic and linear.

(Gene Davis piece) (saw so many pieces -- if this isnt a Gene Davis piece, it certainly is representative of it)

We also stopped at The Phillips gallery, which included more from the same artists. The Phillips also has other works on exhibit. Saw a Kandinsky that I was quite taken with.

The organizer of the trip Linda Dubin Garfield of the Art Sisters rented a limo for the ride down from Wynnewood. There were a total of ten who came along. The Art Sisters who came in addition to Linda were Ellen Abraham, Sandi Neiman Lovitz, Marcia Treiger, Deb Simon Us non Art Sisters were Joye Schwartz, Ruth Wolf , Sue Long and Elsa Wachs.

I hope you will click on all the artists websites and see their work. I did not have links for Sue Long and Elsa Wachs. Sue is a medical illustrator, originally from California and created and sold prints in the San Francisco Bay area. Elsa, who has lived here all her life, was a fiber artist who created pieces for the Jewish religion for many years. She is returning to her early training in painting which she loves.

These were a great bunch of ladies. All passionate about their art. I will be posting news about this group in the future.

Meanwhile I sold another painting on Etsy! I have to admit I was kind of surprised.