A Smile in the Making

Went to the InLiquid Benefit on Thursday night Sept 27th. There was alot of things up for auction. When we were there we hadnt seen alot of bids. We didnt stay very long as my son's band was in town. But I see on the website that my piece sold.

Few things in the works here that I hope to post about soon.

Just a reminder. The DuPont Country Club show is Sunday the 7th from 10 - 4. It is located on Rockland Road in Wilmington DE. There is a $4 ticket charge to attend.

I did complete a couple of small pieces using the similar technique for the one I did for the filming of That's Clever and will be bringing them along.

Finalizing some products for the Asian Icandy store. I had made an inquiry a few weeks ago about how to be one of their artists. They liked the geishas on my website. Some of them will be available as prints the end of the month/beginning of next.

Philadelphia Open Studios Tour is being held Oct 20-21 on East of Broad Street and Oct 27-28 on West of Broad.

This upcoming Thursday night there is a preview event for this at Freeman's Auction House 1808 Chestnut Street from 5:30-7:30.

Thursday night is also the first Biz Ladies Meetup at DWR on Walnut. It is from 7-9. RSVP design*sponge for a head count.

They arent too far apart. So if you are so inclined, you can attend both.

Topic for this week's Illustration Friday is "Open". Please go to Illustration Friday and vote for my entry. Open, a bookstore and art gallery in Long Beach, California in Long Beach, California is sponsoring this week’s topic, “open“, and in a show opening November 3rd — in less than a month — they will display 25 IF entries.

I photoshopped a previous image to have an open bottle of whatever. Originally titled - "It Must Be Over". Of course, the fat lady sings.

Take a look at Shawn McCann's entry. I think he did an excellent job capturing the topic.

Miss Ery

Topic this week for Illustration Friday is Extreme. Had another Miss Wisconsin Portrait that I felt might fit the topic. Miss Ery.

On another note --
Linda Dubin Garfield will be holding a couple of workshops.
"How to present yourself in the best possible light" being held at the Main Line Art Center in Haveford on Wednesday, October 24th at 12:30pm. $5 for members and $10 for non members.
Short description as follows.
What impression do you make with the materials you send out about your work? Reexamine your artist's statement and resume as well as your portfolio including images of your work, your profile binder, and your business cards. The correct presentation is key to being a successful professional artist. Come learn about tweaking your image up a notch.

And on Monday, November 12 from 5 to 7pm, a
Networking/Free Information Party at the 707 Restaurant & Bar at 707 Chestnut with free hors d'oevres and Happy Hour Cash Bar drinks. Contact Linda to rsvp.

Linda and I went to the Philly Biz Ladies Meetup Thursday night at DWR on Walnut. Met Grace Bonney from Design Sponge. She had some good information about PR and marketing.

We also stopped in for a few minutes prior to that at the Philadelphia Open Studio Tour preview at the Freeman Auction House. I saw Kim Senior's wonderful faux mosaic screen at the entrance. Quite a nice sized crowd. Lots of interesting art. The energy of the crowd really pulled and tugged at me. Been online too much. Really need to hit the streets with my portfolio.

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Grow. This is from a story a friend asked me to illustrate. It is a about Zelda who grows zucchini. If anyone has ever grown zucchini, you know that it does more that grow -- it takes over!

First image - Roberta. Second image - Julie
A bit ago, I answered an ad on Craigslist. Jeff Frederick was starting up a new website called Original Art for 99. All the artwork on it is an affordable $99 (plus shipping).

I have been doing a series that I refer to as retro chics and putting them in my Etsy shop Had been thinking about expanding the idea, so decided to do a series of the retro chics in black dresses -- retro glam.

They are done in acrylics -- interference gold with a tinted glaze in the background on gallery wrapped canvas -- 7x12x1-1/2 -- and ready to hang. They all have stories like the other paintings. You need to click on the images to read their stories. Hope you enjoy.

We used to have two cats and we never let them in the bedroom. But I could see them behaving like this. For your midweek pleasure -- enjoy.

The director is Simon Tofield; see this & more of his work at Tandem Films.
Found this via CuteOverload.

Participating in another Modish giveaway. (a pack of retro chic note cards) Visit the donors sites, leave a comment on the Modish blog with a link to that donor site by 11:59pm on Oct 27th.

Boovines

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Trick or Treat -- naturally.

Mr Picassohead has been around awhile. Still fun to play with.

The Richeson 75 Landscapes and Exteriors entries are on line now.

Was browsing the Switchboards when I saw an offer by Creature Comforts for free ad space in their holiday gift guide.

Have seen alot of advertising by indie designers on the blogs I visit -- and have thought about doing the same for myself. Felt this was a good way to test the waters. So here is my ad which is found under art & collectibles. Many thanks to Heather from Creature Comforts for her offer.