MASF exhibit

What an amazing exhibit! I have never attended an art show that hung so many excellent works. There wasn't a bad painting in the bunch... 829 of them! They weren't exaggerating when they told me that the collectors line up outside waiting to get in and buy. 20% of the art was sold in the first few hours, my Red Fox and Fern was one of them. And there was an interested buyer for the Fox Den that was looking into finances.

An added bonus: my Hutch Bunny was featured along with two others in the Weekend Magazine that was a supplement to Florida newspapers up and down the Gulf Coast!

I can't say enough good things about this show. The people are warm and friendly, the artists are all top notch, coming from all over the world, the exhibit was well organized. If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend attending one of their shows if you are ever in Florida in late January.

Things are Brewing!

November was a terribly busy month. Aside from the usual holiday hubbub, our family had dealings with the swine flu. But on a better note, I won an illustration contest and won an award in a national art exhibit! Also, my husband and I started a new hobby... wine making!

The contest was to develop three Gypsy Cob horses into an Anime format using colors requested by the sponsor. And it looks like I will be working on future projects with these horses and the products their images adorn.

The exhibit is with the Miniature Art Society of Florida. "Hutch Bunny" won Best Work By a First Time Entrant. The opening is January 16 in Tarpon Springs, Florida at the Leeper-Rattner Museum of Art.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving... there is so much to be thankful for!

Upcoming Exhibits for September 09

"Fission of Form" is a collaborative exhibit being held at Panza Gallery, Millvale PA. 20 members of the Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors created 3D works; 20 members of the Pittsburgh Poets each took home a sculpture for 2 months and allowed it to inspire them. Then 20 members of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators (I'm one of them) were each assigned a poem, without seeing the sculpture on which it was based, and created an illustration. My painting was inspired by the poem "I Hugged My Death Like a Child." The opening is on September 5, at 7 pm.

The next exhibit is Art in the Garden, at the Le Moyne House in Washington, PA. It is a show of small works only, being held on Sunday September 13, 2-6 pm in the gardens of the Historical Society (the Le Moyne House.) It really is a lovely affair, with wine and music and a wide variety of work by many wonderful local artists. Both my Fox miniatures will be there!