Rough fall: making art in spite of it all
I've spent way too much time being all adult-like, picking myself up after several disappointments. (It helps to spend quality time with one's art journal.)
I made decent sales during the first day of Best of the Northwest. Even had a few visitors to the art festival calling over their friends to check out my work.
But my roll came to a stop on Saturday and Sunday. So I packed my stuff (with help from my loyal friend Claire) and headed home. Then I got news about whether my work was selected to join one of the city of Seattle's art collections.
It wasn't.
And due to an unfortunate injury (not mine), my solo show at Hanson Scott Gallery is being moved from November to December.
Sigh... Fall down seven times, get up eight. There are a few bright sides, first and foremost that I'm still going to have a solo show even though it's delayed.
And my work at the Gary Henderson Gallery is up until mid-December as well. We're going to have a holiday party there too.
I now have some STUDIO TIME. Best of times, worst of times.
And last night someone RSVP'd for two more seats at my next Artist Trust at Large presentation! By the way, the talk includes an example of an artist who was rejected several times before winning a grant. With that in mind, how can I give up now?
StencilGirl Talk: the guest designer strikes again
You knew I couldn't just leave well enough alone with the stencils, right?
StencilGirl Products was kind enough to indulge me again, and I've written a second blog post for them that's live RIGHT NOW.
I also used one of my favorite old stamps, created from Michelangelo's depiction of Cleopatra. Wanna see how I used it in my journal page design? Go check out the post for the reveal...
Book release: A "World" of big news!
Guess what? The book to which I contributed an art journal page is ABOUT TO DROP!
A World of Artist Journal Pages, curated by Dawn DeVries Sokol, will hit store bookshelves on April 21st. And yes, it's now available for pre-order on Amazon.com! Here's a snippet of my contribution...
My page was one selected for Dawn's new book (she also wrote the hugely popular 1000 Artist Journals). More than a thousand artists from all around the world are featured in this new release. They've submitted their innermost thoughts, doodles and paintings to this new book.
Rumor has it Powell's Books in Portland already has copies. If you grab a copy, post a photo of yourself holding the book to my Facebook page -- I'd love to see it!