Sun is out -- let's prep for an art festival!
After years of hovering and watching the action, I'll be an artist-in-action at the Fresh Paint art festival!
Coming to Fresh Paint 2015: the art of Lisa Myers Bulmash
Visitors stroll down the Port of Everett Marina boardwalk, where they can purchase art made or demonstrated on the spot. The Schack Art Center, which puts on this event every August, calls it a "festival of artists at work." Even glass art collectors can see How It's Made: the Schack brings out their "mobile hot shop" for the occasion.
Credit: TripAdvisor.com
An angel of a friend is loaning me her pop-up tent for my booth space. Tent weights too: they're crucial to keep the whole shebang from going bang if a strong wind gust hits your tent.
Details:
More info as things progress...
Work-in-progress: slow but steady
I've had a productive week working on my goals as well as working in the studio. (Plus my six-year-old has been behaving himself consistently too. I don't know if this is a miracle or a sign of the apocalypse.) I'm working on a series of five pieces.
I have the ideas and symbolism adequately fleshed out, but weirdly enough, that hasn't sped along the process. I think I may have a little trouble switching gears between 2D work...
... and 3D work. I was trying to work on the assemblage and two altered books at the same time, and I couldn't establish a good work rhythm. Kind of like hearing a new driver mangle stick shift gears. Things picked up speed once I decided to work only on the book elements.
Tomorrow I'll be back to tearing a niche in another book. The assemblage will have to wait a while.
Gallery representation: in real life and online
I turned around this morning and found I'm now represented by three art galleries! (Yeah right. Like it was that easy.) This weekend, three of my altered books are for sale at the brand-new Gallery Onyx.
Artist Earnest Thomas with Gallery Onyx visitors. Credit: Jay Taylor Photography
You might remember I've shown my work periodically with this artist group, most recently at the Washington State Convention Center and the Northwest African American Museum. The grand opening will be June 12th, but for now, here are the gallery's hours:
Online, you can find much of my larger works at Hanson Scott Gallery. Later this year, Hanson Scott will host my solo show to debut new assemblages, altered books and collages.
And if you're in Edmonds, my quote collages are available at ARTSpot Edmonds. I'll be doing some demos there soon, so watch this space for more information about that and upcoming shows. The weather's warming up, so lots of art events are on the horizon!