I had a good time in Jacksonville for the San Marco Festival. A good friend I hadn't seen in years came out and I was also able to have dinner with family. Good times had by all!
Sales at the show turned out to be a good despite the rain and heavy winds on Sunday. Saturday was a perfect day, plenty of sun and a perfect 75 degrees. Despite the great day sales just were average. I had no sales on Sunday, but I received a phone call on Monday morning and was commissioned to create four paintings for a couple that I spoke with on Sun. If you are going out shopping in bad weather, I guess you are serious. I have already gotten started. I will have photos up as soon as a make a little progress.
The photo above is of a 36 x30 that I have been working on the the past few weeks. It is a horrible photo, but the painting seems to finally be taking shape. I went by the Taco Mac last night to photograph the signs and little details for the painting. I hope to finish in the next 2 or 3 weeks.
Cheers!
Dawn
Success in Covington, LA
I had a great show this weekend in Covington Louisiana!
Not only did I meet great new friends, I sold my most recent painting, Looking Over Montepulciano, 48" x 36", (shown to the left). The show was a true trial of patience and endurance. After driving 8 hours, I got myself signed into the show, the van unloaded and began to set up my display. That is when I realized I had left my display tent in Atlanta. I called and drove around Covington, trying to buy a tent for the weekend. Not having any luck with a tent, a fellow artist noticed my distress and just happened to have an extra EZ up tent that he could loan me. THANK YOU Michael Hayman. http://haymancelticjewelry.com/ What a nice guy!
Well, It was a tent that I was not used to, so of course, I did not set up correctly. A wind storm can through over night and when I go to my tent the next morning all of my display wall were skewed and twisted. Once again I was very lucky, The borrowed tent was not damaged nor were any of my paintings. I must of had an angel looking over me this weekend.
I had to break everything down and set up again. The winds were still very strong but, neighboring artists helped keep things from flying while I pulled my work and walls out so that I could start over. I tell you, longest set up ever!
My drama finally stopped and I had a great weekend. Thanks to all the folks that helped me out!
Cheers,
Dawn
Hitting the Road July 28, 2008
I leave in the morning for my 5 week road trip. 5 fine art shows in a row.
I will start in Ocean City NJ . The Board walk show is held Friday through Saturday 10 - 6 and Sunday 10 - 4
I am booth number 166, between 9th and 10th Street. If you are in the area, stop by and see me
This is a photo of the paintings I have been working on. I am going to take these with me. I hope to finish the large one, 48 x 36, "View from La Falconara" on the trip.
Wish me luck!
Dawn
SCAD wrap up party July 2008
Week 2 SCAD Summer Series July 18, 2008
Week 2
All new students have flocked to Scad Atlanta for an intensive week of learning and fun.
These are exceptional high school student from all over the country who have applied and been accepted to Scad Atlanta for the week. I am teaching a 2 and half hour panting workshop in the morning and a 2 and a half hour still life drawing workshop in the afternoon.
The Scad art party is finally here! July 11, 2008
Everyone worked really hard and had a great time. I could see a lot of progress in such a short time. So now it is time for the art party!!
Family and friends came out to see what these young artist have been up to all week. I had the pleasure of meeting several parents tonight and you could tell how proud they were.
We had students from all over the US, so a lot of new friendships were formed this week, and what better way to celebrate than an art party. Check out these great pictures from the show.
SCAD Drawing for the final show JULY 11
The drawing class has been on a series of drawing leading up to the final exercise. They picked their favorite technique from the week and used that for the 2 day project.
SCAD Painting students working hard for the show JULY 11
Painting students working hard for the show
The assignment was pretty complicated, but I think the results will be worth it. First, I took a photo of each student. Looking at the photo, they numbered each value 1 through 7. Next,they are to create a self portrait using a single color for each value in the photograph.
4th Annual Art Show at Binders June 2008
Every year Binders hosts a gallery opening for my painting students from SCAD Atlanta and Spruill Community Arts Center. We had another great and successful show this year. Seven paintings were sold on opening night.
Thank you for all those you helped out and made it possible. The food and wine were excellent (thanks to 103 West and Bret Kathey from Icon Estates) and of course there was the great music preformed by Eddie Varsalona!!
The show will be up through July 2nd. Please stop by if you get a chance.
Binders is located at
3330 Piedmont Rd, Atlanta GA 30305
404 237 6331