Collage Workshop

 Wadonna Davis, Somita Fekete, Alice Hahn, Jena Jones, Beverly Ellis, Jan Wilson & June Carruth

We had our collage workshop this week end in Plains, and had such fun! Every body did a great job.
We had a geologist from Midland, 2 art teachers from Lubbock, a retired teacher from Hobbs, NM, a teacher from Eunice NM  and two from Plains.
We had such fun, with lots of laughs.The students are what make a successful workshop! Thanks you'll!

Midland Juried Art Show

Lets Dance!

I am honored that this torn paper piece was accepted into theMidland Art Association/Midland College 34th Annual Fall Juried Art Show. The show will be open from October 14 through November 11 at the McCormick Gallery, Allison Fine Arts Building in Midland.  I was told that there were a lot of entries, and they could only take a certain amount due to space.

This was done with magazine pages, and I used an acrylic wash on the background.

Demo in Midland, TX

Today I was honored to do a torn paper demo in Midland, TX..  My sister went with me and we had a great time. Haven't seen each other in about a year. (ridiculous) As I drove up, Barbara read the sign, and I got so excited, and told her we had to get a photo!

There was a big crowd, and they were so gracious, and interested, and excited to see how the torn paper was done.  I am doing a workshop there in March, and they told me today that the workshop was full. I put the bottom picture so you could see the cowboy I was working on. Of course I didn't even get through. I sold 2 pieces! Yeah! One of the boots and an old pick-up.

It was a lot of fun, but boy I am beat. Got up at 4:30 this a.m. to get there in time! What we will do for art!

The Red Door

Another old pick up. I have 2 photos of different pick ups, with ths red door. I don't know why it is this color unless they made them like this one year. It actually just looks like rust in the photo.

Another fun painting for me! This has some gouache in the sky.

Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas TX

 Naomi Brotherton, Carrollton, TX with her painting

Daughter~ Keri

 My  Garden Chair

5th painting accepted

 Kay Smith, Big Spring ,TX

 Naomi presenting me with my Signature Status

 Diane Jones, friend from Keller,TX

 
This past week end the Southwestern Watercolor Society Show was held at the PFamily Arts Center in Plano TX. Keri (my daughter) and I flew to Dallas, to be there for the reception.
It was such fun, and a great honor not only to get my signature status but to have one of my favorite artist friend present it to me!  I met Naomi Brotherton in 1999 in Graham TX.   I went to Graham to take her workshop, and we have been good friends since that time. She is a wonderful friend, and a wonderful artist.
She is still teaching! Every week! I hope when I am her age, I can too!
Kay Smith from Big Spring, another good friend was also in the show,  and was there to accept her award.. A good school friend, Diane and her husband, Everett also came to help us celebrate. It was so good to get to see them!

Tokio Post Office

This is Tokio Post Office, taken back years ago. It is gone now. The building is not even there. I was so sad when I drove by, and it was gone.
This painting was done by pouring the paint.  I mixed it up in cups, and poured three colors. Yellow first, where I wanted the sun shine, then blue and red in the sky. I had to mask out the whites. After it was dry, then I did the detail with a brush.

New QR-Code for my website

I  have been seeing these on everything lately, and I looked it up, and it is the same thing as a bar code, Called QR-Code.  You just go to
http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-generator/
and you can make your own code for your website, phone, or email.
It seems like their is always something new electronically! If you have a smart phone, you can download the barcode scanner. They are all free.
Just hold your phone over the square, and my website will come up, and you can view it from your phone! cool huh?