Friday, January 22, 2016

Juried into OPAL exhibit at Butler Institute of American Art

Excited to announce these two pastels were juried into the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, for the Ohio Pastel Art League show. The exhibit hangs from March 6 - April 17.

"A River Runs Through It", 9x12, pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord

"Glensevern Inlet Fog", 11x14, pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord

Sunday, January 10, 2016

All About 2015

I tried to take better notes all of 2015 so that I could more easily look back on my artistic career in 2015. I am always surprised when I go back and tally my previous year!

Below is my accounting of my accomplishments (I am sure I missed a few minor things and keep in mind that the majority of the artwork were not perfect and in many cases just experimental:

Accomplishments for 2015
  • Painted Plein Air - 29 times
  • Sales - 4
  • New Work – 67
  • Exhibits – 3
  • Awards – 1 Viewer’s Choice
  • Organized Artist Retreat – 2
  • Art trips – 4
  • Pop-Up shop via MAC – 1
  • Attended Workshops – 3
  • Tinkering Projects - 4
  • Joined Etsy - (shop stats - 3032 views, 106 favs, 32 sales!)
2015 was a very productive year!!