First show of the year

I just got back from checking out the new venue for the Lyme/Old Lyme Junior Women's Club art show, to be held April 29-30. It's being held at the Christ the King Church's Our Lady of Good Council Hall, 1 McCurdy Rd in Old Lyme, CT. It a really, really nice place to hold an art show with plenty of parking. A little over 30 artists are exhibiting (yours truly included). Stop by Friday night for their gala (the $30 entrance fee includes wine and beer, hors d-hoeuvres, and dancing til 1 a.m). Or come Saturday 10-2 to purchase art or some nice crafts. Remember, proceeds benefit the Junior Women's Club's charities.

The Flower House

There is a house in Avon, Connecticut, where the owner has dedicated a significant amount of time to planting and potting hundreds if not thousands of flowering plants. Everybody knows "The Flower House" in Avon. And I of course, being a glutton for punishment, had to paint it.

The calla lilies are blooming...

I'm having fun painting the calla lilies from my garden. This particular kind is called Crystal Blush which opens white and then turns pinkish around the edges.

A wonderful resource

For all my artist readers out there--I have a wonderful resource for you:

http://artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com/

Two artists, Leslie Saeta and Dreama Tolle Perry, host a weekly radio show where they share their hard earned knowledge about being a successful artist. Topics include diverse subjects such as using Facebook to sell art to framing your art to marketing your art online. Each broadcast is available as a free podcast on iTunes. It's definitely worth your while to check out.

Old Saybrook Arts Festival

What an effort for the show this weekend. Rain during setup Friday night. Rain at 4:00 on Saturday (I spent the rainstorm in my tent--at least I know my tent doesn't leak). And rain during breakdown. You have never seen so many artistic drowned rats in your life. And boy was it steamy when it wasn't raining. I spent the weekend covered in a gooey paste that was a combination of sunblock and sweat.

However people came out like they always do at Old Saybrook. Interestingly enough, all my sales of orginal paintings were of calla lilies. Here's one that sold.

More calla lilies and pears

The show at West Hartford is coming up this weekend and I'm getting busy. Here are the latest paintings.

Dogs I've met that made me smile

I have a new theme that I'm working on---Dog's I've Met That Made Me Smile. These are little 6x8 inch oil sketches that are really a lot of fun.

At art shows people frequently bring their dogs and when I see a dog that elicits a smile, I usually grab a camera and take a picture. The title says it all.