An abundance of good friends, new friends, art patrons, curiosity seekers, fellow artists, and wanderers showed up for our Annual Open Studio Art Tours Event the end of October. It was a homecoming, of sorts, since Allen and I were in Detroit marrying off our youngest during the 2011 Hwy 62 Art Tours. My new direction of small canvases was well received, in fact I sold several, and my large canvas was the topic of much discussion. Fellow artist, Deborah Martin, gave me the canvas with a challenge to work large and after staring at it for a month, I took the first brush to canvas . I was pleasantly surprised with the result and at the feeling of “opening up” that working on a larger piece gave me , physically as well as artistically. If you are interested in seeing it in person, I entered in the Southland Show currently hanging at the Twentynine Palms Art Gallery.
Allen and I will be traveling during much of the next couple of months but my art is available at ArtF/X & Furnishings in Yucca Valley, D L Bowden Frame Shop and Gallery in Twentynine Palms, and the Glass Outhouse Gallery in Wonder Valley. If you are in the Bakersfield area, I have entered four pieces in the Small Works Show at the Metro Galleries on 19th Street.
This holiday season keep your eyes open for the abundance of unexpected small pleasures hidden beneath any burdens you may carry.
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