A nod to Karin Jurick

I have been noticing, on my dailypaintworks site, that people have actually been going to my blog. Unfortunatly, it kinda has cobwebs on it : ( I listen to Artists helping Artists and I know that I need to pay attention to this, I need to connect with the folks who are interested in my art. Soooo, New Year's resolution: BLOG MORE!!!! I should have been working on my commissions, but couldn't help it today. It is a nod to Karin Jurick, one of my favorite artists. Of couse she is the master, but I couldn't resist giving it a shot. I took the photo of my husband, Mike, at the Cantor Art Center, on the Stanford University campus. Mike enjoys looking at fine art as much as I do, thank goodness.

Breaking the Fall..

The colors of this season are my favorite, rich deep yellows, burnt oranges, golden browns, apple reds, cool purples and splashes of brilliant blues and vibrant greens. There is a lot of paint being splashed around my studio : ) If you happen to be in the area, I will be at the newly renovated Gilroy Center for the Arts, 7341 Monterey street, Gilroy, CA, this weekend Oct 15th, 16th 10am to 4pm. If you aren't close to Gilroy, check out wwwdailypaintworks.com/ I joined this daily paint site in late summer and I have been posting a painting a day. I thought I was plenty ahead, but 7 days a week catches up fast, so I am off to my studio to paint some more, poor me : ),

Happy Autumn!

Signing posters : )

My booth at the Fest, 2011

Me, Kyle and Kristina on the Cook-Off Stage, Mike taking the photo

Kristina meets Celebrity Chef, Angelo Sosa at the Cook-off Table

Garlic Festival Cook-Off Blast 2011

Wow! It's been such a great summer! My Crew and I, Mike and Kristina, made it through another Garlic Festival and it was a blast. Besides winning first place in the poster contest this year, I did a special project for the Garlic Festival Cook-Off. I was honored to be asked to paint 14, 5" x 7" watercolors. One original each for the eight contestents, and the five judges. A Special box was created to hold the painting and all of the other goodies they received. The Garlic festival then printed some of the selected paintings to give as gifts to their sponsors. My gift for doing this special task was to be able to sit on the stage at the Cook-Off with my husband Mike, My dear Kristina and my lovely daughter Kyle. We got treated royally, we were forced to drink the wonderful wine and taste all of the contestents amazing food!!!! Glad we didn't have to judge, it was really all too good to have picked just one winner. It was such a fun and exciting experience, I really tried to be in the moment on that one!On top of all that excitment, I had my art booth set up in the arts and crafts area and was signing posters, so it was a whirlwind weekend! We all had a great time, and sales were good ; )