I Geek Art Fair!

Come see me on Friday, September 24th and Saturday, the 25th at the Des Moines downtown public library for I Geek Art Fair during the Art Stop!! There will be some great art at this event! Lots of beautiful art to buy for adults and children!

If you want to check out more of my work I also have some pieces at the From Our Hands gallery in the East Village in downtown Des Moines!

Ankeny, Iowa Green Fest

Hi all! I've been super busy working on as many paintings and sculptures to sell at my very first show, the Ankeny, Iowa Green Fest! A little humid and windy at first (as you can tell my my wonky hair) but the sun came out later and it was beautiful. I was more excited than in my picture! That image is the result of my mother taking 3 minutes to take a picture with my cell phone! You just press one button, I don't get the problem haha. Gotta love her. I just completed my show today and had a blast!! I think this will be addicting. It was nice to see people respond well to my new work, I'll be a busy bee in July making more paintings. I nearly sold out, which was very unexpected. I also made my first trade with another couple selling pottery in the booth near me. I think that was one of the highlights. They were just such nice people and they kept telling others to come check out my work! Seriously, could you ask for better neighbors? The customers were equally friendly with nice comments. Overall it was a beautiful and successful day!
Here are a few things I learned during my first show. Be prepared to set up on either grass or cement. I thought we were setting up on cement/parking lot but when I got there everyone was setting up on grass. It was a bit windy at first and I didn't bring any stakes for my canopy! Lesson learned. Always be prepared for either with weights for the tent or stakes for grass. I was lucky, the canopy I bought held up wonderfully without stakes. It was even on sale, score! Second, I brought some items that blew over if they caught just a little wind, so I need to rework those ideas if I bring them to another outdoor show. I can't even count how many times I had to reposition these items. Lastly, I think I would like to make a professional looking sign for my canopy. I saw one a few booths down from me and thought it made the artist seem more professional and legit.
Can't wait for my next show. Time to go order a bunch more canvases and get crackin!

Art House Co-op Sketchbook Show

This summer I entered a show at the Art House Co-op in Atlanta and they posted a picture of most of the sketchbooks that were on display. Here are some of the entries. Mine is in the third row across and six down. The image is faint but it's a carved kayak on the front that shows the colored page behind it. It was really fun to make! I have signed up to participate in another sketchbook project with the Art House. This time they are taking the sketchbooks on a tour displaying them in galleries around the country! Pretty cool. The tour schedule is posted on their site, www.arthousecoop.com. I will post it here too when my sketchbook is complete and it gets closer to February 2009.