GrapeFest this coming Thursday thru Sunday, Sept 19th-22nd

Wear your most comfortable shoes, hat, sun screen and bring a bottle of water.  I will have 40 studies and paintings at the Grapevine Art Project Booth.  Some good buys.  Here are some of my forty that give an idea of the wide assortment of subject matter.  Can take credit cards, checks, cash.

My painting in the Cancer Exhibition in Southlake Town Hall

Yesterday, Sat. Sept 7, went by the Art of the Flower Show at Botanic Garden in Ft. Worth and found my Girl in Green Light sold.

Painted in plein air this day from 2 tip 7.  Actually got a little light headed in the heat.  Went by my show at Ft Worth Botanic and was happy to find this sold.

National Wild Life and Domestic Show in Irving

Paintings, drawings, photos from over the US.  It was truly an honor to have won 1st place in Oils with my Pavlova (swan) painting.

This Saturday is Gallery Walk Night

It actually starts around noon.  You can google Ft. Worth Gallery Night and get a list of all the galleries and the various shows.  Refreshments will be served at all of the galleries and exhibitions.  You can get a map that helps you find all that are on the "walk" for driving help.  It will run until 10 pm.

I am in the "Flower Show", a juried in show, at Ft. Worth Botanic Garden Center.  Was fortunate to get three paintings into the show.  

Weiler House Gallery is also in the Gallery Night and I am represented by them.

And,  my PAINT group (professional artists in N. Tex) will be demoing along the walk up to the Ft Worth Community Art Center. Will get there about 2 pm and paint until 6 pm.  Will have some paintings to sell at my easel.

And, then on Sunday, have two receptions to go to, one to a National Wild Life Show in Irving and the other to Southlake to a Cancer Exhibition at the City Hall.  It will be a race, as both are from 2 pm until 4:30 pm.  Will head to Irving first and as soon as awards are announced will drive to Southlake.

This last week put my large (40 x 30). framed "Old Fashioned Girl With Old Fashioned Doll" in lay away along with a self portrait, done with flowers, of me.  Stunned me to sell this one to someone else. The dear Richardson family that brought strawberry birthday cake are the buyers.  Below is the  Girl painting:

Flower Girl departed on Sunday

New buyer came for this on Sunday and commissioned another painting to be done.  She, buyer and I, got to share the delicious strawberry cake that Richardson family had brought.
  The paint on this one was not dry.

Quite a week end ! ! !

The dear family Richardson came to the gallery to take a painting home, brought wife and Mother for me to meet (what a sweetheart), and they brought a fabulous strawberry shortcake that she had made to help celebrate birthday.  We had the best time sharing a bit of life together.  And, then they walked out with their painting on lay away and another painting.  What a great cohesive family team, and what an interesting story of life together.  Below is their painting they had on lay away: