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"NWA Boutique Show"

This weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the "NWA Boutique Show" held in Springdale AR. It was a fun experience and I definitely learned a lot about what to do and what not to do next time. This particular show is designed to attract young mother's with small children so next time I will focus on bringing more examples of children's portraiture. That is what most people were interested in and what I found myself talking about most.

"Sassy"

What a sleepy, rainy day this is. I just finished my first big show yesterday. It was the "NWA Boutique Show" in which I was the only fine artist participating. I have to say that it was a great experience and will make money for me in time. I got two commissioned jobs for sure yesterday plus many "I will definitely be calling you" remarks. If I do this same show in the spring I will definitely be bringing more examples of children's portraits and pet portraits as the clientelle of this event is primarily young women with small children.

The painting I'm posting today is called "Sassy" and it is a commission that I just finished. I will be delivering it next week to the client who is presenting it to his mother for her birthday. I think she will be happy.

Lemons and Red Plate

I struggled with this painting. I'm not sure what it was exactly that made it so frustrating but for one thing getting the color of the lemons just right was very difficult. I'm still not sure I captured the color exactly. From past experience, I made myself push through and finish even though I wasn't happy with it during the process and I'm glad I did. It's much better in person. I will re-photograph it after it's varnished and hopefully get a better image.

"Sunflowers"

This is a painting I started a few weeks ago and I didn't like it/wasn't having fun with it so it sat in my studio screaming "failure" at me every time I looked at it. Since I'm participating in that show in Nov. I need all the paintings I can come up with so I decided I needed to finish this one today. I dreaded it but pushed through. So guess what, I love it now! I'm so glad I made myself complete it. The colors are brighter and more vibrant in person. I wonder if I will ever figure out how to photograph my artwork and use photoshop.

"Lime Wedges" 30"x40" oil

I just finished this today. It will go to the same client who bought the lemons. I thouroughly enjoyed painting them. Actually, I've enjoyed painting anything on a very large scale these days.

Wine tasting/art show

Last night I had the priviledge to set up some of my artwork at Ella's restaurant in the historic Carnall Hall here in Fayetteville. You can read about it here http://ellasrestaurant.com/ The third monday of every month they hold a wine tasting club and they feature a different artist. I was the artist last night. I made some great contacts and also learned a lot about Spanish wines in the process.