Cooperstown Art Association!

My new piece, "Farm Days" was accepted for the Cooperstown Art Association's Regional Juried Show - "Essential Arts".  "Farm Days" was quite a challenge because of the close up view of and lettering and lettering on the objects.  I also added a strawflower that was not actually in the arrangement.  I was really honored that this piece won one of the prizes - the "Artware Award" at the show.

The show runs from May 3-31 and is located in the elegant, old library at 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY  13326.  The hours are daily 11-4, Sundays 1-4 with closed on Tuesdays.  Here is a link for more information.  http://www.cooperstownart.com/home.html  Hope you can come!

Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts!

Sorry this is late - lots of things going on in my "real" life and this slipped by.  My solo show at the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, 401 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 13365 is titled "The Moon in the Spoon" and features 22 of my colored pencil pieces.  It runs from March 23 through April 20.  I am proud to be on display at this attractive gallery.  Here is the link for MVCA - http://www.mohawkvalleyarts.org .  The title piece is a favorite of mine and was my surprise prize winning piece as you can see below from the Crandall Library post.  I chose this image for my new business cards!

Holiday 2012

2012 is finishing for me with 3 fun art events.  In November, I showed 3 pieces in the Third Annual Hope for the Arts 1-Day Artfest at Hope Church in Ballston Spa, NY.  I was very pleased to see that Crazy Quilt received an award for "best use of light" - something I am always trying for.  This is a moment I happened upon in my kitchen when sunlight threw a patchwork "quilt" of shadow shapes across a spoon rack.  It really looked exciting and I had to capture that moment. 

In December, I participated in the North Country Arts Center's Annual Juried Art Show at the beautiful Crandall Library in Glens Falls, NY.  I submitted a new pieces called, "The Moon in a Spoon" and was very happy and honored to receive one of 5 Juror's Choice awards.  I created the lighting in this piece with a flashlight so that the shapes would create a balanced and pleasing composition.  I love the soft colors and reflections on the antique silver and the old cut glass spoon jar.  The show will run through December 29.

My Cooperstown Art Show piece, "Time After Time", was accepted for the 2012 Arkell Annual Juried Art Show at The Arkell Museum at the Canajoharie Library, which runs from December 7 through January 25.  This is the largest piece I have done and took a VERY long time to complete.  This arrangement shows vintage family items on the top of my refrigerator which cast the loveliest afternoon shadows.  Items which were used and valued during their active life but continue to delight (me) time after time.  Look below for this piece - clock cookie jar, milk bottles and old products.

Lake Placid Prize

I was pleased and honored to receive the Best of Show - Drawing prize at the 2012  Lake Placid Center for the Arts Adirondack Juried Art Show for my drawing "A Little Night Music.  This was a larger and very complex drawing that took many, many long hours to complete and so it was especially nice to have the extra effort recognized in this way.  Here is a picture of me posing by my entries.

Finally made it!

After quite a few tries, I am pleased to say that I finally got one of my pieces into the Masters' Division of the Central Adirondack Art Show at Old Forge, NY.  The new facility is just beautiful and I am always proud to have my work on display in their show.  Here is the Masters' Division piece.  I named this one "Showstopper" because of the way this bright teapot steals the spotlight from the other items on display.  Yes, that is my real stove, a vintage beauty that I cook and bake at all the time.  Hope you enjoy this piece.

It's the National!!

I am proud to announce that two of my pieces have been accepted for the 77th Annual Cooperstown Art Association's National Juried Art Exhibition.  One accepted piece is already shown in the header of my blog - "Teapot Rising"  and the other is a new larger piece I named "Time after Time".  The show will run from July 13 - August 17 and is located in the beautiful Village Library Building on the corner of Fair and Main Street, diagonally across from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  Here is a link for further information on the many ongoing events http://www.cooperstownart.com/national.html 

A Cooperstown Regional Prize!

I am excited to say that at the 2012 Cooperstown Art Association "Essential Art" Regional Juried Art Show, my piece, "Offload", received the Linda M. Clark Memorial Prize for artwork depicting rural life.  The show runs from May 4th through June 1. http://www.cooperstownart.com/current.html  It feels great to have this favorite piece honored by the jurors!