Thank you!

 Thank you to all the wonderful folks that came through my studio these past couple of weekends.  I met so many interesting people and heard fascinating stories.  Thank you also for supporting my art. A nice number of paintings have new homes! 

As part of the tour I doing some paintings demonstrations. Here are two pieces I started and finished during the tour.

Whatcom Artist Studio Tour 2024

 It's time for the annual Whatcom Artist Studio Tour and for the first time, I will be an artist on the Tour! 

I have enjoyed the Tour for many years as a visitor; meeting artists where they create their work. Now, I will be greeting guests into my studio for the first time. I am excited see you all! I am Studio #27 on the tour.

The Tour runs during the first two weekends in October between 10 am and 5 pm each day (note my studio will be closed between 2 pm and 4 pm on Oct 12th for a memorial).

You can pick up Tour Brochures with a map of studios at businesses throughout Whatcom County or download one here: WAST Brochure

Floating

 

I continue with the butterfly theme, this time Western Swallowtail butterflies.  Floating is 28"x20" acrylic on canvas. It will be available to view for the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour during the first two weeks of October. 

New Piece

 Swallowtail Flight. acrylic on canvas. 36"x12" SOLD

A fun experiment with atmospheric perspective.  I may try more. 

Open Studio Friday September 6th 2024

 

Come enjoy an evening of art and good people. The Waterfront Artist Studio Collective has its doors open this Friday September 6th for First Friday Art Walk. I will have my doors open (Studio 9) from 7 till 9 pm- other studios will open at 6 pm.

For even more fun I will be at the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour Show opening at Dakota Arts on Cornwall Ave from 6 to 7 pm that same evening - and then I will run as fast as I can to my studio and open doors there. 

Shelter

 

Shelter.  11"x14". Acrylic and metal leaf on wood panel. 

Using spider webs adorned with lichens, Hummingbird nests cling to precarious small branches. They blend so amazingly well in their soft camouflage.  This piece is titled Shelter and recreates my memories of coming across these tiny nests, often clinging to cedar branches.

New piece- Have A Berry

 

Have A Berry! 12"x19" Acrylic and metal leaf on re-purposed wood panel.  

On my summer walks around our local wetlands Cedar Waxwings are always present and busy feeding on fruit and insects. I love their gentle, subtle coloration with a tiny bling of red on their wings (can tou find it?).  This piece will be available to view in my studio during the Whatcom County Artist Studio Tour during the first two weekends of October.