Gallery Grand Re-Opening

I have been working with this lovely gallery over the past two years. Sylvia and Carolyn approached me when they saw my work in a local online networking group for women.  These two sisters and business partner were about to open their quaint gallery in the downtown Lawrenceville. They wanted me to have a few pieces at their location.

 

This past few weeks the Lona Gallery moved to a larger space at the other end of the block. The grand re-opening has taken them a month to slowly transition to the new space. For their kick off, they had this wonderful reception. 

 

 

 

 

The place was packed with many guest, patrons, artist, and friends.

 

 

 

 

Here are a bunch of my paintings on the shelves. 

 

 

 

 

The gallery is filled with a wide variety of art by local artist.

 

 

 

 

 

The food was a feast of delectable treats.

 

 

 

 

The caterer Phoenix Gardens, owns her own farm and raises her own free range chicken that she uses for her catering business. Gwendolyn and her husband did not grow up on a farm, but just started reading about farming, and decided to give it a try. They also grow their own vegetables and sell them at local farmers markets.

 

Carolyn behind the counter.

 

 

 

 

We were delighted by soft jazz music and spoken word by Lisa Marie McNeill. This poetry was accompanied to music. She made a special poem for Carolyn and Sylvia.

Ornaments and Silliness

 

 Ornaments fress out of the oven.

 

 

 

 

 

They are all painted and ready to put a coat of varnish on them.

Guess who blew a mega bubble all over his face and glasses? Jordan! I thought you would get a good laugh out of this. Have a great weekend!

The Cats Meow

I decided to expand my series of creatures to cats. Although, I really am a dog lover first and foremost, I decided to create this little guy.

 Many years ago I was such a big fan of the comic strip Garfield. He was so funny with his I don't care attitude. You knew who really ran that house. His poor owner tried his best, but Garfield was the king of that castle.

This clock will be available in my shop within the next day. 

Mirror mirror on the wall

 I purchased these mirrors from Ikea I am ashamed to say almost seven years ago. I discovered them in a box in our basement a year or so ago.

 

  I decided to hang them in the sitting room in my master bedroom.

 

 

 

 

First I masked the mirror with painter's tape

 

 

Next I added white paint for my first coat. I used craft paint that I already had in my studio. Once the paint dried I applied crackle coat on top of the white.

The final coat I added this funky purple to give it that pop to the mirrors.

 

 

Now here is the finished product. I just need to touch up a few areas then varnish the wood. Hopefully it won't take me that long to hang them up.

Mr. Scarecrow.

Here is my front porch with my scarecrow and pumpkin. I painted swirls all around the pumpkin with acrylic. I saw these beautiful pumpkins painted in gold on Pinterest, so I decided to give it a try. I love the simple elegance it adds to the pumpkin

Have a great weekend!

Norcross Arts Festival

 

I was so excited to go attend the festival with Todd and the boys. The day was clear and warm for this annual event.

 

 

 

 Todd took the boys to the kids zone while I got to visit with some artist friends. I was talking so much I forgot to take a picture of Celeste who was my neighbor at this show two years ago. She traveled from Fort Myers Florida to do this show.

 

The Norcross Arts Festival is filled with colorful whimsical and folk art.

 

When I saw this booth I just had to stop by and chat with these lovely ladies. The name attracted me so much. They told me about how they came up with their name. Deb and Sue are both ovarian cancer survivors.Their perspective on broken and discarded glass is to bring beauty to the life in their art. Deb is a seven year cancer survivor of Stage 3C, and is still under going treatment. Sue has been cancer free for eight years. These ladies are a true inspiration to me.

 

I wish I had a chance to share with you the other great artist that I met this past weekend. I feel so inspired every time I get a chance to go visit other artist and hear their story behind their art.

Welcome October

 

I'm slowly getting into the fall season. I painted a sample painting last week for my painting classes.

 

 

 

I also got a chance to put up some fall decorations on my mantle. Next I will decorate my front porch with my scarecrow and a pumpkin. Stay tuned for that later this week.