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Fogue Studios & Gallery, Georgetown, Seattle, WA
Above: Here is Kerry…owner and “Accidental Curator” of Fogue….
The wonderful Carolyn Autenrieth and me: Pre-SnapChat silliness….
…and here we again…with SnapChat….
2nd Saturday of every month is Georgetown Art Attack from 5-8pm…public welcome!
Acrylics 101 at the Bellevue Club…in the Polaris Conference Room…my September students!
ARTfuel Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico!
Yes, friends…we tend to get wild & crazy at Fogue Studios.
Here are buddies Mike & Kate Lipe and the glorious owner of Fogue, Kerry Gates!
Working the wine bar with Anjanette Hewitt….
Fellow artists Carol Ross and Carol Whitaker….
Trains, oil on canvas, 24” x 36”, custom framed
Kerry Gates, owner of Fogue Studios & Gallery, sold Trains to one of her Fogue collectors! They sent Kerry a photo of the spot they chose in their home.
Four students, no experience necessary, build their own canvas…at Happy Time Studio in Issaquah.
There is meaning and joy in art-making with a mini-community!
Always a great exhibition in a fascinating and welcoming gallery on Camano Island!
Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park
The Stairway, oil on canvas, 18” x 24”, $700
Kindergarten Art Docent at Sunset Elementary School in Issaquah….
Yep, I’m back to my natural habitat: teaching!
I volunteered to be the Art Docent for Kindergarten at Sunset Elementary School in Issaquah.
And that experience led me to Happy Time Studio in Issaquah
….to teach a beginning painting class to adults.
Find out more: Happy Time Studio
The Studio Sale, “4 Journeys”, featured paintings by Carol Ross, Julie Rackley, Carol Whitaker and me.
Lots and lots of friends and family came and shopped…my smile muscles hurt after the event!
A short video history of the Women Painters of Washington, founded in 1930.
The view from a bedroom at Villa Maddalena, our home for six days & nights.
Retreat To Tuscany, with leaders Theresa Callahan & Nicole Privett, was a unique Life experience for me.
Villa Maddalena (500 years old) is in the medieval village of Montisi, right in the heart of Tuscany… think olive orchards, farm animals, cheese, and wine.
OK…my Bliss…78 degrees in October, and a day at a Spa with mineral springs used since Roman times!
Mallorca, Spain…home of Rafa Nadal. Four days of lessons on the red clay and a tour of his Academy.
Swimming in the Mediterranean Sea….
And from Spain to London…for grass court tennis and the cathedral of tennis: Wimbledon.
L to R back row: Matt, Gowri, Marty, Elizabeth, Mark, me, Jane, baby Mya, Jenna, Andrew, Lauren, Sam, Erin, Jaime, Tom. Front row kiddos L to R: Izzy, Miles, Maddie, Abi, Emerson.
One of my tennis friends, the Mr., commissioned me to create two paintings for his wife (I know her, too)
as a surprise gift honoring their long marriage.
He wanted to remember the first time he laid eyes on her…in the produce section of Marketime Foods in Fremont, WA. !!!! My photographer, Toni Pinto, and I headed over to Marketime for a photoshoot, and put together several images for The Mr. to choose from.
Mr. also wanted a painting of the place for their First Date, Bizzarro Italian Cafe, in Wallingford, WA. So, again, Toni & I headed there for a photoshoot…
“The Mrs. was really moved. Both our boys were in town and they had a chance to experience it with us. No one will ever forget it. She had no idea. The colors, the detail, your interpretation, everything turned out so well. Thanks again for all of your work on this project…now we have something beautiful and meaningful that will always be with us. “
Here is a finished painting, a commission, of a beloved father with his two daughters (who are now in college). The title: “Superman”
And, here is an iPhone image from my client after she choose the frame & mat, which enhanced the painting. She has impeccable taste!
For those who are curious, this is the original reference photo.
Three of my paintings will be on display at the Matzke Fine Art Gallery March 5—April 10. The Opening Reception is Saturday March 5 from 1:30-5:30pm. Food & drink for those who come by! This is the Women Painters of Washington Spring Juried Exhibition…2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, WA 360-387-2759
“The Red Car Travels On”, oil on canvas, 22”x35”, custom framed.
“Slipping Through”, oil on canvas, 19”x31”, custom framed.
“The Neighborhood”, oil on canvas, 30”x40”.
