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August Shows

I have work in 2 group shows this month!My piece “Lobo” is in the show  Animal Attraction II at the Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery.  The show runs Aug 7 – 28th and features work from some of my favorite Sacramento artists!I am proud to have 3 pieces in the show Wax On at the Davis Art Center. This show features work by the Sierra Wax Artist group (Sacramento chapter of International Encaustic Artists).   Wax On runs Aug 6th to Sept 5th. I am also busy preparing print works for the upcoming Hallberg Award Exhibit at Sierra College. Show details to follow. 

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An Official Happy Dance

Wow. The Big Names, Small Art event at the Crocker Art Museum last Thursday night was a blast! Saw a bunch of friends, was out-bid on all the pieces I tried to win, and met people who were actively trying to win my piece! It sold for $185. sweet. But the best part of the night? Going inside the museum and seeing this:  Yep. A really bad cellphone pic of my print hanging on the museum gallery wall! Pretty freaking awesome! oh and even thought the auction isn’t until June 6th, you can bid online here! And my encaustic painting “Holy Wound Five” went to it’s new home.   Friday was a day of rest (read: headache) and then Saturday we got the keys to our new house! Greeting from the pool. 🙂 And believe me, that pool is mighty nice after a day of moving garage stuff in the 95 degree heat!    

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Crocker Art Museum – Art Auction Season 2014

Great news!  My collagraph, The Theotokos Triptych,  has been selected for the Crocker’s 36th annual Art Auction! ART AUCTION 2014SATURDAY, JUNE 7DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 PMSILENT AUCTION CLOSES AT 7 PMThis artful evening features work by more than 100 of the region’s finest artists, silent auctions followed by a gourmet dinner, and an exciting live auction. Casually elegant attire.For Art Auction tickets, sponsorships or additional information, call (916) 808-7843.Art Auction Exhibit on view: MAY 22 – JUNE 7I have also donated Holy Wound Five to the Big Names Small Art event at the Crocker.                                       Encaustic with Gold Leaf 10″x10″ BNSA (BIG NAMES SMALL ART)THURSDAY, MAY 22, 5:30 – 9 PMFIRST SILENT AUCTION CLOSES AT 6:30 PMFree to Museum members and Patron ticket holders$15 NonmembersReserve tickets at crockerartmuseum.org”Join us for the art party of the year featuring “Small Art” by “Big Name” artists. Bidding on all BNSA items start at just $25. Music, a no-host bar, gourmet food, and docent-led tours of the Art Auction galleries round out the evening.” I am so thrilled to have my work shown at the Crocker and to be…

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Hot Wax Runs Wild!

I am so excited to have 2 of my encaustic paintings in this show put on by Sierra Wax Artists. Considering I am relatively new to working with this medium, what an honor to have my work selected by Juror Sara Post! I love working in encaustics and am still scratching the surface of what I can and can’t do with wax. Encaustics as a medium can produce such diverse works, I hope you will come out to Lincoln and see all the wonderful pieces created by local wax artists. 

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On your mark, get set, go!

Happy New Year!  (just a couple weeks late – not too bad considering my blogging track record) Christmas is over and so is the club volleyball season. I would do a “no more volleyball” happy dance, but conditioning for the high school season starts next week. So yeah… the volleyball, unlike the holiday season, never ends. It just changes uniforms. Hey, here is some great news for the new year – Chris has finished his last class and is getting his Masters Degree in Financial Services!! More alphabet soup to add to his business cards. CFP and MSFS – so proud of him! I’m still working on my 20+ year AA plan. One of these days I’ll take that damn Speech class. Really! But this semester I’m sticking with Printmaking. Class starts on the 28th. Can’t wait. In the meantime, thanks to Santa, I have the supplies to work in encaustic (painting with pigmented wax) at home and am trying to find my groove with this new medium. Finished a piece I did at the Wax Works West class last Nov: And the new pieces I created: I also did a small mixed-media painting and have another panel started. So…

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