This is the hummingbird canvas and I can't tell why I'm having so much trouble loading the pictures of my small canvases. I have some of these offered on Ebay as well. Hope you can find a place for these.

Small with large impact

Here is another small painting of a hummingbird with a flower and you can see the faux-jewels. These are lots of fun mixing into a wall of photographs to lighten up the heaviness of all pictures.

Something happened and there were no pictures that were downloaded. Let me try again. I want to show my small paintings that are no larger than 4 X 5 inches and are canvases painted on the edges and decorated with faux-jewels and tiny flowers.

Curvilinear as the texture of folk art.

October 17, 2009 the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society begins the annual show. This year the theme is, "Linear Visions." It is a large show with over 110 participants. For a well-attended, community event, come to the reception on Sunday, October 25, 2009 from 1-4pm. The SCVWS does have great food and wine for the announcement of awards. This year the juror is Christopher Schink an artist well-known as a consummate professional.

The address is the Rose Shenson Gallery on the grounds of the Triton Museum

1550 Warburton Avenue

Santa Clara, CA 95050

The show is open every day from 11-5pm

Linear Visions closes November 17, 2009

This painting, which is a reference to folk-art, is called "Curvilinear". There are quilters in South America that make molas with fabulous, colorful stitching that twists and turns on the women's blouses. I chose to make the wavy lines and details in a similar manner and that is the entry for "Linear Vision." I hope you can come to the show.

Ghirardelli

Just finished a painting of Ghirardelli Square, the former chocolate factory. I think the tourism there has diminished somewhat from the days in the 1980s, but it is close to Fishermen's Wharf and still draws people. The painting is acrylic and collage so we call it a "mixed media." You can see it as a playful painting with the balloons and bright colors of yellow and orange.

The weekend of October 23-24, 2009, I will be with 8 artists showing at Open Studios at :

Art People Gallery
50 Post Street, 2nd level #41
San Francisco, CA 94104
www.artpeople.net

I hope to see some of you there as it is a really good way to see such a variety of art in one venue and reasonable prices too.

This has been a while since I wrote a blog. I was wondering if any others of you have discovered the two different shopping websites I discovered. One is Etsy which as hand-made jewelry and gifts and the other is Haute Look, which has high-end apparel and jewelry discounted and ordered directly from the manufacturer. It is fun to see what each site contains. You need to register to order on either one.

Again the hand-made or vintage site is Etsy http://www.etsy.com and Haute Look http://www.hautelook.com

I just entered a new show for me. It is put on by the Arts of the Covenant art group. The show is, "Angels, Artists Imagine the Invisible". It will run through the month of November, 2009 at the Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Avenue, Pacifica. A gala reception (with heraldic trumpets) will be on October 30, 2009 from 7-9 pm.

The show will then travel to West Valley Presbyterian Church, 6191 Bollinger Road, Cupertino from December 7, 2009-January 7, 20010. A family-friendly reception will take place on Friday, December 11, 2009 from 7-9pm.

Correction on date for Reception in Palo Also

The Elizabeth Norton Gallery
668 Ramona Street
Palo Alto, Ca
Reception held August 7th, Friday, from 6-9 pm
Show runs through August 29, 2009
Times: Monday-Friday, 9-5
Sat. 10-4
Closed Sunday


This show is "Anything Goes" and those of us who paint in watercolor may surprise you with what other media we work with. My previous blog said, Thursday, which is wrong. I hope this doesn't inconvenience anyone. Sorry

Here is the painting of two famous landmarks in San Francisco. It is a watercolor but on canvas. I call it, "Iconic Duo" Hope to see you there.