Invitational artist at the SNCA Gallery
From the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association January newsletter:
The building where the gallery is located (an old school building) is very charming and very nicely appointed. Its director, Jim Thomas gave us a tour of the place when we visited it a couple of weeks ago. Besides the two Galleries it also includes a Gift Shop, the History Museum, a theater, workshops and the Folk Pottery Museum in an adjacent new building. And of course, the long hallway where my work will be in display.
New orchid plant
Yesterday I got a new orchid plant, a C.G. Roebling ‘Sentinel’. Accordingly with the description its flowers are white-lavender-blue with a pronounced dark violet lip, just my kind of colors.
I can't wait for this orchid to flower and take some pictures but that will probably not happen until next spring.
Winter is Coming to The Bascom
As part of the North Georgia Art Guild group, I'll be exhibiting one of my pieces, Winter is Coming, at The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, in Highlands, NC.
The opening reception will take place at the Bunzl Gallery, January 21, from 2 to 4 PM.
First Place in Digital Art Photography – Currahee Artist’s Guild Fall Show
Winter Cardinals, one of my new photomontages, won the First Place Blue ribbon in the Digital Art Photography category during the Currahee Artist's Guild Fall Show this past weekend. This show ran concurrent with the Toccoa Harvest Festival which attracts hundreds of visitors every year.
Winter Cardinals
Despite the cold weather, the weekend was very rewarding, with a lot of people stopping by our tent to look at my work, ask questions and offer their comments.
2012 Desk Calendars
The new 2012 Bluebird Country calendar is available now.
We are also offering two new themes for 2012: Orchid Garden and The Hills of Helen.
And very soon now, we will have the new 2012 Flower Portrait calendar.
MetaLphor – an art show on metal media
Get ready... PixelGraphs are arriving to the West Coast next month!
Two of my photomontages will be in display at the MetaLphor show in San Diego, CA. The show is organized by the Digital Art Guild and will run from September 1st to October 1st at two separate venues: at the Art Institute of California - San Diego in Mission Valley, San Diego and at Main Street 5 Gallery in El Cajon, California.
What is different about this show is that all the works will be printed on metal or a metal substrate. In my case, I went with Magna Chrome, a company which infuses the dyes directly into specially coated metal sheets.
Winter is Coming
The end result is a luminous image that can be displayed without glass and has a scratch-resistant surface. A perfect fit for “Winter is Coming”.
Butterflies everywhere
This afternoon we visited the Chattahoochee Nature Center. The purpose was to see the two bald eagles kept there because they have been injured and cannot be returned to the wild. They were perched on a shaded platform, probably because of the heat, and we couldn't get a good view of them. We'll try again in the fall.
As Nature's way to compensate us for this, there were butterflies everywhere. These are just two of them.
Tiger Swallowtail butterfly
Gulf Fritillary butterfly
And also a lot of other insects such as wasps and bumble bees.
Can you see the bumble bee on this passion flower?
