You are cordially invited to visit my studio at Art-a Whirl ®!
Art-a-Whirl ®, which is the largest art crawl in the US is coming up!! I have never been to it, let alone been in it, so this is my maiden voyage! I hear it is a great time!! If you google Art-a Whirl ® 2018, or google NEMAA.org, (Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association), you can find out all the events happening, and believe me, it's quite a line-up! Also check out my building's website, Casketarts.com for what's happening at our place! It's Friday May 18th, 5-10. Saturday May 19th 12-8, and I'm closed Sunday, as we have a family obligation, but the rest of the show is from 12-5.
At our building, which is the Casket Arts Building, there will be entertainment, food trucks, brewery beer offerings, custom cocktails in the basement lounge, Red Stag Supper Club, Great Dane Rescue, (as in really cool dogs walking around), a marching band parade out back, spin art, face-painting, just to name a few events! Behind my building is the Franconia Sculpture Park and our Carriage House, which has more artist. ( check out Franconia .org and click on Art-a Whirl® and they have a daily event line-up) Opening day, 5-8 they have an Opening Ceremony hosted by two comedians, Edison High school Marching Band, Silver Lake Symphonic Woodwinds, Chaos Combat Marching Band, the Southside Battle Train, an appearance by Smoky the Bear, haircuts, and a reality show cook off (7pm) rain date is Saturday May 19th. Saturday May 19th they are going to do a live iron pour from 12-4. Gosh...this sounds like too much fun!! Their web site does a great job explaining what it all is! They are rarely open so this is a great opportunity to check out some really cool "stuff"!
There is a trolly that shuttles folks to the different buildings in the area too. I hear it's a good idea to just uber in as parking can be tricky. I also hear it's really fun!! So if you are free and up for an adventure, come check it out! It's family friendly too! There are over 100 artists in my building and I hear it's a pleasant building to explore as it's not as huge as some of the others. So hope to see you there!! We are at 681 17th Ave North East, North East Mpls. I'm in studio 160. Come explore why North East Minneapolis was voted by USA today as the Reader's Choice for best art district in the US!! Whew!!! Cheers!
Found a few photos of the paintings I have done of gondolas. Odd subject matter perhaps?! lol
When we travel, we tend to go up on gondolas. I'm afraid of heights so I'm always challenged! The top painting is when we were in Lucerne, Switzerland and my son and I were in a small red gondola. I was too chicken to take the big one to the top, so I sat and watched him go up. This painting is an intrepertation of what I saw. They scare the beegebies out of me, but I think they are cool! On a side note, I told my son, we need to listen to music to take my mind off of my fears, we ended up randomly cranking ZZ Top and it did the trick! I always chuckle when I see this painting as my son will forever think of his mother sining to ZZ Top in Switzerland. Cheers!
One more from the framer today!
You can't tell from the photo, but the frame on this one is so lovely! It has a slight red running thru it that looks amazing with the painting. Love when I find a frame that really works this well! I often will paint on unstretched canvas and depending on the conditions, I will dry mount them and frame them instead of having them stretched onto stretcher bars. I didn't want this one to get any narrower hence the choice I made. It looks so good! I'm so happy with this one! Cheers!
Haven't named this one yet....
It was hard to get a decent photo of this one being it has gold and silver in it. But it turned out fun! A bit crazy, but such is life!
These three just came back from the framers. Think I'll nick name them the 'Three Crazy Guys'!
The Three Crazy Guys got back to my studio today! The white frames have an orange fabric beveled inside liner, looks great in person! Channeling my inner 1970's!! Cheers!
Three Flamingos turning into a canvas giclee! The colors are vibrant and wonderful!!
I love watching art come out of the printers!! So fun!! They are beautiful!!
It's really hard for me to paint "subtle"! But it's good to take on challenges! I even toned this one down a bit, so unlike me!
Something different for a change! It was really hard for me to not amp up the color when I worked on this one yesterday. My natural tendency is to add vibrant colors, but it was taking on such a lovely feel that I really wanted to see it thru. I came back today and toned it down even more to keep the feel soft, calm. I'd like to wear this one as a huge shawl, preferably cashmere and wool...it would be splendid! Cheers!
36 x 48