Art in the Park Festival

Wren, 5x7, $40.00

The Art in the Park Festival in Pensacola, Florida is coming on the weekend of May 16-17, 2015.  I have been notified that I will be joining the line up of artists showing my art.  I am so very excited to be included in the ranks of these artists.  Many of them I have looked up to for many many years and to be among them is humbling.  The hours are 10:00 to 5:00 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.  We will be set up in Seville Square under the beautiful oaks.  For more information or driving directions please check out their site at Pensacola Museum.

If you have been wanting to see, up close and personal, my art this will be the last show of the Spring.  I will not be exhibiting during the summer months, as it is too hot and I need this time to replenish.  I am planning new and larger projects which will be ready for my fall shows beginning Labor Day weekend at Baytowne Wharf Art Walk in Destin, FL.

If you have any suggestions of art works to be prepared this summer I hope you will not be shy and let me know what you would like to see created by e-mailing me.  Here is the quick link to E-mail Donna here.

I am currently working on a series of bird paintings with this post being the first in the series.  They will be painted on a 5x7 RayMar panel so they will fit nicely in an office, bathroom, kitchen, or bedroom where a small painting is wanted.

Art Show News

I am thrilled to report that I have passed the jury stage and have been invited to participate in the Riverwalk Art Festival in Milton, Florida on March 24 & 25th.  I plan to hold a drawing from the folks that come to see me for one of my 6x6 Gallery Wrapped Paintings.  I have not decided if it will be a landscape, floral, still life or other subject matter.  You may want to leave me a comment today if you have a suggestion or preference.  I have lots to get done between today and that weekend.  So if you don't see or hear from me it is not that I am avoiding you, it is just that I am busy doing all those things that have to be done that are non-painting things.  I have found out that there is a lot more "stuff" to being an active artist than the actual painting time.  It is really amazing how much away from the canvas there is.  I have lots and lots of ideas for paintings but I'm not sure how much will get done before March 24th.

In the mean time...for your viewing pleasure I am inserting for your viewing pleasure one of my first paintings.  This is the painting that opened my eyes to the possibility that I could paint.  I took a class from a talented Acrylic painter,  Brenda Harris.  Some of you may have seen her on PBS stations.  She is such a joy to paint with and so willing to share her knowledge.  I also want to thank another sharing artist, Sandra Childs.  Sandra was the first teacher that exposed me to so many wonderful techniques.  She introduced me to Brenda and I often hear her voice in my head as I am painting.  Her encouragement and spirit have helped me get to where I am today.  I am so blessed to have her as my friend.

The painting is called "Slipping Away", it is sold, but I hope to have archival quality art prints available in the near future.  If possible I will have them with me at the Riverwalk Art Festival.  So please come see me and all the new things I am painting.

"Slipping Away"

11x14