Lamplit Evening – Cut Paper Art
8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
Tea for Two – Cut Paper Art
8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
I’m going to start posting Facebook and Flickr links for larger versions of my paper cuttings since I can’t post any larger in this blog format. I thought about changing my layout, but I kind of like this, and I’m a little resistant to change. (And a little afraid I might delete my whole blog or something catastrophic in the process.) So, here’s the first of many links where applicable:
Click here for the Facebook version.
Click here for the Flickr version.
Colorado Brief
I’m spending my last day in Colorado regrouping and relaxing before a long drive home and major work to get done after that. I’ve had a great time here, first at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, then at the Greenhorn Valley Art & Music Fest in Colorado City, and finally at the OpenArts Fest in Boulder. Each show went really well. And I was so happy to get to see some friends from past shows (as well as make some new friends that I’ll surely see again).
Some cool news derived from my travels: the gallery director from Art & Soul Gallery in Boulder saw my work at the Cherry Creek Arts Fest and contacted me regarding artist representation. Sooo, I drove into Boulder early last Friday before the OpenArts Fest to meet with her, and I’m honored to say that my work is now in the gallery which has been recognized as “Boulder’s Best Gallery” by the Boulder Weekly Readers Poll for 6 years. It really is a beautiful gallery with so much really great work inside, and I’m totally honored to have my work in there.
My major faux-pas of the trip: before I went to visit with the gallery director mentioned above, I was looking for parking and resorted to a parking garage after an unsuccessful search on the streets… Only I forgot that on top of my taller-than-average vehicle is a rooftop clamshell carrier. And it didn’t exactly fall within the height limits in the parking garage, so I found myself hitting signs and scraping the ceiling and having a small panic attack after thinking I was going to be stuck in there forever. I eventually made it out alive, and have only felt better about my mistake by admitting it to the world.
When I get home tomorrow night, I’ll start in on fulfilling three weeks of Etsy orders plus five commissioned paper cuttings, as well as tearing into finishing up 12 new works for my upcoming exhibit at the Carnegie Cultural Center in Ottawa, KS. Summers have become the busiest season in my world, it seems. And I guess that’s alright by me.
Enjoying the Night – Cut Paper Art
8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
Baby Bird – Cut Paper Art
11 x 14 inch paper cutting.
LOVE – Cut paper Art
8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
Bird on a Flower
2.5 x 4 inch paper cutting.Sold.
Video Interview from Cherry Creek Arts Fest
Tomasz Stasiuk stopped by for a chat about my artwork. I’m trying to get over being self-conscious on camera, and the preview frame couldn’t be any more flattering.
Side note: I just finished the Greenhorn Valley Arts & Music Festival in Colorado City, CO. It went great. Heading to Boulder, CO, for the 1st ever OpenArts Festival.
My first television appearance..
I was briefly on Denver Fox 31 news over the weekend in promotion of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Thanks to Angel Andres & Hendrik Sybrandy for stopping by for a quick interview and for putting my artwork on the airwaves. Check it out here (beginning around 1:11):
Hello from Colorado
This is the first day I’ve relaxed in weeks.. Last weekend was the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado, and my 4th art festival in the last 5 weeks, with 2 more coming up over the next two weekends. Cherry Creek is one of the largest art fairs in the country with approximately 350,000 spectators. Needless to say, it was amazing and exhausting. I’ll post more about that later when my brain is functioning better. I also have so much new work to post, plus some cool news (like my spot on the Denver news), etc.
Today, I cruised around Rocky Mountain National Park and shot lots of photos. The one above was taken at the Alluvial Fan (read about it here: http://www.rmnp.com/RMNP-Areas-HorseshoePark-AlluvialFan.html). Thursday I’ll head down to Colorado City for the Greenhorn Valley Art & Music Fest, and then the following weekend I’ll be in Boulder, CO, for the Open Arts Fest. More blog updates to come…