by ruralpearl | Jul 21, 2013 | Inspiration, Photos
I’ve been taking a few days off after several weeks of straight work & travel… Back to the grind tomorrow to prepare for The Uptown Art Fair coming up in Minneapolis, MN. Today, I hit the gravel roads for some re-connection to my favorite things.









by ruralpearl | Jul 15, 2013 | Cut Paper, New Work!

8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
by ruralpearl | Jul 10, 2013 | Inspiration, Photos

My friend Laura and I discovered this cicada emerging from it’s shell on my front steps this morning. I, of course, had to grab my camera and get all up in it’s face… rather intriguing.
Off to Wisconsin, I am, for the Art Fair on the Square. Til next time..
by ruralpearl | Jul 8, 2013 | Cut Paper, New Work!

11 x 14 inch paper cutting.
by ruralpearl | Jul 8, 2013 | Cut Paper, New Work!

8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Sold.
by ruralpearl | Jul 8, 2013 | Art Fairs & Art Travels
Thank you, Denver, for what was once again a terrific year at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival!

I was so honored to have groups of students from 3 different schools purchase some of my art this weekend. The Janus Student Art Buying Program enables students from Denver schools to have hands-on art buying experiences in which they purchase artwork to display in their schools. Such a great program that helps keep the arts alive in education!

I managed to forget my camera cable to get photos off my regular camera onto my computer, but I did get a little time after I set up my booth on Thursday to head into the mountains for the afternoon, so a little more to come. Til then, I’ll be getting ready to head out to Madison, WI, which includes some vehicular repair, as my windshield mysteriously cracked during my drive home today..
by ruralpearl | Jul 5, 2013 | Art Fairs & Art Travels

I woke up to this outside my hotel window at 5:45am this morning. A good omen for a good show maybe? Or a sign of persistent precipitation, perhaps.. there’s a slight chance of rain & thunderstorms predicted all weekend.
by ruralpearl | Jul 3, 2013 | Cut Paper, New Work!

8 x 10 inch paper cutting. Title derived from Robert Frost’s poem “A Cabin in the Clearing.”
by ruralpearl | Jul 2, 2013 | Art Fairs & Art Travels

Last weekend I made my way to the Des Moines Arts Festival, which turned out to be a fantastic show! I left my computer behind in attempts to lighten my load, so my usual blog updates (well, sparse more than usual lately) didn’t happen. I’m frantically getting ready for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival which happens this weekend in Denver. Then I’ll head to Madison, WI for Art Fair on the Square, home for a couple weeks, and then off to Minneapolis for the Uptown Art Fair. Busiest. Summer. Ever. Updates from the road this time.. and I’ll be taking my camera too. Til next time…
by ruralpearl | Jun 26, 2013 | Cut Paper, New Work!

8 x 10 inch paper cutting… “A construct in the philosophy of science is an ideal object, where the existence of the thing may be said to depend upon a subject’s mind.”