I’m a Poster Girl!

I’m so excited to announce that my work has been chosen as the feature art for the poster and T-shirt for the Downtown Art Festival in Gainesville, FL this December! (Note: updated with a better image of the poster.) I got the call from the show director earlier this year, but I wanted to wait…

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Downtown Art Festival is This Weekend!

The Downtown Art Festival is this weekend in Gainesville, FL. I’m excited to do this show in my hometown for the fourth year in a row. At left is “Jewel Box” which is finished just in time for the show to open on Saturday, November 14. Hours are 10-5 Saturday and Sunday. “Jewel Box” is…

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Award of Excellence at the Downtown Art Festival!

I’m thrilled to announce that I won an Award of Excellence at the Downtown Art Festival today in Gainesville, Florida! Two judges visit every competitive booth during the day to score artists on originality, execution, and overall presentation of their work. At 4 PM, the festival staff and the judges begin visiting the winning booths…

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New Show Hung at Pinnacle Building

Last Thursday I helped hang a new show with fellow artists Eileen Doughty and Floris Flam at the Pinnacle Office Building in McLean, VA. The show is titled “Soft Fiber with a Cutting Edge,” and it features 28 abstract and landscape-inspired pieces of art. The show, located at 1751 Pinnacle Drive near the Tysons II…

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In the Studio – “Secret Garden” in Process

I’ve made some progress on the new piece from my last post–it has a name, and I’m working on adding texture with stitching lines. The central panel feels like a landscape to me, so I decided to call it “Secret Garden” and I’m adding some stylized flower and leaf images to the central panel with…

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More Journal Covers in Process – and a Start on a New Piece

I’m still working away at the journal cover tops–I’m up to 14 now! I can see possibly I need some more in the autumn color range. It’s a little like eating potato chips, you can’t stop with just one–I still have quite a few ideas for new covers. Which is a good thing! While I…

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Journal Covers in Process

It’s that time again–the fall shows are coming up fast! So naturally I’m in the studio working on my inventory. Today was journal covers–these are fabric covered holders for regular black and white composition books like you used in school. They’re great for well, journals, or you can use them to keep track of notes…

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