Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Thanksgiving already???


WOW. I mean I know it's a little early this year, but it feels more like a month early! It has been a busy Fall and deceptively warm.......until the SNOW today! I hope you are all able to enjoy a relaxing (at least for we, the non-cooks) Thanksgiving with family and friends. You have to love a holiday that is just about eating and visiting! And this weekend if you are looking for a "non-mall" alternative to kicking off your holiday shopping, please come to Art on the Hill, an open studio at 78 Government Street in Kittery, ME. The event takes place on Sat and Sun (Nov 24th & 25th) I will be there along with nearly 30 artist and crafts people. So there should be a wonderful mix of work. I plan to bring a number of original pastels, large and small, representational and abstract......AND my new shipment of calendars. It would be great to see you! OH, and I almost forgot to mention, we will have some delicious appetizers on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of personal chef, Joyce Amorim.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Magical Mexico in Portsmouth


While gallery sitting this afternoon at Three Graces Gallery, I was surrounded by the beautiful, colorful works of Santiago Martinez from Oaxaca, Mexico. Even as they reference reality; the figure, a studio, nature, the paintings also have a fantastical quality. Each compositional element is included intentionally, beautifully, while much is eliminated. It it a luminous and enchanting world, one well worth visiting if you are able. The show is up through November 25th.