06/03/2008 14:43:07

thanks for your comment robin. as i was telling alston....the place where i worked for24 years was an old abandoned farm house on a dead end road. no indoor plumbing and the rooms were so dark i had to use artificial light even at mid day. i am very thankful that i now have those windows you mentioned.  your watercolors are poetic.....tom

05/31/2008 10:40:14

Show canceled due to rain and wind, mercifully, as i just got the canopy Friday...somewhat stressful to have delays when you count on things like this!  Gives me a few more weeks to iron out the kinks in the displays.

05/31/2008 07:58:38

Thanks, Robin.  Your studio was such a peaceful place to paint yesterday that this painting almost painted itself.  A great feeling.

05/26/2008 22:56:14

Heyya Robin, nice to see you and your work in person today!  Trust the show all worked out and you're home safe.  I think the whole process of setting up a booth is a lot at first, then gets easier and more streamlined each show.  Several artists told me as much, which I think has been your experience, too.  I saw one wood booth that was so nice, that the clay pots paled in my mind for the beauty of the panels and well-made shelves.  I guess it is possible to go too far. It was interesting to see the artists, how they looked, their booths and work.

Dale's work is really nice, she works pretty hard making her images, has a wide range of prices and items, and she probably makes a full time go of it, too.

I will have an extra day to get things ready for The Welcome Center now, having stopped in and checked on the way up...thank god.  No regrets now for the trip.

I will just have to see if I get into PCA.  Perhaps it takes a few rounds someone said, if you really want in.  That will give me more time to get more work done, and work with some punch, perhaps some manageable sized things, too.

Saturday will be my first chance to put out some things in a booth where not everyone there is on my invite list.  I have to let you know.

June wanted to hear more about the Butt, perhaps she will get on line with it and her textile art...We'll see...

Greg

05/21/2008 07:40:20

The abstract landscapes look wonderful posted together.  Maybe that will be a new gallery on your website.  Good luck at Paradise City this weekend.  Carmela

05/16/2008 17:13:08

Does the $140 include the diptych mat cut?  I'm assuming it does, but that does seem like a lot since the piece wasn't that big.  I'm glad you figured out how to edit it - you'll have to teach me now.  

 

05/15/2008 19:29:32

Hi Robin-- re: framing watercolors. Cheap Joe's has these great professional-looking frames called Miller Gallery Frames that come fully assembled WITH acrylic glazing.  You just pop in the matted piece. Check it out.

05/15/2008 06:43:58

Hey Robin - long time no see. Thanks for checking out my newest work. That was the first time I had used that type of taupe linen canvas and I liked the way the unpainted canvas looked with the neutral colors. I hadn't heard of Wolf Kahn before but I checked out his web site and liked it a lot. Less is always more for me. I'm always drawn to the simplistic landscapes and abstract paintings. I keep telling myself I want to do more of that. I can see his influence in a lot of your work. Scuttle member Indigomar has that feel to some of her landscapes too. 

I haven't been on much lately...having Scuttlebutt withdrawl! I've been painting a customer's house all week and every hour I'm not eating or sleeping seems like I'm at her house inhaling paint fumes. When I get home I go into shut down mode. I'm hoping to be done by early next week so I can get back in here and see what's been going on. 

Have a good day...I'm off to paint that old house...