November Art Reception

The November art show reception was last night

and I wanted to share a few photos with you.

This was an all member, non judged show.

 My husband and I walked into the art center,

and I have to say that all the art was wonderful.

There was quite a variety of art media showing.

There were photos on canvas, photos on metal,

collagraphs, watercolors, oils, drawings,

my mixed media art dolls, assemblage and much more.

I was so happy that my sister, Lanette,

was able to make it to the reception.

Here we are standing by my mermaid art doll, Myrena.

There was wine, punch, food,

and music by the Art Center band.

There was also a drawing for a coastal painting

done by a local artist.

The crowd was still growing when we left the reception.

The show will be up all month.

It's always exciting to see an all member show

and I look forward to the next one.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Mermaid art doll on Tea Tuesday

Happy Tea on Tuesday everyone!

I'm posting early btw.

This morning I had

Tahitian Vanilla Hazelnut by the Yogi Tea Co.

I love how it has a little quote

attached to each tea bag.

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My DH told me I needed to make a mermaid art doll

for a show I have coming up soon

at the Port Aransas Art Center.

Here on the coast there are so many mermaid items,

that I never really wanted to make a mermaid....

until now.

I wanted this one to be a little different.

Remember, she is an art doll...

so anything goes....

she has no arms,

no flowing hair,

does not look like your average mermaid...

but you can still tell she is a mermaid,

by her tail (of course)

Here is....

MYRENA

Myrena is 12.5 inches tall,

and is made from polymer clay.

Here's tips on how I created her.......

I wanted to give her lots of motion, so...

Her bottom hips and tail are straight on,

with her upper body turned to the right,

then her head looks back to the left.

Her tail comes up and is quite large.

For color...

I added nutmeg brown acrylic paint to her entire body,

then wiped it off right away,

just leaving a hint of brown,

especially in the recessed areas.

Then on her tail I added silver liquid leaf,

just on the high spots, not in the recessed scales etc.

This will tarnish over time,

and should be very pretty,

with her indented scales still showing the brown.

You can seal the liquid leaf if you choose.

She is attached to a 4 inch square wooden base

that is painted black and has a gloss sealer on top.

She is mounted with a dowel that goes into her body.

There is also a dowel in her neck connecting

her head to her body, for strength.

That's it.

Hope you try polymer clay one day.

If you do, email me and send me a photo.

Would love to see what you are doing.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Art Center Merit Show

When I won

Best of Show at the all member show awhile back

I was so thrilled and shocked.

It earned me a position in this months Merit Show,

along with the first, second and third place winners.

Last night was the long awaited reception and

 it was a great success!

All four of us have 3 panels of work each, on exhibit

for the month of August.

I had so much fun meeting everyone,

talking to other artists etc.

I had 6 watercolors and 4 art dolls in the show.

All four art dolls sold before I left the reception.

I got to meet and talk to the people who purchased the art dolls.

Doing that is something I always enjoy.

Here are the Keepers of the Secrets I and II,

each sold separate.

Karen and I are standing by

Peace be Still

who sold right off the bat

to a woman from San Antonio.

My friend Karen (who is an artist in her own right),

 her husband Steve, (in the yellow shirt)

and my husband (in the blue shirt) attended the show,

and I was so happy they could be there with me.

My husband took this photo of me with my friend Laura

 (who is a wonderful fiber artist and is shown here

in the orangey/rusted hand dyed shirt),

with 2 more of her friends, who came to see the show.

Thanks for being there ladies.

Also thanks to Happy and her husband for coming too.

The crowd was wonderful, as you can see.

We had a band, food and great fun.

The art is wonderful here!

One of the other featured artists was

Narice Hopp.

Narice's work reveals some Mexican Folk Art influence.

I love her assemblage work

as those and her paintings

are filled with color and humor.

Here she is wearing her googly eyed necklace.

Too funny!

Lynn Dickey and Pat Dittberner 

were the other 2 featured artists at the Merit Show.

Lynn paints in oils and also does pottery work.

Pat does some wonderful drawings and other

contemporary art paintings.

Congrats to all for a successful showing.

Thanks goes out to the Art Center for the Islands

and to Mary Rose, the director,

who always does such a wonderful job.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

God Gave us Memories

The November

Art Center for the Islands Show

is coming up quick.

I'm entering my mixed media piece

I finished this week,

God Gave us Memories

 It measures 11 by 18 inches.

I love the quote by Barrie.

The theme of the show is

our interpretation of

Thanks for the Memories,

so I hope this fits in well enough.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne