This year I’ll be one of the artists donating a piece to the CPSA silent auction at the 16th Annual International Exhibition in Seattle. Since “Cascade” will appear in the exhibition, I thought it would be fun to use one of the other poses from the session for the donated piece. There are size constraints on the auction pieces, so this is smaller than I usually work on Colourfix:

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Lambent won first place in its category, Pastel/Colored Pencil, at the Wyoming Valley Art League Spring 2008 Member’s Show. There was a great turnout on Friday for the show at the Midtown Gallery in Wilkes-Barre.

There was a good turnout for this weekend’s workshop at the Wyoming Valley Art League, with 16 members attending. We had time to work with white, red, and black Colourfix paper, and I gave everyone dark green and gray samples to take home. The workshop’s title was “Capturing Light with Colored Pencil and Sanded Papers”. Here’s a snapshot of the main exercise, a rose, done on 4″ x 6″ black Colourfix:

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Kiersten’s father emailed some pics he snapped during the opening reception at Something Special.

Below: Kiersten and me.

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The artist’s reception for my solo show at Something Special went great this weekend! Saturday morning there was a flurry of activity as Kiersten and I packed up all of the pictures, tools, and show cards, and headed to the gallery to begin hanging the show. Hanging went quickly, and while we were working, the Something Special folks were busy cooking up all of the yummy appetizers for the evening. They took care of the details for the setting - florals, candles, music - and were the hosts, and we got all of the artwork hung, tags and cards. We had enough time to head back home and catch a bit of a rest before getting changed and coming back for the reception’s opening at 5 pm.

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18″ H x 27″ W. Prismacolor, Lyra, and Derwent colored pencils on brown Colourfix paper. Completed 2008.

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