Sweet Tweet

I'm participating in the Wild Arts Festival, a benefit for the Portland Audubon Society. Also called the 6 x 6 Wild Art Project, all canvases must be be 6 x 6, all work is donated by the artist, and each will be sold at the 2011 Wild Arts Festival for 40 bucks each. The festival will take place November 19 and 20 at Montgomery Park in Portland. For my donation, I brought together my Curious Elements with my Funky Junkyard Birds to create a Curious Bird? A Funky Curiosity? How about a Funky Curious Junkyard Element? Whatever it is, I used a vintage tin that once held toffee so I've named my piece: Sweet Tweet.

Artfest Vendor Night: Controlled Chaos

Friday night at Artfest is Vendor Night. a fabulous opportunity for teachers to sell their art and for a few outside vendors to peddle their vintage treasures. Tory, who was teaching at Artfest, had reserved a table and invited Steph and myself to join her. We jumped at the opportunity to be on the other side of the table. Here's how the evening evolved . . . .

Hooking up our flamin' trailer to haul our Artfest vendor night goodies to the airplane hanger:


Minor glitch with the hook-up:


Setting up our table:



All ready to rock 'n roll:




I am always amazed by the number of shoppers. There is an electric, frenzied feel -- wanting to look, touch, buy, and get on to the next booth before all the good stuff is scooped up!





We all had fun . . . and made a little pocket money. Thank you to everyone who bought my journals, nicho kits, Fearless Faces, and Funky Junkyard Birds. I am honored you chose my stuff in light of your many choices. (You can see what I was selling by clicking here.)

Flying North

I just finished up a new flock of my Funky Junkyard Birds and they'll be flying north with me to Artfest. Fuller, LaJean, Lily, Albert, and the rest of the gang will be available for sale at Vendor Night. In the meantime, meet the gang:

Mr. Valentine and Friends

My Funky Junkyard Birds have been quite popular at The Heart of the Matter Show at Guardino Gallery. So popular that Donna, the gallery owner, wanted me to make more (as of Thursday, there were only four of my Junkyard birds left). I managed to eek out five new birdies this week. Meet Mr. Valentine, It's Time, Angel, Please, and For Ann. The show runs through February 20th, so if you're in Portland, swing on down to N.E. Alberta and pop in.







Junkyard Birds in their temporary new home.

The Heart of the Matter 3

The Heart of the Matter 3 opened at Guardino Gallery last night. There are two artists in the main gallery (Suzy Kitman and Jessica Orlowski)and then a group show in the Feature and Window Gallery; I'm part of the group show: The Heart of the Matter 3. But let me back up a bit. Here I am delivering my art to the gallery last Sunday:


And here is what I delivered: 13 Funky Junkyard Birds and three Fearless Faces.



So last night was the opening for all of the shows. We arrived and peeked in the window, discovering that my three Fearless Faces were in the Window Gallery.


I didn't get to see all of my birds hanging on the wall as Donna, the owner of the gallery, had sent me a message earlier in the day saying that three of my birds had sold before the show even opened (she suggested I get to making more birds)! Yikes Almighty!


Here's the beautiful Features Gallery:



My handsome hubby talking to Greg Carrigan.


Daughter Amy stopped by (with flowers for me!) and had fun looking at a couple of the dangling hearts on my birds. Amy had given me a pair of her old heart earrings, and of course they found their way onto my Funky Junkyard Birds. I guess I didn't open the lockets because inside were photos of my grandkids!




Some of my favorite crew: Tory, Greg, Tabor, me, Amy.


Tabor looking quizzical and mysterious.


You know who by now.


Finally, Steph arrived. Trifecta achieved.


And then it was just a magical evening of visiting and talking art. Can you spot Mary Lou Zeek? She's there in the mix, too!