Abandoned Art

RAPTURE hosted my Salem Art Group yesterday and my wonderful friends made art cards for my boat journal (more on that later). We were having so much fun making art, that we decided to make some art to give away, something we did last January as a group. More recently, Michael DeMeng started the Art Abandonment project (with his lovely wife Andrea), encouraging people to make art and leave it for others to discover. So, we all made a piece of art to give away. Here are some photos of us creating our giveaway art, our art, and then us littering the Portland Waterfront.

Her Dress Was Too Short For the Boat

RAPTURE hosted the Portland Art Collective on Monday night. It didn't rain during our party, but it wasn't very warm, so most of our evening was spent huddled in the cabin, But we are all very good huddlers and had a great time, even if at times people were trolling and waiting for someone to stand up so they could grab their seat!

WE ATE

WE VISITED

WE MADE ART

WE SCOUTED FOR BEAVER

WE CELEBRATED TORY'S BIRTHDAY

IT WAS A GREAT EVENING

Oh, What A Night!

Tuesday night we hosted our first party of the Waterfront season and it was a doozy. RAPTURE was stuffed to the brim with arty types. We ate, drank, created mini art masterpieces, watched the day turn to night. and laughed way too much. It was a great night just because it was so simple and relaxed.

While I had a captive audience, I invited everyone to create a small piece of art for my unconventional art journal. I had pre-gessoed a deck of old maid cards, some with texture, others with bits of the card left exposed. I set out a pile of decorative Washi paper tape, oil pastels, water soluble crayons, and chalk pastels -- as you can imagine with a boat of artists, that was all that was needed.