The Sound of Paint

I am the featured artist at Art in the Valley this November. The show opens Tuesday November 1st with a reception Thursday November 3rd. I finish hanging it tomorrow. I’m very excited.
Sold a Canvas Print

A Few Little Sales
I woke up this morning to a nice surprise. I’ve sold a few cards:



Double Feature on the Homepage.
I woke up this morning to find that I had been featured on the homepage last night:

We had a rough night over here (the dog met a skunk) and this was a beautiful way to wake up. The glass paper weight in the upper left has never been featured before, so it was a double surprise.
Free Tickets To Best of the Northwest Spring Show
I have three admit-two-free tickets to the March Spring Best of the Northwest Art and Fine Craft at Warren G Magnuson Park. Admission is ordinarily $7.00 per person so the tickets are worth $14.00 each. I’ll mail one ticket each to the first three people to send me their Washington mailing address.
Watercolor Society of Oregon's Spring Show
A month ago, I applied to my first juried show and this evening I found out that I got in:

Queen Anne Nods to Shirley Jackson will be on display at Manley Art Center and Gallery, 509 Pine St., Brookings, OR, April of this year.
Daddy's Magnifying Glass Featured by Painters in Modern Times

Daddy’s Magnifying Glass featured by Painters in Modern Times
Removable Liquid Masking
Because I often pour paintings, a process much like batik dying, I get many questions about masking.
Here is my little stock of information:
1. Mask must be stirred because it separates. But if you shake it you get bubbles which leave holes where paint can reach the paper. Putting a marble in the bottle and rolling it around is the best low bubble stirring method I know of.
2. Use teclon brush…
Daddy's Magnifying Glass Finished 3rd in the Narrative Art Challenge

Daddy’s Magnifying Glass finished 3rd the Painters in Modern Times Narrative Art Challenge
Sweet Shoppe Featured in Just Watercolours

Just Watercolours has featured Sweet Shoppe.