Artists Studio Tours

Artist's Studio Tours are next weekend in Garrett County.    There are 21 artists at 7 locations.  This means that by hitting a few locations you can see plenty of artists.   We will have 5 artists at our location at The Loft Shop.
Guy Hinebaugh a photographer who does 19th centry black and white photography will be here. We will have Josh Brown, potter, from Frostburg in his tent out in our yard.   Meg Romerer who makes furniture for the "independent thinker" (whatever that means) in our guest house.   Alan will be in his workshop demoing wood stuff.    I will be in my studio demoing watercolor painting, collage, and monotypes.   I will be giving away samples of monotypes.
The studio tours are Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you don't know where we are. . . we are 1 mile south of the Bittinger intersection as seen below.

Whenever we are in Seattle, a "must do" is the Pike Street Public Market.    It is a festival of colors, smells, foods, flowers, fish, art, people. . . .life.     I love it and have since I was a kid.    I take photos like crazy when there, always thinking I will use them for paintings.   I usually don't because the subject matter is overwhelming.    I recently dug out a photo I particularly like and actually did a painting. I love these two women browsing along the vegetables.

                                                   

This coming weekend is Art in the Park at Deep Creek Lake State Park.   It is a fun event with many artists displaying and selling their work.    If you are in the area, be sure to come by and say "Hi ".

Dale Chihuly exhibit in Seattle

We were in Seattle Washington last week for a day and a half.   In that short time we managed to get to the new Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Seattle Center.    It is a wonderful display of his work over the years.  The size, scope and colors were overwhelming.  

The top picture is of pieces he call "macchia".  The bottom picture is of a row boat filled with glass balls that is installed on a reflecting piece of glass. 

I have been a Chihuly fan for years and this show was not disappointing.