I Got Em

Every 3 days for almost a month I was going into a local thrift shop to bid

in a silent auction for these gorgeous lino cut prints.

When I saw them in the window, I gasped out loud & thought they were so so beautiful.

When I look at them I feel happy, at peace & like running to my studio to work...

now that's the kind of artwork I like to have in my home.

 

 

Well, just last week, I got the call that my tenacity won out & that they were mine...WOHOO!

I've never bid in an auction like that & must admit it was fun..well it was fun to win, ha ha!

(It's a dream of mine to someday go to a real auction house & witness the action)

Anyhoo, I still have to paint the gold frames white, but I couldn't wait to get them up.

YAY.

AOM "Release Your Inner Artist" Evening...

This post is mostly for my fellow AOMer's and anyone who is interested in seeing some of the photographs I took on the night of the "Release Your Inner Artist" auction, which was last Friday evening...it was a good night, deemed a success and involved and invited many local leaders the chance to be artists and to create unique one of a kind pieces. The dignitaries involved were; Nipissing MP Monique Smith, Mayor Vic Fedeli, Deputy Mayor Peter Chirico, Coun. Judy Koziol, CTS Canadian Career College President and CEO Carlos Carvalho, MP Anthony Rota, Canadore College President Barbara Taylor and Nipissing University President Lesley Lovette-Doust and even some of their family members.

I think a good time was had by all....

It was a great chance for Art On Main and it's artists to reach out to the community and not only give them a taste of our world and a glimpse into our creative process...

...but it was a great opportunity to open up the art world and show that it really can be an inviting and friendly place to dwell or visit from time to time!

I hope all are pleased with my photos from the evening and thanks to everyone from Art On Main Downtown Collective, you all worked so diligently and hard on this project for the rest of us who couldn't be involved. Thanks to the guest artists who had the courage to try something different. And Thanks to everyone else, including supportive spouses, etc who came on out in support. Be Well Everyone and thanks for popping by.