Hearts for Anna
To all of my fellow artists please consideringmaking a Heart for Anna, everyone else please consider buying one! I have known Anna for several years, we met through the art fair circuit. She is a such a gem of a person and wonderful artist, please read on and help if you can. (And I'm sorry for the short notice...I just found about this wonderful fundraiser today).
Anna Millea,a longtime Guild and Artful Home artist, is fighting breast cancer -again. The disease has returned aggressively and is now in her bones,requiring an extreme sixteen rounds of chemotherapy. She has noinsurance, having been deemed uninsurable due to her "pre-existingcondition."
When we at Artful Home learned of this we knew we needed todo something to try to help her through this situation. What we havecome up with is an event we are calling "Hearts for Anna", to which wehope you will contribute and donate a little bit of your time andtalent.
Artful Home will hold a 5-day online event, "Hearts for Anna",August 12-16, 2009 in which miniature artworks, no larger than 5" x 7",will be sold. The items will be sold first-come, first serve, with allitems selling for $100 on Day 1, $75 on Days 2 - 4, and $50 on Day 5.All money will go to a fund that goes directly to Anna Millea to helppay for her medical bills.
Retro On Roscoe - Come See Us!
If you'll be coming to Roscoe Village this weekend for Retro on Roscoe please come by on Saturday and say hello! We are located at 2040 W. Roscoe...in the thick of it, 2 blocks west of Damen.
Norcross Art Fest Poster Design
I just sent off the final art work for the t-shirt/poster and yes, another billboard (yay!) for the Historic Norcross Art Fest in Georgia October 3-4.
Carbon Black
Just discovered Golden Fluid Acrylics, I've always used Golden Heavy Body Paints but the black does not thin well so I use a different brand...picked this up the other day, I love it - fluid but opaque, perfect for my process...
Collectors & Friends
I've had visits from a few of my collectors this week, coming to see the new studio space for the first time. James & Rosemary Sharp own several of my paintings and just purchased "Man-imal" to add to their collection: this painting was inspired by a sgraffito tile I created at Lill Street a few years back:
Today Linnea Blomgren (Board Member at Harmony House for Cats) came to visit with her newly adopted dog from PAWS Chicago, Molly:
It was a lovely afternoon here in Roscoe Village, lots of of new people came in today. The studio/shop felt just how I imagined and hoped it would be on a typical Saturday. Feeling grateful!
New Compositions Emerge from Basement
I have a show at the Humane Society of Berks County in Reading, PA opening on August 14th...need to get some new work done and shipped in the next 2 weeks...started these compositions at home and will bring to the studio to finish. I assumed not having any art fairs in July would free me up but the universe has supplied me with plenty of work...I could use a few 28 hour days!
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