Craft Show in Castle Rock

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Me and my good friend, Sharelle, along with my son, Javan, who was a very big help, participated in the Fall Harvest Craft and Gift Show in the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, Colorado last Saturday and Sunday.  This was the third show I did this year (the first two was the Sweet William Market, August and September, which I neglected to blog about!).  We had a lot of fun and there were some awesome vendors there.

1. My table - Jessi Designs.  My art lockets drew interest along with the bookmarks, magnets, cards and prints I designed from my original art. 

2.  Me!

3.  My friend, Sharelle of Sharelle's of Denver.  She creates the most wonderful art coats and her Sister Girl pins, earrings, journals, bookmarks, cards, and fabric eye glass cases are just gorgeous.

4.  Johnny of Two Mile Creek Specialty Foods - He had the best tasting Habanero jelly I ever had.  Great with cream cheese and wheat thins.

5.  Carmen with Carmen's Kitchen - Their almond toffee candy is the best!

6. Allison and her husband of A Little Twisted Jewelry - Fun jewelry and accessory pieces.

7.  Lourdes of Lourdes Rios Designs - She creates sophisticated ready to wear gowns.

8.  Denise of Goddess Wisdom Jewelry - Her jewelry caught my eye as they had a vintage inspired and funky appeal which matches her personality.  She generously gave away the pieces I had an eye on to me - :)

9.  Last but not least was Nick with Direct TV -- Really, this show was not that boring!

My son did not want his picture taken - (though he was the regular social butterfly - almost everyone knew him by name by the time it was all over). 

A boy and his dog

Here is my next project:

This is an 8 x 10 acrylic and markers on canvas. I still need to apply spray varnish to protect it.  Just wanted to upload this as soon as it was dry.  I am going to have prints made and will be in my Etsy shop soon.  I also would welcome any comments and suggestions or even just to say Hi - have a great week! ")

Tony Curtis

As I have maybe mentioned before, I love classic movies.  Turner Classic Movies is my favorite cable station.  Today, I was watching a Tony Curtis movie, The Vikings, from 1958.  I knew that he also is an artist, so after I checked out IMDB.com (Internet Movie Database) to find his official website and to read a little about him, I went to his website, to check out his paintings.  His work reminds me of my fav artist, Matisse and a some of Manet.  I will post pics of some of his artwork later.  In the meantime, click on his website above and enjoy - :)

Sisters in the Pink

I ran across a sketch I made of these two girls in my art room:

 and thought to bring it to life (and color) to this:

This is on canvas on wood, 8x10, with acrylic paints and markers.  My sister, Kelly saw it today and wanted to buy it, so it is on hold for now. But I will have prints of it on sale in my etsy store soon.

Kathy's dogs

I forgot to post this:

A coworker asked me to do a painting of her dogs, 9x12 - 2 pugs, a pom/pug mix, and an australian shepherd mix.  Told her it would be very illustrative, not an exact representation but she said that would be okay. This is the result. She has it hanging on the wall next to her desk at work.  I am so flattered!

Triptych

This is a triptych I painted for my sister, Kelly's office at work, 9 x 12. Not sure what type of flower these are, possibly some type of roses or tulips.  She had emailed me a bunch of pics as inspiration and I picked these.  What do you think of my first attempt at this?

I Won Danita Art Giveaway!

I was so thrilled to have been chosen to win the Danita Art giveaway, the book, Where Women Create Book of Inspiration.  It was interesting to read that she is also inspired by children's books and Matisse - as I am too.  She also added two pretty handmade bookmarks, aren't they cute?