WaFed Show Closes

A big thank you to the fantastic people over at Washington Federal. I may work there part-time as well, but everyone was has been so supportive of my work, I can not express my thanks enough. My art show there began in January, but when we didn't have a February artist, Lisa (the assistant manager) asked if I would keep my work up for another month. Of course I couldn't say "no" :o)

Having a fly's eye view of people's reaction to my work was a lot of fun. Not everyone knew that the Artist of the Month was also helping them with their transactions! When they found out (if they did) I took great joy in watching their surprise. I was also encouraged to play "curator" and talk with people one on one about the various pieces, which was a great pleasure.

But one of the best things about this past show for me was the all ages aspect of it. I mixed in some of my illustrative work with the fine art to bulk things out. I did this because I was concerned (needlessly) that I wouldn't have enough work to fill the walls, but that proved to be an unfounded fear. By doing this, however, it allowed an interest point for just about everyone. Mixed in with the still-lifes and portraits were fantasy and science fiction pieces, and I included my "sketchbook" portfolio which had forty some odd game cards I illustrated for Fantasy Flight Games and the box art for Space Empires V by Malfador Machinations.

Ultimately, though, this section of the post isn't about my art. It's about a big "Thank You" to Rollie, Lisa, Jen, Elinor, and Madeline for their support and tolerance of two months of my stuff on their walls and letting me goof off when I should have been working! Thanks guys!! :o)

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One of the things I enjoy doing are portraits - pets, people, whatever. I took some time out from the children’s book to work on a drawing of our dog, Bella.

I worked from a photo of her sitting in the snow we had in November. Something she seemed to really enjoy.