Friday, June 12, 2015

Keuka Arts Festival Preparation

Summer kicks off art festival season!  I am participating in four fabulous art shows this summer to promote my children's picture book The Swing and to sell my art.  The first one is this weekend - the Keuka Arts Festival in Penn Yan, NY.  This is a wonderful festival in the heart of the Finger Lakes along an outlet of Keuka lake.

So this week I have been preparing for the festival.  I ordered prints of my artwork from The Swing and also from my "as of yet, not released" Five Hungry Mice picture book.  They are all signed and numbered and cellophane wrapped.  I have also been putting the finishing touches on a few new paintings that I will debut at the art show.  A series of little girl dresses and some sweet ducks.  Here are some sneak peaks of what I will be bringing...


Boxes of artwork are piling up inside my studio...


And piles of tents, walls, and supplies are piling up in my garage....


I will be promoting my book The Swing as well as selling prints that I have made of my favorite illustrations...

Plus some new work!




My new studio is working out great for preparing for the art shows.  There is room for me to lay my work out and curate it.  I also have space for two easels, so I have two paintings in process on them as well as one on my desk.  My husband just made me a new work bench that is nice and high so I can stand at it and cut mat boards or fix hangers to the back of my paintings without having to bend over to the floor, like I was doing before:)  So happy with my new space!  This show season is going to be great!  Hope to see you there!

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