It’s almost FALL ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~PLAY DAY & POT LUCK
An all day ART HAPPENING……

20689 CR 50, Fraser – 4 miles from Hwy 40 on the way to Young Life ... Sunday, Sept 20!

Whatever your medium, I hope you’ll come to my place and be inspired by some of the largest Aspen in the County! Bring your favorite materials, your camera, a dish to share and your creative juices. Wear jeans and sturdy shoes or hiking boots. I’ll have coffee and donuts in the garage at 8am! We’ll POT LUCK our lunch….stay as long as you want in the afternoon and/or evening! If you like those early morning and evening lighting conditions….or, if the weather comes and goes…feel free to come and go also.

Please come and let’s make it happen!
RSVP: Marie Johannes 726-4698 or bamjoh@yahoo.com Email me for directions…

Quick Draw

Had a great time in Estes Park yesterday - what a great place for painting en plain air. The river is beautiful as it meanders through town. I forgot my camera, but luckily my friend Ann brought hers - she took all these pictures.

I loved this guys palette:
There were only a few watercolors, all the rest were oils.

There were several models who posed for the 1-1/2 hours of painting. Here's a picture of two paintings of them:

Here are a few more pics of the artwork just before being auctioned off:


Jeff Legg fascinated me. There was a display of fruit and vegetables on a pedestal for painting a still life. He was looking at it as he painted, but nothing he painted was in the still life - it was all from his memory. I think it was the best piece in the show:
It was a fun day watching them paint. Thanks for the pictures, Annie!

An event for September 12th in Winter Park

We had a great meeting at the Elkhorn Art Gallery. Thanks to Gary for hosting us! The current Elkhorn show is exceptional - if you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and get out there. If you missed the meeting you can still get in on the AOTA art supply order. Give Gary a call at 726-9292.

Since the plein air show in Winter Park isn't happening this year, Rendezvous has generously extended an invitation to Art Out of Thin Air to paint under their tent on Saturday, September 12th. It's not just painters that are welcome - we can all sell our artwork.

The plans haven't been firmed up yet, but we're thinking maybe starting at 9:30 and going until 4 or 5pm. Rendezvous will supply tables, advertise the event and offer refreshments. If you have friends who paint en plein air, please invite them to join us - the more people painting, the more exciting the event will be! And you can bring other work for sale, too. Please let me know sometime next week if you're interested.

Our September meeting will be a lunch pot-luck at Marie Johanne's place just outside of Fraser on Sunday, the 20th. There will be time for people to paint before lunch; she has a gorgeous aspen forest on her land. We'll have more details later.

It was so nice having our August meeting at a gallery, we've decided to do it again in October. This time it will be at the Grand Lake Art Gallery on Oct. 28th at 5:30pm.

Thanks for everyone's support!

Patty

Plein Air Show

Estes Park Plein Air 2009
Painting the Parks

There is a plein air show this weekend in Estes Park. They've been painting since August 15th and will have the quick draw and show opening on Saturday, the 29th. Here's a link to the website with more information.

Stacey Peterson

Congratulations on getting your work on the cover of the Summer edition of Grand County Living Magazine! It's a real eye catcher.

Here's a link to the magazine story about Stacey.

Stacey is also having a two person show at the Elkhorn Gallery in Winter Park with Cydney Springer. The show opens tomorrow and there's another opening reception on Saturday, the 22nd - the show will be up until September 7th. Here's one of her paintings:

"October on the Colorado"

And, here's a piece of Cydney Springer's:

"Summoned by Earth and Sky"

Composition -- a short but sweet video

Ian Roberts has written a book on this subject and this is a great video clip advertizing a new video on Composition that Ian has created. http://www.artistsnetwork.com/video_preview.aspx?id=13652

You painters will a have a couple of "AhHa" moments watching this!

Marie

Plein Air Networking Site and YouTube video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td_V03L1bCA


This is a marketing piece made by Don (ald) Maier who created a networking site called www.pleinairartists.ning.com for Plein Air artists.

It's a great watch because it reinforces what you already know .... that there are many different ways to express oneself and our individual reaction to the world around us. There are mediums galore and each one of us has a style (spirit?) of our own.... it appears when we make our marks on paper or canvas, in clay or cloth, in recycled metal or silver or yarn, beads, etc.



Now, go make more of your marks!

Marie

Free Webinar on August 12
Art Marketing Workshop
Organize Your Inventory For Success


Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/818173146

In this free 30 minute online workshop you will learn how to organize your inventory so that you are in control of your work. As you begin to market your work and build relationships with galleries it is critical you systemize your inventory and record every movement of your art.

What information should you track with your work? What's the best way to keep a record of the work? Should you include inventory information with the work itself? Is there information you shouldn't include on the artwork? What information should you send with your work when shipping it to a gallery.

The mini-workshop will allow you to ask questions during a question and answer period.

Participation is limited in this completely free event, so please register at your earliest convenience.
For more questions about the workshop please email jason@xanadugallery.com.


Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM MDT

LOOKING FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES ?

This is a website where you can find new opportunities and apply for them online. It's very convenient and another way to become or stay involved with your art marketing.

www.callforentry.org

Quality Member Show brings new Opportunity to AOTA members

The Pole Creek Golf Course Clubhouse and restaurant, Bistro 28, have said they would like to continue showing our work there. They want pieces that would enhance their natural setting. Pieces will rotate as they sell and as the seasons change. They are not looking for work by the next Picasso or images and framing in an ultra modern style, but rather those works that focus on the beauty of the natural world around us. Landscapes, floral and wildlife in any media as well as nature and scenic photography come to mind. What do you think would enhance their setting? Call Nigel Conners to find out when you can show him your work. He’ll decide which he can place. All pieces should be available for sale, so have prices and titles for your work. (And SASEs, those self-addressed stamped envelopes with receipts, including your phone number, for each piece, too!)

Contact Nigel, Bistro 28’s manager, on their direct line 887-9797 to arrange a meeting.

Additional Info:
Bistro 28 will be open for dinners Thursday through Monday during the winter.

Matted and framed prints are acceptable.

ART OUT of THIN AIR works will be identified with a special label.

ART OUT of THIN AIR will have a small sign posted with information about our group.

August Get-together

Our next get-together will be Wednesday, August 26th at the Elkhorn Art Gallery in Winter Park at 5:30 pm. We'll get to enjoy the artwork of Stacy Peterson and Cydney Springer - their show, "Artists to Watch" show will have opened on the 21st.

Gary Coblentz, co-owner of Elkhorn, is now selling art supplies and would like to know what the local artists want him to stock. We thought this would be a good time to talk about a large group order. Gary will work with us on price - so please think about what supplies you'll be needing in the near future. It's great to have a local place to go to for art supplies.

Elkhorn Art Gallery is located just behind the 7-Eleven in Winter Park.

See you then,

Patty

Art Opening this Thursday...

...at the Fraser Valley Library. Polly Cullen will be displaying her beautiful, figurative pastels along with Heidi McNinch's fun and funky ceramic faces with mixed-media accessories. The title of the show is "Friends, Family & Funny Faces".

The opening reception is this Thursday, August 6th from 5:30-7:30pm. Should be a fun evening!

Patty