Annie's Demo

It was interesting to watch Annie Surbeck paint her artist trading cards at the Grand Lake Art Gallery on Saturday - each one is a tiny gem.

She's so much fun she had no trouble getting Rick Koller, another local artist to join her.


If you ever feel like the presentation of your paintings is getting a bit stale, you should check out Annie's pieces at the gallery. She's always coming up with new and intriguing ways to frame and display her work.

Annie Surbeck's demo this Saturday...

Artist Annie Surbeck will be in The Grand Lake Art Gallery Sat. 9/26 from 1 to 4 p.m. creating Artist Trading Cards--come join us...

Great Time at the Pot-Luck!

About a dozen people showed up at Marie Johannes' place for the pot-luck and painting day. It was a lot of fun and you didn't have to be a painter to enjoy yourself. It was a little chilly, but the weather held out and we didn't get wet.
The food was delicious and it was great company. Marie wasn't kidding when she said she has some of the best aspen views around! Her property is just gorgeous.

Our next get-together will be at the Grand Lake Art Gallery on Wednesday, October 28th from 5:30-7:30 pm. See you then!

Patty

A New Gallery in Grand Lake!

Sheryl and Dave Dahman have been working hard on their new gallery in Grand Lake - come out this Friday to help them celebrate their opening!

Please join us in Celebration of Oktoberfest and the opening of our Gallery
on Friday, 9/18 from 5:00-7:00 p.m..  Evite attached!  And please
extend/forward this invitation to others who also might like to join us!

Blessings and Love, Sheryl and Dave

Oh My!

A couple of years ago, I went to Crested Butte for the Wildflower Festival and took a couple of classes with Sherrie York. Sherrie's art focuses on nature. She is basically a person who loves to draw! She does watercolors and linoprints, makes hand made books and sketches nature as much as possible.

I just got Sherrie's Fall email Newsletter. After reading it, I checked out her website and THEN her blog. On her blog she had a list of other blogs that are her favorites. WOW.... the wealth of information there is astounding!

Discover how the internet that can enrich your creative life.
www.brushandbaren.blogspot.com
One of the blogs on Sherrie's list that blew me away was "Making a Mark" -- where I found, through yet another link, a concise article on "How to Write and Use an Artist's Statement."

Marie

You just never know when you're going to see a great new idea or have an inspiration of your own!

Look what Sharon Pickett created by recycling a Corona Light six pack holder and some soup cans!

The Pickett Portable Brush Holder!

A Creative Day at the Rendezvous Pond

Five of us (Fran Cassidy, Marie Johannes, Carol Kitts, Donna Lyons and Sharon Pickett), braved a nasty weather day to demonstrate our creativity to the public and residents of Rendezvous development yesterday. Thankfully, there was a large tent there to shelter us from the worst Mother Natured offered. The good company of artistic minds warmed our spirits if not our bodies. Several groups of inquisitive people and some shivering bicyclists stopped by and chatted with us. Carol Kitts sold a note card! And Gary Coblentz (Elk Horn Gallery) was an attentive supporter who stopped by a few times to see that we were all OK. Rendezvous surprized us all with Gift Bags that included their special blend of RMR coffee, a coffee mug, Rendezvous lapel pin and carribeaner compass.

Is spite of the (really) bad weather, it was nice to see Art Out of Thin Air invited to such a public venue. Thanks to Gary! Thanks to Rendezvous!

Marie