MSW Fall Exhibition 2007 at ARVAC!

My painting "Mystery Solved" is in the 2007 Mid-Southern Watercolorists Fall Exhibition. It is being shown at ARVAC in Russellville this year. The reception is this sunday, 18th from 1-3 pm at the AR River Valley Arts Center, 1001 East B St, RSVL, AR 72801.

ARVAC is behind the Hughes Bldg, when on Parkway, or next to city park on B ST.

I am planning on being there, but due to the nature of my pain, I cannot promise. Hopefully I will be able to.

Sorry this painting is not on my website yet. I will try to get Cliff to put it up soon.

Please come and show your support!
Thankyou !
Gretchen

MSW Summer Open Small Works Exhibit Opening

I barely made it to the opening, at 3:00. It was from 2-4. Sorry, if I missed anyone. I absolutely had to drag myself there. It was a good turn out, even at the halfway point. Lots of good artwork. I got a few complements myself. I really love all the folks from Mid-Southern Watercolorists. If you're a water-media artist in the South, I highly recommend joining this organization. I wish I felt well enough to be more involved. Even so, I still feel it's the most involved I've felt with an art community since college. Thanks to those who came! I really appreciate it.

MSW Summer Open Small Works Exhibition

I want to invite everyone to the opening reception for the Mid-Southern Watercolorist Open Membership Exhibit at Cantrell Gallery. It's on July 8, from 2:00 til 4:00, located at 8206 Cantrell Rd, Little Rock, AR, 72227. I have "Sourwood Bonsai" in this show.

I plan on attending, but I'm still having pain from the surgery, so there is a chance that I won't be able to attend. I should be having a ct scan in the next week to find out if I have a surgical hernia or whatever is causing the continued pain. I found out last week that I have a couple of cysts on the same ovary, so I'm not very happy about that. I may have to have another surgery, so don't be surprised if there is another long period of neglect of this blog. Sorry. I'll try to post once I find out more.

I appreciate any continued support through this ordeal. Thankyou!

Marketing your art workshop

I was glad to be able to attend the Marketing Your Art on a Shoestring Budget and Entering National Shows by Kathy Miller Stone, LWS, NWS.

She had so many good ideas. I really learned a lot. It was nice getting to know the fellow artists, as well, some of them, I had never really gotten a chance to talk to before. It's great to belong to such an encouraging group as Mid-Southern Watercolorists, (abbreviated as MSW).

Well, hopefully I'll be able to start making money from my art.

As she suggested, I'm going to go and paint myself to death!

P.S. I got to take a look at the 37th Annual Juried MSW Exhibition, after the workshop, and it is wonderful! Unfortunately, I didn't make it in. I still want to encourage you to check it out anyway. The opening reception is next Friday (April 13th) from 5-8, which is 2nd Friday Night Art Walk. It's at the Cox Creative Center, on the 2nd floor, 120 Commerce St, near the Rivermarket. Don't forget to check out the other galleries on 2nd Fri Night Art Walk!