In September, I organized and participated in the Central PA Pastel Society's Paint Out at Way Fruit Farm and produced two pieces - one will be exhibited soon. Picture is of me at work...
I was also accepted as a Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America.
October was the Big Twentieth Anniversary Trip to Gwydir Castle and Coedfa Bach in Wales, UK for a week. The beauty of the countryside there made me contemplate switching to landscape, but that went away as soon as we got back home. It just is not the same here. The day before we left the country, I got word that Syncopated Pink Lady received the "Great American Pastels Award" at the CPS's Renaissance In Pastel show! The prize is a set of 78 Masterclass pastels. It is a first and quite an honor to be recognized at a national show.
November begins on Monday with the first day of my New Works Exhibit at Zola. I have selected 15 pieces with a few extras just-in-case that we will hang on Halloween Day. Annie did a bang-up job on the reception invite postcards and I have a large supply of business cards at the ready. I sent nearly 100 invitations with personal notes added and hope to have a large turn out as well as some purchases. Here is an image of the card.
I should also note my decision to re-price most of the work to a lower price point. I was torn in doing this, but recognize my vast storage space is quickly being depleted and I need to SELL. Hard to do in such a rural area and I am not very good at sales, so I hope the pieces and prices will speak for themselves.
Currently on the easel is a large (18" x 24") pastel of the jadeite sugar dispenser and one of Great-Grandma's wooden spoons I borrowed from the Cottage. The lighting is very dramatic and really makes the objects sing. I stepped away for a week because I was becoming nit-picky and will get back on it this weekend. It is a nice combination of my typical objects in a much more dynamic setting. Could lead to some interesting stuff - at least that's my hope. Oil painting is on hold as I gather items. Black and white patterned fabric, a hand-blown ruby glass vase and... Still waiting on the something else. Avoiding apples. Thinking something yellow, but haven't found the right thing just yet. No rush as long as I keep plugging at the pastel works.
Off to pick up the last piece for the show from the framer and wire up all the oil paintings.
A Happy Halloween it will be!
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