2o13 ... exposure

OCEANSIDE DAYs OF ART

 

first event . . . return to oceanside days of art !!  my first show i ever did . . .  2 years ago.  i did san marcos art walk a few times so i am learning to be more compact.  it may not look that way but all this fit in the back of an old honda accord !!!  one trip.


so i removed the posts from my displays and
went with just the peg board . . . so i can make tripod displays . . . a wall or both.


i was on a corner and there was a street and a sidewalk so i left the tent open . . . and inviting.

i hung the larger works from the tent and used foam board displays i made to add a little something something to the display . . . the whole presentation as well as the work . . . it is me !!  

our book (alphabet kingdom) received a most welcoming reception.  so did my art . . . small things sold . . . had lots of conversations with kids, adults and other artists.  other artists bought the book too!  first time at a show had conversations about commissions.

all my promotional materials went out.  i also had some good talks with wildlife academics.
oh and the sketchbooks were out for the public to use . . . and they did !!

a closer look at the foam board displays

worked quickly on a lemur . . . mostly out my head . . . it was fun !  it was on some paper i had stored away.  my new kick going through old art supplies and using them !!  this one on erasing (lifting off the charcoal) it added texture to the work . . . i enjoyed it !!! 

ART IN THE PINEs 

next on the list . . .. art in the pines.  held in la jolla at torrey pines state park.  once again my book did well . . . . sold out . . . all the docents bought me out !!!  my work was very different from the other artist there which was good.  i actually did not demo . . .  and the sketchbooks were out but no one participated here.  a different kind of crowd.  gorgeous place to spend a 

weekend.   

i have been thinking about prints . . . . having some made . . . everyone says get the one people like the most.  well i have to say here in san diego county a lot of people know and like their animals.  because even the takin is on my 50/50 list. 

art in the pines

cards sold . . . postcards and buttons . . . and i thought we didn't get that many business cards out (actually i do bookmarks) . . . BUT
when i returned home and cleaned up from the show at least half of the new promos were gone.

so that is a definite + + . . . . new area . . . new people . . . .


2nd goal . . . try to get out to areas other than my norm !!!