At the end of each year I put show information in a big brown envelope. Yesterday I had twenty-two of those fat envelopes on my bookcase. We are getting closer to building our new home and my smaller studio and I have to downsize. So, though it was tedious, I updated my exhibition/awards history paperwork. Now my twenty-two brown envelopes are in the recycle bin and my art show, award, publication history is eleven pages in a 3-ring binder. Just looking at these three years on paper reminds me of the art delivery and pickup, packing, shipping and shipping cost.The good memories are the art and artist receptions.

2012    WPW 2012-2013 Northwest Tour, Celebration, Washington state venues

            IAPS Twenty-First Juried Web Show, online, internet

            Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Landscapes: Four Artist Show, Seattle, WA

            Pastel Society of the West Coast Member Show, Auburn, CA

            Northwest Pastel Society 2012 Members’ Show, Hood River, OR

            Celebration! Women Painters of Washington Traveling Show, five venues, WA

            Pastel Society of America, Enduring Brilliance, National Arts Club, New York, NY

            Northwest Pastel Society Signature Invitational, Bothell, WA

            International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Twentieth, Brea, CA

            Women Painters of Washington Annual Members’ Show, Anacortes, WA

            Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Morro Bay, CA

            Northwest Pastel Society 26^th International Open Exhibition, Tacoma, WA

            Pastel Society of America at 40, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

            Scott Milo Gallery Group Show, Anacortes, WA

2011     Seven Wonders Show, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA

             Three Artist Show, ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Northwest Pastel Society 25^th Annual Open, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA

             Annual Juried Washington State Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, WA

             Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge, NY

             Eastside Association of Fine Arts 2011 Member Show, Seattle, WA

             Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast Member Show, Stockton, CA

             Northwest Pastel Society Member Show, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA

             NWPS Signature Member Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA

             International Association of Pastel Societies 18^th Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM

             Six Inch Squared, Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

             EAFA 36^th Annual Open Show, EAFA Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Three Artist Abstract Show, State of the Arts Gallery, Olympia, WA

             Women Painters of Washington Member Show, WPW Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Women Painters of Washington Fall Member Show, Mercer Island WA

2010     Northwest Pastel Society Member Show, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA

             Great Lakes Pastel Society Exhibition, Midland, MI

             Light in the Air group exhibit, WPW Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Northeast National Pastel Exhibition, Old Forge, NY

             Eastside Association of Fine Arts 2010 Member Show, Mercer Island, WA

             Northwest Pastel Society 24^th Annual Open, Schack Center, Everett, WA

             International Association of Pastel Societies 16th Annual Exhibition, Youngstown, OH

             Wonder! group exhibit, WPW Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Northwest Pastel Society Annual Signature Member Exhibit, Scott Milo, Anacortes, WA

             Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Two Person Show, Seattle, WA

             Richeson75 Exhibit, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI

             Solo Exhibition, Olympic  College Art Gallery, Bremerton, WA

             Women Painters of Washington Spring Member Show, Kaewyn Gallery, Bothell, WA

             Gallery North First Annual Small Paintings Show, Edmonds, WA

             International Association of Pastel Societies 15^th Annual Juried Exhibition, Brea, CA

             EAFA Art Slam, EAFA Gallery, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA

             Auburn Small Works, Big Presents, Auburn, WA

             Pastel Society of the West Coast Member Show, Auburn, CA

             Women Painters of Washington Fall Member Show, WPW Gallery, Seattle, WA

             Western Washington State Fair Fine Art Show, Puyallup, WA

             12^th Annual Pastel 100 Competition, online, The Pastel Journal

             EAFA 35^th Annual Open Exhibition, Bellevue, WA

a week with the boys

Our annual summer week with our grandsons ended yesterday. We had a great week. Lots of food and poker. Both boys worked on art. Elias (12 yrs) painted graffiti over several of my old paintings on cradled wood panels and William (14 yrs) spent many hours in Photoshop adjusting a photo from their trip to Europe so the statue could hold a golf club. We love spending time with the boys.

Elias Summer 2014

William Summer 2014

The way things happen...

The most exciting and fun painting day I've had in a long time! Here's the backstory.

friends

It's like catching your odometer just as it turns over to a significant number. I have no idea who most of these people are. I think many are in France thanks to Pratique des Arts.