Creative Visions in Virginia Beach

It is very exciting to participate in the group show, Creative Visions, in Virginia Beach April 2 through June 29. We are all members of Springfield Art Guild and many of us plan to be at the Opening Reception on April 4 from 5:30-7 at Towne Pavilion Center, 2101 Parks Avenue in Virginia Beach. The exhibit features many media: acrylic, watercolor, photography, mixed media/collage, oil, pastel, and more. My photograph, Jalousie, is printed on the card.

Pastel Society of Virginia Hosts Jean Hirons Workshop

PSV is very fortunate to have a national caliber pastelist coming to do a workshop with us. Look to the prospectus ( http://tinyurl.com/jh-info ) for all the details. It will be wonderful to see Jean's use of color!

Featured Artist First Look

Coming up in June at the Workhouse in Lorton, I am Featured Artist and will highlight both photography and paintings in my show, Double Take. Save the Date!

PSV at Goodwin House 2012

See more at http://tinyurl.com/Goodwin2012.

Sale at The Loft Gallery ends soon

The sale ends on Sunday, so come by for some great deals. Because I retained the featured artist space for during the sale, I have a great selection of artwork available!

Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory - March Madness

Look for my two seafaring mixed media pieces, Explore and Voyage. I played History Geek on these two, playing off Sirens and Elizabeth I on one and The Ambassadors and a skeleton on the others.

10x10 on panel, 1.5" gallery sides
Edit - I could not part with Voyage, so it's in my private collection.

Pastel Society of Virginia Logo

PSV installs at Goodwin House in Alexandria (Fillmore at Beauregard) on Sunday and the show runs to April 14. We are having a reception there on March 11 from 2-4p. It will feature a slide show by Lynne Grossman as well as celebrate our first birthday and recognize of Miriam A. Kilmer, who is the graphic artist for our new logo!

Thank you so much, Miriam.

Entering 2012 With a Bang

I now have a QR code for my blog, Potomac Artworks



and my photo blog:



More to come. My computer has been up and down for a month. It's about to be up again if it kills me.

Coming Clean Closing

Open through New Year's Eve, Coming Clean is still showing at The Loft Gallery in Occoquan. Go for a fabulous taste of Italy from Naples to Venice, laundry or no.

Find a map and gallery hours at the Virginia Tourism site, below. See you there!

Tuscan Harvest

The photographic reference for this pastel painting came during a train trip from Rome to Venice and I know it was from north of Florence, but I am not sure how far north. The entire trip was wonderful for seeing the lush fields and vendor carts. This is my homage to them.

This was the beginning of the piece, prior to a water floated underpainting.

Tuscan Harvest
pastel
12x16