Art Opening, Got Published, and NEW paintings!

If you already haven't received my emails, event postings on Facebook, Tweets, and heard me screaming from the top of a mountain about my upcoming show... then here is my final attempt to put my work in front of your nose! SO many new paintings to be had, I just can't wait for the opening!

Especially because this time, I am showing with a very good friend of mine, Lisa Lamoreaux! Did you know we met on TWITTER? She tweeted, I responded, and we have been friends ever since! And to think, that if we didn't have Social Networking??? We would have never crossed paths! Whew, glad we did. Check out her work. Matter of fact, just check out our show online or in person at the Cole Gallery!

Champagne Reception

Thursday, March 17th

5pm-8pm

Cole Gallery

Edmonds, WA

Click here to see my show online (or at least most of it)

"Release Me" - diptych, by Jennifer Phillips

36x72, Oil on Wood Panels

Available for purchase through Cole Gallery

"All Things are Beautiful", by Lisa Lamoreaux

Oil with Mixed Media, 36x24

Available for purchase through Cole Gallery

See her available work online here.

LOOK FOR ME! I will be featured in the April issue of American Art Collector Magazine! Coming soooooooon to a mag stand near you!!!

For more info about upcoming shows in my near future, please visit my website here.

On the Road Again... Utah here I Come!

On the road to my next show in Park City Utah this weekend. I'm pooped so I won't be writing too much right now, so here's the cliff notes:

I'm honored to be showing at the Kimball Arts Festival in Utah August 6th - 8th. Booth 31 - come bring me a Redbull.

Next week I will be August's First Glance Artist at the Cole Gallery in Edmonds, Wa. Reception is August 14th from 6-8:30pm. The gallery wrote a fantastic press release about me and you can read it HERE. You can also view the show online HERE. (note that "Refresh" has SOLD yay!).

Wish I could tell you more about my adventures so far this summer, but I am finding that I need more sleep lately. Big driving day ahead tomorrow so I am opting for some shut eye!

Take care everyone I will check in later!

Three Weekends in a Row!

"Gathering"

24x24

Oil on Canvas Mounted to Panel

Please contact Cole Gallery for purchase information

July marks the beginning of ... whelp... my head spinning... with three art shows in a row starting this weekend, I am sure to be busy busy busy! And I LOVE it! So I have to say that there may be a little delay in my blog posts for the rest of the month. I highly recommend you follow me on Facebook in the meantime - just click the "like" button when you get there and you'll see what I am up to, shorthand style!

I will be in the following places (what feels like all at once) this Month:

July 10th & 11th

Choochokam Arts Festival, Langley, WA Booth #A22

*SALE on remaining inventory of PRINTED tree charms - $10 bucks off!

July 16th - 18th

Salem Art Fair, Salem, OR Booth #129

July 23rd - 25th

Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA Booth #51

Please visit my website here for more detailed show information for July and the rest of the year, or/and click on the links above. Will I be in a city near you???

Bird Poop and Paintings Don't Mix

Water's Edge 2 (large version)

72" x 36"

Oil on Two Panels

SOLD

Ok. So this is not a case of narcissism here... I finished this piece and wanted to take a picture of myself in order to show scale... NOT to show how stunningly beautiful I am in my painting clothes, with no shower, and a hole in my shoe. (gag)

You can view this painting at my first show June 4th in Spokane, WA at Artfest all weekend... and if it doesn't find a home there, it will come on the road this summer with me until it does! Check out my line up to see if I will be showing at a neighborhood near you! Click here.

This will be my first outdoor fair ever and I couldn't be more nervous. New tent, dealing with possible weather, new jewelry display, wildlife... Yeah. I said WILDLIFE people. This just in: my artist friend Sheila Evans reported yesterday from her first show this year in Illinois, that she showed up to her booth in the a.m. to find that two morning doves had be fluttering about in her tent all night! Two words : POOP EVERYWHERE. Luckily her pastels were all framed under glass - what a clean up job! She retained her sense of humor about the whole thing and posted a picture to her facebook fan page showing bird poop running down one of her pieces that was ironically titled "Robin's Nest 2". Her poopy photo was lovingly captioned, "Everyone's a Critic". - hilarious!

For more fun Jen stuff follow me on Facebook please... no strings attached. Just giggles. Those don't have strings. That would be weird.

One checked off the list!

Under-painting

Half way through...

The final

"Exploring the Water's Edge"

16x32

Oil on Panel

SOLD

Finished this one yesterday... it is actually done on two 16x16 panels to form one piece. Wishing I could share a better photo of the final with you, but there is soooo much glare from the fantastic sun that I can only take a picture of it from the side. The colors are way more vibrant than shown here, so poo poo on my camera not being able to read my mind and capture it.

It will be on display starting May 8th at my opening at Venue in Ballard, Washington. More information on my upcoming show can be found HERE.

My Profile Picture has SOLD!

"Through the Trees"

16x21

Oil on Canvas mounted to panel

SOLD

My reception at Vino Verite in Seattle, WA was incredible! Thank you to all my friends, collectors, and everyone that came out to support me that evening! And the wine tasting was fantastic! Wine and art go so well together! The show is up until the end of the month and don't forget that there are a lot of pieces that are 30% off!

I am also excited to announce that this may be one of my last shows at a venue such as this... come August I will have official representation by the Cole Gallery in Edmonds, WA. I will be one of their featured artists that month! If it's a good fit, they will keep me on! I am very excited! They currently are carrying my hand painted Tree Charms at the gallery too, so don't hesitate to contact them for a selection there! Mother's Day is coming up and they make really special gifties! Read the article, "Art in the Palm of Your Hand", that was written about me on their blog... click here.

April Show Announcements and a lil' May News Flash!

Picture above is from a current display of my jewelry and small works at the Venue in Ballard, WA

April shows starting THIS WEEK!

Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, and Ballard ~ Seattle, WA

Macrina Bakery

Now Showing through April 30th

Queen Anne location, Mcgraw Street, Seattle, WA

www.macrinabakery.com

On display: Oil pastels, framed mini oil paintings, and a large Giclee reproduction

Studio SALE: 30% off select art works!

Vino Verite

Now Showing through April 30th

Capital Hill location, Seattle, WA

Artwalk/artist's reception this Thursday, April 8th from 5pm - 8pm * FREE WINE TASTING! at 6pm

Artwalk map and venue list click here.

www.vinoverite.com

On display: Large and midsize oil paintings, a large Giclee reproduction, (and many necklaces at Thursday Artwalk only)

Sneak peak for next month...

Venue

Ongoing representation AND featured show May 8th

Ballard, Seattle, WA

Artwalk/Artist's reception Saturday, May 8th from 6pm - 9pm (or later)

Artwalk map and venue list click here.

www.venueballard.com

This just in! ~Newsflash~ I will not be showing at this Greenwood Phinney Artwalk this year!

"WHA!?" - That's right folks, I didn't not get juried in! But it's okay! I have a NEW gig!

If you follow my fan page on Facebook, you already know that I now have ongoing representation at a wonderful boutique/artist work space called the Venue in Ballard. Well this coming May, I will be their featured artist for Ballard Artwalk! AND it is on Mother's Day weekend!

Please come down to Ballard for a wonderful night of art, snacks, and fun! Many many wonderful gift ideas and other artist's work to see! I will have a bazillion Tree Charms for Mom's Day gifts!!!

Hope to see you there!

An Ambitious Year Ahead

The winning photo you helped me choose!

So first of all, thanks for taking the time to vote on my jewelry close up photo (now posted above)... After all the great input I received I ended up re-shooting a clearer version of the winning image. Ultimately this image will end up on display next to my jewelry, to show the public that they REALLY are hand-painted teenie weeny oil paintings. So thanks for helping me. Because I am a really indecisive artist to say the least!

(close up of the arteest in action - thank god she had no ear goobers.)

Which brings me to my next exciting piece of news! In about a week I will be delivering my first batch of newly redesigned necklaces to a great local boutique/gallery in Ballard, WA! It's called the VENUE. Yes folks, I now have a permanent place for you to shop locally for these cute gift ideas! AND VALENTINE'S DAY IS COMING! Theaaaay make theeeee purrrrfect giftieeees~ let me make a custom one for you!

So as you may have guessed. I've been busy. Painting trees the size of the nail on my little pinkie finger. Yup. I'm covered in 'em. Not nails, TREE CHARMS! Aaaand lovin' it!

Unfortunately though, it's time to raise my prices too... SIGNIFICANTLY. It's a good thing! Especially for those that own the original, because that means for you... your little oil painting has gone up in value! Now - I don't want to see you on the street trying to sell it to the next highest bidder... you better not!

I encourage anyone that has been interested in picking on of these up for yourself, to get one now before my prices officially go up on February 5th. There are a few left online at my Etsy store for only $30! IF YOU TELL ME YOU SAW THIS BLOG POST I WON'T CHARGE SHIPPING!*** IMPORTANT! Contact me FIRST BEFORE you hit the "purchase" button or Paypal will charge you shipping. Thanks!

IF YOU ARE LOCAL? The rest of my $30 stock will be on display at my first show this year on Thursday, ONE NIGHT ONLY! I will be at the 619 Western Building for 1st Thursday in the Pioneer Square area, on Feb. 4th from 6-9. For more info read on...

So, enough with the selfish plugs huh? Ok, you win.

I really intended to begin tonight's blog entry with a little inspiration about greasin' the 'ol creative wheel for 2010. I had read a great post on the Artbizblog a few days ago, causing a reaction so strong that I couldn't hit the "leave a comment" button fast enough! If you are a procrastinator, or a stuck artist, or just need a means of seeing how other people overcome their obstacles with their art... please visit this link. http://www.artbizblog.com/2010/01/15minutes.html

Rather than explain in my own words, I would rather just encourage you to click on this link to read it for yourself... and don't forget to scroll down to read MY comment. I left my example of how IT (go find out what IT is!) worked for me. And I actually sound a little bit intelligent. Just a little.

While you are at it... clickin' around the web-n-stuff... check out all the shows I am entering this year! Just posted them to my website. Will I be in your neck of the woods in 2010??? Visit MY AMBITIOUS SHOW SCHEDULE here.