Arts Together

Thank you for stopping by my booth during the Arts Together festival last weekend at the Snohomish County Campus. These festivals are a lot of fun for the artists as we get to meet so many people and get lots of feedback on our work.
Several of the people that I met asked me to show my work in their businesses, and I was invited to join both the Kla Ha Ya Day festival in Snohomish and the Edmonds Arts Festival next year. Looks like I better start planning my calendar for next year right away. That also means creating lots of new paintings.

Normally I would be at the Everett Farmers Market at the marina this Sunday, but I just got invited to show my paintings at a coffee shop in Seattle called Uncle Elizabeth’s. The show hangs on Friday and will run through October and November. Uncle Elizabeth’s is also part of the Capitol Hill art walk on the Second Tuesday of each month. It is located at 1123 Pike Street, Seattle right across from the Utrecht art supply store. Sunday is also the last day of the market so go and get your farm fresh eggs, flowers, and those absolutely delicious cookies from the bread lady. Yum! I am really going to miss the market. Even on the days that I am not showing my artwork, I am at the farmers market shopping for the weeks fresh veggies.

Congratulations to Roger and Marsha Neumaier who won the drawing for a small original painting.

That’s all for now. Thanks again for stopping by my booth, taking a look, and chatting.

Cheers,Joy

Paintings

I love this blogging stuff. So much fun. But what is a blog named Art-Joy without any art? Here are some pics of current paintings. I call them my sushi series. They are small paintings 5" x 7", 6" x 8", and 8" x 8" and prices at $85, $100, and $115 respectively.

Primero Blog

Hi folks. My good friend Karon Leigh just helped me set up this blog. My goal is to write about my adventures in the art world. Currently I have paintings scattered about in several places. There's one at Tully's on Colby Avenue in Everett of a forest of trees. At Gabriels Fire in Ballard (the best BBQ on the planet) I have 2 paintings. One is of Rosebud, a BIG red pig standing in the mud and the other is of 2 cows. Actually, just their heads poking through the side of a barn and eating hay. One of the things I enjoy doing is driving around the countryside and taking pictures of farm animals. The cows are from Sylvania and Rosebud is from Snohomish.

At the Arts Council of Snohimish County there is a show called the Art of the Siren. I entered a patio table with a koi pond painted on it.

Upcoming shows are:

Arts Together sponsored by the Snohomish County Arts Commission, September 19 & 20 at the courthouse in downtown Everett,

Everett Sunday Farmers Market on September 28 at the Everett marina,

Harper's Salon downtown Seattle December and January, and

Studio 229 on Capitol Hill in Seattle January and February of 20o9. Studio 229 is owned by the best hair stylest in the WORLD. Okay, so she's my sister, but she's still the best.