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In Good Company

4/24/2016

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In Good Company

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As an artist, I can easily spend hours on end alone in the studio! While I enjoy my own company ;-), having a community is also important. I’m fortunate that my studio is in a repurposed velvet manufacturing mill. So on the other side of my studio door is a growing community of artists and small businesses. I can catch up with artist Laura Gaffke over a coffee at Zest, or take a yoga class at The Open Space, without having to leave the building!

 While my local community is growing, I also try to stay connected to the creative community I became part of in graduate school, at the New York Academy of Art (NYAA).  Apart from being located in NYC!, the School has a great MFA program, growing Continuing Ed department, and a wonderful, active and supportive alumni community, which I am grateful to be part of.
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I'll be heading back to school! next month to see the 2016 MFA thesis show and meet new Alumni :-)  Show opens May 17 and is always worth the trip.
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Also next month, I'm excited to have these two paintings above, exhibited alongside the work of 21 other artists affiliated with the Academy. I feel honored to be in the company of such talented, artists and professors. 

​This special NYAA exhibition will be at The Vendue Hotel in Charleston, NC. and is co-curated by Rick Davidman and Robert Lange Studios. Show Opens May 26. You can read more about the exhibition  and the artists in this article in American Art Collector.  or visit their websites below:

Melissa Anderson, 
Jean-Pierre Arboleda, Jaclyn Brown, Michelle Doll, Peter Drake, Heidi Elbers, Michele Fenniak, Shauna Finn, Alonsa Guevera, Caitlin Hurd, John Jacobsmeyer, Christian Johnson, Casey Krawczyk, Will Kurtz, Lisa Lebofsky, Benjamin Martins, Alyssa Monks, Stefania Panepinto, Jennifer Presant, Jessie Peterson Tarazi, Melanie Vote,

​View the exhibition online 



 Opening Reception for New Horizons in Modern Maritime Art Exhibition
Saturday April 30, 5-7pm

at Th Mystic Seaport Museum Maritime Gallery

 Opening Reception April 30
My painting, Rollin' Surf below will be on view will in this exhibition along with artwork from 50 invited artists. Show runs through July 17.
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Don't Be Fooled

4/1/2016

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Happy April Fools' Day
Now I don't usually send e-blasts back to back, but I couldn't let April Fools' day pass without a mention, as it has special meaning for me. I also hope you'll take advantage of my little April Fools' Day offer below, of free shipping on my spring notecard collection, today only! 
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April Fools' Day and Me
April Fools' Day, a day for pranking and playing practical jokes on those considered to be fools if they fall for them, has surprisingly become a day of some significance in my life. Here's why, rewind some 30 odd years...
April fools day was always a fun day, growing up in the UK. You paid a little more attention to things to anticipate and avoid being pranked, especially at high school. That said almost every year without fail our art teacher would manage to out smart and out prank us in some quite monumental and elaborate ways, often planned over months!. One in particular took advantage of my excitement and insecurity. At 17, I was high on life after being accepted into art school, until I received a rather formal letter one morning from the art school, with instructions for an essay and self-directed project for all incoming students. It was loaded with art speak gobbledy gook, my heart stopped and my excitement turned to fear and dread. That morning I arrived at school early and marched into the art room in a panic waving the letter, desperate for some help. Mr Welsh, arms folded with a smirk on his face, didn’t leave me in my misery too long. I’d been had, well and truly! Fast forward 5 years...

...Age 24, young and carefree, I arrived in the US on April's Fools Day 1989, and was relieved to find my BFF from High school, waiting for me at New York's JFK airport.  I think both of us were quietly suspecting we'd been pranked and we're relieved to see each other at the airport!.  Fast forward quite a few more years... 


...After working in a career with the British Government in New York City for 18 years, I left to start a new career in the Arts. It turned out my last day of employment was March 31st, and the first day of my new chapter was April 1st, 2006. September of that year, I began an MFA program at the New York Academy of Art. Fast forward a few more years...

...on April 1st, 2012, I married my husband at Dubois Beach in Stonington, CT. and settled into our new life in our home in Mystic, and my studio at the Velvet Mill in Stonginton CT.

So fool or not, April 1st marks some meaningful moments and anniversaries in my life, for sure!.

Happy April Fools' Day to you  ;-)

Take advantage of my little April Fools' Day offer
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free shipping on my spring notecard collection. Today only!
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A Few of My Favorite Paintings
This small edition of blank greeting cards features some of my favorite wave paintings. Each pack contains 5 different cards with envelopes. 

Click on the button below to head on over to Etsy for more details, and if you feel the urge to splurge a little don't forget to use the code 1APRILFOOLS for free shipping and save yourself a few pennies!

Offer ends at Midnight Friday,April 1st
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