LINE 'EM UP

So, last month I was on my way to Raleigh, Contemporary Art Museum, for the Raleigh Fine Arts Society annual juried show.  Great fun, especially when the juror, Chad Alligood, mentions in his presentation that "Foggy Morning on South Holston" looks like a modern day Winslow Homer painting!  What?  Thank you and thanks for the cash award, too.  Already sent some of it to Cheap Joe in Boone, NC.
So, what next?  The Art Cellar in Banner Elk, NC has asked me to open the season with a two-person show beginning Memorial Day Weekend!  I don't know if I can last until June.  The little croquet lady in "Line 'em Up" thought it would be a lot of fun to throw a surprise 70th birthday party for this ol' man on April Fool's Day.  Thirty-two people and our daughter, Kacy, entered the room as foursomes with bags over their heads (eye, nose and mouth holes decorated and funny sayings on each paper bag--Kacy had "Pull my finger" written on hers...it is a guy joke from when she was a child). Thank you, Bobbie...you are the hit of the party!
Stay tuned for more about Bob's Big Show @artcellargallery  #artcellargallery
No more corny jokes...well...nah!

Wow!  These people can paint!  Today, I worked with these wonderful painters...and we painted "watercolors...not colored water."  
I saw progress on everyone's paper as the day progressed.  Some have taken my workshop before and they are growing like crazy!  It is very rewarding to hear the moans and groans about how "I can't paint watercolors" change to "oh, I see...I get it...of course."
Bonnie, Joan, Carma, Meredith, Ed, Christy, Joanne, and Margaret are excited again about painting...and that makes me excited too!  
Way to go, kids!

Ready to start a new "work" week.  I have been prepping several photos for painting by drawing detailed and then edited, more simple drawings.  This morning I will layout two or three and begin to throw watercolor on paper...always exciting to see what happens...stay tuned!