by admin | Sep 17, 2010 | 2010
I received some good news yesterday. A call came in from Melissa Morgan of Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert, California. She discussed her interest in representing me at her gallery. Now, I had been thinking for a long time about representation in California. Los Angeles was an obvious choice of cities, for me, as I have a friend out there I can visit and it’s such a hopping metropolis. But I hadn’t really done any research into the gallery scene there, so it was still just an idea floating around in my head.
Then I received an email about a week and a half ago from Melissa asking if I might be interested in showing in her gallery. At that point I got on the computer and started checking things out. The gallery looks beautiful and Ms. Morgan really seems to be a “go getter” type of person. I was pretty impressed, so, taking the proverbial “leap of faith,” I accepted her offer and am getting to work on six new paintings to ship out to her. I will keep you posted as to when those paintings will be shipping out.
You can find out more about Melissa Morgan Fine Art at www.melissamorganfineart.com
by admin | Sep 7, 2010 | 2010
This past Sunday the weather here in Maryland was simply divine so we headed down to Washington DC early to walk around a bit and enjoy the sights before heading to Siroc on 15th for dinner with friends. Okay, maybe I should not have worn my black boots for walking, but hey, I wanted to feel pretty. You know, in all the years I have lived here, I don’t think I had been down to DC on a Sunday. That place is absolutely dead, it was almost impossible to find a parking garage that was open. I was completely blown away when all the coffee shops had closed by 6. We eventually found a little hole in the wall kind of place that served instant coffee. Not my idea of a great coffee experience, but it supplied the needed caffeine.
At 7:30 we (husband and I) strolled over to Siroc and met our friend Javier who was visiting from Chicago. As a surprise he had also invited a mutual friend Coqui. My husband Phil had met Javier and Coqui when he worked on the school newspaper at SMU. Conversation topics at the table ranged from politics (of course, we are in DC), to marriage, to fabulous NYU law seminars (including dinners at fancy NY restaurants) my husband enjoyed during his year there, to Latin America and the drug problems in Mexico, to thoughts of where we would wish to retire some day, and finally to our adventures in parenting. We were the last table to leave and had spent about 4 hours talking, it was just wonderful 🙂
On Monday Javier’s flight wasn’t leaving till about 7PM so we decided to take a jaunt out to Annapolis and enjoy steamed crabs at Cantler’s. Another divine day of low humidity drew us to sitting outside by the water. After lunch we headed into downtown Annapolis walked around and enjoyed the remnants of our weekend, sans children. Before leaving town to head over to my sister’s house (she had brought our boys back from their visit with Nana and Boompah) I bought them some fake “gold teeth” that they could wear with pride. Just a little something to welcome them home. It was perfect.
by admin | Sep 4, 2010 | 2010
Last week I took a trip down to Louisiana for two events, La Fête Cultural in New Orleans and New-Nu’s is Better than No-Nu’s in Lafayette. Both events were fundraisers, the first for The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation and the second for the rebuilding of Frederick l’Ecole des Arts (the organization for which I am president).
I had donated a painting, “Yellow Apples and White Orchid” to be auctioned in La Fête and was happy that it sold.
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| Yellow Apples and White Orchid36″ x 18″ |
by admin | Sep 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today my husband and I (kids are visiting with grandparents this weekend) decided to take a small road trip out to Shenandoah National Park and hike up to Mary’s Rock. The trail was quite rocky and it was 3.5 miles round trip. I have always been a slow walker and there was no exception on this trip. It took me about 3 hours to do the hike and, as usual, folks passed me on the way up, and on the way down. Oh well, at least I can. From Mary’s Rock you have a 360 degree view.
by admin | Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
My life never seems to get boring, and this couldn’t be more true right now. As well as being an artist, I am also the president of a non-profit organization down in Arnaudville, Louisiana, Frederick l’Ecole des Arts.
In July we had a terrible blow to our organization when the building we shared with Town Market, Nunu’s Café (George Marks’s family business) caught fire and was a complete loss. Since the fire it has been amazing to see the community of people, who have come to know us collectively as “NUNU’s”, rally together and work to raise funds so we can rebuild. I recently got back from a trip down to Louisiana where our first fundraiser was held at Blue Moon Saloon and Guest House in Lafayette. What a night! Six bands donated their talent and time to help us out. George and his Mom worked tirelessly serving food they used to prepare for the café. So many volunteers stood by our side, rolling up their sleeves, doing whatever needed to be done. My hats are off to all of you, with your help we can accomplish just about anything!
You can help us in so many ways. One way is to follow this link, register and vote for the Arnaudville Experiment of which Frederick l’Ecole des Arts is a component. This Place Matters, Arnaudville Experiment=Louisiana Culture. This is a grant program through the National Trust for Historic Preservation and we can win this grant if we get the most votes.
We have a website listing our upcoming fundraisers called Phoenix Rising / Nunu’s where you can see what is going on. Everyone is welcome! If you can not attend a fundraiser, but would like to donate, you can make a donation to the organization on our secure Frederick l’Ecole website donation page : http://frederick-arts.org/donationform.html. Please also consider becoming a member of the organization.
