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Happy Birthday to the husband!!!

11/29/2015

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Pretty big day for 'Shop SMALL Saturday'!

11/28/2015

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Saturday was definitely an ARTfilled day!  I did a few things around the studio and then headed down south to Gallery 2014 to be a part of the Clothing X-Change event and Shop Small Saturday initiative.  To keep myself from buying jewelry, I grabbed my art materials out of the car and sat in the back with Ken, guarding the 'dressing room' area.  Well, kinda...

Turns out, we didn't do much 'watchin'...we were too busy painting! Ken was working from a photograph they took on a trip to India and me, well I was creating my daily piece, my version of Elvis Presely's, 'Blue Suede Shoes'...I was thinking bridal again, so I created a gal in a fluffy white dress with her blue suede bridal shoes peeking out from underneath!
As I was leaving Gallery 2014, I was accosted by a small army of little girls dressed in lavender and pink...they complimented my accessories...and the fact that my jewelry matched my painting (and I was THRILLED that someone noticed!)...and said they loved the painting.  The best part?  They described it as 'a lady with blue shoes sitting on a cloud'

And I just loved that, on so many levels!
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Random event pics...a sparkly yellow evening gown..Elizabeth promoting 'Girl Noticed'...pic with Lori, the face of 'GN' and a snippet of me, painting with Ken

Next up...the 50/50 Art Auction at the Armory!

My next event was a fundraiser for the Armory in West Palm Beach- the 50/50 Live Art and Art Auction event. The concept...50 local artists...paintings created on the spot in two hours...then the work is auctioned off at the end of the evening.  I participated in this event a few years back, (CLICK HERE FOR 2012 EVENT PICS)  It was fun to partner up with the Armory again, work alongside local artists, talk with folks that appreciate art...and the proceeds all go to a good cause, so that always feels great to use my art to give back.
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Art added...November 23-28th...

11/28/2015

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Hey, look...my ANGELS!!!

11/23/2015

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Updated art, Nov. 20-22

11/23/2015

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20.

11/16/2015

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It has been 20 years since Amy left this earth.  I am a little in my feelings this year more so than other years.  Every year, this is a tough day...but this year in particular.  Grief does not have a time limit, and I am okay with being a little more aware of how I feel today.  

​And today...I miss my best friend.  
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Veteran's Day...Angels...'da Beach...and a special ANNIVERSARY date with Gallery 2014!!

11/12/2015

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...again...we're backtracking here, folks...so...let's go back to...ummm...
YESTERDAY.
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6:00ish
I wake from what I thought was a pretty deep sleep with one though;  'I have to paint angels for Veteran's Day.'  

Now, it isn't odd for me to wake up with these kind of urgent thoughts.  Sometimes I think,  'ok, yeah, but first I will go back to sleep'.  Spoiler alert- that pretty much never happens.  Going back to sleep, I mean.

So I got up, drew out eleven angels, painted them and then looked up local events for Veteran's Day...found one in Boynton and did what any red, white and blue, angel-totin' artist would do- I donned an American flag scarf and red heart glasses and made my way to the site to hang up angels for folks to find.

Yup, it was an official #AngelDropART happening!
Noonish:
Next stop...Hollywood!  John and I decided to be smart and carpool down south since he had a meeting...so I dropped him off out west and then headed back east.  I had some time to kill before Gallery 2014 opened, so I visited one of my favorite spots- Hollywood Beach!  I like living where we are now, but I will always miss Hollywood Beach.  We used to live close enough to walk there...it was a long walk, but totally worth it.  The boardwalk always reminds me of Pacific Beach- it's like having a little piece of San Diego here on the east coast...any time I miss the west coast a visit to HB helps me.

And this trip did not dissappoint.  I toted my art bag and iced coffee to a nice spot under a palm tree (gotta take care of my skin, yo!) ...and started painting my daily piece.

I'll make another post later to catch up on the art...I'm already due to watch the Project Runway reunion and start another painting... #priorities
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2:30ish
After the beach it was time o meet Miss Sharon at Gallery 2014.  Hard to believe exactly one year ago I was going there with my artwork loaded onto a tablet to see about getting representation with the gallery.   And now- my work is  there and I have sold something every month!  My pieces don't go for huge amounts...they are great for folks looking to start collecting...they are small, personal, affordable. Every sale, no matter how big or small means so much to me because I know that someone came in, selected my #heART and liked it enough to purchase it.  (Yay...thanks!)

So the goal for this meeting was to deliver some 'new' pieces.  Currently the gallery has over 200 pieces of my work from 2012-2014, but I took some of the work I have made this year.  We decided on bascially all of my 'Mermaid Series'...a couple of pieces from my 'Many Hats Series'  and a couple from my 'Surfaces Series'...*many works are framed and ready to hang, so go snatch'em up!
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*There are SO MANY mermaids...seriously... so I framed some of them and the rest are in a nice presentation book...ask to see them! They are all either 8x10 or 5x7 so super easy to mat/frame :)
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More...updates!

11/12/2015

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Updates...art show at Harold's...and some angels...

11/12/2015

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So...backtracking to last weekend...I had the opening reception for my solo art show at Harold's Coffee Lounge in Northwood... It went GREAT! Thank you to everyone that came out to support me and my heART!  I can't beleive that I made a completely new body of work just for this show...in less than two weeks!  Yep, sure did.  

When Christian and I first spoke about moving the show from December to November he mentioned, 'hey, it would be great if you showed some new work that no one has seen yet'.  So...that's what I did...made a brand new series of work, specifically for this show.  The only exception was the necklace I made out of greeting cards (right), which was made within the past few months after watching the 'Unconventional Materials Challenge' on the current series of Project Runway.
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My solo show got me like...
oh...and thanks for taking my new head shots, Brent!!!  You're 'da BEST!

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Mackie helped select colors. Thanks, Mack!
But it did take some planning.  I wanted it to be almost like a fashion collection, to have a real sense that everything was cohesive.  I did this in the colors and materials chosen...and if you look, all the painted pieces have the word 'fashion' scrawled on them again and again. So from the background of my head shot, which would become the 'fabric' for my paper dress, to the gowns and backgrounds of my paintings on canvas to the wall mannequins...everything was tied together.
 
​Another thing that I was focusing on...making sure I also coordinated with my show.  I found a great lavendar dress on clearance at Charming Charlie a couple of years ago, which I wore my SIL's bridesmaid luncheon.  I thought that pulling out this specific color, lavender, would be a great accent to my artwork so I hand painted portions of the dress with 'fashion' and added that to my 'opening night' secrets.
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(Top Left) Close up of the hand painted fabric (Bottom Left) I don't have access to fashion guru, Tim Gunn, so I made a substitution. This is Scooter, giving me the once-over. (Right) The finished dress with some of the pieces, still in progress at that time.

After the hand painted dress...it was all about accessories!  My vision was to create upcycled Tshirt necklaces for my girlfriends to wear at my opening.  They came dressed all in black to really make the colors pop, and I just love the idea that my art was on the wall AND walking around the room!  I took the 'scraps' from their necklaces and combined it with gray T-shirt necklace to tie in everything together...and of course all the pieces has various embellishments...from hand stitched beading, to re-purposed broken jewelry pieces to small crystals.  As for my shoes...I just had to turn that into a DIY project as well!  I needed silver shoes but couldn't find any that I liked, so I finally settled on some gold wedges that I spray painted with silver glitter and then hand glue clear crystals on for extra sparkle.  (More details about all of this on Instagram, @artinw_damuse )
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And...well, here it is...my show!
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Main wall...paintings, painted mannequins and jewelry...
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Front corner...more paintings (from my 'Poetry' series) and a dress I made out of hand painted banner paper, paint samples and bling! I burnt my fingers pretty bad making it but it was totally worth it!
And...well...that's it.  That was my show. 

Oh wait...one more thing.  Before the opening I walked about the area right around Harold's and left some #AngelDropART in pastic bags tied with purple ribbon in honor of my grandma, 'Flossie', and in honor of all those affected by Alzheimer's.  Granny really started my love of fashion and sparkly things...and I won't ever forget it, even if she can't remember.  
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The gals...they are for granny, back home in NC. I hope all that found them will share some love and sparkle, like she always did, and still does!

...I love you, granny!
​#AngelDropART

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Happy Veteran's Day!

11/11/2015

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