16th Annual Fall Exhibition and Art Sale - Old Hickory Art Center

Had a grand ole' time with my fellow artists Friday night and Saturday, Oct 16 & 17 at the Old Hickory Art Sale. There were so many wonderful paintings, carvings and painted china pieces. Thank you to all who came and we hope to see you in the Fall again next year!

You're Invited...

16th Annual Fall Exhibition and Art Sale
Old Hickory Art Center
1308 Fuller Street, Old Hickory, TN

Friday Evening, October 16th - 6pm to 8pm and
Saturday, October 17th, 9am to 3pm
Original Art made by local Artists Affordably Priced!
Cash, Check or Credit Card Accepted

Songs of the Mountain Dulcimer and Ukulele
provided by Deborah Carman


Directions:  From I-40 Take the TN-45/Old Hickory Blvd exit, EXIT 221, toward The Hermitage (6.9 miles). Turn right on Merritt (just before Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store), turn left on 13th Street, take first left onto Fuller St. (definitely a residential area so don't think you're in the wrong place!)

2015 Whitworth Baptist Church Picnic

Food, Fun and of course Music!!!

Watercolor Workshop

Artist Jeannie McGuire's Art Process

Jeannie McGuire, Artist

Artist Jeannie McGuire Watercolor

Our Class

Workshops in the Spring - what a fabulous match. I recently enjoyed attending Kanuga Watermedia Workshop with a couple of my friends, Vickie and Dee. We traveled by car the 4-1/2 hours it took to get there. (Thank you, Vickie Majors, for driving and for keeping us entertained in the car!) Kanuga is located near beautiful Asheville, North Carolina and if you've never been there, you're missing out - it's beautiful there in the Spring. Tulips galore - Dee made sure she took plenty of pics! I signed up for classes with Artist, Jeannie McGuire whose eclectic figures and portraits are pretty spectacular. I enjoyed her class thoroughly and thanks to her, I am excited to hopefully see a new dimension in my own work. Time will tell. Thank you, Jeannie, for being a part of Kanuga and sharing your wonderful works of art and expertise with us.

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice

Just completed two watercolor pieces of a sweet little girl, granddaughter to my long distance friends, Lynn and Terry Green.

My Studio - Getting Organized!

For a long time I have managed to stay half-way organized with my fine art, Barbie furniture and craft projects. But things went awry as they often do when space and organizational challenges arise and I was desperate to get my act together as much as I could. Painting is a wonderful, exciting and creative adventure. It was time I created a wonderful, exciting place that I could be creative in.

A corner in my sunroom had served as my art space for a long while but that day the bookshelf, makeshift table and easel looked just sad and out of place. It was time for a change - a change that meant a more creative atmosphere to work in with more organization and definitely more light!

So I went to work. The dark curtains came down and were replaced with light and cheery sheers and pinwheel design curtains. The old table and chairs went out and two new light colored wood tables along with four modern chairs took their place. For organization, I attached my display racks against the wall, changed my tired bookshelf for a newly painted one, invested in some drawer cabinets and purchased the sweetest little turquoise rolling shelf to hold my mason jars of brushes, pens and pencils, etc.


The final touch was attaching a line of wire across each cornice board with clips to hang my recent works.

Painting Class

Every month for the past year, I have enjoyed teaching a watercolor class to some lovely seniors at The Provision Living Center in Hermitage. The classes came to an end last month but my memories will stay with me. Thank you, Marianne Harter, for allowing me that opportunity.

Open Studio

I treated myself to a few sessions of "Open Studio" with my artist friend, Christine Pilkinton. She is an art instructor in the area and invited me to join her students in an open studio. We drew and painted using a live model rather than a photograph. It was great fun. There were a total of nine artists that participated. I rarely have the opportunity to paint from a live model so when Christine offered this series of studio time, I jumped at the chance. We had three different models and each session was unique, as were the drawings and paintings that we all produced. Here are a few pictures.

A Surprise for Christmas...

I love surprises. That's what made this commission piece very special. My friend, Ron Perry wanted to surprise his lovely wife, Lillian, with a portrait gift of their 16 year old great- granddaughter. Working incognito, he was able to provide me with a photograph of the lovely teenager. It was a joy working on this piece, especially knowing that it was to be a gift of love. Thanks Ron, for this opportunity and thank you Lillian, for your lovely words of appreciation.

An Art Gallery Excursion

My Art Group headed downtown Nashville last Wednesday to visit the wonderful Haynes Galleries Exhibit. We enjoyed visits to a few other art galleries, in particular, the Tennessee Art League Gallery where we were presented with some great information on the Tennessee Watercolor Society and Plein Air painting. And of course, we stopped for a quick lunch. What's an outing without food!

Sisters

"Sisters" is a commission piece that I just recently finished.