The 2008 Tehama Fair has come and gone in my home town. I entered a number of paintings and received eleven ribbons. It always amazes me that those paintings I really like of my own can be ignored by the judges and those I think are marginal are given blue ribbons! The whole event is really fun. I also enter my poetry and fiction. Last year I took Best of Show; this year a first and a third in that division. The best part, for me, is seeing everyone’s art displayed in the huge Arts and Crafts building. It is amazing that a small town would have so much artistic talent.
We have a number of new galleries in the area as well. Heartfelt, Crystal Art, The Red Bluff Art Gallery and The Big Picture are the newest. It is pleasant to display works in these venues and to see to works of my fellow artists as well.
I continue to paint mostly in oil, but my watercolors are getting notice as well, as are my pen and ink drawings. It is always a great pleasure when someone purchases a painting because they enjoy looking at it and want it in their home. It is an even greater pleasure when they consider it a treasure to own. I have paintings in people’s home and businesses going back many years, and I often think of those art collectors enjoying my work in their personal space. Artists, for the most part, paint because their soul tells them to, but there is joy in sharing with others as well.
As the site builds and I am able to present more artwork, perhaps even some of my fellow artist’s work, I hope you will come back often to see what is here. Just as we all flock to the art shows in our town to see what has been accomplished, it can be a pleasure to see new creations that have just been brought into the world!
God Bless, anne
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