Sure euphoria
All day in the yard, flowers
Green, pink, and purple.
Art Prescription: A far cry from Times Square, we spent an entire day working in our yard. Total bliss! Planted new vinca, inpatients, cosmos, purple petunias, basil, and two cherry tomatoes. May just snip that basil for a pasta and tomato dinner. Sam would not let me “play” until I had all my follow-up emails sent. I’m still processing the show…wow! If you have a dream, be persistent, follow your heart!
Song birds with fledglings
Chatter about in the trees
Fluffy heads, new wings!
Art Prescription: Extremely happy to be watering my flowers and watching back-yard action. Chickadees, Titmice, and Cardinals call out to their mates and fledglings, giving them direction about their next move. Uncoordinated, fluffy-feathered babies land on our deck seeking food. A new generation of song birds, and fodder for new art!! My surroundings inspire my muse!!
Big, bold, lacy, blue
Composite globes of color
Hydrangea blooms!
Art Prescription: This time of year everything is busting out! With lots of “April Showers Brings May Flowers,” we have a garden to delight the senses. Today I cut a big vase full of blue hydrangea blossoms, some as big as a football. Hydrangeas are composite flowers, which means each big blossom is made up of hundreds of small flowers, all coming together in color and shape to make a bold statement. Here is a hydrangea I painted a couple of years ago. Tomorrow I will paint a BIG BOLD LOOSE WATERCOLOR! Stay tuned…
Sam and I arrived in New York by 10 am Saturday. Took a frantic taxi ride to the Jacob Javits Center to set the booth up.
When you first get there the isles are filled with crates and cases, the beep, beep, beep of cranes and other industrial machines sound off against bare walls. As exhibitors file in the booths begin to shine with art and design.
You walk out of an industrial zone and the next morning the carpet is down and the show is open for business!!
We spent the next full three days meeting other exhibitors (this is awesome!), art directors, creative directors, product design and development directors, publishers, buyers, retailers, merchandise managers, CEO’s, presidents, licensing directors, fine art companies, poster companies, manufacturers, and new artists walking the show to learn about the industry. Also we took turns walking The National Stationery Show.
Now the work begins! Follow-up Follow-up Follow-up
I have to say I’m most excited about the opportunity to have my art licensed for stamps, fabric, and kits to encourage creativity in others. To share the joy of art-making is part of my mission via The Art Prescription!! Cheers! Beverly
The horn is culture
Gray and brick and neon flash
Land in sea of green.
Art Prescription: Home from New York City; YEA! Surtex was a blast and I’ve got lots and lots of following up to do; YEA!
I’m thrilled with the contacts I made and I need to vent…be patient…I’ll get back to the positive.
Top Ten Reasons I Don’t Like To Travel
1. sitting, which to me means wasting time
2. taxis, buses, trains, airplanes
3. lugging too much stuff and going through security
4. packing
5. miss my cats
6. eating out
7. waiting in lines
8. noise overload
9. not my routine a.k.a. OCD
10. definitely don’t have my stuff – a.k.a. really like home!!
Okay – now let’s be positive!!
Top Ten Reasons Surtex Was Worth It!!
1. lots of clean white towels
2. room-service and/or take-out and eating in bed
3. meeting other artists
4. walking the National Stationery Show
5. walking Surtex
6. meeting art directors and creative directors
7. talking with people about my art and the story of my art
8. Spending time with my one and only husband, best-friend, and business partner Sam Dyer
9.Feeling proud that 6 months of planning all came together
10. The total excitement about the future and new product!!!
Like a New Yorker
We weave in and out of crowd
Everyone on go!
Art Prescription: New York city is not for the slow and methodical. Not for the wanderer who wishes to pause and take it all in…do that and someone will run you over…maybe a bus!! Walking the streets I heard not one word of English, except for the highly accented personnel selling tickets to shows, comedy, bus rides, psychics, weed, or a photo with Spiderman, the Naked Cowboy – hmmmm, or the folks just flat out begging for money. “The Melting Pot.” How extremely lucky are we to be able to drop in and visit this magnificent city and fly out again to the green, green, grass of NC. Knowing where you belong is worth a life-time of wants!!
Brown-eyed gentle horse
Stands confident, guards Times Square
Officer sits proud.
Art Prescription: These horses amaze me. Amid the millions of people, honking horns and sirens, they stand calm and sure. Just beautiful. Not surprising that they themselves land in the photos of tourist from all over the world. Guess brown eyes speak a universal language!
Sensual poppy
Blue subtle, sexy petals
Graceful yet bold buds.
Art Prescription: Too tired to write anything else…
Backyard birds, pigeons.
A flock lined-up over noise
Traffic, honk, siren.
Art Prescription: I’m just not a city girl. I miss my quiet backyard with my garden and studio. And I’m perfectly okay with that!! You cannot fit a square peg into a round hole, and you shouldn’t try. My booth is set! Looks peaceful, airy, and romantic. Makes me happy to see this! Show starts tomorrow. My mantra: “be true to yourself.”
Acceleration
A movie clip, fast forward
No rewind, just be.
Art Prescription: Well here it is, Surtex!! I’m ready thanks to my great friend Kerry. Now my goal for the show is to try and be present and enjoy the moments.
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