Category: Events

Event information

Here is the promised information about the event where my mural will be viewed as it was intended. Hope you can be there, and if we haven’t met, please introduce yourself!

Tulare County Historical Society 12 th Annual BBQ & Fundraiser

Saturday, September 27th

11:30 AM- 2:00 PM

Tulare County Museum Grounds in Mooney Grove Park, Visalia

Adults: $20

Children 12 & under: $8.00

Children 5 & under: Free

The ticket price includes admission to Mooney Grove Park and the Tulare County Museum, delicious BBQ and live & silent auction.

Make checks payable to TCHS to:

TCHS 2008 BBQ

P.O. Box 295

Visalia, CA 93279

Tickets also available at the event.

All proceeds benefit the Tulare County Museum improvements.

Auction items include:

Dinner for 8 by Serafine Italian Catering

1 day Jeep trip for 4 to any place in Tulare County

Helicopter ride for 2 to the Woodlake Airport & breakfast

2 nights at the Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel

New Farmall “M” pedal riding tractor & trailer

Bear Cat Chipper-Shredder

Extreme ATV Tour in Sequoia Crest Redwoods

Firewood

There is an art competition each year called “Celebrate Agriculture with the Arts”. This is a beautiful show with several categories that relate to agriculture: Dairy, Citrus, Irrigation, Cotton, etc. . . Artists can enter 2 categories, and this year I have 2 ideas for the same category. This is a no-no, because one would be competing with oneself if the same category were entered twice.

This is where you come in! Here are 2 different pieces of art for Farm Equipment And Structures. Since my choosing which piece might be akin to selecting my favorite cat (I love them all to distraction!), I am requesting help from you, my blog readers, in the hopes that you will be more objective than I am able to be.

These are not in order of my preference. Forsooth, if I had a preference, I wouldn’t be asking (begging and pleading and groveling) for your help! And there is no need for anyone to say, “I don’t know anything about art; I only know what I like” because this IS about what you like!

Choice A

Choice B

It’s All Good

And the winner is poppies in Subject Matter, and 6×6″ in Sizes! I knew that. People are still spending, but spending cautiously.

But, it isn’t all about sales. Many contacts were made, a portrait commission in pencil may be on the way (there i go again, counting chickens before they hatch!), 2 small oils were commissioned, and the best part of all was seeing Bob and Florence! Sometimes, work just HAS to be put on hold when dear friends from the the past appear.

The second best thing was when Robin brought me a Dr. Pepper, but she sorta owed me because she ate my lunch. For me, the definition of a “starving artist” is one who is too busy working to eat. Wait! maybe the best part was seeing my mom yesterday! Or, was it when my sister and family surprised me today. In the current slang, it’s all good!

Redbud Festival

Some people call it “Rosebud” but it is “Redbud”, after the native tree that blooms here in March. Why isn’t the festival in March? Unpredictable weather! This is sort of funny because it has been on Mother’s Day weekend for at least 10 years now and I have experienced 100 degree weekends and hurricane type weekends. However, we hope for nice weather, of course, and hope to see you there.

I will bring all my new paintings, pencil reproductions (there are 2 new ones this year – Three Rivers Landmarks II and Crescent Meadow II), and new Three Rivers Landmarks cards. Please don’t be disappointed that I am not bringing my murals!

Here are the specifics:
Saturday, May 10, 10-5
Sunday May 11, 10-4
Lion’s Roping Arena, Three Rivers.
More info: www.artsthreerivers.org