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At the Art in Bloom Show
The Art in Bloom Show by Battle Ground Art Alliance began last evening for First Friday and continues today, April 4, 10-3. It is in theARTScentered building, which is the old Vancouver library, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. At least 30 artists are there, and today they will have some activities for children. I was…
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An afternoon of art
Today, my sister and I decided to drive to Ridgefield to see the new Ridgefield Art Association Gallery. We saw some art there that we liked, and a lot of it was reasonably priced. I was also interested in a free demo about encaustic that was being given by artist Linda Robertson at the Ridgefield…
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Michael Kay’s solo show at the library
Last Saturday afternoon, I went to the Battle Ground Community Library to meet photographer Michael Kay and look at his solo show. It was just before the opening, and he was getting ready for it. Michael often combines more than one photo for a spectacular effect. Michael has been a great encouragement to me and…
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Another fun Art Chat
I attended the Battle Ground Art Chat last week. Probably because of the holidays, about half the number of people came as usual. However, that gave us each time to talk longer about our art and our backgrounds. We saw some really interesting pieces. I brought the two paintings I intended to show two and…
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The Starfish is honored (and so am I)
The Battle Ground Community Library opened a small art show on Friday. During the opening, the organizers had everyone vote for their two favorite paintings. Toward the end of the event, the organizers announced that there was a tie and asked everyone who was left to vote for one painting. When the voting was over,…
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My Luke painting gets eyes and nose
After painting hair for weeks and weeks, I know I am finally getting toward the finish of my painting of my dog. That’s because I painted the first coat of his eyes and nose. I still have to paint highlights on the eyes after they dry, and the nose is just getting started. I have…
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State of My Current Project
A guy I met at the last art fair suggested I paint smaller paintings so I can get them done quicker and sell them for less. All of my paintings are 16 x 20 or 18 x 24, but the one I am working on now is 11 x 14, just by coincidence, since I…
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An upcoming art show
I signed up to be in the Battle Ground Art Alliance booth for Art in the Garden. This is an invitation-only event, so it should have a lot of good artists. I am one of five people in the BGAA booth. It will be a little less difficult than the last two shows, because everyone…
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Fantasy at Art Chat
This month’s Battle Ground Art Chat featured as speaker Deborah Fay Morales, who does fantasy art, using different media but usually including pen and ink techniques. Her drawings are incredibly elaborate and detailed. I didn’t take any photos there, but I copied one of her drawings off her web site (Ragnarok Studio) just so you…
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Two local art events
This week I attended two art events. On Saturday, my sister and I attended the opening of the February-March art show at Loft Gallery. I have two pieces in that show as well as cards of my two pieces, and my sister has one. There was a lot more art in the gallery this time,…
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