CVG 2011 Juried Show

Hey everybody, I know it's been a while - busy with the holidays and all. Just wanted to let you know I had a painting accepted into the annual CVG Juried show at Collective Visions Gallery. This is the fourth annual and my second time in. My entry is "Up, Up and Away". Kind of a fun piece. The show opens on February 1st with the First Friday opening on the 4th and runs through to February 27th. The Gallery will be open on Sundays during February. Hope you can make it in to see all the great art from Washington State.

Hello all! Last Tuesday I went to my monthly "class" with Bill McEnroe at Donna Trent's studio in Gig Harbor. Our "assignment" was to paint a picture using tidepools as a subject. Since I didn't have a photo of a tidepool to use I chose a picture of my girls sitting on the beach at Ocean Shores on a sunny day. Here is "Beach Buddies". Don't you wish we had sunny days like this more often?

Also, I've updated my website, http://www.mjmcinnisfineart.com/. Take a look and see what's new!

Last weekend I took several new paintings down to Modern Villa Gallery in Cannon Beach OR. They now have eight of my original oil paintings, so if you get down that way be sure to stop in to say hello to Molly or Louise. FYI, Cannon Beach will be hosting their annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival on November 5-7 so hop on down for a weekend of fun!

What a week! A few days of recovering from the Open Studio Tour then a full day of demonstrating my pastels at the Puyallup Fair yesterday. Boy, am I pooped! I did 5 demos at the Fair and by far the most popular one was this one called “Jersey Girl”. Must be something about the eyes. I hope you like it! I had a great but exhausting time and talked to lots of people who love art. I’m all talked out!

Well, I have to say that the Open Studio Tour was successful in that quite a number of people came to see my artwork! Thank you to one and all!! It was a lot of work but very much worth it to meet so many wonderful people. After it was over, my family (9 of us) went out to dinner where I had a much needed marguerita! Yumm!

Next on the agenda: I will be at the Puyallup Fair this Thursday September 23rd demonstrating at the Art Show in the Pavilion. Hope to see you there!

Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour is tomorrow and Sunday!! I won't subject anyone to my laundry room in order to get up to my studio so I've turned my living room and dining room into a high end gallery! Come see what I have and learn all about pastels. Lots of art to choose from and a chance to see me at work. Plus free u-pick raspberries for anyone willing to brave the vines!

Lots of paintings in the works. Here is my latest: A Day in the Country, oil on canvas, 36” x 36”. Hope you like it!