Day 1 of the Sarasota Festival of the Arts, Feb. 20

Today was the first day of the Sarasota Festival of the Arts in downtown Sarasota. The weather was perfect. One short rain shower and then the sun came out. Tomorrow will be the final day of the 2-day event. Over 200 vendors from around the country - painting, photography, jewelry, scultpure, clothing, food vendors and more. I've uploaded some photos to my Facebook page (view here).

The show is 9:30am-5pm Sunday 2/21. Thanks again to Allen and Michelle for stopping by!

Photos from day 2 of the Corey Avenue Arts & Crafts Fair Jan 31st

More images from the 2nd day of the St Pete Beach Corey Ave Arts & Crafts Fair. Thanks again to family and friends that came out to the show!

Next show: Feb 20/21, Sarasota Festival of the Arts

Two weeks to go before the next show in downtown Sarasota. 22nd Annual Sarasota Festival of the Arts.

Working on a new clown fish painting that I might have finished in time to unveil at the show (30x40). Stay tuned!

Hope to see you there!

16th Annual St. Pete Beach Corey Area Art & Craft Festival

Today was the first day of the St. Pete Beach Art & Craft Fair (Corey Avenue). It started out so much better than the Dunedin show- warmer and dry. But, the rain came just after noon and by 4pm the streets were almost empty. Tomorrow is the 2nd and last day of this event, 10am-5pm. View pictures from today on Facebook.

Who says Florida doesn't get cold?

Well, I survived my first outdoor art show [Dunedin Art Show, Jan 9/10]! It was beyond COLD! Day 1 was wet and cold and unfortunately, just not the ideal weather for throngs of art lovers to venture out and spend money. The middle picture is me trying to stay warm. Day 2 was much better - warmer and sunny - but still too cold for Floridians to come outdoors to enjoy an art show.

My next show is this weekend, January 30/31 in St. Pete Beach, Corey area. Weather should be much nicer so come on out and say hello!

http://tinyurl.com/yl5rdwu

To view all the pictures from the Dunedin Art Show Jan 9/10, you can visit Ginger's Facebook pages. Day one.

Hope to see you there!

Next two shows:

Sarasota Festival of the Arts

Saturday & Sunday, Feb 20 & 21

10am-5pm, Sarasota

www.artfestival.com/events/visitorsShow/82/1

Art on Park (http://www.artonpark.org/)

March 27, 28

10am-5pm

Downtown Lake Park

(honorary jury chair is Burt Reynolds!)

My first art show is this coming weekend, Jan 9/10

Well, here we are just 6 days away from my first art show! I'll be at the Dunedin Art Festival on Saturday & Sunday, January 9 & 10th.

I had prints made of a few new paintings and am getting all my original oil paintings framed and wired for hanging. Very excited and nervous and am just hoping for good weather.

Stop by to see my booth - 99% of the work is completely new from 2009 and not even on my website yet! A few samples posted here.

Would love to see you all come out to see the 50+ artists at the Dunedin Art Festival:

http://www.artfestival.com/events/visitorsShow/88/1/13th_Annual_Downtown_Dunedin_Art_Festival.html

A few of the artists I like

I've been meaning to do this for a few weeks now... sorry for the delay. There are a couple of artists that I really admire and wanted to share their sites with you all.

Jeremy Lipking - http://www.lipking.com/gallery.htm

Jacob Collins - http://www.jacobcollinspaintings.com/index.html

Christopher Still - http://www.christopherstill.com/christopher_still_paintings.htm