Calling ALL San Benito County Artists :O) There will be an Open Studio informational meeting at Blak Sage Gallery on Tuesday, Jan 31 at 6 pm. 727 San Benito St., Hollister, CA It’s open to all emerging artists as well as seasoned open studio artists. The weekend of April 28th and 29th, you’ll have the…
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Jan
26
2012
Open Studio Information Meeting
Jan
25
2012
Get Red!
In recognition of American Heart Month, the Hollister Downtown Association has partnered with the YMCA and Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital to help raise public awareness of heart disease through your participation in ” Get Red” events. I’m taking part by giving a 10% discount on all studio sales for the entire month of February.…
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Jan
24
2012
Hear No Bad Stuff’s Television Debut!
Thanks to Doreen Finkle at the Art Needlepoint Company, my Hear No Bad Stuff needlepoint canvas artwork caught the eye of a children’s television program that is developing a story line based on colors and eye hand coordination. They are going to have a couple of segments with one of their characters learning how to…
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Jan
23
2012
PIPA and Birdies For Charity
Saturday, Gene Carbone represented The Pinnacles Partnership ( PIPA ) in a qualifier round at the Peter Hay Golf Course in Pebble Beach, for a chance to compete at the AT&T to help raise funds for PIPA. Gene competed with 66 amateur golfers, to see who would get closest to the pin on hole…
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Jan
19
2012
New Music~ Window Seat
At the end of December, Jason Shepherd sent me a beautiful instrumental, Window Seat. When I asked him what inspired the title of his song, he told me a story he had heard many years ago… There were two old men in the hospital. Both were terminal. The one by the window was happy…
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Jan
17
2012
Work in Progress~ Unmasked Part II
Well I finished my very controlled portrait commission yesterday, so today I thought I’d let loose on this palette knife piece. I adjusted the features once again, and started to soften some of the edges between the face and the background. When I’m done, I hope it looks like she is busting loose from the…
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Jan
16
2012
Announcing Twins!
In the spring of 2011, Daphne’s Headcovers President Jane Spicer called and said she thought it was time for Rake and Mashie Made of Sockies to have a baby. I was excited! I thought it was a wonderful idea, and went on to design a headcover that would be good for a hybrid or…
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Jan
13
2012
Unmasked~ Work in Progress
The other paintings I have in progress right now are very controlled. I really wanted to do something out of the box so I thought I’d play with this mask. Here’s the reference photo. I started the session intending to paint the mask. But as I progressed, the painting had other ideas. Halfway through the…
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Jan
10
2012
Are You Still Painting?
I sure am! I started two powerful commissions last month, and much as I’d like to show the progression of the work in progress, I can’t share them until they are approved by the clients. Ooooh it’s been hard to keep quiet about them! Today I was inspired to do something with this papier-mâché mask.…
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Jan
09
2012
Thank You For The People’s Choice Award!
Thank you so much for voting for us in the First Fest People’s Choice Award! We won! For those of you who are new to this blog, last week I nominated myself and Jason Shepherd, for virtually creating 9 songs in two months. Most of you know we have never met and have created…
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Jan
06
2012
Nature Notes
Remember The Labyrinth art project last year at Camp Pinnacles? It was a tremendously rewarding collaboration between me, volunteers, and the rural school children of San Benito County. The entire project was made possible via generous grants and or support from the Pinnacles Partnership, The E-Cubed Foundation, the San Benito County Arts Council, and RS…
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Jan
05
2012
Shop In Style and Help Save the Planet
No paper, no plastic, just beautiful canvas reusable grocery bags! Shop in style and help save the planet! Click here to see my new line of canvas shopping bags. Product InformationReusable shopping bags suit everyone, whether a professional in her business suit or a beach bum in his bathing suit. Reusable shopping bags are the…
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