Having Fun at Pearls Before Swine Art Show 10/25/2012

 

Thanks to all my buddies for coming out to Elgin for the art show! Next year we have GOT to remember to bring our tiaras!

Pearls Before Swine People's Choice Winner!

My "Painted Bunting in a Stream" pastel painting won a Judge's Honorable Mention ribbon and was THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER!  All of the guests attending the 2012 Pearls Before Swine Art Show Reception were able to vote for their favorite piece of art and I  won the People's Choice!   I am honored to have participated in this show and we had a really fun time this evening. Many fine art works are being shown Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Please stop by to enjoy this wonderful show.  SPECIAL THANKS to the Elgin Arts Association for sponsoring this show -  organizing, judging, hanging, hosting  this entire show. And the proceeds from the show fund  scholarships for Elgin area high school art students.

2012 Pearls BeforeSwine Art Show Elgin,Texas

 

Here are my matted and framed pieces for the Pearls Before Swine Art Show.  The very top picture is a watercolor - Blooming Prickly Pear. Going clockwise, the next one is also a watercolor - Prickly Pear at Midnight. The bottom picture is a pastel - Texas Longhorn and this piece I am donating for the Pearls Auction. The picture on the left is a pastel - Painted Bunting in a Stream. Both cactus watercolors are for sale at the Pearls Show. The Painted Bunting is not for sale.
Please come join Robert and me at the Opening Reception for the 2012 Pearls Before Swine Art Show on Thursday, October 25th, at 14 North Main Street, in historic downtown Elgin. The show runs from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. The art show will also be open on Friday, October 26th, 10 am  - 6 pm and on Saturday during the 25th Annual Hog Eye Festival from 10 am to 5 pm again in downtown Elgin on Main Street. See y'all there!

Framed Art from Amalfi Coast, Italy

These two pictures are from the Amalfi Coast - matted and framed by my wonderful husband and in-house framer! The one on the left  is a lithograph that I purchased from a street artist in Positano. It shows off the lemon trees, amazing turquoise waters, sail boats, and the lovely town strewn over the mountainside.
The second is the wine label for the estate made wines of Mama Agata's cooking school in Ravello. Our group took an unforgettable all day cooking class with Mama Agata and her lovely daughter, Chiara. They grow on their  mountainside terraces all of their lemons, herbs, tomatoes, grapes, olives, assorted other vegetables. They make their own limoncello, olive oil, wine, tomato sauce. Their wine label captures some of the beauty of their lovely place. We learned to cook lemon chicken, sausage with peppers and onions served over pasta, eggplant parmesan  that was the best ever eaten by all of us -including the professed eggplant haters!  We also cooked a savory fritter with minced herbs, prosciutto, cheese  - and the batter would be delicious as a sweet fritter as  well. We learned to make a basic marinara sauce and Mama Agata's famous lemon cake. 

Texas Longhorn

 

This Texas Longhorn is painted on Wallis pastel paper with  soft pastels. The picture for this painting was taken in a pasture near downtown Elgin.

I am donating this painting for the auction at the 2012 Pearls Before Swine Art Show. The auction will be Thursday evening during the show from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The proceeds from the Pearls Show benefit art scholarships to Elgin high school students. 
Come enjoy the art show and reception and bid on some wonderful art!

2012 Pearls Before Swine Art Show

 

I have the great honor to have had 3  paintings selected for the
 2012 Pearls Before Swine Art Show in  Elgin, Texas.
Thursday, October 25, 2012   6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
14 North Main Street in historic downtown Elgin
Directly across the street from 
Robert Goodrich's State Farm office
The Pearls Before Swine Art Show will also be open to  the public on Friday, October 26 from 10 am - 6 pm and  Saturday during the HogEye Festival  from 10 am - 5 pm.

Painted Bunting in a Stream - pastel
Prickly Pear at Midnight - watercolor
Prickly Pear in Bloom - watercolor

Please join Robert and me  for this evening to meet and visit with all the artists whose work has been selected by a jury panel. Enjoy all the art and refreshments with your friends and neighbors and bid on both the silent and live auctions. Much of the art exhibited will also be for sale.
My painted bunting is not for sale but both cactus watercolors are for sale.

Dottie Mae - Queen of the Coupland Beefmasters

 

This is Dottie Mae - a lovely Beefmaster cow owned by the Spellings family out on their ranch in Coupland, Texas. This is a pastel on gatorboard that has been primed with terra cotta with a fine tooth. This pastel of Dottie Mae is going to live with the Spellings family having been gifted to Tracy in honor of his birthday.