Bark Exhibition: To benefit animal shelters

I've been busy making dogs.

 Having a lot of fun.

These are for a show at the Eissey Campus at Palm Beach State.

The show is a fundraiser for animal shelters. There are plenty more of these available for adoption.

Had a lot of fun with their names. Maggie the Mauler, Cindy Claws, Sunny the Scratcher to name a few.

The opening reception is September 16th from 5:30 - 8:00 PM. Runs through October 17th. All of these dogs and cats are available for adoption. See you there!

September Calendar Page

Happy Day! September is on the way. I love the sound of September partly because there's a happy birthday to my sister Virginia and me. Going to post images of some  new weird dogs I made later today or tomorrow. In the meantime, please feel free to use this calendar page for personal use on your computer desktop. Remember I always post a little twitter version @Vixterina.

A New Favorite Thing

While at NIADA I bought this piece by Reina Mia Brill. Her work really speaks to me. I think that this is what I feel like on the inside. And today on the first day back to school after summer vacation.... probably what I look like on the outside! Reina is really a cool person, and I am a huge fan. Did I mention she has a shop?

NIADA conference

Just back from Orlando and the NIADA conference. Holy moly, saw some GREAT artwork. Here's a few images from the sale today. If you aren't familiar with NIADA or the wonderful artists or the sale... well let me introduce you to:

 Ankie Daanen.

 

Chris Chomick and Peter Meder. You should see their automata (watch the movie Hugo)

 

 

 Diane Keeler. Check out the Queen of Hearts and the Bride in White. I am drooling.

 And Karin Otto Burfict. Stunning.

 Leslie Keeble

 

and Marlaine Verhelst. The best part? They're all really nice people and a lot of them do workshops. 

On my way to NIADA, Orlando

Getting ready to head up to Orlando for the NIADA conference. Finally! As it started Wednesday but I couldn't get away. Tomorrow is a sale and my car is loaded. If you're there you might just see these kids.

New Studio Coming Together

We're back from vacation. What you may not know is we moved into a new house 2 weeks prior to traveling so I barely unpacked and whoosh we were gone. The past few days I have been getting my studio together and I am ready to work. Here are some pics. My Toby jars seem happy.