Marsh Walk, 20 x 24, BFK Rives and Colourfix Liquid Primer

This week has been an exciting week for me and I want to share it with you.  I am going to become a member artist at ArtBlend Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, FL and next summer I hope to be showing at the Art Hamptons Art Fair!!! I received a message from one of the staff while in France and told her I’d have to get back to her. Then I forgot all about it!  She wrote me back and I finally took the time to look into it, and realized that this could really be something–not another vanity gallery in New York.  They are looking for a variety of artists and somehow found me and love my work. How nice. And they are in a place where people might actually buy art!!! They have a very large, beautiful gallery, plus do a magazine called ArtBlend and they participate in some of the major art fairs.  This is all pretty new for me, having just left the co-op gallery in Bethesda that I’ve been a part of for 11 years.  However, I’m also in a very nice commercial gallery in McLean, VA, so I have a little experience with showing in this environment and it’s where I want to be.  I do not want to try to sell my work, other than in my studio, and am very happy to pay commissions so others will do it!  This isn’t cheap. There is upfront cost, plus shipping, but their model is somewhat unique and they pay 75% commission on sales, which is great. So I’m taking the plunge.  I’ll be shipping 6 paintings to them in the coming weeks, one of which is Marsh Walk, which I just revised. I thought I’d include it in this post.  (Yesterday I ended up brushing off the path and redoing it, then did more work this morning. It’s at the framer’s now so it is done!)  I’ll also be sending the second poplar painting, and several from the west. I’ll be focusing on the New England pictures for the Hamptons (if indeed I am actually there!).  So wish me luck!