Do you believe in angels?

I do. I believe I have a guardian angel who is around me. I can feel him sometimes. His name is Aniel.

So the Gallery is hosting an "Angelic" Exhibition beginning in late November and running through Christmas. I have a few pieces that might be considered ready, there's one that Tina really likes. It's below. The deadline is quickly approaching and I have to get the photo developed, matted and framed... But I do love the idea of a whole exhibition dedicated to God's messengers!

This is from my deck. Evolution of a potential entry:


I cropped it to focus on the angel & scripture, and away from the dead leaves and negative space:

Next, fool around in Photoshop to make it look otherworldly:


I snapped this one a couple of years ago at my apartment in Maine. My landlord had an angel holding a globe on her deck, so I took a photo of it.


When I developed the photo I noticed an entire world inside the globe, and in focusing on just the globe it looks like the angel is holding my world... and me. So then I extracted the extras away from the photo and left just the angel and globe. For the 'Angelic' show I am thinking of doing something with this, but I don't know yet.

"Hauntings" Reception at Blue Bell Gallery

A spooky old time! Even the Grim Reaper showed up!

Hauntings Exhibition, Blue Bell Gallery

hauntings
artists exhibition

October 4-27
RECEPTION OCTOBER 20TH @ 7pm

exhibition * book signing * readings * ghost stories * refreshments

Featuring Over 36 New Local Artists

a page of collage

from my altered book. The page is titled The Trumpet of the Lord: Redemption, from the altered book, Stranger than Fiction. It's in the Hauntings exhibit but I think I will not sell it. I decided today to put a "not for sale" sticker on it. That, or price it at $195.

Snippets from a fall day

Calm. Peaceful. That's what things are here today. The humidity has moved on, likely to plague Florida and Louisiana, and left us with clear, fresh air that makes you feel as clean as when you get out of the swimming pool. There's bright sun and cool temps and a feeling that you can move around again without melting into a puddle of Georgia goo.

A bunch of friends took off today for the mountains, to look at foliage and buy apples and have lunch. I wanted to go but I had happily said yes to helping a friend today so that's all right. Down here, you cannot find MacIntosh apples. I was at Ingles yesterday perusing all the Braeburn, Fuji, Granny, Cortland and Empire, without a Mac in sight. Too bad, Macs are the only kind I like. One of my friends going on the trip said she'd bring me back some.

The art Show at BlueBell Gallery is mounting nicely, the curator (Tina) is almost done hanging the art and artist statements. The daily paper, the weekly paper, and Athens Magazine have all covered it, so that is a healthy amount of promotion. That's my stuff in the photo below, the 6 pieces from the vultures atop to the red mask at bottom, under the shawl. The artists' reception is October 20.

I can't alter the due date

The gallery show I have entered is coming and tomorrow all the pieces and parts are due because the curator needs to hang them. Thirty-four artists have entered, woo-hoo! Should be a good show. The curator wants titles, prices, dates, artists' statements, dimensions, synopses. I need to finish writing an artist's statement, develop prices for the pieces and e-mail them, and here, finishing the last page in my altered book.

I had taken photos of several of altered book pages and framed them as entries. When I brought the enlarged pieces and also the book to show the curator, she asked if the book could be in the show too. So that means I have to finish it!

Tea: jasmine blossom. Fresh exacto, new scissors, cutting mat, and a Smithsonian magazine as glue pallet.

Hauntings: Dark works by Georgia artists

A well-known local gallery is hosting a new exhibition, "Hauntings: Dark works by local Georgia artists." My work was accepted into the show and I'm excited!

Located in downtown Comer, Blue Bell Art Gallery & Pottery Studio is a beautiful building exhibiting over 30 local artists. It was built in 1900 and was originally home to the Chattanooga Wagon Factory and in time, became the Blue Bell Sewing factory. The downstairs has 16-foot ceilings and the upstairs are about 14-feet high, with brick walls at least a foot thick. The proprietors are Tina and her husband Shannon McCullough, with Tina herself an accomplished potter.

A variety of photos, collage and an altered book is going in the show. You can see the show pieces here, in my Flickr set, keeping in mind that photos of the textured pieces have lost something in the translation to web. There others at my local artist site hosted by Artists in Georgia.