Thursday, September 6, 2012

Art Hop Preview: Telling secrets to a Butterfly

Telling Secrets to a Butterfly*
Pencil & Acrylic on paper


©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

*my titles are always malleable, often the people who buy the painting come up with a far better one!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Art Hop Preview: Classic Dog

A fanciful compilation of some dogs I've met.  Acrylic on paper, lots of fun layers on this one!

©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

Art Hop Preview: Rattus

Rattus:  A portrait

Graphite on paper.

©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Art Hop Preview: Little Red Cloak

Little Red Cloak
Pairing up a little watercolor piece with a painted mat to complete the fairy tale feeling.
Outer dimensions are 5"x7"
This will be at the "5 and Dime" show in the BackSpace at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery for Art Hop!

Art Hop Preview: Jester Rabbit

More fun with the new mat cutter @Artists' Mediums.  And a little Jester Rabbit that came about when doodling with liquid acrylic and my pen nibs.  
©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

Monday, September 3, 2012

Art Hop Preview: Sunset Dog

Trying out some new canvases we just got @Artists' Mediums.  Sweet little 6x8 gallery wraps!
Here's a little white fox dog at sunset 
He'll be at Art Hop!
©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

©Sweet Enemy Art 2012

Great things happening this weekend!

In the past, I'd always have mixed feelings about my approaching birthday.  Sure, it was a time for party cake and sweet loot, but it also meant the beginning of the school year.  I was not the sort of kid who got excited for school to start.  So, despite the involuntary chills I still get whenever I see the school buses roll by, I am excited this year for my birthday for reasons other than sweet loot.

This year, my birthday falls smack-dab into the middle of Art Hop!

Art Hop is the biggest art party I know of in Burlington, and this year is their 20th in existence.  So I was a mere 16 years old when it first happened.  In those days, I wasn't a social butterfly by any means.  I had my circle of friends (who put up with me) and tended to be shy around most others, especially in class.  At least that's how I remember it...  But this year it's a full-on socializing event!

It'll be one long weekend of celebrating, as this year I'm also in a new location, my beloved SPACE GALLERY.  The schedule so far is as follows;
Friday September 7th:  11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Art Hop officially begins at 5, but the gallery is open earlier)
Saturday September 8th:  10 a.m. to 11 p.m.  BIRTHDAY!
Sunday September 9th:  11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

I'm sharing a studio space with printmaker & painter extraordinaire Justin Atherton, and for the entire month of September our work will be on display there.  The gallery is open regularly Thursday through Saturday 11-4.

Here's a little peak at what my table looked like last night, and two pieces by Justin.  I'll have some more preview posts as the week goes on.

See you then!
A table full of art, and this is just some of it...
Sweet Enemy Art all over the place, getting ready...
Justin Atherton!

More Justin Atherton!