Coming Right Up - Brighton Art Guild's Kaleidoscope Art Exhibit and Gallery Shop.

 

I'm participating in the Brighton Art Guild's 2013 Kaleidoscope Art Exhibit and Holiday Gift Shop featuring affordable artwork for sale. It is located at 9795 Village Place Blvd, Brighton, MI 48116. It is just a few doors down from Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant.

Tonight I dropped off my paintings and gallery store items for "intake". Everything had to have an inventory tag on it. The show starts on November 7th at noon and ends on November 17th at noon. I'll be gallery sitting on Saturday, November 16th from 12 pm to 4 pm. Stop in and say hello!

This is day one of two of the annual Ypsilanti Craft Fair and Health Bazaar. Yes, that's me at my booth - an 8' table. I've learned to consolidate for craft fairs. I brought my greeting card display, framed prints, matted prints, mousepads, coaster sets, and mousepad/coaster desk sets. All of my items contain images from my original watercolor paintings on them.

It was a good fair; my items did well. The interaction with people that stopped by my booth was invaluable. It was great to hear people's reactions to my work. All in all, a good experience.

Just completed an AAWA Non-Juried Art Exhibit at Sweetwaters Café in Downtown Ann Arbor, MI. One of my watercolor paintings sold at that show.

Bluebirds in Flowering Dogwood Tree

by Kathryn Duncan

I've now got an exhibit up at Joe and Rosie's Café in Dexter, MI.

 

Ann Arbor Women Artists Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show

December 2012

Polo Fields in Ypsilanti, MI

 

The entrance is festively decorated for the holiday season!

Katherine Wilson's booth of lovely hand-made cards and journals. 

Colin Mehaffey's booth of unique hand-carved objects. I met Colin

at the Dixboro Fair; he was in the booth next to me.

My booth of cards, mousepads, coasters, and prints with images from my

original watercolor paintings.

 

People strolling around the fair.

Vickie Peterson Machalak's photography.

Getting ready for the fair!

 

 

Shopping for a gift, perhaps?

 

November Update

It's been a busy time for me this month and last with my involvement in arts and crafts fair preparations, Etsy Store maintenance, AAWA Program Chair responsibilities, and participation in Juried and non-juried exhibits. Not to mention that I had a temporary job as a "reader" for three weeks in November!

I participated in the Brighton Art Guild's Juried Art Exhibit called "2012 Art Harvest" and as an added benefit to being accepted into the show, I was also eligible to participate in their Holiday Art Gallery Sale for items costing $100 or under. Their Holiday Gallery Sale ran concurently with the Juried Art Exhibit for two weeks. I'm happy to say I'm glad I participated, because my items did very well. I even sold a small painting! All-in-all, it was a win-win!

"Mighty Wings"

16" x 20" matted, Watercolor on Paper

2012 Kathryn Duncan

Accepted into 2012 Art Harvest Exhibit

Violet Irises II

8" x 10" matted, Watercolor on Paper

2012 Kathryn Duncan

Sold at 2012 Art Harvest Holiday Gallery Store Sale

 

 

Now, I'm getting ready for this Saturday's Ann Arbor Women Artist's Holiday Arts and Crafts sale at the Washtenaw Polo Fields in Ypsilanti, MI. This is the last art fair for this year for me. I love the venue for this art fair! Last year it was beautifully decorated for the Christmas holidays, and I expect it will be the same for this year. Hopefully we'll have a lot of people attending this year!  

 

My Painting "Baby Blues"

Last month I sold my painting, "Baby Blues - Eastern Bluebird Family" to a lady that bought it as a present for a family member. It's home will be in Australia! You just never know where your artwork will end up! I love that painting, and hope it's new owner will too!

This is a family portrait of five fledgling bluebirds that have "fledged" the nest, but are still being fed by their parents. The parents also teach them to hunt bugs for themselves leading them to become independent. Bluebirds are in the same bird family as robins, and they don't eat seeds because their beaks aren't strong enough to crack them.  

Dixboro Fair 2012

Spent the day yesterday at the Dixboro Fair in my booth under the big tent. It was a very hot and humid day, although there was an occasional breeze! The fair was very well attended, even with the heat. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of work, of course. My husband helped me set up and taken down my booth. I saw many familiar faces of artisans and friends, and had a lot of laughs throughout the day.

Getting set up for the fair, prior to start time.