Open Studios Tour - photos!

Here are a few photos from the Ramona Open Studios Tour last weekend. I was one of the featured artists. Most of these were taken by my niece Kristina shown in the last photograph.

Here some visitors and I are discussing rattlesnakes and my rattler photo:

People brought me the most incredible flowers! Here are some proteas from Laura D.:

Publish Post

Ramona Open Studios Tour

The Ramona Chamber of Commerce presents

the 6th Annual
Ramona Open Studios Tour
April 18 & 19, 2009
10am to 4pm
Tour the back country while supporting your local artists!

Tickets for the self-guided tour are $10 per person and include a full-color brochure with map.
Order by phone from the Ramona Chamber of Commerce at (760) 789-1311 or in person at 960 Main St. Tuesday through Saturday.
Tickets may also be purchased in Ramona at:

Daniel's Liquor and Deli (1350 Main St.),
Daniel's West (17718 Hwy. 67),
The Java Hut (23658 San Vicente Road in San Diego Country Estates),
and at the artists’ studios on the days of the event.
Look for the bright yellow "Open Studios" signs!

Contact: Judy Nachazel (760) 789-7131
Ramona Chamber (760) 789-1311
www.ramonaart.com
www.ramonachamber.com.

Artists Featured:
* Venus Andrecht - paintings
* Susan Bainbridge - paintings
* Yigal Ben-Aderet - sculpture
* Jim Berger - woodworking
* Kitty Cantrell - sculpture
* Antonia Cosentino - ceramics
* Donna Davis - ceramics
* Sue Dawe - fantasy art
* Lyn Feudner - fused glass jewelry
* Linda Kelly - paintings and gourd art
* Isabel McCauley - watercolor paintings
* Michele Morton - pine needle basketry and woodworking
* Judy Nachazel - pastel and acrylic paintings
* Carolyn Nespolo - photography
* Sally Quenette - wildlife watercolors
* Leslie Sousa - metalwork
* Joyce Stark - wildlife painting
* Jil Streed - jewelry

March Madness

Have so many things I'm working on right now, none of which are paintings.

The Ramona Open Studio Tour is coming up and I'm in charge of publicity which is keeping me really busy. On top of that, I also am trying to publicize the Spring Break Art Camp I'm teaching in Poway next month. And then there's the monthly newsletter I write for the Ramona Art Guild. Oh, yeah, I'm also writing a grant and have been brainstorming with the really supportive principal at a nearby school to create an arts program for her school.

Last weekend I was juried into Spanish Village in fabulous Balboa Park! Out of 50 applicants only 14 were chosen. What this means is that I can now show my work in any of the galleries there that want me. I can also set up a patio display in the Village whenever I like and show my work to the b-zillion of tourists who wander through. One of the gallery owners called me today. She LOVES my work and wants me to join her gallery!

New Year

No pressing commissions. Just been focused on organizing the Ramona Artists Open Studio Tour which will happen again in April.

I'm taking my friend Helen Wilson's mixed media class and exploring ideas in my artist's journal. I think of it as art play!

Correction!

Turns out I won 2nd place for my painting Detroit at the Escondido Municipal Gallery!! Show juried by Ric Todd.

Work in progress - ponies

Gallery Opening

Last night I went to the opening reception at the Escondido Municipal Gallery. Their new space is fabulous! The event was lively with wine, a DJ and people actually dancing.
My painting - Detroit: the Devil Within won 3rd place!

Here's my friend Regina Wilson hamming it up with a man who claimed he was a noted art critic. I think he was teasing.....