If any of you recall the Paws & Claws Gala painting that I completed of Barnes, the shelter cat, you may notice that he's featured on the front cover of Creatures All, a magazine about animals. I'm rather happy that they've chosen to do such a bright border for the painting. I'll be running a series of advertisements in the magazine this year as an experiment to market my work locally. I'll let you know how this goes.
A huge thank you to the artists who created pieces of art for the first ever Paws and Claws Gala to raise funds for the Edmonton Humane Society last weekend!
Susan Stevens & Amie Kerman
Igor Woroniuk (pictured with his wife, Gillian)
Michelle Schwengler, Marcus Cutler, Drury Straity & Nicola Marie Pringle
Above: Setting up required tying almost 400 bows on chairs... very pretty results.
the art of animals that once lived at the Edmonton Humane Society:
And to those who could not make it to the event, thank you for the donation and/or long hours put into your pieces (Danielle Inglesias, Rachelle Miller & Michelle McBride)!
(pictured: myself, on the way to the gala. photo by my husband).
To see picture of the art donated, please visit the paws and claws gala . I'm going to update it in the next week with the rest of the art and photos of the event.
Last year I had an idea to raise funds for the Edmonton Humane Society (they are building a new shelter for their animals, called the Margaret Chapelle Centre for Animal Care, named after an Edmonton Artist who gave the largest dontation in history to a Canadian Animal Shelter). I thought: "What if I could gather a group of artists that would create art featuring shelter animals and hold a gala which people could come and bid on said art?"
Well, after much planning and hoping, the gala is going to happen! Held at the beautiful Mayfield Inn in Edmonton on April 12, 2008. It's going to be in conjunction with Coventry Homes for Hounds and the seats are are going to sell out fast. To purchase tickets please contact Leslie or Kara. Please keep in mind that you'll have to pay via cheque or cash (made out to Homes for Hounds).
These fine artists & illustrators have been invited to participate:
Michelle Schwengler, Amanda Woodward, Igor Woroniuk, Nicola Pringle, Rachelle Miller, Suzanne Stevens, Marcus Cutler, Drury Stratiy, Amie Kerman, Danielle Inglesias and Michelle McBride.
I've chosen a rather fluffy black and white cat called Barnes and have already started painting his portrait (I forgot he didn't have a tail so when I went in to photograph him again I was quite surprised... needless to say I'll be painting his tail out of the picture, poor chap!).
Here's the real guy! So shy, but so big and fluffy and huggable!
Here is how I spent much of my youth:
Sad but true. Although, I stand behind the idea that role-playing games make for better storytellers--and ultimately better novelists. It's a great exercise to stretch your imagination. I still remember all of those stories we created as a group...probably better than I remember any class in high school!
I won't reveal which character I was most like, though. But I'd be curious which one YOU think I was most like.
Now, the question for the ages...does this make me a geek, a nerd, or a dork? And can one ever come back once he has crossed over?
If any of you recall the Paws & Claws Gala painting that I completed of Barnes, the shelter cat, you may notice that he's featured on the front cover of Creatures All, a magazine about animals. I'm rather happy that they've chosen to do such a bright border for the painting. I'll be running a series of advertisements in the magazine this year as an experiment to market my work locally. I'll let you know how this goes.
that is so awesome! I love the painting's textures and the cat's expression!
Congratulations. The cover looks great! I think the bold border really compliments your piece.
Very nice. Congats, Crystal! :O)