Opening a Success!

Leo demonstrates accessing this blog on his iphone while at the event. Leo, you don't need the blog - you are there! Many thanks to all the notable culture lovers who showed up from far and wide:

Thanks also to John Massey whose sculpture was a great complement to the art on the wall and to Jon Powell and Bill Winter for the great entertainment and to John and Cristal from the center.
I think 'have an Art Show' was on a list I made of 50 things to do before I die. I lost the list a long time ago which allows me to totally wing it. Where do I go artistically from here? I am thinking of a smaller series that will be suitable for Artomatic. Stay tuned!!!!

Art Opening July 10

Blog followers should mark their calendars for the Art Show opening reception! Details are below:
Lona Powell and John Massey Art Opening
Opening reception and art show
Host: MNCPPC
Type: Music/Arts - Opening
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Huntington Community Center, second floor art gallery
Street: 13022 8th St
City/Town: Bowie, MD

Phone: 3014643725

Please join us for a fun filled evening with live music (performances by Jon Powell and Bill Winter), poetry, visual arts (paintings by Lona, sculpture by John) and refreshments. Art on display through August 25.

Art Appreciation

I love this picture that Piri snapped when we were hanging the show of Linnea admiring her portrait.

Art Show is UP!

Yesterday I hung the show with the help of Piri and Linnea. A couple of the walls are shown, but there is more! Plus John Massey will be bringing in his work in a couple of weeks. Because the gallery was empty I went in a month early. The opening reception will still be on July 10 from 7 to 9. I will post the directions and address soon. The show stays up until August 26 th!

Princess Sofi

This is from a photo I snapped at Erin's wedding. I can't believe it took almost a year for me to turn it into a painting. Now that I think about it, a lot has happened in that year!

The Group Painting

This group painting project turned out to be a lot of fun. The finished work is shown above, in progress is below.

Julia, again

I did another small portrait of JuJu today, trying to remember what I was taught in the 80s by Danni Dawson. The inspiration is a portrait by Thayer that I see often since it lives at the Freer Gallery which is across the street from my work.