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December Show

The wonderful folks at Fairbanks Arts have asked me to be the Gift Shop Artist for December! Stop by for the First Friday Reception, the Bear Gallery is hosting Alaska Photographic Center’s Rarefied Light 2015. Beautiful photography. Dec. 4th, 5-7pm. My work will be in the gift shop all month. I alsoContinue reading “December Show”

Dragon Number Two

Here he is, Dragon #2. He is blue.

Charlie’s Party for the Arts

We had a great evening at the “Party”. It was a fund raiser for Fairbanks Arts . 25 artists were asked to make art using a donated paint brush. This evening all of the artwork was auctioned. I was very worried that nobody would bid on mine. Things were going great, lots of people, goodContinue reading “Charlie’s Party for the Arts”

Red Dragon

Pretty straight forward, this is a dragon, a Red Dragon ! I think I will bead a few more of these. I just have to draw them… Drawing is a challenge for me, beading seems to come naturally.

Afternoon Visit

This cute little Spruce Grouse stopped by today.

Busy Beader

Wow ! This has been a busy few weeks. I have had the honor of being a Guest Artist , selected as 1 of 64 artists in a juried show and asked to do a fun charity art event. A huge thanks to Dianne Renee’ Shilling for having me as the Guest Artist in herContinue reading “Busy Beader”

Are you prepared?

Entries for 64th Parallel Juried Exibit

These are my latest embroidery pieces. Been working on the ptarmigan piece for a month! I really am happy with it. I am going to enter them into a juried show for October. Stay tuned, I will post if they get accepted. Wish me luck!

Sewing Salmon Skins

I attended a wonderful workshop today. Joel Issak was a great instructor, very patient and he really knows his salmon skins. He has made everything from vests and wallets to ladies high heels ! Fairbanks Arts Association hosted the class in Fairbanks. It was part of the Dena’ina Way of Living program sponsored by theContinue reading “Sewing Salmon Skins”

A Day at the Fair

It was a beautiful day to go to the Tanana Valley State Fair ! I was asked to be a judge for the Companions Inc. Pet Show. Of course I said yes! It is always a fun way to connect with kids and pets. Great people volunteer for a day of fun. We had a niceContinue reading “A Day at the Fair”

Evening Drive

We took a short drive out Chena Hot Springs Road. Stopped at Mile 44, North Fork of the Chena River for a few pictures. We still have 17 hours of daylight so, the sun was out at 8:30 p.m. The hot springs resort looked busy, lots of tourist wandering around.