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Two Things Challenge – Saturday & Hard

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I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Saturday / Hard. This is my vibrant, colorful painting, which is a photograph, of Saturday & Hard. I am sure it is not obvious this time.  Yesterday Susan Elkin and I did a table at a local fair.  It was on Saturday.  It was an Artisans of Western Mass – one of the groups I always like to showcase below.  Now for the hard part.  We got to set up Friday night and we are just lucky this is a lovely, warm, kind group of people!! One person came and helped us get the heavy stuff …. and I was too weak to set up so others helped.  Then I did fine until 2:30 or 3 on Saturday and I got very faint.  After it became clear I wasn’t going to get better there, Susan took me home – luckily only 8 blocks.  Some of our friends watched our booth and others helped Susan take it down too.  Saturday was a very hard day for me!!!  I hope you enjoy it!! Thank you for this challenge! Here are the entries for the other week’s Song / Sweet. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Thank you! ~ Diane Clancy

Saturday & Hard

AWE Fair, Photography © Diane Clancy, Susan Elkin

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Canvas Giveway Closing Soon!

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A reminder of this giveaway – ends tomorrow – please To win, just leave a comment ON THE ORIGINAL POST!!! Also Lynne Riechhart has another great UPrinting giveaway for business cards!  Check out her blog too!

UPrinting.com does Online Printing and they asked me to participate in a Blog Giveaway of one of their 16 x 20 Rolled Canvases.  They have Canvas Prints among many other printed items like business cards.

Rolled Canvas

Rolled Canvas UPrinting.com Giveaway

The prize is a chance to put YOUR own image onto canvas … whether that is one of your paintings, photographs or other images.  This is a great opportunity to celebrate a wonderful memory or your favorite piece of art.

Giveaway Prize

16 x 20 Rolled Canvas for One (1) Winner
Specifications: 1 Business Day Turnaround
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Contest ends midnight May 13 – that way I can announce the winner on May 14!!  And it could be YOU who gets to own a lovely 16 x 20 Rolled Canvas of your choice!!

To win, just leave a comment ON THE ORIGINAL POST!!! Make sure you leave your name and an email that allows a reply.  If YOU win, I will email you and get your email address to send to UPrinting – which I will use only to pass on to UPrinting so they can connect with you to give you your prize.

If you would like some more chances to win, blog about this post with a link back to here and to UPrinting.com.   Leave a comment with the link to your post and you will get another opportunity. For yet another entry, twitter about this contest with a link to this post.  Then please leave a comment here.

I am planning to send an email newsletter.  If you would like to subscribe to it, post another comment saying you want to get my newsletter – make sure you have given me the email you would like it sent to.  That will also give you an entry into the giveaway!

If you are the very lucky winner will be notified by email and I will pass along your name and email address to UPrinting,com and they will contact you directly.

Thank you to UPrinting for sponsoring this giveaway!! Remember them for your Online Printing and Canvas Prints.

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Thank you for coming by my blog!! I hope your weekend is wonderful and filled with delight! GOOD LUCK to YOU!!
~ Diane Clancy

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Photos from the Art Fair

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These are Susan Elkin’s photos of the Art & Craft Fair.  I am talking with a customer in this one – and it is freezing in there …  but this gives you a sense of the display – and me.   I feel so uncomfortable – like many people – looking at myself ….

Diane

Diane, Photography © Susan Elkin

Here is our other display table.  I thought I had also grabbed the display of the animals in flowers – that was quite impressive – but I missed it – sorry.  Perhaps another time.

Diane and Susan's Display

Diane and Susan’s Display, Photography © Susan Elkin

This shows Jerilyn Kolbin work lined up against the wall … very impressive work she has!  Jerilyn’s work is colorful and I really like the pieces she has here!

Jerilyn's Display

Jerilyn Kolbin’s Display, Photography © Susan Elkin

Gloria Kegeles has often photographed care reflections but she did a series of guitar refelctions – I think they look very cool!  Never seen anything quite like them – but I sure like them!

Diane and Susan's Display

Gloria Kegeles’ Display, Photography © Susan Elkin

I hope you have enjoyed this photo array!  Thank you to Susan Elkin.  Thanks for coming by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Art & Craft Fair Today

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Today was the first day of the Art & Craft Fair – not much in sales – for anyone – but good networking – but I am bushed.  Susan took lots of photos but I will have to share them tomorrow or the next say.  Here is the link to the article in the local paper -  http://www.recorder.com/story.cfm?id_no=5538453.

Of course, we learned a lot we will need to do better next year … and we did not set this up. It was set up between 2 guys and there were a lot of crossed wires … but we got going and everyone worked together very nicely to get over the bumps.  That was great – how we all helped each other!!  And our group, the Artists of Franklin County is expanding and more people are taking leadership.  So that is worth all of that!!

Atoms Reorganizing

Atoms Reorganizing, Digital © Diane Clancy

I am tired and need to chill, but thanks for coming by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Opening at Metropolis

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Last night I had an opening at Metropolis – an upscale wine bar in Brattleboro, VT.  The Gallery Walk was last night – with lots of people (particularly teens and families) walking around.They couldn’t come in because it was a bar – or at least they thought they couldn’t.  Welcome and come on in … (thank you Susan Elkin for documenting this!)

Entering Metropolis

Entering Metropolis, Photography © Susan Elkin

Here I am … full disclosure … I have bags under my eyes from health issues and I Photoshoped them out so I can stand to put this here.  (I also was exhausted from arthritic pain yesterday.)

Diane at Metropolis

Diane at Metropolis, Photography © Susan Elkin

Here are the paintings … most of them anyway … and the food and you know who … I was going to cut off the bottom half of the picture but Susan was not happy about that idea.

Paintings at Metropolis

Paintings at Metropolis, Photography © Susan Elkin

Here is Metropolis – I think Susan has added a great image for her Night Light series … I love the sense of magic here!!

Metropolis

Metropolis, Photography © Susan Elkin

There are 50 different venues on the Gallery Walk and it supposedly has great attendance on the main drag. Ouch .. this is not the main drag and I found out that this is the norm on the side streets – it wasn’t my work that had such sparse attendance.  But I do wish I had let people know further ahead – I would have if I had known.  Oh well, a lesson learned and I will next time. BRING YOUR OWN AUDIENCE!!!

I did have a wonderful talk with an artist I had spoken with but not met. That was great!! Also I had a conversation with a potential customer who wanted my business card. I have a couple of copies of the wonderful catalog for the Gallery Walk – it is cool to be listed in there!!  The show is up through December 2, 2008 if you want to stop by Metropolis, 55 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT. Thanks for coming by!

~ Diane Clancy

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