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Saturday, November 9, 2019

2019 Art Show - The Party!


... A Thousand Words" is on display until November 30 
at Red Kite Coffee Company in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

If you were at the party, here's a chance to relive it!
If you didn't get to join us, here's what you missed!


Julie , Helen, & Lynn

Three anxious gals!
What if nobody comes?!
Then we'll have lots of cookies to eat...

Friends, Family, Food, & Fun !
So nice to meet you! Oh, it's your porch that Julie
painted,
Patti's Porch
Help yourself! 
Cheese? Cookies? Something savory?
My dad, 93. Having a closer look at "She Twirls!"
The model is one of his 31 great grand kids.
Hey, she looks familiar.
It's the little girl in the painting behind her!
You're kind of famous now, Rachel.
My three generations of Eaton men! 💖
Why didn't we think to do some posed shots...
Shoot!
Just stop scrolling through right now!
Look at that preciousness!!
Be still my heart!
Proud of her mama!
Proud family!

So grateful for a daughter-in-law who knows
when I need a Coke and to just sit down a minute!

Hundreds of Happy Hugs were Had

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Went to elementary school with one and taught in an
elementary school with the other.

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Oh, Mu Deaf...
Wait, is Jack standing on a box? He can't be that tall!
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Best travel to the other side of the world buddy!
Best nursery baby holding buddy!
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Sweet niece! 
Why do you not have paintings hanging in this show! 
Come back to art on Mondays!
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Best new friends who'll talk chickens and farm
stuff with me without getting bored of it!
So good to have a fellow crazy chicken/goat lady!

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Sisters...
So grateful for sisters.
I didn't have to break my right arm to know how special you are.
"I'll bring you food."
"I'll take you to the doctor"
"I'll come help set up the art show."
I'll take care of the food for the show. 

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... and with zero complaints.
... well...
...none that I heard anyway... 
😁😉


And... the Attraction!  All the Awesome Art!

What are those little blue squares that began to appear?
I think blue squares are good...
Zoom in... What does that say? .. SOLD
Yes, blue squares are good.


It's not a very high tech system, but it's efficient.
Let me explain it.  You buy a painting at Red Kite.
They give you your own blue square to put on the wall!
I counted 17 of those little blue squares last time I
was there!  What are you waiting for!  Go to Red Kite
today!  Pick a painting, pay the guy or girl at the
counter, and get your own blue SOLD square.
(You'll get to pick up both your painting and your blue
square at the end of the show on November 30.


Friday, November 8, 2019

2019 Art Show - Setting Up

... A Thousand Words" is on display until November 30 
at Red Kite Coffee Company in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Were you at the party?  
If not, we missed you.  

Here's a view into our day on November 1.


9:00-1:00
Piles of Paintings & Painters Pointing
Yes, I will be good, keep my arm in the sling,
and let you all do the work.
Bring 'em in. Spread 'em out.
See what we've got.
It's not overwhelming. It's not impossible. 
It's not overwhelming.
(Just keep sayin' that 'til you believe it!)
Put autumn ones on this couch, spring on that one,
summer over there.
So much blank wall space!  So many paintings!
I know, my arm isn't in the sling, but I'm holding it close.
Just start in the corner! Where are those tacks?
So grateful for a sister who says, "Why, yes! I'd be
happy to drive 7 hours from Ft. Worth to help you set up!"
Just keep going with Christmas, then lead into winter!
Yay!  We're 10 down, 60 to go... Oh...
Would this one go there? or that one? or with that one?
I'm just pointing a little bit with my arm. Stop noticing!
Moving into spring. What do you think of the colors 
of these grouped together?
No, what about switching these? 
No, not two streams together. How about a goat?
Wait... put back the one that was just there.
Great! Now the one with her knee in a brace
is climbing on the furniture. But Don Quixote
(pronounced Donkey Hoaty) does look great there.
Oh forget it.  I'm not going to hurt anything.  I'll rest it tomorrow!
This little cow needs to go beside this stream! You'll see!

4:30-5:30
Get Ready! Get Set! It's Go Time!
Paintings... check!
Stories... check!
Information & Price Tags... check!
Those once big, blank walls...
They... Look... Great... !!!
Enough admiring the walls!  Get busy!
You are not tired! (Just keep sayin' that 'til you believe it!)
Table clothes! Decorations!
What to do with these???
No, not the girls, the flowers!

It's like a little gift shop!
 
Note Cards, Quote Booklets, Coasters, Artist Information

Is it lovely? Inviting? Accessible?
Yes. Yes. Yes. Move along!
Clock's tickin' (Although, do clocks really tick any more?)
Food! Dainty little no-fork-required finger food!

So grateful for another sister who says,
"Why yes!  I'd be happy to make 4,972,153 tiny cookies
and candies and set that up for you!"
An art show is just an art show until the band makes it a party!
Lucky for us they played for fishing lures and chocolate bars!

When the band is in a good mood, everyone is in a good mood!

These guys are so good! 
Check out Mike Sumler Band on Google.
So grateful for good friends who are great musicians.
Let the guests arrive!
So grateful for a good friend who can create
a sign that is simply fabulous!

And then.....

Come back tomorrow for the party!

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Art Show at Red Kite Coffee House

Join me for the fun!
The room started started blank.

But... one picture at a time...
 Art began to cover every wall.

Finally, all 59 paintings hung in place.

 Time for a sign.
Some flowers...
 Some food...
Some poses...

Some gifts for the music guys...
Then it was time for friends!





It's a party!

Look in the back... See the lady looking up at the beach painting?
That's Olga!  That's her walking by the ocean at sunset.  I took that picture on the beach in Indonesia and knew it would become a painting.

Oh my goodness!  So happy to greet friends!









Great food...
Great music.
The little card beside each painting tells the story behind that painting.

This lady right here... She taught me to paint... 
Note cards and artist information...

 Family... so glad to have them share this evening!



When this handsome guy turned 16 and got his drivers license, I thought maybe I could get a hobby... then I took my first painting lesson. 
Laughter... Smiles... Art... Food... Music... Friends... Family...
A happy night, indeed!









The best painting partner!