Small Business Saturday

Today I participated in an arts & crafts show in Patchogue for Small Business Saturday. It was held in the lobby of the Patchogue Theatre. Santa was there taking photos with the kids. Between customers I worked on this sketch of a bit of what was going on at the other end of the lobby.

Here is a photo of my setup at the show. I had my alcohol ink tiles and ornaments, my books, and matted paintings of various sizes as well as greeting cards. I sold some of everything and still have a lot of stock for the two day show next weekend.

PALS Exhibit and Sale

This past weekend, the PALS Plein Air Limner Society had our 8th annual show in Sayville. On the walls were paintings from all of our locations this year...some done en plein air and some in the studio. It is always a fun show and in addition to the paintings we bring matted pieces and any other art related items we want to sell. I brought some of my alcohol ink tiles, some alcohol ink ornaments, matted pieces, books, and greeting cards.

For some reason I hadn't taken any photos of the ornaments and by the time I thought of it there were only a few left. They sold really well.

Here is the showcase that contained the ornaments and some of my tiles in addition to work by other artists.

Here are the paintings that were hung in the show.

The bottom left painting was mine and is part of the PALS on the Road display. I painted it in Maine.

The center painting with the orange umbrella is mine.

I painted the dahlia on the bottom left.

The sunflower field on the bottom left is one of my paintings.

Here is the showcase that contained the ornaments and some of my tiles in addition to work by other artists.

Each year we have a "People's Choice" award. This year Donna Howard won for her painting of the dahlia garden below.

I think the show gets better each year.

People Everywhere

Last Saturday the South Bay Art Association had an Art & Crafts Holiday Market at the South Country Library. Since I am on the Board I had to be there so I figured I might as well take part. We had a good crowd. I sold some of my artwork, cards, and a lot of my alcohol ink ornaments. For some reason I forgot to take photos of those and they are now on display for the next show. You can see some of them in the photo below.

During a slow stretch I sketched the vendor next to me and some of the people who stopped by her table.

Photo by Krystle DiNicola

This was not done at the show, but on the subway when I went into the city for my birthday.