Plein Air: Fast and Furious with Teri Gortner

Over twent artists joined Teri Gortner in Lyons for the "Plein Air: Fast and Furious" workshop at Betsy Burton's Lyons Farmette, sponsored by the Boulder County Arts Alliance.

Here is my abstract of a garden sculpture (artist?) and Betsy's Tractor.

Farmette Sculpture

Betsy's Tractor

Six Most Common Mistakes Made by Artists

If you don't know what these mistakes are, Mr. J. Jason Horejs of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, may be able to help. According to Mr. Horejs in his book, "'Starving' to Successful: The Artist's Guide to Getting into Galleries and Selling More Art," many artists's porfolios end up in the trash before ever being seen by gallery owners. I'm letting my art buddies know about the 4-hour seminar on the same topic being given by Mr. Horejs in Loveland, Colorado, and Denver, Colorado, June 23 and June 25, 2011. For information on his book or the upcoming seminars, contact Mr. Horejs directly at his website: Here is the link to his Xanadu Gallery: http://www.xanadugallery.com/home.asp

For those of you who are interested in reading about both sides of the on-going debate about tailoring art to a specific kind of audience, I encourage you to read a review of Mr. Horejs's book. Here's the link to the article in the blog by F. Lennox Campello, a reviewer and art critic from the Washington, D.C. area: http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2009/08/six-most-common-mistakes-artists-make.html

A friend and I plan to attend the seminar and will be letting the artists at the Boulder ARTS Salon know what we learn.

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

The completed work:

#19 Variations on a Theme for the show "Musical Splash"

#19: Variations on a Theme: Detail, Right

#19: Variations on a Theme: Detail, Left

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Here are Variations #16, #17, #18, and #19 of #19 Variations on a Theme.

Musical Splash: #16 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #17 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #18 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Here are Variation #13, #14, and #15 of #19 Variations on a Theme.

Musical Splash: #15 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #14 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #13 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Here are Variations #10, #11, ande #12 of #19 Variations on a Theme.

Musical Splash: #11 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #12 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #10 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Here are Variations #7, #8, and #9 of #19 Variations on a Theme:

Musical Splash, #8 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #9 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #7 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Here are the next three variations for the show, "Musical Splash."

Musical Splash, #5 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash, #4 of #19

Musical Splash, #6 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #19: Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #1 of 19 Variations on a Theme

"Musical Splash"
Here are the  first three of "19 Variations on a Theme," part of a work by by Phyllis J. O'Rourke, M.A., which will be in the upcoming show, "Musical Splash," opening June 11, 2011, at the Lyons, Colorado, Town Hall, from 5 to 9 p.m. While the work was inspired by the practice of making and trading Artist Trading Cards, the work itself is not considered an ATC. A picture of the completed work will be posted here the day the show is to be hung.

Musical Splash: #2 of #19 Variations on a Theme

Musical Splash: #3 of #19 Variations on a Theme