Dreaming of a white Christmas

I know two fur balls that can't wait for a snow day!

News from the front

One busy elf here, where to begin? Printing, posting, stamping, painting, travel.

New etchings will be arriving at Pierre Lafond Upstairs by the end of the week.

Sullivan Goss 100 GRAND Exhibition opens First Thursday in December.

100 GRAND, 2012 (100 WORKS OF ART FOR $1,000 OR LESS)
OPENING: 1st THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 from 5-8pm
SULLIVAN GOSS, 7 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA

RUNS:    December 6, 2012 - Feburary 3, 2013

WORKS AVAILABLE FOR PRESALE: Thursday, December 6 at 9AM

Sullivan Goss is pleased to announce the gallery’s fourth annual 100 GRAND exhibition, with 100 works of art being offered at $1,000 or less.

100 GRAND will feature work by: Benjamin Anderson, Sean Anderson, Tony Askew, Ken Bortolazzo, Phoebe Brunner, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, Connie Connally, David Cooley, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Joann Dufau, Pamela Enticknap, Noah Erenberg, Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Peggy Ferris, Jon Francis, Rafael Gaete, Nancy Gifford, Robin Gowen, Amanda Grandfield, Holli Harmon, Tracey Sylvester Harris, Kristen Hawkes, Cynthia James, Scott Kahn, Masha Keating, Dan Levin, Mark Lozano, Susan McDonnell, Mehosh, David Molesky, Julie Montgomery, Jennifer Moses, Brad Nack, Ken Nack, Zoe Nathan, John Nava, Zack Paul, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Angela Perko, Chris Peters, Hank Pitcher, Ian Putnam, Paula Re, Robert Redfield, Maria Rendon, Brad Reyes, Lindsey Ross, Jourdan Ross, Blakeney Sanford, Caren Satterfield, Elena Siff, Leslie Lewis Sigler, David Skinner, Barry Spacks, Nicole Strasburg, Marlene Struss, Makeda Tekle-Smith, Jane Taylor, James David Thomas, Susan Tibbles, Dug Uyesaka, Sarah Vedder, Deborah Veldkamp, Daniel Warth, Roe Ann White, Monica Wiesblott

On the Easel Today

New doggages ... dog images, dog likenesses... pupper love.

Snow Dance

Sea, Molly, Run

 
Stay tuned: Sundance Catalog will soon be featuring new paintings, some of them pooch related.

Fabulous FRAME turns 15

FRAME run by the amazing Elaine Esbeck is having it's 15th Anniversary. The celebration art exhibit, which showcases artists from her 15 year journey, started last Thursday and runs through November 30th.

the super duper shoppee

my contribution - 15 mid century modern images

FRAME is located at 901 De La Vina at the corner of Canon Perdido. There are many wee treasures to be seen and had. Pop by and say hello to wonder framer Elaine while you're looking.

Worktable Wednesday

It's astonishing that anything is being completed in my studio at present ... husband Bill has other ideas about what I should be doing with my time... like helping put the new roof on. YES I am a roofer by day and painter/printer by night. IF, that is, I can still lift my arms to hold a brush or even stand on my wobbly legs after a day on the pitched roof.

Still... there are shows coming, the fall is full and deadlines approach so there is no help for it but to suck it up and keep working despite the weary joints and muscles.

Shows on the horizon:

15 year anniversary show at FRAME with the lovely and fabulous Elaine Esbeck. Opening October, 11, 2012.  {that's 10/11/12 people} Announcements forthcoming.

Annual 100 GRAND show at Sullivan Goss opening First Thursday in December.

New work will be arriving at Sundance in the coming months and the possibility of something for the annual Small Images show at the local City College for October.

There is certainly plenty to be getting on with and many stamps yet to be made for the holiday crush that is also creeping up. I know, now I've gone and said it, Christmas is coming. Ho ho ho.

Don't forget to stop in and see all the new shows at Sullivan Goss. Elemental: Water, the Fall Salon, Ken Bortolazzo Equipose and Martha Erlebacher.

Worktable Wednesday

Today is an easel day.

Bliss

Miss Molly, happy on the trail.

Beautiful Summer Storms

Thursday efforts

Summer Booty

Dogness on a Sunday

The madness continues, or is it pure self indulgent silliness, ardor, infatuation, obsession? I haven't completely decided yet.

oh, this could be the beginning of something beautiful...

sweet Athena

Worktable Wednesday - Printing Again

At long last, the sun. I was beginning to lament that we would be socked in fog for another 4 weeks so I high tailed it up to the mountains where I was sure to be able to expose my SUN plates so that I could start printing.

Sure enough, the second day home it's been nothing but beautiful, bright shining days. Still, I have plates to print which makes me happy. Dog prints no less. I do have more landscape images in the works but the dog obsession has not diminished one iota, so why not... dog prints!

Today is about friends

Robert

Sir Toby

Wanda

Worktable Wednesday - computer day

Camping and our local mountains are foremost in my mind today as I sit preparing my next collection of stamps for production. I am creating a grouping of creatures from our local forest along with the human experiences of camping in our wilderness.

Working on the computer all day... not my favorite thing to be doing. Spending time dreaming about my next adventure in the pines.... makes it more pleasurable.

The prototypes will be in the shop by the end of the month and the manufactured versions by the end of July {fingers crossed!} You will know when I know. Happy trails.

Beautiful California. The black blob is our Los Padres Forest.2700 square miles of habitat with Mt. Pinos being it's highest peak at 8831 feet. © N Strasburg

hiking anyone? © Strasburg

our friendly black bear fresh out of hibernation © Strasburg

campfires © Strasburg

roasting © Strasburg

long hikes © Strasburg

and a good tent © Strasburg

Oh happy day!

What a grand surprise and start to June. LOOK what showed up on my doorstep today from the ever talented Teresa Zepeda! Such a lucky girl am I...

Trials  ©2012 Teresa Zepeda

The amazing Teresa is a printmaker. I have gushed about her before, her impeccably outrageous technique in silkscreen. This one steals my own heart as the dog looks so much like my Skye...but I can't stop staring at it because, well, it's Teresa's, super-dilly-icous, edible art. Thank you thank you thank you.

Gone to the dogs

Scenes from my studio... all paintings in progress. 

I've become a dog lady and I ain't too proud to admit it!

Skye at the beach ©2012 N Strasburg

Snow dogs © 2012 N Strasburg

Molly on the Turkish rug ©2012 N Strasburg

Worktable Wednesday

new snow paintings started, snow and dogs and then more snow

my work table... still a happy organized mess

new woodblock in process

See more woodblock images HERE

First Thursdays May

The Spring Salon opens this evening....

Island Hike Diptych 19.5x59" ©NStrasburg

in addition there are three other galleries hosting a wide variety of images from Anders Aldrin to Howard Warshaw and new works by Joseph Goldyne. 

Tonight at Sullivan Goss, 7 & 11 East Anapamu.

Don't forget! The Channing Peake Gallery will be premiering the new juried show by Santa Barbara Printmakers. 105 East Anapamu... first floor of the County Building.

And then there is always the fabulous shows at The Project... tonight featuring new work by Rafael Perea de la Cabada. 

4 East De La Guerra.

First Thursdays, May 3rd, 2012 from 5-8pm

Snow Beautiful

snow cold

s'no wonder

i have s'no voice