Real quick: Chicago was fun, my sister Lee Ann and her partner really enjoyed the trip as well.
Rain-rain for taking pics. Saw the Aurora, Nebraska form and fall outta the sky (pics later?)
Now scootin around Colorado waitng for the Vail show this coming weekend.
Gotta run to get somne sleep and hopefully catch a little morning light for shooting…
A few days ago, I started to apply for out of state shows and I am very excited to be accepted to the Montauk Fine Arts Festival May 23-25. So far, this is my out of state show. Montauk, New York is just a little further out the peninsula from the Hamptons about 50 miles from New York City. I haven’t been to NYC since right before 911 and looking forward to the trip. Will try to take the scenic route there and back to visit some neat places and photograph.
Drove in from a visit with my parents and private showing in Odessa Thursday and went right to the Austin Convention Center to setup for the Austin Green Living Expo. After 5 days of setup/breakdown, showing, and driving I got to relax after delivering a large canvas here in town Monday.
Really enjoyed meeting people and other Artists Friday-Sunday, and very happy to have some of our Art Of Texas artists join in by setting up Sunday for the Buy Local Market area.
Gosh busy weekend* porting websites, and databases for blog, online store and artists forum over to a new hosting service. The old one was just down most of the time and had to be done. If anyone encounters problems, please comment here….
* guess weekend ends Wednesday in the wee hours of the morning 😉
My latest newsletter is available online:
‘Beyond the Photograph’ – Newsletter for January, 2009
by Jamie Rood
It gives special thanks to everyone who has made the last 6 months my most successful period yet and highlights how I’m am improving my setup and in house production…
In the spirit of the new year, new administration, and doing my part to improve the economy…
I pledge to strive to grow my business and not shrink away from challenges or put off investments. Instead of citing a poor economy, I will work to make this my best year ever! 😀
I invite you to join me, and especially if you were inspired by the inagrual events, please help your community as well as your country by buying local 😉
btw, click here for my online shop :0
Well I joined our Art Of Texas group for the Home & Garden Show this last weekend at the Austin Convention Center. We setup on our 20×20 space on Wednesday and I worked hard to get those first large canvases ready for the show and made it! 🙂 We had a great time interacting with folks at the show and hopefully gained some good contacts.
Driller & Old International Pickup appeared to have been the hot items for the show and there was plenty of viewing room in the 15×10 area I had.
Thanks to everyone who came out!
 
Many patrons appreciate that I do all my own production work. Now I have the capability to do images 90″x40″ (or larger).
It was a sight seeing 4 adults maneuver this 433 lb, 6 ft long machine up the steps and around the corner, but we got it in place. I spent the week producing 5 large canvases in time for the Home & Garden show this weekend.
I participated in the Keep Austin Bizarre event with our Art Of Texas group for 12 days up until Xmas. I took this shot from the rock wall 😉
Or should I say ‘Dustville’? Geez it was dusty – cleaned all my bags etc, but gotta be careful about these shows. Anyway we really support Judith Craft and what she attempts to do with this show every year 🙂
