I have been painting this summer. I also have an art opening in the Petersburg Regional Art Center.
I have been very busy this summer and have not taken the time to let you all know about my upcoming art show which opens tomorrow night. I know it is too late to list the opening, but you can mention that the show will be up until the first week in September at the Petersburg Regional Art Center. I am calling the show "Everything Must Go" because I am trying to make some money to feed my expensive art addiction. Things are selling dirt cheap--at cost or below.
In addition, I am selling hand-knotted jewelry (made with real stones and pearls and sterling silver clasps).
Also, I just now learned that two of my pieces, the paintings of Alkendrick and Alkendrick Jr. in our church basement (entitled "The Sweet Life") and the painting of Annette and the baby at the picnic (entitled "Picnic at Pocahontas Park" won first place in the Art Center's monthly show.
The show is at 7 p.m. and the paintings will be hanging for about a month.
Tasha, one of the paintings marked down is the one of the three little girls at the botanical gardens.
Those of you that live in the neighborhood of Petersburg, I really, really hope that you can come. I hope that everyone can come, but know that it is a bit of a hike for those of us living in or near the city or in western Henrico.
The info for the art center is as follows:
132 N Sycamore St., Petersburg, VA 23803 (804) 733 8200.
www.petersburgregionalartscenter.com/
For those of you who are around, I hope that you can come.
Cheers!
Cynthia
Though this piece, "Pretty Please," a portrait of Zanayah and her cousin at the botanical gardens, did not win a prize, it is also in the August show.
This is one of the first place paintings--"Picnic at Pocahontas Park," a portrait of Annette and her baby. 
The second of the two first-place winners: "The Sweet Life"--a portrait of Alkendrick and Alkendrick Jr. in the church basement.
