Thanks to everyone for participating and for helping me reach a decision. I have decided to print one from each set based on the input I received. Your responses definitely changed my thinking. I will print Neighboring Farms, Docking too Fast and Southport Boats.

The winner of the set of three note cards is Cindy and Andy Klymchuk of Ontario! Cindy and Andy, please make sure I have your correct mailing address by November 5, 2012.

Here are three sets of watercolor paintings that I am considering for 5 X 7 note cards. I will have one of these sets of three watercolors printed next week in time for an art sale on November 7.  I wonder which set will make the best-selling note cards, and that is where I can use your help. If you will leave your vote in a comment on this blog, I will enter your name in a drawing for a gift set of the three that are printed. Check back on Monday, October 29, at noon and if you are the winner, be sure to contact me with your address so I can mail your gift to you.

Set A below

Neighboring Farms, 26 X 37 framed, watercolor, © 1989 Judith G. Glover

Shenandoah Valley Farm, 24 X 39 unframed, watercolor, © 1988 Judith G. Glover

Hanger Farm, 32 X 48 framed, watercolor, © 1989 Judith G. Glover

Set B below

Docking too Fast, 22 X 30 unframed, watercolor, © 1986 Judith G. Glover

Easter Sunday, 20 X 30 unframed, watercolor, ©1986 Judith G. Glover

Fort Macon Fishing, 22 X 30 unframed, watercolor, © 1986 Judith G. Glover

Set C below

Beaufort Boats II, 22 X 30 unframed, watercolor, © 1986 Judith G. Glover

Beaufort Boats III, 22 X 30 unframed, watercolor, © 1986 Judith G. Glover

Southport Boats, 22 X 30, watercolor, © 1988 Judith G. Glover

Please stop by tonight, September 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for the opening of the Artrageous Quilters’ exhibit at Emerge Gallery 404 S. Evans Street, Greenville, NC.  This is also gallery walk night in uptown Greenville so there will be lots of art to enjoy.

The Artrageous Quilters’ exhibit runs from now until Sept. 29, 2012.  Artrageous Quilters is a loosely organized group of art quilters who take on a quilt challenge each year. The results for two of those challenges are in this exhibit –  Gossip challenge and A Walk in my Garden challenge. Both are fun to see.

Here is my quilt in the exhibit. This quilt, Havens’ Wharf, and many of the other quilts in the exhibit are not part of a challenge.They were
created by Artrageous Quilters members for various other reasons.

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Havens’ Wharf 14.5 X 9 ©2011 Judith G. Glover

In early 2012 two strangers met for the first time to collaborate on the creation of an art quilt and a short story. Edward Schuldt came to my house to introduce himself and to see where we might make a connection between his writing and my art. He explained he only writes prose and I talked about my desire to do something creative with images of the old and crumpling buildings in Eastern North Carolina.

After that meeting I began by gathering photos of old buildings whenever they had the right lighting. Some of these photos spoke to Edward and some didn’t. We eventually settled on this old shed as the major player in the story he developed.

Then he told me the basketball goal had to go because he was doing a story from the Civil War era. Here is the shed with goal still attached. I later learned how to remove the basketball goal with the changes I made in Photoshop Elements.

Shed with Goal - © 2012 Judith G. Glover

My watercolor of Icy Creek was featured on the smARTist Career Blog

20 X 30 © Judith G. Glover

http://smartistcareerblog.com/2012/07/fridays-featured-smartist-161/

http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Quilt-Art-Association-Anniversary/product-reviews/B0062GN2D8/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 is the link to my review of Contemporary QuiltArt Association: 20th Anniversary. Editors are Katy Gollahon, Sally Morgan, and Patty Hieb

Ariane Goodwin had featured my new website and blog on the following site:  http://smartistcareerblog.com/2011/11/tuesdays-smartist-bragging-rights-3/. This is Ariane Goodwin’s blog for “Bridging the Gap Between Making Art and Making a Living.” Ariane is also the creator of the smARTist telesummit that occurs each January and just keeps getting better every year. I highly recommend it to all artists who are serious about their careers. You can find out about the telesummit at the same link.

You can tell I still am not keeping  blog posts foremost in my mind. I was a short distance from home last weekend when I realized I was without the camera. That was a bad move, because there was a lot of interesting stuff for the camera to record and I missed it all.

It was time for the Watercolor Society of  North Carolina (WSNC) to hold its 66th Annual Juried Exhibition in Cary, NC, and a lot was planned. On Saturday we watched Pam Shank demonstrate how she creates her informal portraits of children in watercolor. A visit to her website will help you understand how she works, Pam Shank Protraits

After Pam’s demo, a website designer talked to us about photographing art the simplest way. He is also a member of  WSNC but we haven’t met so I don’t remember his name.

Dinner was at Lucky 32 in Cary. The food was great and I enjoyed sitting at a table with other WSNC members from the Eastern Region. Holly Cook is the Eastern Region coordinator, so she invited us to join her and the other members of the Eastern Region who were at her table. Holly Cook, Carol Mann and Judith Podgorny were all from Chocowinity. Dixie Leibert and her husband were from Morehead City.

Sunday morning we had the annual membership meeting in the auditorium of the new Cary Cultural Arts Center. Per tradition, the awards ceremony came after the meeting. There was a PowerPoint presentation of each artist’s winning painting on the screen when the artist came forward to receive the award. This was great, because I could put a name and a painting with a face before we got to the opening of the juried show. Paul Jackson, the juror for the show helped present the awards.

Lunch at the Bombay Beijing was very spicy. During lunch there was as always the excitement of door prizes. This time I won an original watercolor painting by Roxanna Jo Alexander, who is affectionately called Roxy.

The opening reception for the 66th annual exhibition was at the Page-walker Arts and History Center in Cary. I was in familiar territory here, because they host one of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance – South exhibitions every year.

There were two goals, besides the obvious one of enjoying the show, that I set for going to the opening. They were to get an idea of current pricing and current framing styles for work similar to mine. I can tell you this didn’t happen; there were too many interesting people to talk to and too much art to absorb to think about pricing and framing. I will go back next week when the gallery space is empty of people and have a quieter look. I need to remember to call ahead to make sure no meetings or receptions are scheduled in the gallery when I want to go.

Depth and Color

Among the most frequent comments about my work are references to the depth in my paintings. I think viewers are noticing how I create the illusions of form and distance on the flat surfaces of paintings.  Besides creating depth in my work I also enjoy working with color and I occasionally experiment with new combinations of pigments. I often add colors to paintings that vary from nature to add interest and draw the viewer’s eye into the work. Although I paint realistically I am working toward expressing myself with greater simplicity by adding more detail and contrast around my center of interest and less in the rest of the painting. This means I focus more on what is important in my subject.