Monthly Archives: March 2015

Accepted!

In Visalia, the county seat of Visalia, is an art group called, appropriately, the “Arts Consortium”. I recently became a member, because they are active in promoting the arts and seem to get results.

Upon joining, artist are allowed to make a page in their Artist Directory. The link to my page is here (will open in a new page).

The Arts Consortium is sponsoring a juried show to hang at the Visalia Convention Center for 2 months. “Juried” means that the artists submit a certain number of pieces, and a juror decides which pieces are in the show. The decision is usually based on the available space, the number of artists who submitted pieces, and perhaps a theme of the show.

When entering such a show, there are forms to be filled out, descriptions to be written, lists to be made, questions to answer, computer pages to be deciphered. It’s a hassle. If there is no fee and there are sales, it feels worth it to me. The group sponsoring a show ALWAYS takes a percentage of sales, but that’s fair.

I met all the requirements, entered the allowed 10 pieces, 5 of which were drawings of Wilsonia cabins.

Two paintings and one drawing were accepted.

I’ve titled this piece for the show “Flagged Cabin #1″. It is matted and framed to 11×14″ and is priced at $250. I’ll keep you posted as to the details of the show when I actually know some.

Protecting people’s privacy was important to me as I compiled the book, so I will continue with that even in this blog. No names or addresses. Just a simple and beautiful cabin, drawn in pencil. Do you know which lane it is on in Wilsonia?

To Frame or Not To Frame

272 pencil drawings are a lot to frame, so I’ve only been selling them unframed.

Framing is tricky business. People may not like the frame choice, the mat size, the mat color, or even the mat style. Mats can get fancier than the art if one is not careful, and that would overpower the simplicity of pencil very quickly.

However, I have several events coming this spring, two that involve The Cabins of Wilsonia.

A book signing in Three Rivers at the Historical Museum with my good friend and local historian/author Louise Jackson. Seems to me that a few framed originals will enhance our display.
A show at the Visalia Convention Center. It is a juried show, which means someone decides which pieces are in and which are not. This is a little nerve-wracking, but it is part of the business of art. I will enter 5 of the Wilsonia drawings, the ones that really stand out to me as exceptional (So how do you choose your favorite children??) Ahem. These are drawings that I am proud of and already had frames and mats to fit.

Doesn’t it feel good to tell the truth?

You can see the latest ones added to my website on this page: Original Wilsonia Drawings. If you use the Sort by newness button, you will see the latest ones.

Here is a sneak peek. However, if you have a copy of the book, you will have already seen this. This version is enhanced. If I had printed the book with this sort of enhancement, the price would have tripled! It would have looked mighty fine, but I took price into consideration when making those decisions.

Flagged Cabin #1, framed and matted to 11×14, $250

How To Buy The Cabins of Wilsonia Book

Technology is still confounding me. If it confounds you and you are unable or unwilling to order the book on Amazon, here are 3 other options for you:

mail a check for $85 to me at P.O. Box 311, Three Rivers, CA 93271
send $85 via Paypal to “cabinart 06 at sbcglobal dot net” (have to write it that way so that the spammers don’t come wreck this eddress too) along with your mailing address
run into me somewhere in real life and hand me $80 cash or a check for $81 and I’ll hand you the book (no mailing costs makes it cheaper in person and paying $80 in cash probably means no change will be necessary)

Any questions?

(I have lots of questions: How do I get the internet to work with the old desktop computer? Why did my printer stop working with the laptop? Why won’t my easy eddress work anymore? Will there ever be a time when everything works? That would be A-MAY-ZING.)