October 2011

Fall is here, and what a beautiful time of year!

The exhibit that we had in August at the Indiana State Fair was a great show! I loved every minute of painting for the show, assembling and designing the show and meeting all the great folks who came to see it at the fair. My good friend Nora Spitznogle blogged about the event and was a big part of the exhibit with her copy panels which bridged the paintings to the food. Her way with words is so good as it really speaks from an Indiana experience, and her career and life have been so intertwined with food and farm. "Farm to Fair" was the title of the exhibition and we received a grant from the Indiana Humanities/National Endowment for the Humanities Food for Thought Campaign to help underwrite a part of the exhibit. I cannot say enough about what a great experience it was, and I thank all involved for their support and encouragement. I only hope to be able to do something like that again in the future!

I enjoyed the opening night celebration at the Garden Theater up in Frankfort, Michigan back in September. They are doing their fall film festival and we are selling limited edition giclee prints. A portion of the sales goes to their restoration fund. My original painting is hanging in the lobby above the concession stand. Prints are available at the Concession Stand or at Betsie Bay Furniture. It is so much fun working with all these terrific people in Michigan. I look forward to my time up north next summer!

I am gearing up for my annual Holiday Studio Show, which is November 11, from 5-8 pm. It is always good for me in the fact that I pull all the paintings together from this year that I have done, and it is a great time for you to see what I have done over the year. This year we will have Michigan, Indiana & Florida paintings as well as some of the State Fair Show paintings. Of course everything is for sale, and what a great time to think about getting the jump on the holidays... I will be around all of November and December, and the studio is open by appointment. Call and come by and see me for a cup of coffee and see some new paintings.

The only time I will not be in town is the first weekend of December. I am excited that I will be showing at the "One of a Kind Show" in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart. Last year was a huge success, so I decided I could not miss it this year. A great weekend. Think about coming up and seeing me and something like 300 artists and craftsmen from all over the country. A holiday event not to miss.

And this winter I have been invited back to Florida to teach. I am happy to announce, I will be offering 3 classes/workshops at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, 3 at the Von Liebig Art Center, in Naples and 2 at the Art Center Sarasota. Floral/still life and landscape/seascape along with a couple of basic drawing classes this year. The drawing classes were by demand, and I am keeping them really simple. They should really help my painting students with some problems they have been having. And you can really never get enough drawing. We will do the one day class like a workbook with lots of hands on and at the end, students should have a nice notebook for future reference. Check the CLASSES section of my web for details. We are discussing one at Ocean Reef Club south of Miami in late March or early April. Keep an eye on the web for more details. I have enjoyed teaching down south this past 3-4 years, and am so thankful I have had such a good demand and enrollment for my classes.

Have a great fall and happy holidays. I hope to see you along the way and catch up!

Douglas David

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