The other reason for going to Colorado was to attend a demo with the digital printmaking pioneer – Bonnie Lhotka. Laurie and I arrived at her studio on Sunday, checked out her amazing work, and then watched a pretty in depth demonstration on a very intriguing transfer process. It was very appealing – not sure I will ever utilize it – but it got my wheels spinning. There was also a sales guy there showcasing this gorgeous HP printer that she utilizes for this process. It only a couple of thousand dollars – but looks like it would be worth every penny. Contemplating buying “shares” of the printer with other people. I’ve always been an Epson girl – but I do love the large format HP printers we have at work. We just got a HP Photo 9000s earlier this year and it totally rocks! It can print to 60″ wide, prints amazingly fast, and has great color calibration. It’s a solvent printer – not an inkjet – so there is the whole toxic issue – but we have it ventilated well. And the price tag? $28,000.00!!! EEEK! The printer that HP guy had with him that Bonnie uses is a 48″, inkjet, and goes for about $4500.00. That is much more in reach than I thought it would be. Must think more on this.

The last wall – somehow I forgot to take pics ofthe other two walls
Jen’s Piece – it rocks!!
Lynn Whipple’s piece – Batboy
Celine Navarro’s piece

So I’m finally am posting some pics from the Colorado trip. the slideshow belongs to my friend Leau. Here are a few pics from the Gorey exhibit. I’ll have a few more tomorrow hopefully. The show was AMAZING! Backtracking a little – one of the reason’s for my recent Colorado trip was to check out the Gorey Details show at the Artist’s Nook in Fort Collins. My Canuck friend, Jen, is one of the artists and I wanted to go see the show in person.
The show was put together by Sylvia Luna who assigned each artist a letter of the alphabet to work with. For more details check out this link.

While I was in Colorado earlier this month I stayed with my friend Laurie’s lovely daughter, Nicole. Nicole has the soul of an artist, but hasn’t really even begun to fully explore her creative side. I told her I would give her some links to different artists’ blogs to get her creative juices flowing. Here’s the list – in no particular order:

Bridgette Guerzon-Mills
Celine Navarro
Jennifer Gordon
Karen Michel
Deryn Mentock
Jen Worden
Anahata Katkin
Paula Scott
Leau PhillipsRegina Portscheller
Michael De Meng
Judy
Pam Garrison
Leighanna Light
Tejae Floyd
Carla Sonheim
Michelle Ward
Ruth Rae
Judith Thibaut

These are all people who inspire me. Enjoy!

Will at the downtown Seattle library – one of the coolest places in the univers!
Still alive – trying to make ART and it’s not happening – blogging seems like a good route to go right now.

Enjoy the comfort of a private home, a sampling of appetizers and drinks, and
the ability to leisurely browse an amazing array of gifts and art made
by an eclectic group of artists. Skip the mall this holiday season and
buy directly from local artists!

Date:November 4
Time: 1-4pm
Address: 717 Richmond Dr SE

The Artists:

Regina Portscheller/Mosaic Collage & Mixed Media
Leau Phillips/Jewelry & Mixed Media
Kendall Murakami/Silversmithing
Raine Klover/Photography
Phoenix Forrester/Jewelry
Donna Barnitz/Mixed Media & Fiber Arts
Ren Adams/Mixed Media & Printmaking

Next Trunk Show Date – December 2 – Info TBA

For more information go to: Follow the artist links to preview their work, or shoot me an email.