Every Figure Tells a Story

My last show of the year, with the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists, is "Every Figure Tells a Story" at 18 Hands Gallery.  The show was set up last week and it looks great!

It's a beautiful gallery and everyone there is so nice to work with.

My pieces in the show are

"A Mother's Treasure is Her Daughter"

"Once Upon a Starry Night"

"The Tumbler"

Opening night was wonderful - a great turnout!

Artist Joyce Patterson and me

Artist Neva Waldt and me

Me with Mother & Daughter piece

Thank you 18 Hands Gallery for hosting our show!  It will be up through December 31.

It's Show Time!

Fall is finally here in Houston, TX with cooler temperatures and of course……fiber and art doll exhibits!

The Houston Area Fiber Artists are having an exhibit at 

Gallery M Squared this month:

Art on the Make: Mixing Art and Mingling Threads

October 8, 2014 – October 26, 2013

Opening Reception October 11, 7 – 9 p.m.

Gallery M Squared

339 West 19th Street

Houston, Texas 77008

713-861-6070

www.gallerymsquared.com

Hours: Wednesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

 

Here is one of my pieces in the show at M Squared:

"Chasing Dreams"

Next, the International Quilt Festival will be at the George R. Brown Convention Center, with art dolls among the many exhibits there.

October 30 - November 2, 2014

George R. Brown Convention Center

 1001 Avenida De Las Americas

Houston, Texas  77010

Hours:  Wednesday, Oct. 29 (Preview Night): 7-10 p.m.

Thursday & Friday: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sunday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This piece will be in the TAODA exhibit, Block Party II (dolls using a quilt block pattern) at Quilt Festival:

"The Tumbler" - using the Tumbling Block quilt pattern on his costume

 I plan to have other dolls at Quilt Festival as well - they're just not finished yet!

In December, the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists will have an exhibit at 18 Hands Gallery:

       

Every Figure Tells a Story

December 6 – 31, 2014

Opening Reception:  Saturday, December 6, 6 - 9 p.m.

18 Hands Gallery

249 W 19th Street

Houston, TX 77008

713-869-3099

www.18handsgallery.com

Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sunday 12 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

It's a busy fall!

It's a Balancing Act

If it's October, it must be "show month"!

I'm excited to be participating in FOUR shows in Houston this month.  The Texas Association of Original Doll Artists' Persons of Interest continues through November 2 at Hanson Galleries on Westheimer at Post Oak.  This is a beautiful gallery full of fine craft, something for everyone, including our art dolls!  My pieces in this show are "Forest Sprite" and "Angel of Glad Tidings".

"Angel of Glad Tidings"

18 Hands Gallery on 19th Street in the Heights is hosting Interwoven V, a juried fiber art show.  I'm pleased to have "Orelia" (meaning "Golden One") in this show which opens Saturday, October 19 (reception 6-9 p.m.) and runs through October 27.

"Orelia"

Also on 19th Street in the Heights is M Squared Gallery, which is hosting the Houston Area Fiber Artists' juried show Art for Art's Sake, October 23 - November 10, with the opening reception on Saturday, October 26, 6-9 p.m.  My piece "Balancing Act" is in this show, as well as an educational vignette of the steps I use in creating another art doll "Possibilities".

"Balancing Act"

Finally, the International Quilt Festival, open to the public October 31 - November 3, will once again host In Celebration of the Doll among the many exhibits.  I will have two dolls in the show this year: "Sim Shalom" (which means "Let There Be Peace") and "Quilting Queen".

"Sim Shalom"

Happy Autumn!