Another collaboration piece at ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend! A sweet stained glass piece by Retta Hentschel with her beautiful colors & style… plus some of my textured clay medallions interspersed throughout. Another fun collaboration!

A beautiful afternoon setting up in the garden… yes, the same garden as this weekend’s ART IN THE GARDEN. I got my tent & shelves set-up… I will bring all of my pots later. But while I was there, it stuck me how beautiful the garden location is… Mother Nature’s artwork even before the weekend’s art arrives!!! Such a great setting for an art fair… thank you Tom & Amy for hosting in your yard full of your own curated art collection!

With featured garden art by Kristin Conneely @kdconneely & Retta Hentschel @windowsido.

We’re just a couple days away… ART IN THE GARDEN is this weekend in Glenview, Illinois. There’s going to a lot of pretty things there… and you should be there too!!! All of the artists are working hard to finish everything… including some great one-of-a-kind collaboration pieces! It will a great weekend hanging out with a bunch of My Talented Friends!!! C’mon by…

For more details… www.grassrootsartfair.com

Looking a little “sketchy”!!! There they are… the six platters that I made & stamped… and then handed off to Cory McCrory to add her collaboration magic to them. Looks like we’ve got some feathered festivities going on here!

Just a reminder, these six platters will be making their big debut this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview. There are only six… and they might go fast?! Just sayin’…

For more ART IN THE GARDEN details… www.grassrootsartfair.comi

So I’ve dropped some hints… left some clues… alluded to some AITG collaboration projects. Did you catch ‘em?! Well, here’s a more direct approach since ART IN THE GARDEN is just a week away! My “collaboration cohort” Cory McCrory has been working on our pieces very quietly in her studio. I dropped off a few stamped platters with very “plain” interior areas. Cory will be changing that while adding her amazing sense of whimsy & crazy cool color schemes. I can’t wait to see them myself… teaser photos coming soon?!

We’re just a week away from ART IN THE GARDEN!

A wonderful grassroots art fair located in the garden of metalsmith Amy Taylor in Glenview, Illinois. We have a great collection of “talented friends” all working together to make this a great show. Everyone will be bringing their artwork… plus a few one-of-kind collaborations made with artists working together! Mark your calendar for next Saturday & Sunday. We hope you can join us!

For more details… www.grassrootsartfair.com

Hard to believe that it’s already September… and that ART IN THE GARDEN is now just one week away!!! One of my favorite art fairs every year… a smaller, grassroots art fair with a bunch of My Talented Friends! We’ve been doing this for several years & it just gets bigger & better every year. Once again, several of the artists have been working together on their special one-of-a-kind collaboration projects. So much fun… so mark your calendars & we hope to see you next weekend!!!

Art In The Garden: A Grassroots Art Fair
Saturday, September 12th & Sunday, September 13th – Glenview, Illinois

For more details… click here… www.grassrootsartfair.com

Looks like another collaboration project is coming along nicely. I can see that Kristin Dann Conneely is using some of my “textured color nuggets” in some of her mosaic pieces. One of the highlights of ART IN THE GARDEN is seeing all of the one-of-a-kind collaborations between some of the artists. And Kristin is pulling it together here with her mosaic magic!!!

Not only does my pal Cory McCrory make really cool pottery… she’s also a great baker!
And I scored a freshly-baked loaf of sourdough bread yesterday at our “collab hand-off”!!!
So yummy!

With ART IN THE GARDEN just a few weeks away… it’s time to get those collaborations started!!! I had lunch today with my pal Cory McCrory to hand-off my part of our collaboration project. Still under wraps… but they went from my car to hers… my studio to hers! More to come…