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May 7th, 2009 categories: category, * DS Gallery Art Shows, * DS Sponsored Events, * Galleries & Studios, * Receptions & Openings, * Seattle DS Store, * Special Weekend Events, * Studio Tours

Kirkland Artist Studio Tour sign from the 2008 KAST tour

Kirkland Artist Studio Tour sign from the 2008 KAST tour

This weekend is the 6th annual Kirkland Artist Studio Tour , and we here at DANIEL SMITH Artists’ Materials are happy to be a sponsor this year!

 
In celebration of this weekends’ Kirkland Artist Studio Tour, we are hosting a “Kick-Off” Reception tomorrow, Friday May 8th from 5 to 7pm in our Seattle DANIEL SMITH Art Gallery .  You are invited to meet the KAST Artists who will have some of their work on display here in the Gallery this weekend.  Consider it a fun preview to the all the Artwork that will be on display in the Studios.
 
Special Seattle Store Hours for the Kick-Off Reception
Friday May 8th from 5-7pm

Meet the Artists!

 

The weatherman says we will have fairly nice weather this weekend in the Seattle area, so go to Beautiful Kirkland this weekend, take the Kirkland Artist Studio Tour, see some wonderful Art.  Maybe add something special to your collection, or better yet, your Moms’ collection….it is Mother’s Day Weekend!  I went last year and it was fun.
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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May 6th, 2009 categories: category, * DANIEL SMITH, * DS Sponsored Events, * Galleries & Studios, * Studio Tours
Camano Island Studio Tour 2009 Poster by Ann Cory

Camano Island Studio Tour 2009 Poster by Ann Cory

This coming weekend is the 11th annual Camano Island Studio Tour , and DANIEL SMITH Artists’ Materials is happy to help sponser the Camano Arts Association annual Studio Tour again this year.  It’s a 3 day event on May 8th, 9th, and the 10th which is Mother’s Day.  This is a really nice way to spend the Day with Mom, or your friends, seeing wonderful Art, and perhaps commemorating the Special Day by supporting an Artists’ work by purchasing some Art to take home!  There are 35 Studios open to the public with over 60 Artists participating so there is sure to be something Special that may catch yours, or your Moms’ eye!

 
Last year, a group of us from DANIEL SMITH carpooled to Camano Island to enjoy the day seeing all the wonderful Art on Display in the Studios.  We had a great time going from Studio to Studio as we drove around the island .  There was so much to see and enjoy, not just all the Art, but Camano Island is beautiful and the day we went was partly sunny.  So many flowers were blooming in the gardens we passed by and through, and the views of the Sound were captivating. 
 
2008 Camano Island Studio Tour with a group from DANIEL SMITH touring the Art Studios and Galleries

2008 Camano Island Studio Tour with a group from DANIEL SMITH touring the Art Studios and Galleries

Unfortunately, while we won’t be going as a group this year (there is an Art Materials Trade Show {NAMTA} happening in Kentucky) we will certainly be there in spirit.  I urge you to visit Camano Island, go on the Studio Tour and have a very enjoyable day of Art!

 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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May 14th, 2008 categories: category, * Bellevue DS Store, * DS ExtraFine Watercolors, * DS Sponsored Events, * Galleries & Studios, * Studio Tours
Mother’s Day Weekend was also the Fifth Annual Kirkland Artist Studio Tour and I came with John Cogley, owner of DANIEL SMITH Artists’ Materials, to visit the studios on the tour. We were able to visit the studios of Ann Fiser and Robert Fiser, Elizabeth Kincaid, Chris Sharp and Layla Jacobson before fatigue from the Camano Island Studio Tour the day before set in and cut short our itinerary for the day.

While at the Studio of Ann and Robert Fiser , Ann showed us a unique way she has of keeping her watercolor paint examples. Ann paints the watercolor on watercolor paper she has cut out approximately 1.5 by 6 inches from full color strength to 50% to a wash, labels it, punches a hole at the top and keeps it on a ring in much the same way as an interior designer would with paint samples. The advantage is that when she adds a new color to her collection Ann can easily slip it into place. Really a cool idea!

Elizabeth Kincaid had a very unique way of organizing her workspace and palette, she uses an entire butcher tray for each watercolor and each tray rests on plastic paper organizers, four high, that you buy at office supply stores! This way her colors don’t get corrupted as she feels they do on a smaller palette. We also got to take a peek at a work in progress that is a real labor of love for Elizabeth, her extraordinarily complex “Tree of Life” watercolor painting.

Trying to make the rounds to both the Camano Island Studio Tour and the Kirkland Artist Studio Tour in a single weekend began to wear on us, so we decided to shorten the tour that KT (Manager of the DANIEL SMITH Bellevue Store) had planned for us.

Our last two stops were a group exhibit at Sharp Studio where we chatted a bit with Chris Sharp, and then moved on to the Petranella Fursman Studio to see Layla Jacobson and Petra Fursman and their paintings.

When visiting each of the studios, John brought some DANIEL SMITH Art Supply goodies to give to the artists we visited, in the form of a fist full of tubes of DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors!
Every Day,  Express yourself with ART!
~Deborah Burns
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Originally published May 14, 2008

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May 13th, 2008 categories: category, * DS Sponsored Events, * Galleries & Studios, * Studio Tours
Camano Island Studio Tour 2008 Poster by John Muhler

Camano Island Studio Tour 2008 Poster by John Muhler

This past weekend was the Camano Arts Association’s 10th Annual Camano Island Studio Tour on Mother’s Day Weekend and we are excited that this year DANIEL SMITH Artists’ Materials is a sponsor of the Camano Island Studio Tour!

A group of us from DANIEL SMITH car pooled with John Cogley (owner of DANIEL SMITH): Tina Leader (Human Resources Director), Jaren Balzer (Information Systems Manager), KT (Bellevue Store Manager) and Deborah Burns (me, the DANIEL SMITH Blogger!).

We left Seattle Saturday morning with John driving, for Camano Island and were able to visit 17 of the 32 studios and galleries before the end of the day. Because I was not the navigator (Jaren was our “navigator extraordinaire”) I may have lost count of how many places we went to and may have missed noting a few, my apologies if I missed you. Actually, I think is was probably very challenging focusing on the driving (John) and navigation (Jaren) considering all the laughing and fun we were having in vechicle!

While making our rounds of the Tour, we ran into others from DANIEL SMITH: Thom Wright (Purchasing Manager), Connie Cagley (Marketing Specialist, Society Relations) with her husband Guy, and Charlene Vogt (Catalog Sales Manager) who was also hosting a party (yummy meatballs and more!) at a friends cabin on the Island.

The studios and galleries showed a wide range of art work among them: Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Glass, Ceramic, Metal, Photography, and Jewelry. I took some photos of the work spaces of a few of the artists, unfortunately once I got home to review and label the photos I realized that I did not take nearly as many photos as it felt like, next year I will have to focus on taking more.

We visited: #27) Seagrass Gallery , #1) Bob Paczkowski Studio , #2) Rainchild Metal Works: Ben Rainchild , #5) Dan Bergsma Art Glass: Dan Bergsma #6) John Muhler Studio: John D. Muhler, Debbi Rhodes , #7) Jack Dorsey Studio: Jack Dorsey, Ann Cory , #8) Jack Gunter Art and Design Studio , #9) Janet Mitchell Studio , #10) Old Mabana Schoolhouse: Linda Demetre , #11) Betty , #12) Diane Hill Studio: Diane Hill, Jeanine Borree, Sue Uhrich , #13) Lee Beitz , #14) Matzke Fine Art Gallery , #15) Kathy Hastings Studio: Kathy Hastings, Marguerite Goff , #16) Thompson Art Studio: Susan Thompson Cohen , #17) Rays Through Art Glass: Ray Fossum , and #18) Camano Island Pottery: Roger Cocke .Dorotik

Some of the studios had breathtaking views of the Puget Sound, which of course made us each wonder how challenging it must be to focus on painting when there is a spectacular view outside the window!

Camano Island is such a beautiful location and having the opportunity to drive around the Island and see so much art was a wonderful way to spend the day. A few of us could not resist and went home with some original artwork and prints of original work…
…have to do our part to help support the Artists!
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Images:
# 1: 2008 Poster for Camano Island Studio Tour by John Muhler.
# 2: Diane Hill Studio entrance.
# 3: Jeanine Borree and paintings at Diane Hill Studio
# 4: John Muhler Studio entrance, sculpture by Debbi Rhodes
# 5: Jack Gunter Studio entrance.
# 6: Diane Hill’s workspace with Sound View!
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Originally published May 13, 2008

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