Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival this weekend

Oblique Drift

This weekend, October 15 and 16 is the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival.  The Festival is Saturday, October 15 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm and Sunday, October 16 from 12:00 pm until 5:00 pm.  The show is a fund raiser to benefit Hope House Foundation  which raises money to help those with developmental disabilities in our area.  


More information may be found on Hope House's website http://www.hope-house.org/arts/fall-stockley-gardens-arts-festival/dates-facts.php

Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival

Please join me this weekend in Newport News, VA for the Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival.  This promises to be a wonderful event with fabulous weather.  The show is open Saturday, October 8th from 10am until 6pm and Sunday, October 9th from 10am until 5pm.  Further information and directions may be found at http://www.pwartfest.org

October 1st and 2nd 2011

Punctuated Equilibrium

Mixed water media

My first art show of the fall is this weekend, October 1st and 2nd. It is An Occasion for the Arts at Merchant's Square in Williamsburg, VA.  The show hours are 10am to 5pm both days.  Here is a link to the show's site where you can get detailed location information http://www.aofta.org/ .  This show has been held for 42 years and this year will be a two day show versus the usual Saturday only show.


I have a number of new pieces that will be on display and would really enjoy a chance to speak with you.  I look forward to seeing you there.

Prize Winner - Best In Show

Ground State
Water media

                                                      

What happened to May and most of June? Where did they go? May was very busy - two outdoor art festivals and a group show at the Courthouse Galleries in Portsmouth, VA.

The show at the Courthouse Galleries is in connection with an art group that I belong to, the Elizabeth River Artists. The theme of this show is "Fresh Paint" and the paintings must be new and never shown before. I had paintings earmarked for this show that I had worked on this past winter and spring. Fortunately for me, I had more sales than I had anticipated so I had to paint more so that I had work for this show at the end of May.

On the first Saturday in June, the juror held a talk in the gallery. She did an excellent job and went through the entire show speaking on each piece. She made some wonderful comments on all three of my pieces and the winner in particular. Here is a picture of the juror with my painting.

Gosport Arts Festival

The Gosport Arts Festival is this weekend in downtown Portsmouth, VA. Festival Hours: 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday / 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday. I will be in space #C40. Please stop by and take a look at my new work, some of which I am in the process of photographing and framing. Follow this link for more information: http://www.gosportartsfestival.com/

The image shown above is called Byzantine Motion, it was framed last Saturday and sold on Sunday.

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I have been working to update my website as well http://lauragibbs-studio.com/. One of the changes I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to make is to provide a link to my Laura Gibbs Studio facebook page. I have new instructions for this and hope to have it in place next week. If you are on facebook, please look for my page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Gibbs-Studio/182843148403291?sk=wall.

Art on the Square Williamsburg, VA

My first show of the season is this Sunday, May 1st.

TIME: Sunday, May 1, 2011 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

PLACE: Merchant’s Square, Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia

This will be the first time I have participated in the show and I would love to see you come out and see my new work. I have several new paintings that I will have on display.

Shellbound

This painting is called Shellbound. It is 10x20 and is the first I've painted on an Ampersand Cradeled panel http://www.ampersandart.com/. This is a really interesting product. It requires no framing, glass or mat. The natural wood cradle rests against the wall for a very unique and contemporary look that I feel works well with abstract art.

Shellbound is a combination of ink, acrylic, silver leaf and water color crayons. It is available for sale.

Visual Caffeine

I heard a radio station describe themselves as "Audio Caffeine" and I thought Visual Caffeine would be a good name for a new painting of mine. This painting has a lot of layers and texture. It is 22x30, mixed watermedia. We all thought Spring was coming, but maybe that is an April Fool's joke. It sure doesn't feel like spring.

There will be a number of new painting added and I am working on updating my website now.

I have set up a studio page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Gibbs-Studio/182843148403291?ref=ts

Winter

I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year. Prior to Christmas, I finished a couple of new paintings and started a few more. I will be posting them soon.

Many of you may know that I lost my 17 year old Yorkie this past April. I was ready to get a new dog and decided to go with a rescue. I found the most wonderful little Bichon Frise/Maltese mix from VA Bichon Rescue in Suffolk, VA. His name is Winter and he is 1 year old.