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My Etsy Store is now open and to celebrate, I have listed my 6"x 6" fruits and veggie paintings at a Grand Opening special price of $50.00 each (usually $125.00 each). During the Grand Opening Sale, shipping (in the continental US) is included.  

Follow this link to me store https://www.etsy.com/shop/LauraGibbsStudio The sale price is only available through my Etsy Store.

Bell Pepper

Pear II

MOCA Art Show at Coastal VA Wine Fest

The painting shown here, Ocean Continuum is a mixture of ink and acrylic on heavily textured canvas.  I will have it on display this weekend in an art show sponsored by the VA Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).  The show is part of the Coastal Virginia Wine Festbeing held this weekend (January 17 & 18) at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.  The hours are Saturday Noon - 7:00pm and Sunday Noon - 5:00pm.Event and ticket pricing/purchase may be found by following this link: http://coastalvirginiawinefest.com

Workshops & Classes  I will be teaching a one day workshop at d'Art Center in Norfolk on Mixed Media Yupo. Students will learn basic information on painting abstraction in watercolor and gouache on Yupo synthetic paper.  The class will be held Friday, January 23rd.  More information here http://www.d-artcenter.org/classes.html

Stockley Gardens Arts Festival October 18 & 19 2014

Angled Momentum mixed media

The painting shown above, called Angled Momentum is a mixture of ink, acrylic and watercolor crayons on handmade paper.  I will have it on display this weekend at the Fall Stockley Gardens Arts Festival.  The show is held in the Ghent area of Norfolk, VA.  On Saturday, October 18th, we will be open from 10 am until 5 pm. and on Sunday, October 19th from noon until 5 pm. I will be located in space C9. For more information on location, entertainment schedule, etc., please click here

Art show this weekend

The Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival in Newport News, VA is being held this weekend. I would love to see you there. I will have several new paintings on display including the one shown above.  This painting is mixed media on board.  It has a lot of texture, some dimensional and some visual.  "Serpentine" was so much fun to paint.

The show is October 11-12, 2014 Sat, 10am - 6pm – Sun, 10am - 5pm.  More information may be found by clicking here

Art show this weekend

Getting ready for an art show this coming weekend.  This one is the Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival in Newport News, VA.  I have been painting a lot, but have had to put the unfinished ones on hold so that I can pack up the paintings that I will be taking with me this weekend.  

The show is October 11-12, 2014 Sat, 10am - 6pm – Sun, 10am - 5pm.  More information may be found here

Resurgence 10x8 mixed media on panel

The painting shown above will be on display at Port Warwick. I have been fortunate to finish a number of new paintings since June including several very affordable small studies. Resurgence is comprised of a variety of media and many layers.

Seawall Art Show this weekend

This weekend is the 44th annual Seawall Art Show in Portsmouth, VA.  The show hours are Saturday August 23rd from 10-6 and Sunday August 24th from 10-5. More information may be found here. Please stop by and visit this weekend.

As I mentioned in my last post, I worked in watercolor quite a bit this summer.  The painting below is another watercolor, gouache and watercolor crayons on Yupo synthetic paper.

Automated Growth 16x20 water media on Yupo

 

What I did with my summer vacation

I know summer isn't really over,  however, I participate in an art show (Seawall Art Show) that is always the weekend before Labor Day. Since the Labor Day weekend is generally the unofficial end of summer, I consider the art show to be mine.

This summer was very busy at times.  I took a trip to Alaska with my sister.  We took a cruise that left from Seattle, so we were able to see a few things there as well.  Alaska was wonderful, it is one of my all time favorite vacations.

I also painted quite a bit, seven new paintings.  I will have all of them at the Seawall Art Show in Portsmouth, VA on August 23rd and 24th.  More information on this will be posted in a couple of days.

Seeking Pythagoras 9x12 water media on Yupo 

Most of my work this summer is in water color, gouache, and water color crayons.  The painting shown above, Seeking Pythagoras, used these three media on a surface of Yupo synthetic paper.  It is 16x20 framed under glass.