I got my first check from Imagekind yesterday! Imagekind is the website where prints of my work are available for sale. I was also very excited to be their Featured Member of the Day on the 16th of February. I must say it is very satisfying to be able to upload an image of a painting I’ve done to the site and then later get paid for it.

Exhibition and Art News

I just purchased a software that will help me in the buisness side of making Art. It’s called WorkingArtist. So far I *love* it. It had everything I need. I have been able to create an inventory database, create invoicing, keep track of commissions and projects, log receipts, create mailing lists, even keep track of shows, and print my own Bio and resume!

March 25th I will be teaching a watercolor workshop at Sinai Temple with a theme being Jewish Symbols.

I just sent out my entry to New American Painting Magazine. I’m anxious to see how the jurying goes because if my work is chosen it will mean national exposure to collectors, curators and galleries, not to mention being published!

I just talked to the Art Coordinator at Aroma Cafe about pairing with them as a venue for the 2007 Boneyard Arts Festival.
I’m very excited about this venue because it is in the heart of Downtown Champaign and will get a lot of traffic the weekend of the festival. Save the date April 20, 21, and 22nd!

Also I will be showing work at the 2007 Artist’s Against AIDS sponsored by GCAP here in Champaign at the Orpheum Theater. The show opens April 27th and runs through the 30th.

I just booked an art show at Heartland Gallery for the weekend of September 29th. I will let you know more about that when the date gets closer.

Protective Measures, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

I created this painting fairly recently. It’s is symbolic of the charm Jews and other Middle Easterners use to ward off the “evil eye”.

More about the Evil Eye.

Damsel Fish, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

Technically it’s not a real Damsel Fish. It’s an artistic iterpretation of one. I really hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed painting it.

Universe-City, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

City of Universes, University, a school of souls

Whorl, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

Spirals are one of my favorite patterns, could you tell?

Entwined, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

More an emotion or a feeling of being caught up in something and unable to unwrap yourself.

Moo Cards 2, originally uploaded by Citrinepoint.

Despite the insane blizzard ravaging outside the mailman came through and I got my Flickr Moo Cards! Moo cards are 4 color mini cards that I got from Moo.com for only $19.00 USD + Shipping. They only took 10 buisness days to get here.
You can have up to ONE HUNDRED different images made. I used 20 of the best images I had and so I got 4 of each kind that I wanted.

How cool is that?

Results for the 50 watercolors in 50 days painting challenge:
I began the challenge December 5th and it ended January 23.
In that time I created a total of 30 new paintings and uploaded 7 older works.
Of the 30 new paintings created 6 paintings were sold, one print was sold through Imagekind and 3 paintings were given away as gifts.
Of the older work shown 2 where donated to charity and sold at a silent auction
Overall I’d have to say this = Resounding success.
It would have been great to have done all 50 paintings. Things happened; the holidays,
illness, other things. But if I completed 60% of the paintings that’s still over a painting every
other day. And I sold 20% of the work I created in 50 days time. Not too bad of a turnaround.
So I was going to keep going till I completed the 50 days but I decided not to because
my momentum was starting to droop. I’m going to Los Angeles California in two weeks to talk to some galleries
and see some friends so I think I’ll hold off from making a new goal till then.
Any ideas on what sort of realistic challenge I should give myself?

Ko Fusion
The owner has asked me to create entirely new work for display in her venue. She asked that I paint more on
the abstract end rather than the symbolic. I need to do 6 paintings similar to Universal Paths
and 3 large sized.

New Possible Venue
So I joined 40 North/88 West the Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council. They send out announcements and Calls to Arts ect.
Anyhow they sent out an email recently about a get together at Boltini Lounge. I was able to network and talk to many of the other members. The cool thing about 40 North is that they are partnered with local business owners to try and make Champaign into an “Artsy Town”.

I got to meet a woman who is the owner of a new gallery here in town. www.heartland-gallery.com We got to chatting and she remembered my work from when I used to teach and show at Creation Art Studios. I told her about my 50 days challenge and she was interested in knowing if I was going to show any of the work. We exchanged contact info and I called her today and she thought that August or September would be a good time for me to have a show there.

Yay!