Dear Art Lover,
After I left the Italian Consulate in Houston on Monday, I drove west
and made a couple of stops in Bastrop, Texas.
Many, many years ago when I was branching out to neighboring towns to
try to build up my art career, I had gotten involved in the Bastrop Arts
Community. I taught in an Art After
School program for elementary children and I joined the Bastrop Fine Arts
Guild.
Boy, has the guild and the city taken some
dramatic leaps forward! The gallery run
by the Guild has moved to 815 Main Street and the space is such an
improvement! It is open and has windows
in the front and on one side that allows visitors to see some art even when it
is after normal gallery hours. They also
have a classroom in the back. I was
grateful to several artists there who opened the gallery so that a small group
of us had time to meet and swap stories.
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| Bastrop Fine Art Guild Artists CJ, Myrlene, Peggy, Mike, Kelly, with Jeff in front |
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| Bastrop Fine Art Guild Artists Peggy, Mike, Kelly, and Myrlene |
In addition to that big change, I drove
past a convention center! All new, of
course. And the Guild members showed me
the architectural plans in the works for a new community art center that will
be across the street from the Bastrop Convention and Visitors Center. This kind of thing was never something that I
heard any of the Guild members of my time even dreaming about!
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| tasty dinner prepared by Bastrop quilter Elizabeth Overholser |
![with my friends in front of one of Elizabeth's quilt [E is second from left]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHsML1PbDAAr6sjekpEpw9GFlULqyPFMKmx2aTVveuhiwgX7LkU_LRXaQTBdnORdXKp7DaomGO7tlWg6n_hyd8mZXuW2-ukBi9F84lkjRxBg_jh6pOJfVhwMcpbg2HfvbJdr8RHzJBfeg/s1600/blog20150812_150810_S038_QuiltMakerElizabethOverholzerBastropTexas.jpg "with my friends in front of one of Elizabeth's quilt [E is second from left]") |
| with my friends in front of one of Elizabeth's quilt [E is second from left] |
Four years ago when I left Texas for a
return to what I had started in Italy, there were horrible wildfires in our
area. So many people in Bastrop lost
their homes and were displaced for a long time.
I am so happy to see that grants and other wonders are being given to
Bastrop to help rebuild this artsy community.
The
August Art Sale continues… see postings here on my blog this month or the corresponding
album on Facebook. Offer ends 31 August
2015.
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| Dana Lounging - Original Oil Art |
Today’s
listings:
Dana Lounging - AVAILABLE $200
20" h X 10"Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas [framed]
© 2006 Kelly Borsheim
20" h X 10"Oil on Gallery-Wrapped Canvas [framed]
© 2006 Kelly Borsheim
Dana's Backside -
Offer: $300
16 x 20 oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
2005 by Kelly Borsheim
http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/room06.htm
16 x 20 oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
2005 by Kelly Borsheim
http://www.borsheimarts.com/painting/room06.htm
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| Dana's Backside - Original Oil Figure Painting from Life |
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| Gillian - Original Oil Figure Painting from Life by Kelly Borsheim |
Gillian - Offer
$200
"Gillian Draped" - Offer $850
24" h X 48" Acrylic on Canvas (including metallics) © 2003 Kelly Borsheim
http://
24" h X 48" Acrylic on Canvas (including metallics) © 2003 Kelly Borsheim
http://
Payment plans accepted; no finance charge, as usual.
Kelly
~
Kelly Borsheim, sculptor and painter
P.S. Happy birthday to my wonderful Godmother and sweet Aunt Carole!
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| Gillian Draped - Original Figure Acrylic Painting from Life |
2 comments:
So sorry to miss you in Bastrop. Looks like you had fun. Good luck on your hot Texas summer plans. Hope to see you next time. Hugs.
Thanks, Jo! It is really amazing what you started in Bastrop so many years ago. Kudos to you! Enjoy NM during this charming summer heat.
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