Many people think as photographers we spend our days just hanging out and taking pictures. That would be so awesome, but unfortunately days like that rarely get to happen. Sigh... We have the show in Bayfield, WI coming up this weekend and so it is a scramble to ready ourselves. There is a lot that goes into an art show and taking pictures is usually on the bottom of the list. Yesterday we spent the day repainting the walls we use to hang the art on. Well, I did that job. Randy spent the day doing his favorite thing (most of the time anyway), making frames. Today I am updating the website and getting those frames onto it, writing this post and packing the camper. Excited for Bayfield, and as usual nervous. Fingers crossed....
Debbie Who?
We were very surprised to receive a Debbie Hart Award at Art on the Lake in Excelsior MN. This was the largest of the three shows we have done so far and did not even remotely expect to be a contender. We were able to find out more about Debbie and what this award means from the lovely couple in the tent next to us. She sounded like an amazing human being who did wonderful things for this art show and the community. Thank you so much to the judges for this honor.
Rivertown Art Festival
Our first time at Rivertown Art Festival in Stillwater was a good time and we learned some things. Saturday the skies looked scary for most of the day, but generally we stayed pretty dry with the exception of a few times. Sunday was a perfect summer day, which brought the people out and about. This is a good thing when you do what we do.
We were again surprised with an award, this time Third Place overall. Sweet :)
Sturgeon Bay
We had the great pleasure to spend Memorial Weekend in Sturgeon Bay, WI located in the ever popular Door Co. This was also the first big art show of the season, and to make it more special...our first show together. Awwww, I know ;)
It also meant finding out if anyone was even going to like our stuff. And if we could work together. Yikes! Want to see something exciting? Take Mr. Type A "Let's get this done!" and pair him with Mrs. Type B "Oh look, something shiny!" and see what happens. Well, I am happy to say, we lived to tell the tale. Even after driving through torrential rain for several hours and setting up in the rain and wet grass, we still like each other.
Oh yeah...and people liked our stuff, we even won Second Place for Two Dimensional.
