one of the latest

sentences give...

so say a lot of nice things.

here is the story.  i got back from denver and a couple

of days later my paintings arrived.  i unpacked them, 

and forgot about it.  

we started packing for our vacation to lopez island in

 the san juan's, and i thought to myself, why i had better go 

and take a look at what i actually have.  so i very methodically laid

 them out, and almost sat down and cried.  i only had 53

 paintings left and they didn't really sit very well together!!!  

so a giant conversation started about whether or not i could 

even go  on vacation.  basically after everyone freaked out for one 

reason or another (mostly me) we came to the realization that i 

wouldn't be able to go for the full two weeks.  that I would have to 

stay home and paint instead of frolic on the beach with some 

of my favorite people.  i was so sad.

(yet seriously determined).

i sent the boys off.  and took that Saturday off to mentally prepare.

and then on Sunday i started to work, and i worked every day 

for a minimum of nine hours and a maximum of 16. 

 it was a bit of a nightmare, but in the end i made 40 pieces 

(half of them are quite small).  but i did it.

and then i went on a fantastic vacation.

we sat around.  ate.  went to the beach.  came home.  ate.

went to another beach.  came home. ate.  put the little guy to 

bed and  then sat around some more.   repeat 5 times.   

no tv.  no newspapers.  it was absolutely what i needed 

the most.   i have come home feeling fully refreshed 

and ready for what comes next.

what does come next you ask?  well next week we are off 

to sand point idaho, for the art festival there, and the following 

weekend we are down in sun valley for their art festival. 

(let's hope i have enough work!)

okay...  i am off to scan these paintings in now.

best to all of you.

OOx  cori

CCAF and what i learned!

 for fear of boring you i will try and keep it short.

cherry creek art festival (i am happy to report), was a success!

perhaps too big of a success, because arriving home, and unpacking the

paintings i realized i don't have enough to do my next two shows.  SO-

that vacation i was suppose to go on, well... let's just say the boys had to leave

without me.  so i am at home (in utter silence) papering cradles and getting ready

to make a ton of new work.  and yes, a pitty party should be had

but i don't have time to plan it!

i am getting ahead of myself.

so... i used to live in denver (so i went a day early to visit).

i got to play with all my best girls and got to see all the wonderful

little people who were just wee babes when i left.  and guess what?

they all walk and talk and are little people.  it just broke my heart

to see all those years that i had missed marching around in front of me.

set up was good.    i didn't even cry.  i didn't even want to cry

(which is a-typical).  i would also like to say that i couldn't have done

it without all the tips that amanda blake and jenny mendes shared with me.

i am blessed to have been mentored by two very lovely ladies... and i

am OH SO GRATEFUL to the both of them.

 

day one of the show was the slow day...

day two SO busy.  (i even sold the really big painting

of the lady holding the bird in her hand to a sweet couple who

had just moved to denver).  i hope they enjoy spending some

time with her.  because it was a pleasure to hand her over

to people who clearly thought she was lovely.

day three...  another freakishly busy day.

another thing i should mention is how wonderfully the artists

were taken care of at CCAF.  that first day it was brutally hot, and

volunteer after volunteer came around and gave us bottles of water,

and snacks to keep us from fading.  although in the 100 degree

weather that was virtually impossible.  but it did help.

in the end, take down was quick and painless.  PLUS it

was my most successful show yet. 

did i mention i didn't get time to see anything...

that is how busy i was.  i never really left my booth.

that might be my one and only regret.

that and not planning a longer stay so i

could see more of my people.  who i miss.

basically, i am a happy girl (other than the part where i am not

on lopez island with my extended family).  but oh well.

sometimes you just have to work.

*plus i fly out to bellingham on monday to spend the week

on the island.  now i know one week isn't that same as two,

but one week is WAY better than none.

okay...  gotta go make stuff now.

OOx. 

c.

underwired!

i was so busy getting ready for the 

cherry creek art festival (which went famously by the way),

that i forgot ALL about this exciting bit.

how does one forget these things you ask?

well, your name is cori dantini and you often can't remember a thing.

OOx  c.

denver here i come!

well tomorrow i start this journey...

and i am SO excited!

(although my little back talking self 

has been busy lowering my expectations

and making sure i won't be too disappointed

if it all turns out to be a bust).  

*i like to tell her to hush up.  

a lot.

because really,

once this journey starts 

there is NO GOING BACK!

(just the way it should be)

*and i am excited.

really.

in case you are just jumping in on this thread,

i am talking about the cherry creek art festival in

denver, colorado (this upcoming fourth of july weekend).

i am part of the emerging artist program this

year (this is my first year doing art shows)... so that

is where i threw my hat, in the emerging pile.

anyhow, the lovely people let me in, and so this journey

begins...  the one where i am in the same room with

some fancy pants people.  

so here goes!  talk to you all when i get back.

cherry creek art festival here i come.

well i didn't make my numbers 

(goal being 150)

but i did make it to about 120,

and i can totally live with that.

                                               

the thing i did do was successfully make my first

larger paintings.  this piece is called, we are writing

our ONLY history (so make it a good one). 

it measures 18 x 24.  below is a piece called,

i know A LOT (a lot of tiny things).  best part

is just now while typing the title i realize i spelled

a lot as alot.  oops!  (welcome to my tiny world

of limited information).

                                                

i have tried to "go big" in the past and it has

always (underline always) been a bust.

i couldn't seem to sort out the scale of the 

background image with what was happening on top.

(BE NICE   all the time)  12 x 12

i know that sounds sort of lame, but the tiny words... ALL 

the tiny tiny words covering a big space is different than

tiny words on a small canvas.  the pieces failed on so

many levels (i cringe to think of them)!

but these...

(she was looking at what she remembered

and searching for what she had forgot).

12 x 16

i am okay with these.

OH i will be at the cherry creek art festival this upcoming fourth

of July weekend.  if you are around i cordially invite you to stop

by, as i would love to meet you!

the knowing wanderer

i have these moments

(all of the time)

a knowing fellow

i think he is keeping a 

secret from me.