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First Weekend - Napa Valley Open Studios 2013

9/23/2013

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Entrance to my studio space, at Studio #48 in this year's Napa Valley Open Studios
Rain did not dampen our spirits on Saturday, although they did prevent me from getting my work up until afternoon, since I'm outside at Studio #48. Then, with more clouds threatening, I just put up a bit – just in case I had to move it all quickly.
Sunday was clear and lovely, and I was able to hang paintings! I have a lovely space to show my work in, at Sequoia Buck's studio (I used to live in the cottage there until I moved into Calistoga a few months ago, too).
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Some of my mixed media collage paintings
One of the things I enjoy about Open Studios is that I am able to show work that I may not show in other places – whether it's my humorous mixed media collage paintings, my sketches and block prints, my abstract paintings, or (sometimes, though not this year) my figurative work. They are all part of my creative process, whether they usually get seen or not, and here I can share all of them.
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Another view of some of the paintings from Sunday's open studio
Although you don't see them here, I have paintings from my Skies series and simple abstract paintings, and next week, with no rain threatening, I'll be able to bring more of everything.
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A selection of greeting cards, block prints, and sketches from Saturday's Open Studio
An odd thing happened when I moved... the small paintings I'd been working on (mostly 8" x 10"s) throughout the year have decided to hide, and I haven't yet rediscovered where they've gone. I did find a couple of them, and I'll bring them next weekend. With luck, the other ones will emerge (sheepishly, perhaps)... I can only hope.
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Small tiles with painting images
I've printed lots of new greeting cards and matted reproductions, and have more of the tiles I first had made for last year's Open Studio. And this weekend I will have a painting or two or three in process, up on the easel (I tend to chat with people a bit, so how much painting I am likely to get done is questionable).
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Sequoia Buck, demonstrating how she creates handmade paper, from last Sunday's Open Studio
Sequoia is giving demonstrations in handmade papermaking, too (you might even be able to try your hand at it yourself), and has her handmade paper-and-photo collage mixed media pieces on exhibit, along with beautiful, colorfully bound journals she makes from her paper.
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Journals made by Sequoia Buck, bound with handmade paper
You can find us there on Saturday and Sunday, September 28th and 29th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 5140 Sharp Road, just off Petrified Forest Road west of Calistoga. We're Studio #48 in the Napa Valley Open Studios catalog. Come and visit us!
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Stephen Sossaman link
10/1/2013 03:08:25 am

I hope that you and the other artists did well during the Open Studio weekends, a wonderful idea. I am sure that involved a lot of work on the part of the artists. I was unable to get to your showing, unfortunately, because of too many competing weekend tasks. The only site I managed (very close to home) was Beverley Wilson's. I was glad to see so many people at her studio and the neighboring studios, but under time pressure I found the crowding of cars and people a little distracting from the art experience. Still it was good to see so much interest in local artists, and I hope that plenty of people got to open studios in Calistoga, too.

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Karen Lynn
10/1/2013 03:24:10 am

Thank you for your good wishes! It was a bit quieter up in Calistoga (we always have a harder time getting people upvalley, especially with fewer artists showing in Calistoga), but we had wonderful visitors, both new and returning. It is indeed very good to see lots of interest in local artists! And I'm very glad to hear that Bev and Carl had a lot of well-deserved interest in their work, though sorry the extra traffic was a bit distracting.

I'm sorry you weren't able to get upvalley - and thank you for letting me know you wished you could have. Another great place to see a number of Open Studios artists all in one place is at Taste of Yountville in March. It's not the same as visiting a studio space, but you only have to deal with traffic once!

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    Karen Lynn Ingalls

    I am an artist in Napa and Sonoma Counties, in California. I paint colorist landscapes of rural California, teach art classes and lessons, and live in Calistoga, California. I also teach private, group, and corporate art workshops in Napa Valley, Sonoma County, and other parts of Northern California.

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