Susan Mitchell's Blog

Check out Susan Mitchell's Blog - she's doing a pastel a day! And beautiful ones at that!!!

Okay, here's the link: http://13twenty13.blogspot.com/

Smiling on Cesar at the Clark County Fair!

A miniature portrait of mine won a BLUE RIBBON (First Premium) - thank you Clark County Fair art judges for deeming "Smiling on Cesar" worthy of your esteemed praise at this year's Clark County Fair (2013).

Other entries included "Dark Sun in Trees"...

and "Ecola State Park - Haystack Rock"...

All three of these pieces are pastels done on suede mat board and framed.

Also, if you get a chance, check out the Battle Ground Community Library -- tomorrow's the last day of the show being put on by Carol DeGregory and me. (It's coming down, oh yeah...)

Cascade Park Community Library - the art show continues!

Hope you can make it by some day soon... or mark your calendars for our closing reception and workshop: Thursday, February 28th!
Thanks, Jillian and daughter Kaysea and all those who came to our opening reception!

Carol DeGregory and I are Crazy For Pastels, and you can get a glimpse of that craziness at the Cascade Park Community Library going on now through Thursday, February 28th. If you like (and if it's not already filled), you can even sign up for our pastel workshop, to learn some basics in working with the pastel medium. Come see why we're crazy for pastels! We'd love to see you!

Crazy for Pastels Art Show and Reception

We're having an artists' reception tomorrow from 1 - 4 p.m. featuring the artwork of two artists who are Crazy for Pastels -- Carol DeGregory and Lani Sakai. It will be held at the Cascade Park Community Library in Vancouver, Washington (600 NE 136th Avenue) on Saturday, January 5th, 2013. Included among the subjects are animals - cats, dogs, birds; landscapes - sunsets, waterfalls, trees, flowers; and people. We hope you can join us for refreshments, music and camaraderie!

Sammie loves her portrait!

It's been a while since I've posted anything new, but here's an update on Sammie 2's portrait. It's been given to her master (who is very pleased with how it turned out, I'm happy to say), and has been viewed by Sammie herself.

I'm glad to see that she seems to really like it! It always makes me glad to know that the subjects of my portraits enjoy my work. So thanks, Sammie!!!

Sammie2 Pastel Portrait

Meet Sammie2 - such a cute pup! She's a little tyke, probably older than her face that you see, and I have yet to meet her in person, but from what I can tell, she definitely has character...and charisma too!

She's Sammie2, because a few years back, I did a portrait of another Sammie, who, alas is no longer with us.

Anyway, here is Sammie2's portrait after a few hours of work... Next posting you'll see how she looks after several more hours on the job.

Stay tuned~!

Western Airlines PHOENIX Poster now on eBay

Beautiful poster from the 1970s - early 1980s featuring Phoenix, Arizona, one of Western Airlines' many destinations. Alas, the airline is no longer around. But the company's memories live on in the minds of its former employees, and physically in the form of memorabilia such as this poster!

Check out Wally Bird on the golf ball in the foreground, in his typical on-the-back tail seat, as he sips a glass of bubbly, saying "Western Airlines...the only way to fly."

The bidding begins at $19.99, a small price to pay for priceless memories.