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Happy holiday from painting class!
Lots of things happened this weekend in Destin. I won an award that came with a cash prize, sold a few paintings and picked up a new gallery. I also discover that doing out of town shows with other artist friends is a lot more fun that having dinner by yourself. Thanks Ann and Anita! All in all it was a good weekend. Of course one of the painting I did sell, was the "Wine Truck" that I was going to re photograph.(See next entry for photo of "Wine Truck"). It alway nice to sell a piece the first time it is shown.
I have finished my 3rd painting in the Europe Series. 
New Gallery in Decatur! As sad as we all are about losing bosewll Gallery in Decatur, I am happy to be apart of the new co-op gallery in the same location. I worked my first shift this Wed. What fun!! Patrick Dennis is the new owner and we just had a blast working on postcards and website ideas. The new gallery has a very new 
look, so make sure to stop by. The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 10 - 6 and they even have a open market in front of the gallery every Friday and Saturday evening from 5 - 10 pm. If you do not make it out before hand, the offical grand opening is November 1st. I will let you know as soon as they have their new website up and running!
Stop by and say hello this weekend:
Saturday Oct 4th 10 – 6
Sunday Oct 5th 11 – 5
Hope to see you there!
Dawn Kinney Martin
http://www.dawnart.com/
Directions: http://www.norcrossartfest.com/
Via Peachtree Industrial Blvd. south or Peachtree Parkway (Hwy. 141) south: Turn left on Holcomb Bridge Road.
Via I-285: Go north on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Turn right on Holcomb Bridge Road.
Via I-85 north or south: Go west on I-285 to north on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Turn right on Holcomb Bridge Rd.
This years Festival in the Park turned out to be a fabulous show. First I win an award that comes with a cash prize, then I meet a new collector of my work and have the best show in 3 years sales wise.
I know the economy is terrible, but this gives me hope!!!!!
(make sure to notice that pretty ribbon)
Cheers!
Dawn
April Phillips owns this great little coffee house at Lindburgh Station. 
Please stop by and see my latest paintings at
Festival in the Park
Spetbember 18th 6pm - 9pm
September 19th 4pm - 9pm
September 20th 10 pm - 9pm
September 21st 11 pm - 6pm
I will be in the Juried Artist Walk
Hope to see you there!
Dawn Kinney Martin
http://www.dawnart.com
Freedom Park
1900 East Blvd
Charlotte NC 28203
Well, I am finally back in Atlanta. So Good to be home. The studio is still standing and it even looks like we have had some rain while I was gone. It is nice to see that the garden is still hanging in there.
Rob has started a new job with General and can you believe he had to leave town for a work trip on Thursday morning? He will be back on Saturday, so it could be worse. At least that gives me a chance to pile through the laundry, the stacks of mail on the desk and unload the van. I have been fiddling with the look of the blog. Let me know if you like the changes.
Cheers!!
Dawn
I had no idea that Newport RI was such a busy tourist town. People and cars everywhere. Of course, there are rows of shops, restaurants and other fun things along the water to entice the people. I was going to tour the historic mansions in Newport today, but decided to just take a bike ride and pack up my campsite. I will do that next time. It is so nice to be in an area with scenic bike paths, I have to take advantage. These are photos I took along the bike.
I am heading back to PA for one last show before heading home. This will be a 3 day show over Labor Day weekend in Harrisburg.
DAWN'S BOOK REVIEWS
I have read a few good books and a few bad books on the way.
The Bad and Ugly
Dark Harbor
by
Stuart Woods
– Don't read it It was bad.
47th Samurai
by Stephen Hunter, I have enjoyed some of his books in the past, but I cannot believe that a 60-year-old Billy Lee Swagger can be taught to be a Samurai fighter in a week. It was hard to make it through.
The Thumbs up Category
Falling Angels
by Tracy Chevalier, This is by the author of Pearl Earring. It was a well-written book. On the serious side, this book deals with the womens suffrage movement in England.
Whitethorn Woods
by Maeve Binchy, This book was a lot of fun. Each chapter was from the viewpoint of one character. Often the next chapter would be about the same story but from another characters point of view. It was often hysterical to read the conflicting views.
On Audio
Chasing Shadows
: novellas from Transgressions
by Walter Mosley and Joyce Carol Oates, The first novella by Walter Mosley was surprising coming from Walter Mosley. Every book I have read by him in the past had an angry black man as the central character. This story shows a softer side of Mosley. The main character is a small, insecure, intellectual young man working for and being bullied by an anarchist. Two thumbs up!
The second story by Joyce Carol Oates was a little disturbing. I put it in the okay category
Boomsday
by Christopher Buckley, A really good book that deals with the absurdity American politic in a fictional setting. A Lot of laughs, but a little scary if you think about it.
The Dead Father Club
by Matt Haig, This was on the serious / sad side, but well written. It deals with the unexpected death of a young boy’s Dad. It leaves the reader enough room to make up your own mind.
Criss Cross
by Lynne Rae Perkins, a cute story. More for young adults, if you have kids, you would want them to be as nice as these.
Life the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams, always a lot of fun even if he does ramble a bit. If you have never read, listen to or seen any of his books, you should. His imagination is amazing.
I am now reading
Henderson’s Spear
by Ronald Wright and
The Memory of Running
by Ron McLarty. Henderson’s Spear is hit or miss. Some parts are good. Some are tedious. The Memory of Running seems like it is going to be a winner.
Cheers!
Dawn
Time is flying by and I will be home before I know it. Hooray!! Nothing like being away for over a month to make you truly appreciate your home and loved ones.
I had great weather in Mount Gretna but just an okay show. Art sales art just slow right now, along with everything else in our economy. I did come across a pretty pond that I think I can turn into a nice painting. That is alway exciting!
On the 19th, after a nice ride on a near by mountain bike trail, I headed in the direction of Rhode Island. I spent the night in Stamford Ct and walked around and did a little shopping before getting back on the road. Stamford had a nice downtown area were you could get out of your car and walk to anything you needed.
I arrived in RI around 3 and started put up the campsite. It is a nice campground and I can hear the ocean from my site. I will be here through next Wed. and then back to PA formy last art show of this series. There are a lot of really nice bike paths near me. On Thursday I went for a 25 mile ride long the bike paths. I had a great time. Boy was I tired when I finished. The load in for the show was on Friday. I was an easy set up. As it turns out, it is an in door show. So I just had to put up my wall and not my tent. Nice!! Once again, it was just an okay show. The people were so nice and the load in was so easy, I would do this show again as a filler between 2 other shows.
Cheers!
Dawn
Well lot's of thing have happened since my last post. The Mystic Art show was good. The weather was perfect and I had good sales. You really can not ask for more. I was to stay on in Mystic through Thursday, arriving in Mount Gretna Thursday evening, just in time for the early morning art show set up. Well, Rob was able to get away for a few days and we decided to meet in Philadelphia for a few days and just do the tacky tourist thing like nobody's business! I packed up the tent sight early Monday morning and headed to Philly. With traffic and rain, I was able to pick up Rob at the airport at 3:00 and we headed to the hotel. Rob had reserved a spot in the Convention Center District. It was a great location. So many things that we wanted to see and do were right there in waking distance. We pulled out our bags and parked the van for the duration. You know, after sending 2 weeks in a campsite, the hotel was very welcome. What luxury!
After settleling in we head to the streets. Our friend, Mike Gallager, gave us a list of must eat and drink while in Philly, so time to get started!! We walked over to the Nodding head for a great dinner and brew. Then we headed over to The Monk. Everything was great! Thanks Mike!! We took a lesiurly stroll back through town to our hotel. I am so impressed with all of the public art. It is everywhere. The next day we did all of the tourist things we could fit in. We rode the DUCK through town and up and down the Deleware River, saw the liebery bell and more. We had a blast . For Rob's last bit with me, we drove to Pottsville PA. Rob was finally able to fufill a dream an tour the Yuengling brewery. It is a very interesting tour and our guide was a true delight. Now I am off to Mount Gretna Pa for another art show. The weather should be great this weekend, so wish me luck!!
Cheers!
Dawn
