Beginning bright and early January 1st, 2020,
Dottie T. Leatherwood and I will start a very involved, joint painting project.
Every day in January, no matter what, we will be heading outside to paint 3 paintings a day.
We decided that we wanted to take on a personal painting challenge, one that would get us outside for an extended period to paint together, to paint where we live in order to share our love for it with others.
So... if you're inclined, please follow along as we take our paints, brushes and easels out onto the marshes, beaches and into the fields surrounding our home of Tybee Island and Savannah, GA, this January 2020! Each of us will be painting at least three 9"x12" field studies a day, every day in January…that's a total of 186 paintings! Chances are there will be more paintings a day than that, but we've set 3 as our minimal goal. We'll re-cap our adventures each day, including images of the paintings, and post it all on our new
Salt Marsh Studio (SMS) blog. Photos of the daily painting sessions and videos will be posted on our
SMS Instagram and Facebook accounts throughout each day and every evening the paintings will be posted for sale on our website. All of the paintings will be for sale for on a collection page on our
website for $410.00 ($400.00 +plus $10.00 shipping and handling), but we will be holding them for our show, shipping them on or before March 1, 2020.
Because part of what we want to do is show others how much we appreciate this place that we live in, we will present all of our paintings in a show on February 14th, 15th and 16th at our Salt Marsh Studio located at 51 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Suite A1 in Savannah. The Opening Reception is on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2020 from 5-8pm. This show will also be on display February 15th from 10-3pm, and February 16th from 12noon-3pm. Following the show we will begin to pack and ship all sold paintings.
While we're challenging our artistic chops with this month long painting project, we also hope to do our part to raise the level of awareness in others about this coastal environment, it's diversity, and the beauty it holds. In light of that concern, we've decided that a donation to a local conservation organization, still to be determined, will be made from total sales.
What: A New Year, Two Visions Show
February 14th - 5-8pm (Opening)
February 15th - 10-3pm
February 16th - 12noon-3pm
Where: Salt Marsh Studio
51 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Suite A1
Savannah, GA 31410
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2 comments:
This is exciting news. I will be following along and hopefully painting in my area, too.
Thank you, Jo! Happy painting.
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