Thursday, March 8, 2012

My Balloon



My Balloon, 20 x 20

Well, MY balloon is floating right now - last weekend was just great -- first I taught THE most fun workshop ever at Chattanooga Art Works (sponsored by Lisa Seago).  We had a wonderful time, painting from life, laughing, sipping a bit of wine (!), and just connecting.  There were 15 people from as far away as Indiana and Ohio, and of course, Georgia and Tennessee; Lisa's studio is beautiful (see below, in a photo supplied by my friend, Kathy Cousart), and we rocked it out.  Everyone painted well and they sent me off to Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday afternoon.  I put on some under-eye concealer and a fancy dress and attended the Museum Gala at the wonderful Huntsville Art Museum; the people of Huntsville are amazingly gracious and they welcomed me and Michael to the max!  It was a beautiful party, a successful and magical evening;  I was very honored to have been chosen as the featured artist, and basically, blown away by it all...


CHATTANOOGA:  Workshop Day One/ Rounding up the troops for a petite demo



 CHATTANOOGA:  Day Two/ Doing a morning demo before everyone did 3 paintings that day (!)


HUNTSVILLE:  Entrance to the "Nancy Franke" room...



HUNTSVILLE:  Front-on view of the featured artist area; all of my work was beautifully placed...



HUNTSVILLE:  Here's the corner with "My Balloon," which floated high that night!!




p.s.  there are three spaces left for the April 5 and 6th Chattanooga workshop if you'd like to join us...



7 comments:

  1. Il est bon de retrouver vos oeuvres après plus de 6 semaines d'absence... Je rentre tout juste des Philippines...
    Elle est vraiment adorable cette dernière peinture et pleine de douceur...
    gros bisous

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  2. Nancy, the show looks great. congratulations!

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  3. Indeed, your balloon should be floating on high! I am thrilled to have been in your fabulous workshop in Chattanooga and even more thrilled to know that Huntsville's Art Gala, with you as the featured artist, was a huge success! Bravo, Nancy!

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  4. Nancy- So proud of you and for you. I can only imagine the hard work and dedication that went into that body of work for Huntsville and it is just stunning! I have loved getting to know you and learn from you through several workshops. The Chattanooga one was fabulous! Your brushwork is some of the best I have seen and a joy to watch. Very inspiring. Love your color sense which comes across in each and every painting- very soft yet strong. Congratulations!! The petite artist friend sure can paint!

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  5. Congratulations on your show. The museum site and the paintings look fabulous.

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  6. Congratulations, Nancy. Your gorgeous paintings displayed beautifully. Wish I could have seen in person.

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