Art & Music LIVE in Camas August 1st

Camas Art & Music LIVE!








Come to downtown Camas on First Friday, August 1st, for camLIVE!
This Special First Friday celebration in downtown will be unlike
any other First Friday Event. Expect up to six live music stages to be peppered into the mix of an excellent artist line up. Nationally recognized artists like Bev Jozwiak, and Vicki
Nelson, who have both been featured in the prestigious Lawrence Gallery in Portland will be present. Additionally, art
by Rio, an outsider artist, and local favorites like Sharon Whyte, Elida Fields and Barbara Matkowski will round out the display of fine artists on the street. Thirty talented artists are
signed on, and over a dozen musical acts ranging from jazz, indy to classic guitar are scheduled for the event. Do not miss this opportunity for ART, MUSIC and FLAVOR! The event will be from 3
pm - 9 pm, in downtown Camas (4th Avenue, from Dallas to Adams).

English Estates Wine and Art Festival

Our Art Fair was a huge success this past weekend. English Estates is a small private vintner here in Vancouver that has been around since 1903, but only in the past 20 years have their wines begun to catch hold and mellow to produce some really nice Pinot Noirs. Their English Estate Black Pinot Reserve 2003 is an award winner and one of my favorites.

The art in the vineyard was so enticing with beautiful jewelry artists, potters, painters, photographers, and wire sculptures. Most every artist had sales, some more than others, and I am happy to say that I did very well selling several of my large acrylic paintings of French and Italian landscapes. My prints were also a hit and we came home Sunday exhausted but richer in both experience and profits! I will definitely go back again next year!

I guess my biggest news is that a gallery owner in a very tony part of town saw my work and has asked to represent me! That is good news indeed, and I will be meeting with her in the near future. So I will have to get busy and keep painting!