In memory of Joe Spadoman
Peace Warrior
Sweetheart
Does she fill your heart?
Wondrous mother of us all
Countenance of grace
Let us not forget
Benevolence of Mary
Constant love abounds
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I visited my Mom and Dad this fall
and while my Dad was cutting out some wood retablo shapes for me,
I stood at his workbench and cut out lots of metal components.
These are cut out of antique ceiling tiles,
which are just the right weight for hand cutting.
This is the lot with a little paint added.
My favorites are the birds
as I was having fun with some new shapes.
Here’s another one I liked…
but it got scooped up before completion.
I won’t mention any names…
Bountiful harvest
Still I wonder how they fared
In the olden days
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You know what?
After 20 years of doing this show, we put on a pretty darn good party,
if I do say so myself!
There were nine artists this year,
the weather was a gorgeous 67*,
the old timey music on the back porch went for over 2 hours,
snacks were plenty,
sales were brisk.
And a ton of friends came…some of which I hadn’t seen in a year.
I honestly couldn’t have asked for a more pleasant day!
Somewhere deep inside
Comes a mandate from my soul
Idle hands don’t fly!
This is the norm when I’m working steadily, getting ready for a show.
On Sunday, November 10th, my friend Von and I will participate in our
20th Annual Fine Arts Show and Sale
in her back yard.
We invite several artist friends to join us each year and have totally lucked out,
having decent to delightful weather for 18 of those years.
The weather prediction for Sunday stands at 62*,
which delights me after initially seeing a prediction for 42* and rain!
If you’re in Prescott on Sunday, come by 206 S. Arizona Street (off East Gurley Street)
between 10-4.
There is always a music jam with our friends (around 1:00-2:00ish),
delicious refreshments,
and lots of great folks.
It’s a party…and now, a bonafide tradition!
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This weekend was the Dia de los Muertos celebration here in town,
which was way cool!
Look!
They had vendors last year!
I remembered thinking that my work would fit in well there…
so I called Cindy
- who is going to be hard to identify later in street clothes -
and she said,”Come on down!”
It was a great show and tons of fun.
Don’tcha love it when things work out just fine?
Opportunity
Maybe this can go somewhere
Make or break it time
This year, my dear friend, Sallie, and I have decided to do an outside art show side-by-side in Tucson.
It’s the Tucson Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization’s biggest fund-raiser of the year…
and is my first solo act at a show of this type, ever!
Oh sure, I’ve done gallery shows at the Art’s Prescott Co-op,
and a three-person show at the Newman Gallery.
Another friend and I have teamed up with other artists for a local fine arts and crafts show for the past 20 years
(where my medium has changed a few times)!
I’ve done a joint show in Santa Fe with my friend Leia,
and I did a two-person show at the Raven Cafe this past spring…
but this is the first time I’ll have my own booth!
I’ll be sure to report back on whether or not I’ll ever want to do it again!
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Master creator
Always working with his hands
Legacy is mine
I visited my mom and dad recently in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona.
Every time I go, my Dad (seen here at his recent Daddy-Daughter Show at the local college gallery),
requests that I bring a project that he can help with in his workshop.
We have father-daughter-shop-time – my favorite!
Dad has always worked with his hands, as a carpenter, cabinet maker, builder, and multi-media artist.
He’s a master at detail work and fine crafting.
So, I had him help me cut out wooden hearts and retablos.
I primed them…which doesn’t look so great..
but one must be patient!
They’ll soon look something like this…
and finally morph into something like this
…previously…finished…bunch.
Wish I had the photos of this new batch ready to show, but they’re simply not sufficiently presentable yet.
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I just had to but this at my local Goodwill last week.
I mean, what maker and lover of Mexican folk art could resist a kitchy, plastic angel soap dispenser for $2?
I wonder…is it as cool as a plastic Jesus?
Daddy Daughter Show
Talent spewing from their pores
First one of its kind
I visited my family in Show Low, Arizona last weekend and was thrilled to be there while my Dad and my sister had a joint art show up at the Northland Pioneer College Gallery…a first of its kind.
My father, Vernon F. Reeves, age 85, is a talented painter, as well as an incredible wood carver and sculptor.
My sister can do anything…painting, drawing, sculpting, 3-D art, pen and ink…
and all extremely well.
She amazes me regularly.
They only had a few days to get everything together…
and they did a dynamite job, I’d say!
It’s really very sweet, don’t ya know!
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