Archive for April 9th, 2010
The Paint Out at Snow Hill
Next week I will definitely make up for the lack of landscape painting this week. Next week is a Paint Out at Snow Hill, MD, a little town not far from Salisbury on the Eastern Shore.
If you are not familiar with a Paint Out, it works something like this: The sponsoring gallery sends out notices to nearby galleries and artists on its list as to the date of the Paint Out. The artists apply and pay the requested fees. Sometimes the artists must be juried in to the show, sometimes not, like this one.
On the appointed date, in this case Friday, April 16, artists check in at the gallery and pick up a packet of helpful information. They are free to paint Friday and Saturday at the designated locations or within the designated area. The paintings need to be framed and hung by Sunday noon. In this case there will be voting for Artists” Choice Award and the show and sale is always open to the public. The gallery has previously advertised the show so, hopefully, there will be a large attendance. The gallery takes a percentage of each sale and sometimes makes a good bit. Needless to say, artists are always happy to sell their works, so this is a win-win situation.