Regina Calton Burchett – Pastels & Drawing

A windy and sometimes rainy day yesterday at the Morgan Ridge Vineyard Visual Arts and Wine Festival, but a lot of really nice and also excellent artists there! After re-arranging my booth a few times due to weather, we finally settled down in the afternoon. Sold a matted print of “Oasis Clouds” and “Tchach”, my most recent pastel painting. It was a good day!

I love this idea, and the artist who is hosting it has a wonderful imagination along with a lot of practical advice:

lesliesaeta.blogspot.com/

The task for today is to create photo badges for your website or blog. Here is mine – I already had a link on my website, but as Leslie says, image links are more likely to attract a viewers attention and be clicked on!

Very excited to find out that one of my pastels has been juried into the 2013 North Carolina Statewide Pastel Exhibition.

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Opening Reception

ON COMMON GROUND: Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
6 – 8 PM
Coe Gallery
Hickory Museum of Art

This is North Carolina’s 2nd annual statewide juried pastel show. Exhibition runs through August 18.

Revised 4/25/13 – changed ground… I like it better.
(Previous version)
Tchach, pastel, 8×10

I started this several days ago, but did some of the finish work while listening to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake followed by a harpsichord piece by Bach. Such moving music, I love it. Bach is so layered and mathematical, and Tchaikovsky is very romantic.

This Friday, April 19th, I’ll be having my first class at my studio at Clearwater Artist Studios in Concord. It will be a beginner’s pastel class, and we will be painting wonderful SUNFLOWERS!!

Coming on May 11, I’ll be one of the invited artists in the Visual Arts & Wine Festival at Morgan Ridge Vineyards!

View their website here: Morgan Ridge Vineyards
This is a brand new event, and a beautiful setting. Looking forward to a pretty day.

So close to ready for the Grand Opening on Friday, April 12th! That will be followed by the Clearwater Artist Studios new Second Saturday event, where musicians, other artists, car clubs, all types of creative and fun people will be coming to join us!

I am moving into my new studio space at Clearwater Artist Studios! This is a large space – 1280 sq.ft., that I will be sharing with a sculptor friend. We’re hoping to have our Open Studio on April 12, which is the same day as the Art Walk in Concord. This group of buildings has painters, sculptors, fabric artists, stained glass, woodworkers, potters and found art pieces. So many great people.  And it has a lot of light plus wi-fi!
Life is Good.

When I’m ninety, will I remember a special art post I did online, or will I remember a family member (dogs included!) that I loved?

Here is our Schnauzer, reminding me…

I had two pieces accepted into the Pastel Society of North Carolina Annual Exhibit at Ambleside Gallery in Greensboro, and delivered those on February 23rd. When we went to the show the following Friday, March 1st, one of my pieces had sold – “Kerrville Clouds”!

It was my first competition with PSNC, and I was very glad to meet so many members. They were all very welcoming and I look forward to attending their meetings in the future. And thank you also to Ambleside Gallery!