Abstract #2 reminded me of the hecticness, yet strange beauty of my schedule, so that is its title: My Schedule. Acrylic on canvas 12x12x.75 inches. It goes up in the Fredericksburg Art Guild next week.

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

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Abstract is not my native painting language.... but I need to send one or more abstract paintings to the Fredericksburg Art Guild for their Nov/Dec show. Here is one attempt, called Mind Map of the Artist's Brain While Painting Wildflowers. Or should I shorten the title to Islands?

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

www.TexasHillCountryArt.etsy.com

Survey results: work on small pieces and show things that parents and kids could do at home.  Doing the demo at the Fredericksburg Art Guild last weekend turned out to be a lot of fun. No sales, unfortunately, but lots of interesting conversations. One small demo was a pen and ink over water color beer stein in honor of Octoberfest, which was also happening in Fredericksburg. I worked from a photo for the general shape but made up my own scene from a folk tale so that I would not be infringing on the copyright of the artist who created the original stein!

What shall I paint?

What shall I demo at the Fredericksburg Art Guild Gallery on Fri Oct 5? What will the crowd in town for OctoberFest want to see?1. small, simple things they could try themselves at home?
2. a big complex painting that will take up the whole day?
3. whatever 3 or 4 paintings I find myself in the middle of, at the time?
4. pieces designed to demonstrate various materials or techniques?
5. HIll Country themes only?
6. OctoberFest themes?

???

Thanks
Nan

Next time you are in Fredericksburg, stop by and see my paintings: 6 of them now hang in the gallery of the Fredericksburg Art Guild (308 E. Austin St.)
Wheeeeeee!  My first real gallery!

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

www.TexasHillCountryArt.etsy.com

Wish me luck!
I am applying to the Fredericksburg Art Guild, a gallery and artist's organization. Choosing three pieces to represent my art was difficult. In the end I chose three sizes and had one represent my landscapes, one floral and one animal.

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

www.TexasHillCountryArt.etsy.com

Which should I send?
My nephew Brian sent me a great photo of the Cherry Blossoms and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., so I painted an ACEO (baseball card sized version) of it, then thought I had gone a little heavy on the pinks and painted another. Which one should I send to him as a thank-you?

Nan Henke

Texas Hill Country Art

www.TexasHillCountryArt.etsy.com