Western Art Show

wow, two posts in a month! some fun pics from the Western Art Show & Auction last weekend. was asked to participate in a "quick draw" event where 12 artists have 1 hour to complete a drawing, which then goes to auction. the audience can walk around and see each piece unfolding before they bid. most artists worked in acrylic or watercolor, one sculpted a piece out of clay that was truly impressive, and I myself used pens and...crayons! yep, a $3 set of 24 crayola wax crayons. hadn't used those since, like, 4th grade? wanted to test my skill a bit and figured everyone was getting bored of "same old same old". as a result, I had a crowd of 6-10 year olds behind me nearly the entire time. great fun! anyway, this piece went for a surprising amount in the auction so I was more than happy. the feedback was so positive it's now going to be turned into a full piece. I'll spend more than an hour on it this time however. enjoy!

Goat cheese! BLEKK!

Wildlife, wine and cheese lovers enjoy! I spent about a month researching Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat anatomy up close for this piece. What a fantastic opportunity! Oh, and I studied a lot of wine. Bottles and bottles of wine.

Art festival/gallery schedule

For the last several weeks I've been hard at work in my spare minutes putting together the art booth. Most people take the easy route and go buy tradeshow stands, displays, table covers, holders, etc. etc. etc. and to that I say BAH! Tyler Jensen snubs his nose to the easy route! Although I much prefer simple and easy, I've never done so before which is why the idea to build a booth from scratch was oh-so appropriate (and ridiculously time consuming). Oh and I also built a trailer to pull said booth built from scratch. Sometimes the project is as much fun (if not more) as the finished result. So just you wait my minions! Pictures to follow and it's sure to impress.
Until then, mark your calendars and check out my work (and booth...hell, even the trailer!) for yourself, here are the dates -

May 21-23 - Western Art Show and Auction (http://www.westernartassoction.org/)
Ellensburg, WA

June 25-26 - Art A La Carte (http://www.metroparkstacoma.com/)
Tacoma, WA

July 10-11 - Art By The Bay (http://www.stanwoodarts.com/)
Stanwood, WA

July 17-18 - Gig Harbor Art Festival (http://www.peninsulaartleague.com/)
Gig Harbor, WA

July 23-25 - Renton River Days (http://www.rentonriverdays.org/)
Renton, WA

August 1-31 - Blaubak Gallery (http://www.blaubak.com)
Kirkland, WA

October 2-4 - Issaquah Salmon Days (http://www.salmondays.org/)
Issaquah, WA

Tyler J.