Rib Roaring Good Time

Above is our grand display!  Our first test as a Guild was to see if we could display in our own show.  We chose the Eagle Rib Cook-off and Spudfest.  It was held on Labor Day weekend, Aug 30, Aug 31, and Sept 1 of this year.  Judging from the comments of fellow artists and patrons, it was a success.  The most common question I heard was, “Are you all local?”.  “Yes, of course, and all original”; we would answer.

We displayed over 100 paintings, with about 20 percent of them being Plein Air paintings.  A few paintings did sell, mostly plein air paintings — so that may tell us something.  We do have to admit that this event was not the best for people to buy paintings at.  We were all out for a good time.  We all learned a lot.

Below we see Rog, Ellen, and Fred smiling in the wind at the show.

The following is some other views of our show.  A special “high volume” display system was designed and built for the show by Craig Arrowood.  These displays are the core to our capitolization concept in the sense they allow us show lots of paintings quickly and cheaply.