June brought travels to the mainland where the Turnbull’s visited family and got ready for the yearly show in Bend, Oregon. Lahaina Galleries puts on an anniversary event every year for private patrons. Collectors fly in from around the nation to personally meet the painters, and sculptors represented by Lahaina Galleries. It [...]
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Posted 30 August 2010
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Wow! What a trip. Three kids, a truck packed full of work to display at the Taro Festival in Hana. I think it took us longer to pack the kids then pack the work. Ahhh Hana, a glorious, peaceful, uplifting place. If you like the tropics, long drives, birds chirping, and don’t mind a few [...]
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Posted 28 April 2010
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It’s that time of year again…Halloween, Thanksgiving, then the big one..Christmas. I am always looking for something new and interesting to do or create, just to keep the juices flowing.
Recently I have been playing around with my kiln and doing some experiments. I have a fabulous artist, Marylynn Holland that makes these beautiful dishes with [...]
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Posted 29 October 2009
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Tagged: Blue Vodka, Dishes, Foundry, Glazes, Green Wine, Halloween, Hibiscus, Holidays, Holland, Intense Work, Juices, Kiln, Likeness, Maui, melted glass, Mentor, Monks, oil based clay, One Christmas, Ornaments, Patience, Portrait Work, portraits, Recycled Glass, Safety Glasses, sculpture, Thanksgiving, Time Of Year, Vodka Bottle, Voila, Wet Clay, Wine Bottle, Wine Bottles, Wonderful Way
Summer was hot and sticky…well, isn’t it always that way in Maui? My last post was in May, which tells you summers are crazy busy here with family and kids outta school. Ever try to run a gallery and studio with 6 weeks of family vacationers and 3 very active children? That is a challenge.
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Posted 11 September 2009
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Chicago is a city not to be missed!! We stayed at the Hancock and Mr. Turner set us up with his personal driver. The installation was went perfectly and was done the minute we got off the plane!! After an 8 hour plane ride we were actually more awake than we thought we would be. [...]
May is here and it’s time to get off the island!! The weather is finally gorgeous again and hopefully it will be nice in Chicago. Steve and myself ( Christine) are off to do an installation for a very special patron, Fred Turner. Fred is former President of the McDonalds Corp. and an honorary Chairman [...]
Understanding the value of Art.
There are two ways in which art is sold in a gallery. Art is purchased by the gallery and given a retail markup price and art consigned by the artist where the sale is split between gallery and artist. If you are a savvy art buyer, you should ask if the [...]
During this interesting time, it of course brings to mind…what about the artists? We are self-employed, and the people that usually spend their money on luxury items such as art, are not spending. Now, it is these folks that really boost the economy for everyone. The families are concentrating on keeping things normal for the [...]
There are two ways in which art is sold. Art is purchased by the gallery, then marked accordingly, or it is consigned by the artist where the gallery and artist split the sale. As a savvy buyer, you should ask whether the art is owned by the gallery, or on consignment.
Usually, if the artwork has [...]
Have you ever walked into a gallery because something caught your eye? Something has caught your eye and you speculate….
Hmm…”I like that”….you move forward, taking a closer look….you walk around it…considering…wondering…what is the price of this? You thoughts flow into serious interest. Then comes the “desire to aquire”. You want to buy!
Okay, have you ever [...]