Red Hot Red Dot

Women & Their Work Gallery hosted the 15th annual Red Dot Art Sale on Thursday Night. I am so honored to be a part of planning such a fun and fabulous event. W&TW does so much for the Austin art community and beyond- it's great to see the community giving back!
For the past few years Mark and I have found a new art piece (or two) to add to our collection. It's so much fun to fall in love with a work of art "at first sight." And like any budding relationship, we have a great time getting to know the work, the artist, and find a place for it in our home.
This year we were struck by a sculpture by artist Ebbesen Davis. While the piece won't come home with us for another week or so, I'll share Ebbesen's website: www.ebbesendavis.com

Daily Candy's Adorable Artiste

I've received Daily Candy emails for almost 8 years now... and have always adored their little watercolors. Today's DC featured a video about their creator. Caitlin McGauley's watercolors are so precious and whimsical! She preserves her memories and day-to-day activities (from food to new shoes) in colorful little sketches and vignettes. And now she's doing commissioned work! Oh, how I wish I had time to paint about my life...

Art Basel Miami Beach 2009

So excited that Mark and I are going to Miami for Art Basel!
We happened to be in Venice during the Biennale this past summer, and Art Basel is just as major. I'm reading 'Seven Days in the Art World' to brief myself. I'll be sharing lots of pics of this gathering!

Erin Curtis at Women and Their Work

This is the last week to see Erin Curtis's show, Perspective Threshold, at Women and Their Work Gallery.
I worked with Erin on this installation, and just can't get a long enough look at her paintings, prints, and other creations.  I want to go to all the fantastically colorful places she depicts. And, someday, the painting pictured above, Caldor, will be mine... Oh yes, it will be mine. (If someone else hasn't already bought it!)
The show is up through this Saturday, November 14th.

Architectural Finds

I am in love with this chunk of wood. All I can do is imagine the rest of the house it belongs to...

Found it on my latest Blue Hanger North hunt. Don't know about the Blue Hanger? Just ask me...

Raucous Bacchus, yo!

Saturday night, after the shower (and, for Mark, the UTvUTEP game) we headed downtown to Arthouse at the Jones Center's Raucous Bacchus TOGA PARTY! (No, we didn't wear togas- but, little did we know, we wouldn't have been out of place with a helmet and an bed sheet draped asymmetrically across our shoulders...)

Our friends, Sean and Ruth, joined us for a Roman-style banquet complete with on-table kegs and appropriately toga-ed servers. The food was delicious, and the recreation of Rome was an interesting experience to say the least. The event was catered by Fete Accompli... and I will be searching for a recipe to mimic their Beef Tenderloin with Truffled Tomato Sauce. Truffled Tomato Sauce? Yes, it is good.

And, Mark and I 'competed' in our first ever live auction... and successfully bid on a trip to Miami during its Art Basel event this December. Quite exciting! (And, the good thing is, after all the red wine and table-tapped beer, we still remembered that we won!)

Plus, our contributions help Arthouse close the gap on their reconstruction fundraising goal. It's an amazing art venue, that will, once re-construction is complete, be a beacon for contemporary art in Austin. We're happy to be a part of it!

Red Hot Red Dot!

For our anniversary each year, Mark and I seek out an artwork to add to our "collection." It's a fun process... visiting galleries, doing a bit of traveling, and researching artists in search of something that 1) works with our decor 2) strikes both our interests and 3) is reasonably priced!

And for the past three years we've been able to find something that fits all three criteria at Women & Their Work Gallery's Red Hot Red Dot event. The gallery collects donated work from local artists (men and women for this show) and sets a price (not to exceed $500.) The array of work is spectacular. From the well known to the obscure, there is such a variety of styles, sizes, subject matter, media. Also, the event is a great night out... good food, fun people, and a silent auction. (Which I have decided I have no "talent" for.)

We found two prints by artist Shepard Fairey, of OBEYGiant/Obama Poster fame. I'm really excited for them to come home with us... they'll be on view at W&TW for the next month or so.

Also, we were caught by the A-AS's Out and About social columnist, Michael Barnes.... so here we are on his blog. Pretty funny!