Wednesday Wanderings: Old Friends

It has taken me a while to get this posted, but it's worth doing, even if it's a bit late!

This year I participated in a fantastic Easter Art Exhibit at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. It was a great time, with about 40 artists exhibiting, including myself and Robert Barrett, who was one of my instructors in the Illustration program at BYU and an artist I really admire. My friend, a great illustrator and artist Sam Kennedy, also dropped by the show and we had a great time catching up. 

There is a certain camaraderie among artists. Few others understand the trials and triumphs of trying to capture your vision in just the way you want to. Few others can relate to the ins and outs of the business and the unique personal investment it takes to create. I value their input and their friendship and getting to see them made the show even better.

Isn't the Joseph Smith Memorial Building an amazing place? Look at that beautiful ceiling! I've been accepted into the Inspirational Art Association's Christmas Showcase 2014 on December 3rd-6th, which will be held there, too. I'm excited to show there again!

Solo Exhibition This Summer!

Richard has been invited to do a solo exhibition of his work for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. I have seen the paintings, and they are spectacular.The paintings will be hanging upstairs and down in the Randall Jones Theatre, so make sure you see them all! In addition, prints of the originals will be available in the gift shop there.

It has been a wonderful process so far. The USF is fantastic to work with. The organization is full of professionals and everything they do is done well, from the costumes to the paperwork. We have enjoyed getting to know them and being privileged to work with them.

The Festival's 2012 season is full of magnificent shows this year: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Les Miserables, and Hamlet, to name just a few.

Come, on! Hamlet! At the Utah Shakespeare Festival?! Nobody should miss that!

I could rave about the Festival, as Richard and I have been going for years (both before we met and since). The VERY BEST production of The Taming of the Shrew I have ever seen was performed there. In fact, I miss that production whenever I see the play now. It is a reminder of the magic of the stage: how a particular cast, a particular costumer, and countless others can come together with a particular director's vision and create something amazing. And if you aren't there, you'll never get the chance to see it. So GO! You won't regret it.

Richard's work will be there during the whole season, so whichever plays you're attending, be sure to stop over in the Randall Jones Theatre and check it out.