Shelley Beatty

Living Life and Loving It

Plaza Art Show

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Plaza Art Show 2017

Plaza Art Fair 2017

Plaza Art Fair 2017

I have done the Plaza Art Fair every year since we moved to Kansas City in 1984.  It is one of my favorite events!

Plaza Art Fair 2017

Plaza Art Fair 2017

The artist I discovered this year was Stan Piepenburg of Wisconsin.  He uses the contrast of black, white, and various colored inks, to capture the feeling of spaciousness and serenity while illustrating the simplicity of our world. His ink work ranges from the detailed line drawings to the stark winter landscapes where the skies are formed using a combination of inks, creating multiple hues that all of us observe at different times.  All the scenes on view are, in one way or another, very familiar to people in the Midwest.

Art by Stan Piepenburg

S.O.F.A. (Sculpture Objects Functional Art + Design) Chicago Navy Pier 2012

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SOFA CHICAGO 2012 Chicago Navy Pier

SOFA 2012 at Chicago Navy Pier

SOFA 2012 at Chicago Navy Pier

The 19th Annual Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair is a gallery-presented, international art exposition dedicated to bridging the worlds of design, decorative and fine art. Works by emerging and established artists and designers are available for sale by premier galleries and dealers.

SOFA Chicago Nov 2012

SOFA Chicago Nov 2012

Chicago_12_CFE_7083Ellen Duckworth and I always get VIP tickets from our friend Elise Gudmann from Studio ten472 Contemporary Art.  I discovered Elise and her work years ago at the Kansas City Plaza Art Fair.

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Her booth:

Studio ten472 Gallery

Studio ten472 Gallery

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

 

Crowds at SOFA opening night.

Crowds at SOFA opening night.

SOFA

SOFA

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Chicago for the SOFA show…

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Navy Pier, Chicago.

I headed to Chicago for the annual SOFA (sculpture objects and functional art) show.  This has become an annual event for me and my friend Ellen Duckworth.  We have VIP passes to the show.  Galleries from around the world show their finest artists.  It is one of the best art shows in the world!  Held every November on Navy Pier Chicago.

SOFA and the Intuit Show of Folk and Outside Art

VIP pass SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier

Crowd waiting to get into the art show.

SOFA Show Chicago

Sushi, one of the many appetizers served at the show.

Appetizers at the show.

SOFA show

Shelley (Me), Elis Gudmann (artist from Ten472 Gallery), and Ellen

It is Elis that sends the VIP passes to Ellen and I. We discovered her at the Plaza Art Show some years ago. Over the years I have collected several of her pieces.

Example of a piece of outsider art.

Sampling of some of the art at SOFA,

Foil art set up as display for the show.

Artist Lisa Smith, Riley Gallery, I bought one of her pieces last year.

Art Display at the show.

Australian Gallery, displayed these unique glass and metal sculptures.

I loved these pieces of art made from glass and metal. The metal trees come up through the glass. I purchased the “winter” looking scene. I then had to have a picture of me with the artist and the piece I had purchased.

Shelley (me) and the artist of the white glass and metal sculpture behind my head.

View of SOFA show.

Crowd at the SOFA show.

Shout out to Becca Hardie and Max and BunNY!

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“Bounce House” birthday party invitation

Thought I would share two custom cards designed by my own New York designer, Becca Hardie and the company Max and BunNY.  The first is for a “slip and slide” summer birthday party and the second is for a “bounce house” birthday party.  I love the cool, clean designs, so typically the style of Max and BunNY.

Custom design cards by Max and BunNY”Slip and Slide” Summer Birthday Party

“Slip and Slide” Summer Birthday Party

New Art by Liz Lemon Swindle!

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New Print of Liz Lemon Swindle.Liz Lemon Swindle’s other new print.

During Education Week, attendees have a chance to meet LDS artists, and often you can receive a free signed print by that artist.  Here are a couple of new prints by one of my favorite LDS artists, Liz Lemon Swyndle.

Liz Lemon Swindle’s other new print.

My favorite picture by the artist Liz Lemon Swindle is of Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail:

Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail

Link to Liz Lemon Swindle website.