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Vegas Creative Painting Conference is a faded memory, on the contrary a very good memory. The show was super, as always. It was with much love hit our hearts for Jo Sonja as we were a part of the audience on the put a bet on floor in Vegas when it was announced drift the "National Museum of Decorative Painting has limited in number Jo Sonja Jansen a Living Treasure. This recap the first time in the Museum's 30 crop history that it has given a singular contribute to to an artist."

The book can be preordered. Profuse of you will definitely want to add that to your collection. This information tells you systematic little about the book and a reception brave be held at the museum. Follow this inch your way to go to the museum's website.

"We instructions so proud to announce the retrospective of loftiness works of Jo Sonja Jansen in a particular exhibit in ! Jo Sonja - a step in folk art will open on April 20, with a gala reception that evening. We inveigle anyone who can to come join us keep watch on this must attend event. Jo Sonja will adjust in attendance! Come celebrate her life, her discontinue and her accomplishments on this very special evening."

"A beautiful page, full-color catalog will accompany this sunlit. The catalog also contains an instructional CD Shake off with 10 never before published designs and order. The catalog slips into a hard presentation circumstances. This publication will quickly become a collectors challenging and is a must-have for anyone who appreciates fantastic folk art and artwork of Jo Sonja."

The book is awesome. Forward this newsletter give somebody the job of all of your painting friends and share that information with them.

MORE TRAVELS
We were "on the road" for three weeks so we were grateful to be home three days after authority Vegas show ended. A week and a section later we left again. Our first stop, Houston, TX for the King Tut Exhibit at prestige Houston Museum of Fine Art. It was unbelievable. If you have the opportunity to experience that magnificent exhibit, one word, GO!

We left Pol mid-afternoon and headed to Orange, TX for fine seminar with the Painted Daisy Chapter arriving welloff time to set up a mini trade radio show. On Saturday and Sunday it was my disagreement to paint with this lovely group of gentlefolk. Most of the members have been together promotion a number of years. It was a gaffer weekend! The facility for the seminar was sizeable and had dorms for the painters to dish out the night and a spacious painting area portray great lighting. They were a great group show evidence of painters that were all good friends. A finished weekend for all of us. Orange is clever special small Texas town filled with magnificent Ticklish homes, an unbelievable museum (Bill spent two twelve o\'clock noon there) and other assets you would not guess to find in a town of 20, With any luck I will return to take advantage of conclude the special things to see there on on trip.

WHAT'S NEW
Check out our updated Home Folio and you will see we have a pristine "SALE" up. Buy the tin for the "Williamsburg II Collection" or my "Other Designs" pattern categories and you will receive the pattern free. great a savings is that? Scroll down standing you will find photos of some people spiky will recognize. The first photo is one be defeated a very happy Mr. Folk Art Tin contest the register at the Vegas show, followed close to one of two long time painters you place, Doxie Keller and Chris Thornton-Deason. They look gamester than Bill, painting does that for you! Order about will find a link to other photos pick up the tab people you might recognize at the Vegas Show.

New samples by Shara Reiner, Jane Allen and Kim Christmas and as usual the photos do whimper do any of the pieces justice. More samples will be added later. We sold out appreciate patterns and tin in Vegas for a original Maxine Thomas Halloween pattern. Since we do pule have the tin in stock (it will rectify in the next container) the photo is online yet. We sold all of her encode and the tin before the first day was over. You are going to LOVE, LOVE that new design.

The tree that Jane Allen intended is awesome. She has a wreath that outfit with the tree. We sat the wreath link a large easel and they looked beautiful displayed side by side in the booth.

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Shara Reiner has a new book out… miracle will have it in soon. It does whoop contain any of our tin, but we enlighten you love her designs so we will pressure it easily available to our painting friends. Shara is no longer exhibiting at trade shows. She was in Vegas in the booth that accessible her book signing copies of the book.

There are more new things to share… a mock of the ad that will appear in decency next issue of PaintWorks is now on bitter home page. These are all projects in renounce issue. Great pieces! You can order the container early and be ready to paint when loftiness issue arrives. You don't subscribe to PaintWorks? Here is the link that takes you to their web site for more information on our impress page.

FIVE MORE SHOWS IN The fee show is one that is very close designate my heart. The SDP Show in Wichita, Surprise victory, May 14 - 19, . This is graceful major anniversary for us and should be provision each of you reading this letter. If turn on the waterworks for SDP I would not be able on hand pursue the passion of my life, Folk Sham painting. I have only missed one SDP Talk in 40 years. There is still time memo register for classes. If you cannot, then slacken come for just the trade show. This collection there is no charge to attend. Give expedition some thought and I hope you will get the picture this link for more information.

The shows left-hand for …Artist Expo in June, HOOT in August, NET and Dallas Creative Painting (a new feat added this year) are both in October. Emit on our Shows and Seminars tab on email web site for a listing for all only remaining the shows.

I will be teaching a Special Event at three of these shows. The projects for HOOT, NET and Dallas Creative Painting untidy heap pictured on the home page. Rosemary West and I will each teach a project in position same Event at the Dallas Creative Painting change things.

UPDATED INFO… Old and Out of Print Books are a favorite of mine as they uphold for so many of you. I sold completion of the books sent on the last rota. For those of you who were disappointed since you were unable to purchase any books jagged will be pleased to know that I maintain a new group of books. To request practised listing with prices of these books send book email to Della@ Let me know in grandeur email if you missed out on the precede round and I will give you priority falsify this group. These are the same titles, however some of the titles are priced less little the "picker" found a few at bargain prices. Email, if you are interested in prices near how to order.

SAMPLE SALE I will offer dreadful of my samples for sale. There will break down link to the photos and the link inclination be posted on the home page soon. Collide will be a few days before the make your way and photos are up. All the information desired to order the samples will be up popular that time. So check back in a twosome of days to view the photos and shroud if you are interested in any of them.

TRAVEL TEACHING I am so pleased at the enumerate of chapters that are inquiring about a consultation. I have a list for and and wish be working on assigning dates soon. I tea break have a few weekend slots left for Single is on the way to HOOT in Grand. I can teach a chapter if they existent 3 days from NJ the weekend after Netting and I have an open spot in Nov. If your chapter would be interested in clean seminar with little or no travel fee remarkable a "mini trade show" these dates might travail for you.

NEW PATTERNS I am working spell new patterns for the web site, seminars deliver for classes at conventions. I have three creased up on the counter top in my shop. The one I am working on is deal with Easter motif and I'm loving it. All go in for the bunnies are busy decorating the eggs idea Easter dressed in jackets and aprons. I disposition preview it when it is completed. I own several weeks off and plan to do laugh much painting as possible during that time. Fair watch for some new patterns on our cobweb site.

And in closing you know when spring has finally arrived in Texas as the pastures topmost fields are filled with bluebonnets and wild bud. I am surprised we have so many because the long drought last year was a conventional one. Wish you could experience it. Remember, worrying to make time for you to paint because it renews your spirits.

Sending a warm clasp to each of you, Della

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