activity – Motley Artist

Posted on September 19, 2024 by RRRodgers

Fall Begins

It’s been a busy summer and now looking forward to fall. Farmers markets are ending and now I prepare for some bigger events.

I will be at the Saranac Lake market Saturday Sept 21st, this is my last Saranac Lake farmers market this year. I am doing the Keene Market Sunday Sept 22nd.

I am then limited on markets for the next couple of weeks after that since my truck is going to the body shop after a deer incident earlier this summer. I am hoping to do the Keene market on 9/29 and 10/6.

I will have my truck back and heading down to Gore Mountain Master Crafters event for the Columbus Day weekend 10/12 and 10/13. It’s still up in the air if an event will happen in Saranac lake on 10/19, waiting on details. The final Peru Town market is 10/20 in Hayworth Park in Peru. The final Strand Artisans Market is 10/26.

I am at the SUNY Plattsburgh Arts and Craft fair on 11/16 and 11/17. This is always a busy event. The final event on my schedule is Sparkle Village on 12/6 and 12/7 in Saranac Lake NY.

I am undecided on doing a few markets in the Saranac Hotel before Christmas. Depends whether or not friend are doing it and the weather.

The other big news is, I now have a finished garage, with a nice workspace. It still requires a lot of interior work but I can finally do some of the other projects I have been eagerly planning, including metal and stone sculptures. All the materials I have been collecting will finally get used.

September

21 Saranac Lake 9:00 – 1:00
22 Keene 9:30 – 2:00
29 Keene 9:30 – 2:00

October

6 Keene 9:30 – 2:00
12 & 13 Gore Mountain Foliage Festival 10:00 – 4:00
19 Saranac Lake ???
20 Peru Town Market 10:00 – 2:00
26 Plattsburgh Strand Artisan Market 10:00 – 3:00

November

16 & 17 SUNY Plattsburgh Arts 10:00 – 4:00

December

6 Sparkle Village, Saranac Lake 4:00 – 8:00
7 Sparkle Village, Saranac Lake 10:00 – 3:00

Posted on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 by RRRodgers

Kicking Back Just to Create

The past 8 weeks I have taken the time to just stay in my studio and create new pieces. It has been a time of experimentation and play, not much of which will make it to market but it has been fun. Painting, sculptures and furniture were just a few areas of experimentation.

I purchased a new iPad after I broke my last one, and since it is much better I also purchased the app Procreate. I now use this iPad to do the photography for my web site. These are a few owls that I did with the new Procreate software. Not sure how I will incorporate digital art but it will become another tool and it was a great learning experience. Maybe I will dabble in NFT art. 😉

Some business did happen, I did one event at Livings Goods for a Valentines day market, and I have placed paintings and a couple of my lamps at a new retail shop, Artists Workbench in Plattsburgh. I have completed about 30 small paintings and once I have framed and photographed them I will post on the site.

I am playing with a new layout for the web site and it has been frustrating not getting the look I like but I don’t want to write a whole site from scratch. I’ll see how things go…

Posted on December 31, 2020January 1, 2021 by RRRodgers

Back On-Line

It has been some time since I have been able to post, I finally have high speed internet at my home studio. Prior to this I have been limited by speed internet in my ability to add to my blog posts. Up loading photos has failed multiple times prior to the new internet, so adding blog posts made no sense.

I have a completed several commissioned paintings in the past two months for people that I have meet at the few markets. I have painted several pets and a couple of landscapes as Christmas presents. Happily I was able to complete all well ahead of my delivery dates. I always worry that I can meet the needs of my customers. Velda , Remmy and Buddy were a few of the pet portrait commissions.