Duo Exhibition coming up..!

Yep, I'm getting ready for the first big exhibition of the year: a Duo Exhibition at the Killarney Art Gallery with a super dooper talented artist: Róisín O'Farrell.

The exhibition will open during the Easter weekend and will be on for the month of April, it's even in this month's Ireland's Home Interiors & Living:

I met Róisín a couple of years ago when she started to exhibitit at the Killarney Art Gallery, and I think you'll see why I love what she does! Lovely subjects, brilliant colours... So fresh looking:

Hurly Whirly Birds 80x80cm oil on canvas by Róisín O'Farrell

I still have a lot to do to be prepared for it but really looking forward to the event... Stay put!

 p.s. Just in case you tried to have a look, the Killarney Art Gallery's website is getting a makeover at the moment and that's why you can't access it at the minute, but here is the gallery's fan page...!

Happy New Year...! Here are my Goals for 2012...

Happy New Year everyone...!

 

After writing my list of accomplishments for 2011, here is my list of goals for the coming year...!

 

 

-to create over 50 paintings,

-to find more gallery representation in the UK,

-to make my jewellery in a more efficient way,

-to create an online art licensing portfolio,

-to put more time in my Etsy shop,

-to find a first art licensing contract,

-to have 2 solo exhibitions,

-to do my first book illustration by collaborating with my friend the American poet Barbara Botch,

-to improve the display I use at craft fairs,

-to reach 2000 fans on Facebook,

-to participate in at least 3 craft fairs,

-to participate in Art Fair 2012 in the RDS,

-to participate in the National Craft & Design Fair in the RDS,

-to offer more one-day painting workshops,

-to offer more workshops in primary schools,

-to keep better track of my accounts, and

-to stick to a better weekly schedule.

 

I'm sure I will be adding to this list! You are more then welcome to share yours ;)

Well, would you believe it's the end of the year already...!

2011 just flew, and I'm extremely lucky to say that it was one of my best, artistically speaking...! Every year I am reminded by Alyson B. Stanfield, (a great coach and mentor for artists) to do something that has become an end-of-the-year ritual:

To Celebrate My Accomplishments.

Why? Because it's so easy to think of the things I didn't get done..! And to write this list reminds me that I did more then I thought, it's a great boost to end the year and look forward to the next one.

So, here they are...!

In 2011, I :

-created about 40 paintings,

-sold around 70 paintings,

-added close to 200 people to my mailing list,

-reached the 1000 fans on Facebook,

-gained over 300 new followers on Twitter,

-had a successful Solo Exhibition,

-took part in 6 group exhibitions,

-participated in 3 craft fairs to sell my jewellery,

-started to sell my Signed Ltd Edition prints,

-set up an online Etsy shop to sell my jewellery,

-took part (successfully!)in Art Fair 2011 in the RDS, Dublin,

-appeared in local and national newspapers,

-took an add for the first time in the "Irish Arts Review",

-read a lot about Art licensing,

-made 2 art donations,

-gave 2 art workshops in a primary school for the first time,

-gave a one-day painting workshop for adults for the first time,

-taught 84 hours of art or craft classes for the Kerry Education Service

-appeared on National Television (with Nationwide),

-checked out the National Craft & Design Fair in Dublin,

-got my first exposure in the UK, just outside London,

-flew to London and went to the opening of the show in New Ashgate Gallery,

-took advantage of Twitter an awful lot more, and

-completed 4 commissions.

Well, that's what comes to my mind at the time of writing...! Please feel free to share your accomplishments... It's always good to get a pat on the back...!

Enjoy the celebrations, and I'll talk to you next year...  ;)

Amélie

A Few Pictures from the RDS..!

My 7 links Challenge...

I was nominated by my friend Kathryn Hansen (http://www.artblogbykat.blogspot.com/) to be part of the 7 links challenge, where we are asked to think about our blog and come up with the following links..

- Your most beautiful post
– Your most popular post
– Your most controversial post
– Your most helpful post
– A post whose success surprised you
– A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
– The post that you are most proud of

So here they are! (I think..!)

My most beautiful:   

Canadian Thanksgiving
http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/search?q=thanksgiving

My most popular: 

The Small Pleasures...
http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/02/small-pleasures-in-artist-life.html

My most controversial post:

Ups and Downs :
 http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/04/ups-and-downs.html

My most helpful post

http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/06/upcoming-workshop-in-killarney.html
A post whose success surprised me 

The London Adventure 
http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/06/london-adventure.html
A post i feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
Gift Certificates: 
http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/gift-certificates.html

The post that you are most proud of

The Opening of my Solo Exhibition:
 http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/opening-of-my-exhibition-dream-big-in.html


Thanks Kathryn for nominating me..!

Gift Certificates...!

Well, it's that time of year again and some people are extremely organised and early in their Christmas shopping so I thought I would remind you about my gift certificates...!

There is a few options on the button's drop down menu. If you don't see the amount you would like to give, please contact me and I can send you a Paypal invoice instead...

The Paypal button below will give you options for the amount of your voucher, and will lead you to the simple process of making a payment online. You DO NOT NEED a Paypal account to do this, just follow the link "Don't have a Paypal account?" Unfortunately for those living in Ireland, I think the Laser card is not accepted by Paypal yet, so you can contact me for an other method of payment.

Please don't forget to tell me the "TO" and "FROM information, the address to which I will send the voucher, and please please please do not forget your phone number and email address in case I need to contact you...

If you want you can also give me a short message which I can send along with the voucher if it's going directly to the recipient, ie: "Happy Birthday Mum, from Louis" etc...

And if you would like a present like this yourself, just send the following link to your loved one..!
http://ameliegallery.blogspot.com/2011/10/gift-certificates.html

Gift Amount in EUROS

Gift Amount €50.00 Gift Amount €75.00 Gift Amount €100.00 Gift Amount €150.00 Gift Amount €200.00 Gift Amount €250.00 Gift Amount €500.00

The Opening of my Exhibition "Dream BIG!" in the Boathouse Gallery

Last Saturday saw the opening of my solo exhibition, "Dream BIG!" which is on for the whole month of September in the Boathouse Gallery, Kinsale, Co.Cork.

Here is the little video I had done to promote it, in case you haven't seen it!

I made my way to Kinsale early afternoon and stopped at the gallery to see how the paintings all looked on the wall...

 Liz and Gerard did a great job hanging the show! I then walked around the town to drop a few postcards I had made to promote the show... Kinsale is such a fabulous place...! And this is one of my favorite corners in the town:

This shop is all bling... Ladies, you would feel like a kid walking in a candy store!

A hair apointment later, (actually, "Wonderland" sold when I was getting my hair done!) it was onwards to Jim Edwards, for a yummy half lobster (Kinsale is by the sea!) and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc...

Then at 7 pm I made my way back to the gallery, where there was a good few people...!

Friends from Killarney, Ronnie Moore and Kathleen O'Brian, Ronnie is a fantastic watercolour artist..

 

Kathleen again and her husband Pat, it was for him that I did the commission a few months ago..

Owners of the gallery, Liz and Gerard...

A LOVELY couple who bought "The Summit", himself is a fellow Canadian and his wife from Pensylvania, it was great meeting them!

I love red dots... ;)

With my first sale of the show, "Wonderland" and my boyfreind Stephen who graduated from UCC yesterday!

Thank you all for the encouragements and well wishes...!

Talk soon,

Amélie