My summer show schedule is shaping up as I'll have a booth of my paintings at Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show in Philadelphia Pa on June 1,2,3, and Amagansett Fine Arts Festival in East Hampton NY on July 6,7,8. Very close to completing two major new oils, will post very soon. Visit sites below for details.

http://www.rittenhousesquareart.com/
http://www.amagansettfinearts.com/

Jenkintown Festival of the Arts on Sunday was a great success. Won the Grand Prize for my artwork, sold some prints of my originals and made many new friends&contacts. I am amazed and heartened at the tremendous response people had to my art. When that many people spend 15-20 minutes looking at an original with such wonderful compliments, I've succeeded at the delivery end of things; half the ticket is being able to make the art and the other half is impacting people's minds in such a way.

Many thanks to Sok&Melissa Pho of The Art of Framing who made a big part of the festival happen, and thanks to all of the people who directed traffic, helped people set up and avoid confusion. Check them out at http://www.artofframingweb.com/ .

Doing a lot of drawing lately, much of it from natural items that inspire me. End of summer is
perfect this year for stunning mushrooms, other fungi. Hiked part of the Susquehanna River trail today with fellow studio artist Mike Witmer, who hunts edible mushrooms. Picking up some frogs to temporarily keep and draw, in a 2gal. tank. Think I'll grab one of those mouse-sized grasshoppers while I'm at it, could find a place for it on a sketch page. Working on two major paintings that I would like to finish by Christmas. I'll have a booth at the Jenkintown Art Festival www.Jenkintonfest.org/art on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 1-6pm.

The photo above with the drafting table, green taboret is my section of the studio.
Matching Armstrong drafting table to right, easel array and light rack to the left.