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.