Flyer One, Two or Three?

I'm working on the flyers for Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts.  I would love input.  First of all, which of the three flyers do you like the most?  And second, any changes?  Thanks!!

And the Process Continues...

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It's one am, I should probably go to sleep.  Trying to go through the notes on my thoughts throughout the day and piece together an idea for these paintings.  I want to incorporate images that appeal to me and try to explain why.  I can't figure out how to do it without incorporating words, but then I realized a while ago, that my poetry is much more personal than my paintings.  I think there are reasons I paint what I do and why it appeals to me, but I don't think it shows in my work.  Is it too simple to include words?  Am I overdoing it starting with the order that I crave, including thoughts in text and adding the visual feeling.  I don't know.  It's something new.  I'll give it a shot and see how it turns out.

Dropped off displays and pet tags/jewelry at Rogue River and Grants Pass retail stores today.  I also took time to photograph the Jacksonville Courthouse in the morning light and then again in late afternoon.  I'm trying to get shots for the promotional material for Jville Celebrates the Arts.

Zzzzz....

Creative Block. Fabulous..

Still bored....and still not sure what I'm doing with this painting.  I haven't had a creative block in a long time.  Ugh.  I bought a book a few months ago called "Thinking Creatively, New Ways to Unlock Your Visual Imagination".  Am going to dive into it tonight, hopefully it will help.  I don't even know why I feel bored because I do have so much to do.  I need to update the Third Friday Medford map for March, adding another street block in perspective and hopefully find a local restaurant that will do some type of green sample food in Vogel for the art walk.  I also met with my friend Jeannena yesterday.  She's my source for all things Jacksonville.  She asked me if I would do the promotional material for Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts.  I'm excited about the project although I've never done anything like that before.  Of course my first question was...."can I use my art in the flyers"?  One track mind...getting my name out there so my business will grow.  Sometimes I feel pushy or driven but others I give myself a break and acknowledge that I'm in survival mode.  I can either figure out how to build my creative self into a business that will support my future, or I can go back to work in an office.  I think I would wither away and die if I sat in an escrow office again.

Medford Mail Tribune

Mail Tribune My name was mentioned in the Medford Mail Tribune, Tempo section, today as an artist at Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts festival this is taking place this weekend. The disappointment was the incorrect spelling of my name (Cami rather than Cammy), but the cool part was my Gramma getting so excited to see my name in her daily newspaper. She cut out the article for me and underlined my name. Very cute. I will always look at that clipping and think of her. :)

Celebrate Jacksonville in the Art - Nunan House

Today I worked on my idea of "Celebrate Jacksonville in the Art" with the Nunan House in my Sun and Tree painting, which is also the painting I use for my logo. I had to photoshop Immy into the image because the house is gated. I've decided to put Immy in each photo. You kind of have to know she's there to see her, although it will probably be easier to spot her when I print the images at 8x10 size.

Celebrate Jacksonville in the Art

This morning I walked Immy, as per usual and saw a little farmers market on the museum grounds in Jacksonville. I introduced myself to the artists who were showing their work. Turns out they have a little Saturday group that shows their work through the summer. They were all so welcoming and nice. I think I may join them on the 27th.

The following weekend is Labor Day and I will be doing Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts in the same location. After seeing their work, which was focused on the history of Jacksonville and seeing the weekend tourist crowd, I think I will update my artwork to meld history and abstract. For a while I've been pondering including famous buildings in my paintings via photoshop. I like the idea of the historic buildings contrasting with the bright colors I typically use.

So, tonight Immy and I walked around Jville and took photos of some of the historic buildings. I tried to put Immy on the porch in all the photos, you can barely see her though. I had to tie her to the porch post and then walk way across the street to get the whole building(s) into the frame. I also had a problem with cars since there was a concert at the Britt. So, I am going to pry myself out of bed really early tomorrow and try to get some more photos.

At this time I think I'm going to make necklaces and maybe some framed prints of the photoshoped images. I'm kind of excited at the possiblity. To make it even more fun (at least in my strange and bored mind) I'm going to call the series Celebrate Jacksonville in the Art. I wonder how it will be received. Hm..

The photo I'm attaching today is the Nunan House which is right behind my Gramma's home. If you walked into the backyard of the Nunan House and turned left you'd be in my Gramma's backyard. Well, you'd have to climb a fence and fight off the wicked guard dog (Immy). ;)