Freddie, Casper and Busy Times

The past two days have been very busy ones.
I've been trying to get all my ducks in a row so I can start to pack for the upcoming trip to China and still have time for family and friends before we leave. I have had several painting assignments for Canvas by Canvas to complete before we leave as we have several important shows coming up in the near future. One of the exciting things that we will be participating in is Holiday Magic. Every year since 1982, more than 10,000 North Texans flock to Holiday Magic, a holiday gift market with the unique gifts from more than 100 exclusive vendors and attend the highly anticipated Ladies Style Show and Luncheon. This year Holiday Magic also includes a Tween Style Show and Children’s Party. It is sponsored by the Junior League of Arlington. Check out their web site at http://jlarlington.org/holidayMagic.asp Be sure to join us for the fun and great shopping!
We will be showing many of our paintings for sale there, among which will be our new whimsical minis which consist of lures and flies for the ladies and gentlemen in your family who enjoy the wonderful sport of fishing. To be perfectly honest, I was NOT looking forward to painting these funny little creatures, but once I got into it, I became very excited and they actually started to take on a personality all their own!
I have named the first one, the dry fly which is pictured at the top of this post, "Freddie, the Flying Red Ant" and his friend below is aptly named "Casper, the Punkinseed Spook". I think that Casper has a personality all his own, in fact I find him to be very "alluring" ;-) He tells me that he might even consider auditioning for a role in the next "Finding Nemo" if this ever happens to materialize into a new movie!
If you are a fly fisherman, you know that you need to match the hatch, and if there are red ants flying around, Freddie will be your best friend. By the same token, Casper makes great bait for shad if that is your fish of choice.These little jewels are each 6x6 on gallery wrapped canvas and are the perfect original gift for that outdoor person in your life. Check out our web site at http://www.canvasbycanvas.com/ for more details.I have had such fun painting them and hope that you enjoy seeing them and hopefully buy one or two. Can't wait to paint more of them.
Of course, we will also have our shoes, angels and cupcakes there as well and they are also on our web page. We decided that we needed something for the boys and shoes and cupcakes probably would interest them ;-)
Tomorrow will also be a very busy day for me and Frank. He has a bank board meeting and then we'll be picking up some of our art work at Reel FX in Dallas that has been on display where our son works in order to show it in some of the shows in which we are participating. You can go to http://www.reelfx.com/ to see what they do and what our son, Franklin does. We've had several pieces on exhibit there for the summer and it's been very well received. It's a wonderful place to work and he really loves what he does. What a blessing to love to go to work. I would wish that for everyone!
He's an Audio engineer and is now also in management, so check out his pages by going to Audio on the main page. Needless to say, he too is Frank Salazar ;-)
Have a great rest of the week and I'll check in again before we leave for China in less than 2 weeks. Can't believe that it's nearly here. Better start washing, ironing and deciding what to take. I'm limited to 40 pounds including my suitcase so I'll really need to think this one out. I have nearly that much weight in camera equipment alone!
Love to all! Pcasso