AFTER THE CRAWL!

Now that I have recovered with two days of big sleeps, I would like to give you a recap of the experience.

Thursday was a public Preview night.  We did not participate but went to the crawl.  Arnt had never been to the Crawl as he has been in it for all 17 years.   We headed off with Rob O'dea (ex President of Crawl for 6 years), Rachael Ashe (participating artist) and Sally Gooding (taking a year off and doing the Crawl).  Here are a few highlights....

884 Georgia

Joan Tayler http://www.joantayler.com 

Joan's set up

Love her process display

Ray Ophoff  

Ray sold tons of his wonderful paintings

He keeps his brushes super clean

 Michelle Silver-Sirois was next ...  www.michellesirois-silver.com

fantastic hooked rug

textile work

another hooked rug

Jazz band with her husband Jerry and our friend Paul

Sally buying a lovely piece from Michelle

At Parker Street we visited Sonya Iwasiuk..   www.faintinggoatstudio.com

Sonya goes to ghost towns in Saskatchewan for inspriation

her interpretation of the prairies

every farmer has to have a tractor

 and one of my favourites...David Robinson  http://www.robinsonstudio.com

huge horse and rider on the roof

oversize cardboard man in chair high in the air

how is this attached to the wall?

love the tension he creates in his pieces

don't jump

wonderful

the shadows are part of the pieces

wonder if DaVinci is his inspiration

 Last stop at Parker was Carla Tak   www.carlatak.com

she looks wonderful in front of her white piece

detail

studio looks great

Friday was a bit disappointing with only a few hundred people and tons of rain and bad traffic, but I sold a piece so not too bad!   By the end of the weekend 3050 people had come into Paneficio studios.  I sold 6 pieces by the end of the Crawl and the best part was five of them had never seen my work before.  My raffle for the Red Cross Typhoon victims was successful raising $120 by selling my Frida Kahlo Doll.  Arnt sold several pieces at the Crawl but the bonus came on Monday when his gallery www.mountaingalleries.com bought everything else.  How great is it to have a SOLD OUT show!  It did not stop there as another gallery he shows in Kozai Modern www.kozaimodern.com offered him a show in 2014.  WOW...we are happy!

(Keith Jardine photo)

count for Sunday afternoon

This just in....a wonderful man named Paul Czene did this video about my work during the Crawl...thanks Paul....  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7HLBz5JdU&feature=youtu.be

Arnt's shop was full of new designs.... www.arntarntzen.com

cracked ice table

Bar/table and stools

Orca hall table with drawer

I love my studio all cleaned up and work hung....

my sitting area to chat during the Crawl

everyone loved my coffee table...especially the smell of the cypress

steady crowd of people through my studio

Frida Kahlo Doll I made and raffled for Red Cross Typhoon victims

Amsterdam Bike SOLD

Measure Of My Faith (5) SOLD

Two Blue Birds SOLD

Birth of Jazz SOLD

(Keith Jardine photo)

Walter Quan of BC Arts Council bought Birth of Jazz...his first Crawl!

Connections SOLD

Live Life to Death   SOLD

 .....so thanks to everyone for all the support and see you all next year!

PS:  I got some fan mail after the Crawl...here is one....

Hello! I was one of the many Emily Carr students who came through your studio Saturday night and I just wanted to thank you for opening up your studio to the public for the culture crawl!
I have a magpie aesthetic when it comes to decorating and art making and your work seems to encapsulate that collecting/archiving drive. I especially enjoyed your travelling shrines and for me they seem to speak a lot to the way culture and fetishism are created, something that I have been thinking a lot about lately.
Also, we went to your husbands studio and it was fantastic! Thanks for recommending it to us.
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your work!

-Kristen Heyland