What’s New!

Lynn Henry and Sandalista

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:30:10 -0700

Lynn Henry is featured as a new artist on the Sandalista home page! I’m still trying to decide which doodly design is my favorite ... I may have to order more than one pair of sandals <wink, wink>.

CONGRATULATIONS to you Lynn! We love your doodlys.

Love Grows ...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:44:57 -0700

Heart shapes are everywhere!

This is an untouched photo of a Prickly Pear cactus -- a tenacious, thorny desert plant with a thick hide that conceals a sweet, softer interior. A visual reminder that Valentines Day is right around the corner.

This month at Arizona Art Supply in Phoenix, Lynda Abare is offering 2 sets of Repujado classes, Anytime Valentines and Repujado Basics. These are all great beginner’s classes as well as a fun way to brush up on your repujado techniques.

Lynda will share her tools and expertise -- and you’ll leave class with beautiful, usable works of art!

More info HERE ...

We’re on Facebook!

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:58:49 -0700

2012 - It’s a New Year and we have a NEW way to communicate with YOU ... 5 Acre Arts is on Facebook.

Are you a Facebook fan?
Let us know you checked us out by clicking the “Like” button and leaving us a comment. Thanks and Happy New Year !!!

SOLD!

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:35:38 -0700

This is the first year 5 Acre Arts Artist Libby Rehm participated in the Fine & Funky Art Extravaganza, together with fellow Colorado artists Joannah Merriman and Sylvia Godsey.

Virtually every piece Libby created for the show sold. The few that didn't were picked up by the Long's Peak Coffee and Paper House in Estes Park, Colorado. Libby's pretty excited about the shop carrying her embossed journals!

Good news for those of us not living in Colorado - Libby is hard at work bringing her new Etsy shop online, targeting January 1 for opening. So stay tuned ...

The New Year will also bring a number of Colorado workshops ranging from journals and bookmaking to embossing classes. Watch the 5 Acre Arts website for those dates and descriptions in 2012.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:47:13 -0700

Original Watercolor by Lynn Henry

24 Hours of Fame!

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:42:03 -0700

Yesterday was a record-breaking day here at
5 Acre Arts when our website was bombarded by viewers from all over the world. 20,000+ hits in a 24-hour period, and all because someone posted our "baby quail" photo on The Cute List.
Thank YOU!

FYI - May 31, 2011, our Baby Quail photo was first posted here on What’s New! and now it’s available as part of a beautiful full-color 2012 Calendar - We’re the month of June!

CALENDARS are available while supplies last at DaisyMountain.org for just $5 + $1.40 shipping.

Only a handful left!

Total Lunar Eclipse

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:59:19 -0700

Moon watchers were elated this morning with a rare celestial phenomenon, a total lunar eclipse. Libby was up early with her camera and captured this photo of the moon 3/4 eclipsed just before it set behind the Rockies in Colorado.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is totally blocked from the sunlight that normally illuminates it. As minutes passed and the eclipse progressed, the moon took on a reddish glow. Here in Arizona, once the moon was completely covered by the Earth’s shadow, it just winked out, disappeared. Amazing to watch!

If you missed this one, there will be another total lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014, visible in the U.S.

New Featured Artist - Marjorie Rogers

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:09:33 -0700

Marjorie Rogers
Master Printmaker

Marjorie Rogers and I met through the Sonoran Arts League and I was recently privileged to work along side her for six days at The Painted Hills Studio in Cave Creek, Arizona during the Hidden in the Hills 2011 Artist Studio Tour last month.

A mutual friend had emailed me a few photos of Marjorie’s artwork and I was impressed, but honestly, I was blown away when I saw her work in-person and artfully displayed gallery-style. The painstaking details in her etchings are amazing and it is my personal joy to own one of her hand-pulled prints. Her gorgeous "Iguana" is hanging on my living room wall and every time I walk by my new favorite piece of artwork I marvel at the detail and extraordinary rendition executed by Marjorie Rogers, Master Printmaker.

It is with pleasure I introduce my friend and fellow artist, Marjorie Rogers, to the 5 Acre Arts audience.

Visit Marjorie’s online gallery HERE...
More photos soon!

MORE Fine And Funky

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:08:48 -0700

WHAT?
Fine & Funky Art Boutique

WHEN?
THIS Weekend !!!
Dec 2-FRIDAY 5-9pm AND Dec 3-SATURDAY 10am-6pm

WHERE?
Opera Galleria, downtown Fort Collins, 123 N. College

WHO?

Libby and friend artisans Joannah Merriman and Sylvia Godsey have enjoyed all the wonderful people who visited their booth this past weekend at Fine & Funky in Fort Collins, Colorado. Their creations are selling at a fast clip so all three are back in their respective studios this week making more art to sell this coming Friday night and Saturday day!

You don’t want to miss Joannah's exquisite scarves. Not only are they stunning, they have imaginative names as well: Sari nights, Forest Bubbles, Southwest Sunset and more.

Sylvia's beautiful hand-painted paste papers, marbled papers and rice papers adorn the outsides of her hard and soft cover journals while archival writing, drawing and painting papers fill the inside signatures. Sylvia's journals range in size from pocket soft covers to large format hardcovers. Her books are ideal for photos, personal journals, guest books and more.

Libby's embossed cover journals are flying out of the booth as are the cards and bookmarks. New this coming weekend will be ornaments, newly designed embossed journals & bookmarks, candle wraps and a handful of felted/beaded necklaces.

Click HERE to preview some of the items they will be selling.
Shop early for the best selection!

Fine And Funky

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:58:59 -0700

Hey all you Colorado folks, come on down and shop...

This is the season for art sales! Lynda is busy in Arizona with Hidden in the Hills and
Libby Rehm and her friends in Colorado are about to open their booth at the Fine and Funky Art Boutique in Fort Collins, Colorado. Click HERE to preview some of the items they will be selling.

If you’re near the Fort Collins area, I hope your Holiday Shopping plans will include a stop at the 10th Annual Fine & Funky Art Boutique in the Opera Galleria. 50+ local artisans have created some really original artwork and different gifts for the people on your list -- Please shop local and help support your amazing local artists!

Starts TODAY - Friday, Nov 25 !!!
TWO consecutive weekends:
✦ Friday-November 25 from 11am-6pm  Saturday-November 26 from 10am-6pm
✦ Friday-December 2 from 5-9pm  Saturday-December 3 from 10am-6pm

Location:
Downtown Fort Collins at the Opera Galleria
123 N. College (park in City garage in rear)