Sheila M. Evans

Bend, Oregon is where you will find me and my art this weekend. Art in the High Desert starts this Friday at 10:00 a.m.

AHD is a wonderfully juried little show in a beautiful—yet convenient—setting. Art booths wind alongside a stream just a few steps from the Shops at the Old Mill in Bend. Since it falls on the weekend before Labor Day, many artists do this show on their way to the Sausalito Art Festival or in my case, Art in the Pearl. So if you can’t make it to either of those famously top-notch shows, you can find many of the same amazing artists in Bend.

I’ve made some new work especially for Bend this year, including some of my ponderosa pine images like Storm’s Passing (above). I’ve also made some new miniature works, including a few landscapes and a tiny pine. Come see these and all of my work this weekend!

Art in the High Desert
When: August 26 – 28, 2011
Where: The Shops at the Old Mill, 661 Powerhouse Drive, Bend, OR
Hours: Friday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
What I’m bringing: Pastels and Oils
Booth #26c

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Yet again, I am wishing I could be two places. This time it’s Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival and the French Pastels Salon International going head to head.

While I am required to attend the first one, I can’t really afford to go to the second one, so it all works out. Plus, Sun Valley is one of my perennial favorites. Ketchum feels a bit like a second home with all the little traditions that have evolved around the show. I’ll bring pastels and oils once again this year, including Moonflight, above—appropriately based on a small pastel that makes its debut in Dordogne this weekend. Souhaitez moi bonne chance!

Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival
When: August 12- 14, 2011
Where: Atkinson Park, 900 3rd Ave., Ketchum, ID
Hours: Friday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
What I’m bringing: Pastels and Oils
Booth # G-9

Pastels Salon International
International Exhibition Hall
24410 Saint Aulaye
Dordogne, France
August 13 – 28, 2011
Free admission daily from 10am to 12:30 and 2:30 to 7