Spring Art Crawl 2009

The Art Crawl committee at the Tilsner did a fantastic job this year- we had a really good turn-out, and lots of music and guest artists showed in the Tilsner hallways.

Nigel Perry added my artwork to the Tilsner website pages- wow! he did a great job:  http://tilsner.net/news/cecilia-henle.shtml

I sold several items from my licensed art product line, and added lots of new names to my mailing list.

Thank you everyone who visited this year!! I look forward to seeing more friendly art-lovin’ faces this fall at the Fall Art Crawl in October. 

Abstract Commission for Sheila Nosbush

Fall Art Crawl patron Sheila Nosbush contacted me several months after the Crawl, and visited my studio with her new husband. Sheila loved one of my primitive oil on canvas works….and wanted something similar, without the “cave horses”. (Which is funny- because I have been abstracting my primitive oils more and more anyway!) They commissioned an abstract triptych oil on canvas.. Three panels of 12×36″.

I will be showing the progress photos of this work. So far, I have worked on about 4 layers! This piece is exiting, and I am having fun thinking about the new couple, and the “windows of opportunity” they will have together in life. This is the focus of my intent behind the work. Lots of texture and visual free-form symbology, gold and copper and silver leaf are making it a rich visual feast for the eyes.

There are sveral more layers to come, including silver leaf, cerulean blues, and red golds.

Click on thumbnails to enlarge.

First Layer:

Second Layer:

Third Layer:

Fourth Layer:

Some Detail Photos:

Three River Ponies

Congratulations to Dee-Dee Georgoulakos, who purchased “Three Rivers Ponies” with my Studio Payment Plan.

Dee-Dee owns 5 of my originals, and her mother owns 2! What a nice surprise to hear from such enthusiastic art lovers!

The frame on this one is one of the old ones, so I gave her a discount on the frame.

click to see large image.