Allison Miller Gallery’s Weblog

    I’m urging everyone to click on the link below and sign up to show your support for the Arts.  The 2009 Ecomonic Stimulus Recovery Plan which is currently in the Senate includes $50 million to the National Endowment for Arts (NEA).   Arts advocates from across the country are contacting their members of Congress to ensure that funding for the (NEA) is included.  Please visit the Americans for the Arts E-Advocacy Center to send a letter to your members of Congress and urge them to support the NEA in the economic recovery package.   This website is extremely easy to use and does get the message to your local, federal and state congresspersons.   Even better it’s FREE! 

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I received another Honorable Mention Award!   This time it was my ”Rose Petals” piece at The Kudzu Art Zone Gallery this past weekend.  The show was juried by Ronnie Offen.  Ronnie is a local atlanta artist who does beautiful pastels.  Her comment was she loved the depth and movement of this piece.  It’s one of my favorite pieces as well!  The title of this show is “Creative Beginnings” and one of the requirements was  to write a statement telling how this piece was a creative beginning for us.   Here’s my statement:

I recently left my professional career to pursue my dream of becoming a professional artist.  The hot melting wax was a warm relief to the stresses I had endured.  Working in wax feels so organic that I became drawn to elements from nature to add to my compositions.  “Rose Petals” is one of my first collage pieces.

This piece contains dried petals from a bouquet of roses given to me on my 40^th birthday.  Truly a creative beginning in my life!

I always look forward to a new year, getting a fresh start and letting the past turn into charished memories or experiences to learn from.   I’m very grateful for alot of things last year.  I completed my art website and my husbands photography website which is a huge accomplishment for someone who’s a novice at web stuff.  I’m grateful for my new studio space as well, it’s heated and air conditioned!  Now I have no excuses for not getting into the studio!!   I also joined 2 art organizations and vow to be more active with both this year.  

I have many goals for 2009.  The number one is to research new avenues for getting my art out there and to submit more work to shows.  After that is to produce more work.  Or should I produce more work then research new avenues…..  I’ll keep you posted on that one.  I also would like to work larger this year.  With my new space I made sure I had a large open area to stretch out my panels on sawhorses (Howard Hersch like) and pour wax.   I’ll have to sell more work in order to pay for all that wax and wood! 

After the lapse in work during construction I’m excited about the new art adventures I’m about to embark on.  Look for images of mynew studio and gallery space on my website! 

LOOK OUT 2009!!