Friends of Katie Festival, Stoney Creek Iris Gardens

My next exhibit will be at Friends of Katie Festival. I will have a number of new floral paintings for sale & if the weather is agreeable, I will attempt a demonstration painting of... an IRIS!
Friends of Katie Festival will be held on Saturday, May 22, from 10am-4pm, at Stoney Creek Iris Gardens, near Dauphin PA. Katie writes on her website: Open Gardens will be May 22 and May 23, although honestly, it's not going to be the best year ever; "I renovated a lot of beds last year, so many are still getting settled in from that. But you're still welcome, as long as you understand that this isn't a showplace. I'm not so good about weeding and there's probably going to be laundry on the line. But there's a lot of interesting stuff happening here, iris and otherwise. On Saturday May 22, we'll have food for sale and some other vendors here from 10-4. We think of this as the arts festival for people who don't want to walk too far. Come look at iris, maybe buy a few tomato plants, some handmade soap, get some lunch, hang out and have an iris-nerd talk with me." http://www.stoneycreekiris.com/
If you can't make it to the festival, get a taste of the down-homey-ness of Katie's farm by way of her blog:
http://www.stoneycreekiris.com/blog.php

Photo in Lancaster Farming Newspaper

I am pleased to have sold 5 small floral paintings at the Mid-Atlantic garden Show. There was a lovely article written by Michelle Kunjappu in the Lancaster Farming paper, in which she mentions that irises are my favorite flowers, I won 1st place in the "Art in the Garden" show, I've been painting for 30 years, and I've been teaching for 15 years. A friend from my church showed me the article the day after it was published. To subscribe to Lancaster Farming: http://lancasterfarming.com/