John Hiemstra, Ray at Night, Saturday May 12, 2007

Just finished hanging the show with Arie Harrison at Innovative Realty at 3827 30th Street next to Dino's in North Park. Its a bright, modern looking space shared with three other artists.Thanks for staying late, Arie!!

I have 17 paintings hung in the show, including everything at Artwalk except the big one I was working on over the weekend (and is now featured in the new header of my online portfolio www.john-scenic.com thanks (again) to the lovely Sylvia who took the photos.)

Anyway, there are a couple of other cool things hung, including a huge canvas I did in chalk of Van Gogh's "White Roses". If you missed ArtWalk or have never been to Ray at Night, there are several venues in the immediate area featuring art, music, food & drink this Saturday May 12, 2007 from 7pm on. I hope to see you there.

Here is the flyer Arie did up for the show:

New Art Show Open this Saturday May 12, 2007

I will be showing some of the paintings from ArtWalk plus some other good stuff from the studio at a cute little office/gallery space in North Park. We hang the show this Wednesday and the opening is this Saturday May 12 7-10 pm in conjunction with North Park's monthly Ray at Night event.

Ray at Night features over a dozen local venues all with unique shows of art from photography and painting to sculpture and craft, with music, food, wine and more all revolving around Ray Street at University Avenue in North Park, home to more than a few intersting coffee shops, bars and restaurants.

My work will be shown at Innovative Realty, 3827 30th Street at University, around the corner from Ray Street. I hope to see you there.

Thank you

Its been a busy week since last weekend's ArtWalk, and even though now I have even more good stuff to write about (without having caught up from before Artwalk, I just want to say one thing: Thank you.

Thanks to eveyone who came out to Little Italy last weekend and checked out my booth, checked out what what I was doing, and specially to those who gave feedback, ideas, comments, and honest reactions. I have been energised this week from your energetic and overwhelmingly positive feedback-- and I am incredibly grateful to you all.

For those who didn't make it this year, and for those who might have wanted a picture but didn't have a camera, below is a picture of me working on one of my new fine art paintings for my agent Tom Pergola:



This picture is courtesy of the lovely Sylvia, my "photographer of the day" on Sunday--thanks, Sylvia!!