Too many notes

There are just so many awesome things happening, I think I'm going to have to break out the bullets!

• Shared Palette has a new artist on board! International artist Claudia Jean McCabe debuted for a Showmakers Preview at the Toronto Congress Centre on Sept 30th 2009. We are a brilliant team, and I am so happy! The theme was 'Winter in the City' and the clients loved the concept, resulting in a magnificent painting work of art. Pictures of the Shared Palette team and the finished painting can be seem on my Flickr site here.
• Claudia and I are working on her new book of MUSINGS....you can read one of them featured on her website www.cjmccabe.com. We'll be sure to announce the book publication and CD soon!
• I am in a group show, opening this Wednesday at the Steam Whistle Gallery. I'm super excited about sharing my personal artwork, especially with artists Paul Savard and Jim Lasby. I suppose it's part of who I am...I am happiest in the company of friends and artists. We are all unique from one another, so the variety of work will be interesting. Maybe I'll see you at the opening!
  
• Visual Arts Mississauga hired me to teach a Teen Portfolio Class Sept 28-Nov 23rd. I love teaching kids, and after the first class, I realized the magnitude of this opportunity and what awesome stuff I can pass on that may just be the midas touch for their own opportunities. Life, and all the little things, is really is what you make it.
• Claudia just opened an Etsy store: www.CJMCCABE.etsy.com
  Beautiful work, perfect for gifts (are you thinking about Christmas yet....)
  
• In 2 weeks, Rheni Tauchid and I fly out to Pasadena, CA for the Learning & Product Expo: ART! show representing Tri-Art Acrylic Paints and Mediums www.tri-art.ca.
  I will be assisting Rheni for her workshops and teaching one of my own, as well as giving a free demo...more info here at Rheni's Blog (which you should follow, I love her posts!)
• Oct 19th is the MARTYS. It's a celebration of arts in Mississauga, and now that I live in a quiet part of the city, I humbly share with you that I have been nominated and chosen as a finalist. So......in a few weeks I'll attend the Awards night, party, and support the local talent, and with a little luck I'll win. I already feel like a winner though ♡