Image copyright Hector Guerra, www.hautedogart.com.
Sunday April 6th was the opening Sunday of our 2014 IMAGO Holy Week art show, Blessed. I've posted some snapshots of the show below. I'll update with a link to the IMAGO site once that update is completed.
My piece for the show entitled "The Loss". Please forgive the horrible iPhone picture. I forgot to take a finished shot until after it was already hung in the show! I'll update with a better shot once I have the opportunity to take one.
All images in this post are copyright Allison Fox unless otherwise noted.
Last year I made a wreath for the daughter of a sweet friend of mine. This year that little girl's younger sister is big enough to realize that she wants one too. So Miss Amelia will be receiving this cotton candy pink wreath soon!
If you have a little girl in your life who would love something similar, please contact me at allison@foxfiregalleries.com, or place an order through our
Etsy store if you will need shipping outside of the Houston area.
One of our big corporate clients has a standing order for eight wreaths every year. These woodland wreaths are what they will receive for 2013. They are a departure from our usual wreaths which tend to have a lot more sparkle, but for some reason doing something more down home and traditional just felt right this year.
If you happen to love the look of this wreath, we can do a similar custom order for you. Just drop us a line at allison@foxfiregalleries.com, or head on over to our
Etsy shop to place an order if you will need it shipped outside of the Houston area.
December is swiftly approaching, so NOW is the time to place your orders for Christmas wreaths and centerpieces. I'll add a page soon where you can order directly. I'm also opening an Etsy store and will post the link once that is up and running.
Homestyle wreath by Foxfire Galleries
Here's an example of what is heading your way. 24" decorated wreaths start at $125, and 30" wreaths start at $200. Larger sizes are also available via custom order, as are centerpieces and decorated garland.
Please email at allison@foxfiregalleries.com if you'd like to place an order. We can do custom pieces in addition to what will be listed online. We look forward to hearing from you!
Today as I was cleaning out a closet and rearranging where things are stored, I came across some paintings I had forgotten I still had. I'll post them here and on Facebook. Please let me know if you are interested by emailing me at foxfiregalleries(at)gmail.com.
First up is "Innocence Lost", oil on canvas, 12" x 24". I love this piece, but unfortunately don't have space for it. Here is a close up of the detail of the eye.
Next is an untitled watercolor on paper. Image is 8 1/2" x 11", matted in white with indigo trim to 16" x 20".
**UPDATE** This untitled piece has been SOLD!
This one would be great in any room with a muted color scheme. Or, if your room has deep blue or purple walls, once you frame this piece, it will really pop against the dark walls.
At any rate, I'll keep posting these blasts from the past as I unearth them.
I have a love affair with spray paint and its ability to breathe new life into formerly sad, beaten down objects. Given my recent need for chairs at my kitchen table, combined with the desire to revive something old rather than simply buy something new, I decided to undergo a little furniture refinishing adventure.
The first subject (or victim, depending on your perspective) is a formerly old and rickety dining chair that I found at a local thrift store. (Old and rickety were the exact adjectives used by the sales lady when I asked about its price). For a whopping three dollars I brought home this beauty:
I know, calm down, pick yourself up off the floor. She's just too much to behold with her lackluster finish and garish red (and stained!) cushion. BUT, she had a great shape, and I knew that new fabric and a coat of spray paint would free her inner fabulousness.
To start the process, I flipped the chair over to unscrew the seat, and it appeared that a former industrious chair-improver had filled the screw holes in with wood putty. I was incredibly disappointed, until I poked the putty with my screw driver and noted that it easily gave way. Elated, I gleefully scraped away the putty until I realized that it was actually some sort of cocoon and the biggest nastiest larva I had ever seen was now smushed all over my screw driver.
(My apologies for not recording that discovery with some National Geographic quality photography. I know you must be disappointed).
And guess what, this first larva had siblings in the three other holes I had yet to venture into. Sadly four little mystery larvae sacrificed their lives for the beauty of my dining room.
Once all my nasty little friends were removed from the chair, and I and my screwdriver were thoroughly disinfected, I rubbed the chair down with alcohol. Normally I would use mineral spirits, but I was out, and determined to move to the spray painting stage quickly. I also skipped the sanding stage because the chair's finish was so old and broken down and didn't really have any spots that needed smoothing over. (The other chair I purchased will need sanding, but that is for a different post!)
I primed the chair with a spray primer and then painted it with two thin coats of Valspar Golden Maize, and then a couple thin coats of a spray sealer. After recovering the chair with some lovely outdoor fabric I found at Joann Fabrics, this is the result:
I think she's a much happier chair after her rehab. Total price: less than $20 (and four larvae, but how can you put a price on them??). The chair was $3 at the thrift store, fabric was less than $5 plus two cans of spray paint around $5 each.
I could get used to this thrifting thing. Minus the bugs.
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