The Jury is Out: Annual Spring Juried Art Exhibit

Annually the local art center in our county, Gilmer Arts, holds a juried art show each spring for local artists. Many different mediums are accepted: 2 D painted, drawn, and mixed media works, photography, and 3 D works of art. The notices have gone out for acceptance into the show, and I am happy to announce I have entered several different paintings this year.

This is my first Juried Art Show even though I was invited to submit pieces into a juried show last year in the town south of us; that show was cancelled due to severe weather. Entering any art show means a lot of preparation work for the artists, the gallery, and those involved with the opening and the judging. During the Opening Reception for the show on Sunday, April 6th, 2025, the winners in each category will be announced at 4:00pm. If you are local, come and enjoy the refreshments as well as meet the artists presenting their works. It will be fun, I promise!

Before, during or after the show you may purchase my artwork. Please feel free to browse my submissions here; each one is available for purchase. If you purchase at the art center during the show, a portion of the proceeds goes to the art center. If you see something you must have but aren’t local, reach out to me here: Art In the Community.

“In the Vines at the Foothills”, 12 x 16 x 1″ acrylics to canvas, local N. Georgia winery: $168

“Winter Cornfields on Macedonia Road”, 14x11x1, acrylics to canvas, local area farm in N. GA.: $190

“Spring House,” 11 x 14 x 2, acrylics to canvas, Birds built a nest in birdhouse at the lake pergola: $ 195

“Monument Valley 1”, 12 x 6 x 1, acrylics to canvas, shadows on red cliffs: $100

“Monument Valley 2”, 8 x 8 x 1, acrylics to wood panel, shadows on red cliffs: $ 90

“Monument Valley 3”, 8 x 8 x 1, acrylics to wood panel, shadows on red cliffs: $ 90

LIGHT UP THE SKY, PART 1, 9 x 12 x 2, acrylics to canvas, billowy clouds at sunrise: $ 160

LIGHT UP THE SKY, PART 2, acrylics to canvas, 10 x 20 x 2, billowy clouds at sunrise: $ 198

FOR THE BIRDS, acrylics to canvas, 20 x 12 x 1, Blue Tananger in forest boughs: $ 190

Lessons in Painting Looser

Why Painting Looser Works

Painting looser is relaxing and it helps create a more appealing piece of artwork. There are other reasons to try painting looser, but these are my reasons. Painting is therapeutic for me and creating a beautiful result makes it all worthwhile.

My art mentor preaches relaxed form while painting, so it’s a natural stance for me now as I work. I prefer the standing position while I paint at a high-top surface using a tabletop easel. It makes it easier to wield my paint brush like a magic wand if I’m standing in front of an easel.

You heard it right; I hold my brush like it is a wand! This way my entire body is involved with every brushstroke. It’s a very relaxing stance. Try it! You may love the results!

Grateful Beatitude
Acrylic to Paper, Mounted, Matted, & Framed under glass
8 x 10 framed to 12 x 15 / $122

Grateful Beatitude
Acrylic to Paper, Mounted, Matted, & Framed under glass
8 x 10 framed to 12 x 15 / $122

It will be on display during the Jasper Artwalk show on September 13, 2024. Look for me at the Hive & Vine Wine Lounge located at 57B N. Main Street, Jasper, Georgia 30143. You can reserve a painting before the show by going to this post link where you will see a listing of all my available works: https://beccasgreencraftstudio.com/2024/08/26/r-shuler-art-at-the-jasper-artwalk-2024/

R. Shuler Art at the Jasper Artwalk 2024

R. Shuler the artist aka: Becca of Green Craft Studio

Each piece of art shown will be in the show and available for purchase. You may reserve your piece here with payment using this link, add a note at time of payment with the phrase ARTWALK and the TITLE of the piece: Paypal.me/artworkshop50. If you don’t have paypal, then reach out using the contact form or email the artist here: beccasgreencraftstudio@gmail.com.

Between the Pastures / Framed Panel (16 x16 x 2) / $405
Creme Brulee / Framed Panel (16 x 16 x 2) / $405

Creme Brulee / Framed Panel (16 x 16 x 2) / $405

The Road Home / Acrylics to Pro Birch Panel (18 x 18 x 2) / $405

These Silent Woods / Acrylics to Pro-Birch Panel (18 x 18 x 2) / $405

The Burden is Gone / Acrlics to Pro-Birch Panel (16 x 16 x 1)/ $320

Twice as Nice / Acrylics to Gallery wrapped canvas (11 x 14 x 2) / $192

Under the Madness / Acrylics to wrapped canvas (11 x 14 x 1) / $180

In the Pines / Acrylic to Pro-Birch Panel (8 x 8 x 2) / $96

Glory Sounds / Acrylics to wrapped canvas (11 x 14 x 1)/ $149

SOLD Edgar’s Trees / Acrylics to paper mounted, matted, framed under glass (16×20) / $72

Warm Water’s Edge

Acrylics to paper mounted, matted, framed under glass

(11 x 14)

$52

Rock Solid

(river rocks along a treelined shore)

Acrylics to paper mounted under glass

(6 x 14 x 1)

$49

Rooftops / Acrylics to Birch Panel

(6 x 6 x 1) /

$32

Sheep in the Meadow

(sheep in field w/ windmill)

Acrylics toround wood panel (8″ round x 1″)

$32

Peace Like a River / Landscape

Acrylics to wrapped canvas (12×12)

River rruns through the Blue Ridge

$180

Farmhouse Star Barn Quilt / Folk Art

Acrylics to Purebond Poplar Panel framed (28″ square)

$250

Navy Sunflower Barn Quilt / Folk Art

(painted and sealed and ready for hanging)

Acrylics to Purebond Poplar Panel unframed (24″ square)

$195

SOLD Flora’s Crown / Folk Art Chicken

RESERVED by Cromie, Shane & Alisha

(Alisha’s hen)

Acrylics to paper mounted, matted, & framed under glass (9×9)

$122

Sunny-Side / Landscape

Acrylics to wrapped canvas

(11×14 framed to 16 x 20)

Sunflower rows in mountains of Georgia

$179

Grace Abounds / Landscape

INQUIRY POSTED 9/11/24

(sunflowers follow the sun on mountain landscape)

Acrylics to wrapped Canvas (11x14x1)

$159

Plum Satisfied / Florals

(hydrangea & foxglove bouquet)

Acrylics to birch panel (6x6x1)

$32

Delightful Joy / Florals

(fuscia hollyhocks on green)

Acrylics to paper mounted, matted, framed under glass (14×18)

$122

Fenced Posers / Florals

(Wild red roses along vintiage pickets)

Acrylics to paper-mounted, matted, framed under glass (14×18)

$122

SOLD Grateful Beatitude / Florals

(coneflowers on green framed)

Acrylics to paper, mounted, matted, & framed under glass

8 x 10 framed to 12 x 15

$122

Sally’s Song / Florals

Acrylics to birch panel framed (9×9)–Gerbera daisies & fern bouquet

$152

Drops of Sunshine / Florals

Acrylics to birch panel / 8 x 8 x 2

(White jasmine bouquet on vintage table at window)

$96

For the Birds 2 / BIRDS

Acrylics to wrapped canvas (16x24x1)

bird in tree boughs

$179

Song of Dawn / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (8x8x2)

Chickadee in blossoms of a tree

$96

SOLD Lady Sparrow / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (8x8x2)

Sparrow among Queen Anne lace

$96

Long Shadows / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (8x8x2)

chickadee in golden light

$96

Little Birdy / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2)

titmouse peering over shoulder

$54

Lonesome Night / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2)

chickadee perched on berries

$54

Reality Check / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2)

Orange Rufus Towhee in grass

$54

Simon Says / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2)

tufted titmouse peering down

$54

Sorrowful Morn / BIRDS

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2)

solitaire chickadee in cherry tree

$54

SOLD The Way Home / BIRDS /

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x2) /

titmouse on branch at dusk /

$54

Serenity Snap / BIRDS /

Acrylics to wood panel (6x6x1) /

sparrow in tall grass /

$32

Blue Dazed / BIRDS

Acrylics on wood panel (6x6x1)

titmouse in berries

$32

SOLD Whoo Goes There? / BIRDS

Acrylics to Birch panel (6x6x1)

screech owl in autumn woods

$32

  • Sweet Jenny / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Just a Struttin’ / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Clyde Says / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Rooster Grape / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLDOUT Party of Two / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Mr. Poke / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Mrs. Peck / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Hello Sunshine / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • Ray the Rooster / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Miss Pat / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT What She Said / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Jumbalaya / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Squatter / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Gretta Spoke / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Flossy Goes / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • SOLD OUT Good Morning Sunshine / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • OUT OF STOCK Zombie Chick / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • OUT OF STOCK Hen Party of Two / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • OUT OF STOCK Chicken Blues / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5
  • OUT OF STOCK Fat & Sassy / 5×5 card w envelope / $3 each or 2 for $5

Ask about Custom Art Kits by Becca when you check out.

Painting on Fabric: Is it durable? Washable? Permanent?

My studio has changed its focus lately, or at least a corner of the studio that is.   I have been wanting to paint sunflowers for a while now and went to work on this apron prototype last week.  The results are fabulous! I hope to answer as many of your questions as I can in this week’s craft blog.  However, do not hesitate to comment with a question at the bottom if I happen to leave your’s out. 🙂

Sunflowers are popping up all over the landscape here in North Georgia this month. Seeing them in all their glory moved me create my own canvas (apron fabrics) covered in sunny flowers. My artist friend, Sue King, does this all the time. She paints pillows and aprons using items from nature like leaves for stamping on neutral cloth.  She heat sets the paint after it dries. I hesitated to do this technique in the past because i didn’t think it would be very durable. Turns out it is very durable. Sue showed me how durable it is when I realized how often she uses and then washes her painted tablecloth–its white cotton  with leaf stamping in burgundy, browns, rusts, & greens.  

I searched magazines and books and images on the web for ideas for sunflower designs and color.  I had some green burlap to use for a ruffle trim on the apron and used that color green in the center of my design.  I also painted the ‘seeds’ so that the fibonacci pattern was evident.

 I wanted it to be somewhat realistic, but not perfect. I found a simple outline drawing in a color book to be the most useful when I began the process on the fabric.  I sketched the design onto craft drawing paper to use as a visual aid as I worked on the fabric with the paints.  I colored it with oil pastels.  It seemed so easy to do, I was ready to begin on the fabric.

Sketch the design and color it.

Sketch the design and color it.

I cut out several aprons from a lightweight ivory fabric in the studio stash pile.  I taped it to a board to keep it smooth as I worked with it. That tip came from watching Sue in her studio.  I sketched the design to the cloth, enlarging it from my drawing.  And then I gathered the tools for the painting process and mixed my color palette. Before long I was fully absorbed in the process of creating my first sunflower apron.  After I finished the first, I couldn’t stop. I was having too much fun to call this work! Which is why I love working in my Green Craft Studio. I get to make things that I love for others to appreciate and then love.  

As I work on my second sunflower apron, a memory floods my mind and won’t let go. Its a memory of a photograph of my first home grown sunflower plant. (Here I am at the end of Summer 2014, creating a sunflower on fabric, and this memory pops up like the sunflowers I see in my current landscape.) The memory is vivid, and it moves me to add another dimension to this apron. A dimension that was not in my design drawing. It’s a ladybug!  I didn’t see the ladybug until after we got the film developed.

It's a LADY BUG!

It’s a LADY BUG!

Sunflower aprons 1st

The added apron detail of the ladybug called for a red pocket accent to which I added a fabric flower applique to set the whole apron off. The green burlap ruffle trim finishes it perfectly. 

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As far as the painting process goes, I started off using tiny brushes and then moved on to a tiny sponge roller for the big sections and the background coloring.  The tiny flat sponge applicators worked well for the wide outline around the seed center.  Paper plates and plastic spoons worked great for mixing the palette.  I used acrylic craft paints in a matte finish. After the painted fabrics dried I heat set each painting from the back of the fabric using a low heat iron. I then washed them in cold water in the washing machine to test the paints.  Durable! I dried them in the dryer and pressed them out before finishing the details of the pocket, trims and ties.  One of these is going in my Etsy shop and another is going off to be reviewed for a blog feature in November. Elizabeth of Building Bridges Marketing was nice enough to reach out and I am excited to see what she says about my prototype painted aprons. November 16 is my feature date for her blog, so look for my Etsy shop feature article and read the review. It’ll be my first professional review and, quite frankly, I am on pins and needles! 

Bazaar Stars

Riverfest

Riverfest Arts & Crafts Show in Canton, GA U.S.A. September 2013

To be or not to be ….a Bazaar Star?

In my life I have only participated in two craft festivals from behind the counter—once as an assistant to a friend who makes jewelry and once as owner of Green Craft Studio. There is a big difference between assisting and doing the show. The preparatory work alone makes me shudder to consider. There are so many thoughts to process….what NEW items to produce…and how much stock to prepare…and the pricing and tagging….and the signage…. the TO DO LIST grows and grows …and suddenly, it’s SHOWTIME! Which translates: SMILE, SMILE, SMILE until your face hurts.

That’s my plan for success during my next show anyways.

Appealing to the masses can be a looming task for any artist, but especially one who designs and creates products one at a time like I do. I take cues on what to produce from my custom requests filtering into the studio through my online etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/greencraftstudio.  As I attempt to fill the booth with complimentary items, I envision a Shabby Country Cottage Chic arrangement in shades of the season. You will see vintage inspired handmade bags and aprons among other vintage or vintage inspired accessories for the lady(s) in your life.

Everything in the booth is handmade. And whether its my line of Ruffled Flapper Totes  in 3 sizes or Retro Kitcheyware Aprons for guys and gals, the booth is sure to be filled with a feast for your eyes. Don’t be surprised if you feel nostalgic as you stroll through, browsing until your hearts content, after all everything from the studio is taken from the past. They all lived as something else prior to becoming a product of the Green Craft Studio because the materials are re-purposed clothing or linens. The prices are very affordable, but the quality is superb.  I know you will go home with something you just love!

I also know that as long as I can SMILE, I can get through the craft show with success. Greeting everyone who walks by the booth might be a bit over the top, but I hope to meet as many new folks as possible. If you get to come to the mountains of North Georgia this autumn, be sure to plan time for the Mountain Moonshine Festival in Dawsonville, Georgia and look for us. Stop by and register for a chance to win a holiday shopping coupon card, so you can shop LOCAL online w/ me and my fellow Etsyians.

This blog will be updated as the dates for the Mountain Moonshine Festival draw near.  Mark your 2014 calendar: Sat/Sun, Oct. 25, 26 in Dawsonville, Georgia.

https://www.facebook.com/GreenCraftStudio

http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/11443-47th-annual-moonshine-festival

Thanks for reading my bazaar star blog. Return for more …new blogs weekly.

and away we GO!

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I registered with WordPress.com, so I could comment on an existing post on the NORGA Etsy Team website (https://www.northgeorgiamade.com), and suddenly I am creating my own blog website and writing my first blog ever.

So here we go!

I run an Etsy shop called Green Craft Studio. I work from home, sewing products that I design and sell on Etsy. When I was just a teeny bopper growing up in the 70’s, my mom sewed from home. She designed and fabricated costumes for a rock band. How cool is that, right? I thought it was real cool, but I had no idea how much work went into those costumes–most of Mom’s sewing happened after all the family went to sleep. I’d like to think that my products are real cool, just as cool as what mom did in the 70’s, but I’ll let my readers be the judge of that. I guess that’s why you see the 70’s influence on my favorite item, the Hip2Bsquare BoHo Bag. It is the most popular item I make. It is a beautiful purse that holds everything but the kitchen sink.  I get custom requests for it all the time. It happens to be my favorite thing to make, too.

So, I thought it should be featured in my first Studio Blog… see more at my website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/greencraftstudio and see more products made in North Georgia U.S.A. at https://www.northgeorgiamade.com (NORGA/North Georgia Etsy team members featured there.)

 

HIP2B BoHo Blue Lady 4picsin1HIP2B Paris Aqua bling 3picsin1HIP2B WhiteBritebeads

 

HIP2B Organic Orange 2HIP2B BoHo Baby BlueHIP2B Teal Poppies 1

Hip2Bsquare Boho bags like this one at www.etsy.com/shop/greencraftstudio

Hip2Bsquare Boho bags like this one at http://www.etsy.com/shop/greencraftstudio