A Few Exhibitors from the 2011 Peter Anderson Arts Festival in Ocean Springs, MS

Last Saturday and Sunday was the 2011 Peter Anderson Arts Festival here in Ocean Springs. I went around and was moderately impressed with some of the things I saw.

I  talked with one of my favorite potters from Mobile AL, Charles Smith. I have admired his work for many years now and It is always a pleasure to converse with him and see his great pottery.

 I really liked the pieces that were being exhibited by Steve Burrow of Sea Oat Studio in Gulf Shores, AL. His works were richly embellished with applied detail and lively slip trailing. His pottery covers the gambit from subdued all the way to baroque intensity.

Colette Martin Waite of Daphne, AL, was also exhibiting and I have to say that I found her canvas with the Hydrangea's and the watermelon to be absolutely delightful. It has that special quality that just stands out and shines. Her work is always traditional but still has a fresh quality that many artists works do not possess.

Craig McMillin  of Studio McMillin, had some very fine pottery works also. I was extremely impressed by his mammoth bowl with it's snowflake like crystalline glaze in it's center.

I also had a chance to chat with Mary Kay Samouce of ADORN by Samouce, who popped into South Coast Antiques & Gallery for a bit. I so enjoy her rethinking of traditional jewelry design by refashioning vintage and antique pieces into bold and elaborate modern pieces that are way more art than craft.

Kristin Holeman Cloisonné Jewelry 2011 Pensacola Arts Festival

One of the prize winners at the 2011 Pensacola Museum of Art's, Art in the Park, Arts Festival was Kristin Holeman. She creates some of the best quality and well designed jewelry that I have seen in a while. She has a quirky, whimsical take on jewelry that makes her work truly one of a kind. One has to admire her jewels for the shear amount of work that she puts into each piece. Unfortunately there is not much online information about her and her jewelry. She has a website Kristin Holeman Cloisonné, but it is a bit lax on information and images of her spectacular pieces. Here are a few images that she has supplied and a couple that I have taken myself.

Michael W. Moses Judges the 2011 Pensacola Museum of Art's Art in the Park, Arts Festival

On Saturday May 14th I went to Pensacola, FL to be one of the

judges for the 2nd annual Pensacola Museum of Art's Art in the Park arts festival.

The weather was just great!  There were many deserving artists and it was

difficult to chose the winners. Myself and my co- judge, Phillip Counselman 

of Mobile, AL were able to finally narrow it down to the 5 best of show and here they are in order of award.

 
BEST OF SHOW for his work in wood -- $2500 Dale Lewis

1st Place – Award of Distinction $1,000  Kristen Holeman – jewelry
 

AWARD OF HONOR  $500    Leslie Peebles -- printmaking
 

 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE  $500  Lou Mitchell Courtney -- ceramic

AWARD OF MERIT $500 James McClure -- wood

Cute kittens and Pensacola Museum of Art's Art in the Park Arts festival

Here is a photograph of one of our new kittens. Our cat Kitty K. Kitty, just had kittens last month and this is a picture that I took of one of them  the other day. It is just so cute!

I have been doing a bit of pottery painting of late and will have a few new pieces to show you soon.

This Friday I will be going to Pensacola, FL to be one of the judges for the 2nd annual
Pensacola Museum of Art's Art in the Park arts festival.