Today was the main event for the Carmel Art Festival. Judging was in the morning, a silent auction in the afternoon, awards ceremony at 5, and live auction at 6. After a leisurely brunch, I hung around the show while Josie went shopping in downtown Carmel. It was a good show. For the first time, you could bid for paintings online. All the paintings in the show can be found here.
Below is one of my paintings, followed by a few shots of my ‘panel’–
I ran into Eric Rhoads, publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur. Here is a photo of him taking a photo of Brian Blood, this years first place winner in the festival–
A live band played–
Live sculpting —
The awards ceremony–
All-in-all, it was a great show. I had been expecting slow sales, due to the economy, but paintings seemed to be selling at a brisk pace!
I enjoyed reading your blog about the Carmel Art Festival. It is good to get other views of what was going on during those two painting days. It was a roller coaster ride for me with both mornings wasted. I see you had much better luck. Hope to see you next year.