{"id":511,"date":"2009-05-16T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T03:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=511"},"modified":"2009-05-17T21:52:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T03:52:24","slug":"carmel-art-festival-day-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/carmel-art-festival-day-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmel Art Festival Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the main event for the <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carmelartfestival.org\/\">Carmel Art Festival<\/a>.  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.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carmelartfestival.org\/SilentAuction2009.html\">All the paintings in the show can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is one of my paintings, followed by a few shots of my &#8216;panel&#8217;&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/pleingallery\/pleinpicts\/soberaneslarge.jpg\" alt=\"Soberanes, big sur, seascape, california\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4a.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4a.jpg\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4b.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4b.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I ran into Eric Rhoads, publisher of <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fineartconnoisseur.com\/default.asp\">Fine Art Connoisseur<\/a>.  Here is a photo of him taking a photo of Brian Blood, this years first place winner in the festival&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4c.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4c.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A live band played&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image515\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4d.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4d.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Live sculpting &#8212;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4e.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4e.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The awards ceremony&#8211;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/carmelartfest4f.jpg\" alt=\"carmelartfest4f.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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