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We have just completed the long drive from West Virginia to Las Vegas for the Creative Painting Convention and made it home again safe and sound! It is a very long drive but Chuck and I both enjoy how incredibly varied the landscape is across the country and don’t mind the trip at all. We have our favorite stops along the way, have discovered the best places to watch for some of the wildlife and this year even caught glimpses of spring wildflowers. Of course we saw some snow and ice in the higher elevations but nothing too serious. Creative Painting was a great show as usual with wonderful classes and a busy exhibit hall and I am working overtime now to get my submissions in for next year!

Our next destination will be the Society of Decorative Painting Convention in Peoria, Illinois, June 15-20. I will be teaching one class there and an example of that painting is shown above. Artist Expo in Houston, Texas will follow on July 22-25 and the class examples for that convention are shown above as well. These are great learning projects that I’m pleased to be presenting at these locations! Hope to see you at one or both of these events! As always we will also have a double booth on the trade show floor so stop by and see us there too. Both events will have a great deal to offer painters and shoppers of all skill levels!

As classes and workshops are added to our calendar you will be able to see the full listing on our Schedule page here, so visit us often to be kept up to date! The class dates and subjects for New England Traditions are now available too.

Classes at the Kitty Gorrell Studio are ongoing! This spacious private studio is situated in a quiet, peaceful, country setting, just the place to focus uninterrupted on your artistic challenges. We have an exciting and challenging line up of learning possibilities for the spring and summer months and I encourage you to attend as many as you can to expand on your artistic skills! There is nothing like joining a group of friends with the same desire to learn to keep your creativity alive and growing. I realize how busy everyone is with lives that are quite often already over booked, and budgets are being strained right now, so I am always extremely pleased when you make time to continue with your art education. You are to be congratulated for your dedication!

We’re proud to announce the “Interactive Artist Magazine” has launched it’s premier issue!! The February launch issue is still being fine tuned, making adjustments and alterations as needed that promise to make this the finest on-line magazine it can be. This photo was taken at our Launch Party in Las Vegas and pictured left to right are Melinda Barnes – Web Host and Consultant, Kitty Gorrell – Editor In Chief, Dawn Knowles – Publisher and CEO, Jay Sharp – Creative Painting Director and Host, Ashley Knowles – Youth Consultant and Dawn’s daughter.

You can find the April issue on line now at InteractiveArtistMagazine.org.

“Homecoming Hues Painting Retreat” is generating a lot of excitement once again and classes are filling rapidly. Check out the Homecoming Hues link above for complete information on the entire 2009 event and to see the class projects being presented by Dorothy Dent, Mark Polomchak, Carol Hoffman and Kathie George! We still have space in part of the classes and we encourage you to register soon to take full advantage of this wonderful opportunity to study with four of the industries finest! Some of the classes are full now but we are taking names on the waiting list for those in case space becomes available later on. North Bend State Park in central West Virginia is the location for Homecoming Hues and you can visit them as well at www.northbendsp.com . We hope you will join us for our ’09 Homecoming!

Keep smiling, keep painting and by all means, enjoy the scenery Mother Nature has given us!

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