Browsing Archive: May, 2012

May 22, 2012

Posted by Emmy White on Tuesday, May 22, 2012,

Well, here we are two days after Art A Whirl and still alive and back to painting with my friends, Ginny and Barb. Art A Whirl is always extravagant and fun when friends come by to say Hi and the energy is festive. My painting of "Man Reading" sold at the Silent Auction and I hope someday to meet the person who bought it. Thanks to NEMAA for sponsoring the art festival and to all of you who stopped by to gab a bit and enjoy art. I can't find the "Man Reading" on my computer so I'll post t...
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May 12, 2012

Posted by Emmy White on Saturday, May 12, 2012,

I've been getting ready for the big happening next weekend. Art A Whirl takes place in NE Minneapolis and our studio at Northrup King Building at 1500 Jackson will be open Thursday, May 17 5-9, Friday May 18, 5-10PM, Saturday May 19, 12-8PM and Sunday May 20, 12-5PM I hope you will come and visit. Here's a new painting that I hope will turn out to be a series called Inside and Outside. It was fun to do and came from the experience of a house tour last weekend that included a walk in the w...
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May 4, 2012

Posted by Emmy White on Friday, May 4, 2012,

It is a sound like no other, rain on the roof, that brings back memories. In the home that I grew up in, I would lie in bed listening to the rain on the tin roof and the sounds today reminds me of that description, "pitter patter" I have been struggling with my paintings. Some of them don't even make it to my basement collection before getting ripped up on the back porch. Here are a couple of new paintings that are still alive. The restaurant is from a sketch I did at Curran's Restaurant ...
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