What a great evening! Saturday evening was the annual

Kansas City Artist's Coalition Auction....

and once again, it was spectacular! Actually, the event started on Wednesday evening with a Champagne/Dessert party for all  of the artists who donated a piece of their work. What a nice (and delicious!) evening that was.

Saturday, we all returned to the Coalition's building in the City Market area, to watch our art being auctioned off before a crowd of 250 plus. And that crowd came to buy! My Studio partner, David Gross,  and I each gave a painting for the fund raiser event, and it is so fun to watch the action, until it is time for you to find out how your piece did! You can't help but have that terrible feeling...."Panic! What if no one wants my painting!" So,  I had made the decision to not go check on it....to just let it go wherever, with whomever for however much. About 2/3rds of the way through the auction, a little voice whispered in my ear "I got your painting!" It was my dear sweet friend, Ada Koch, a wonderful painter and a terrific instructor. How nice it is to know my painting will be hanging in the home of my sweet friends, Ada and Kevin!



Lower piece a watercolor by David Gross



Where my painting was part of the silent auction, David's beautiful watercolor was part of the live auction. I had been watching people stand in front of the painting, studying it, discussing it for several hours. It was obvious there was a great deal of interest in this painting. Sure enough, there was a very active bidding war over David's painting! It brought in more than expected. Now, that was fun!

My apologies for so few photographs. When you are 4'11" tall, taking photos in a crowd is next to ipossible. Also, the spotlighting made picture taking a little tricky!

My thanks to all of the artists, board members, and volunteers for making it such a special evening!

Have you been wondering what I've been up to in the kitchen?
I've been having a grand old time, playing "mad chef", working on some great new recipes for
Jeanne Mackay of The Tasteful Olive.

Stay tuned....more to come!