Holiday Ideas at SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth, Maine

It's great to get away sometimes! I just returned from a trip to Portland, Oregon to visit with my brother Mike, his wife Mary and my mom! Now it's back to getting ready for the holidays at YIKES! Studio. SevenArts Gallery, the gallery I am a part of and where my work is represented in Ellsworth, Maine, is stocked up for the holidays and I'll be in the gallery some days this month-- Feel free to check with me to find out my schedule if you want to drop in and say hello!

SevenArts is located at 192 Main St. in Ellsworth and in addition to my work, showcases the talents of Kim Walker, Linda Perrin, Obie Buell, Rebecca Krupke, and Wendilee Heath O'Brien.

Mary, Mike, Mom & I on the beautiful beach!

Wow! What a gorgeous state. 

Ornaments ready for gifting-- by Linda Perrin of Atlantic Art Glass--
are the newest additions to SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth

Something for everyone!

What's On My Workbench

I've been working with new colors, combinations and patterns in my studio for fall. Red, black, and white continues to be very popular. I love working with the graphic contrast.

The contrast and lines in the canes remind me of comic book art, or perhaps some kind of alphabet or symbolism.

The complex, winding lines and shapes seem to speak of new languages, mystical communications.

Besides working in my studio and playing with new colors and patterns for fall, you can find me at SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth, Maine some days of the week-- just contact me for my schedule in the gallery. My work is always available there, Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm.

Cherry Blossom Festival! at SevenArts

Artist Wendilee Heath O'Brien of Winter Harbor, Maine creates magnificent canvases using Asian ink painting

SevenArts Gallery will be hosting a Cheery, Cherry Event to Welcome Spring! 

It's our first Cherry Blossom Festival! This Saturday, April 6 from 11 am to 4 pm, the artists of SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth invite you to join in a fun celebration of Spring, cherry blossoms (sakura) and Japanese customs and art. Member artist Wendilee Heath O'Brien is the leader on this event, as she is our resident authority on Japanese culture.

Wendilee spent several years in a fishing village in Japan where she learned to speak the language and to create her magnificent gold and silver leaf paintings and paint using traditional pine pitch ink, called sumi. (For more fascinating information and tutorials, as well as more examples of her Asian ink paintings of Maine, visit her website at WHOpaints.com!)

The members of SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth have all created some lovely pieces to commemorate this event. YIKES! Studio will have some fun new earrings and pendants in honor of spring and the cherry blossoms.

The chefs at Cleonice Restaurant will be featuring some Japanese-inspired dishes for the evening's dining. Visitors will have an opportunity to try on a kimono, learn how to pick up rice properly with ohashi (chopsticks), drink tea, sing sakura (a traditional cherry blossom song) and some phonetic syllabri (Japanese pictographs for “spelling out” words). Please bring some friends and join us in the gallery for lots of learning and fun! All are welcome.

SevenArts is located on the first floor of The Maine Grind building at 192 Main Street, Ellsworth.

Happy Spring and Summer from YIKES!

Happy Spring & Summer from YIKES! Studio Greetings! We are well into a gorgeous late Maine spring with summer fast approaching. I wanted to pause a moment in this busy time to update my wonderful customers on what has been happening in the studio. This season I have been focusing on pieces with lots of energy and vibrant color as well as some new designs incorporating new shapes such as pods, gears and blossoms. I find myself gravitating towards using colors in oranges, pinks, yellows, turquoises, purples, citrus greens, high contrast black and white, in all kinds of combinations and patterns. Some subtle, some outrageous! YIKES! News First big news is that I am as of January 2012, a member of Seven Arts Gallery in Ellsworth. It is so good to have a "home" for my creations. You can find a large selection of earrings etc. at the gallery on a regular basis. I am in the gallery once a week and available for meeting with customers there any time. Seven Arts Gallery is located in the Maine Grind building on Maine St. in downtown Ellsworth.  We are right next door to the Grind Cafe which is now run by the talented owners of Cleonice Restaurant. Art and food together, oh my!  Secondly, I have been doing some work for Polyform, the makers of sculpey products and the clay I use called Premo. They approached me and asked that I utilize a new product and photograph my process, write descriptions and send the finished pieces to them for use in publications etc. Its pretty exciting to be contacted out of the blue like that by the makers of my clay!  Next in my news I have been working on some new accounts and now YIKES! Studio jewelry can be found in more stores and galleries through out Maine, Mass, Vermont and New Hampshire. Everything continues to be made one at a time, by me so you can imagine my studio time is maxed! _______________________________________ Schedule 2012 As I am now in Seven Arts Gallery and in more shops and galleries, my show schedule is much lighter this year.  The first show of the season will be theGilsland Farm Audubon Show, Falmouth, Maine Aug 18-19 (beautiful setting, lovely show) Second will be the American Folk Festival in Bangor Aug 24-26 (So much to see and do!!) Fashion NIght Out at D' ALessio Gallery in Bar Harbor Sept. 6, 6-10 pm (wicked fun!)     Designing Women at Husson College Bangor, Nov 3 (always a great small show - perfect venue for beginning holiday shopping) That's my schedule as I know it for now. You can always purchase my work online, stop in to Seven Arts Gallery or contact me directly for all your YIKES! jewelry needs.  _______________________________________ For all you YIKES! junkies, I am continuing my jewelry punch cards. They are good anytime at Seven Arts Gallery as well as at my shows. If you don't have a card yet ask for one when you purchase a pair or two of earrings. Collect punches towards a free pair of earrings in your color choice! ________________________________________ Hope you all have a lovely spring and summer and that I see you again real soon. Best always, Suzanne Anderson ~ YIKES! Studio www.yikesstudio.com suzanne@yikestudio.com 207-356-0460   Super pretty new blossom pendants Lil' birds in a gear New black and white series Big abstract rings

New Digs at SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth

 

I am blogging from my new YIKES home at Seven Arts Gallery in Ellsworth, Maine. The gallery is located in the Maine Grind building where you can stop in for a cup of coffee or something to eat and browse the lovely artisan made items in the gallery.

It's so nice to have a place to permanently show my work. Every week I have a gallery day where I am in the gallery replenishing my items and tweaking my display.

I am surrounded by big windows that light up all the gorgeous items made by my fellow artist/owners of the gallery. Here everyone pools their talent and resources to create something bigger and better!

Stop in sometime and see what's happening here in the gallery!

Thank you from YIKES! Studio!

 

 

As the season comes to a close I wanted to stop and thank all my wonderful customers and friends for all their support of my work. Its been a great year and I have had a wonderful time meeting and greeting everyone. Hope to see you all again.

Though I plan to be doing fewer shows and have less gallery representation in the upcoming year, you can watch for my work in SevenArts Gallery in Ellsworth. I will be one of the seven artists to show in the gallery full time and I will be present in the gallery one day a week. It is so exciting to have a home for YIKES and to be part of a group of dedicated and talented artists. Watch for the exciting new work that I will be showing there on a regular basis. The gallery is located in the Maine Grind building on Main Street in Ellsworth. Stop by and see what's happening in this beautiful little gallery!

Happy Holidays & Wishing You a Very Wonderful New Year!

--Suzanne
suzanne@yikestudio.com