{"id":5083,"date":"2016-06-21T17:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T21:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2016-07-29T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T00:43:25","slug":"ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2016\/06\/21\/ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5085\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2016\/06\/21\/ten-years\/summer_splendor_takeyce\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5085\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5085\" src=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Splendor 48x48&quot; | Oil \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce.jpg 800w, https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/summer_splendor_takeyce-690x690.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer Splendor<br \/>48&#215;48&#8243; | Oil<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sold.jpg\" alt=\"sold\" width=\"31\" height=\"34\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3252\" \/><strong>SOLD<\/strong> &#8211; Private Collection in New Hampshire<\/p>\n<p>This month (6\/21) marks the 10 year anniversary of my blog! How quickly that time has gone by, with many wonderful happenings along the way. Here&#8217;s a recap of some wonderful achievements since <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2006\/06\/21\/weekly-painting-june-20-2006-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\">day 1<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My artwork has been acquired many national (32\/52 states) and international (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, and Scotland) collections<\/li>\n<li>Added 2 wonderful children to my family<\/li>\n<li>My work is licensed on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.art.com\/gallery\/id--a52940\/takeyce-walter-posters.htm?ui=FFE1BB0A079E468C885A0FA8DCC53ED6\" target=\"_blank\">Art.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Became an Art Instructor at <a href=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2013\/09\/09\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saratoga Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Became a board member at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2014\/12\/02\/saratoga-arts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saratoga Arts<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Became an Art Instructor at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arlenesartist.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Arlene&#8217;s Artist Materials<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Juried associate member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pastel Society of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/2015\/06\/01\/adirondack-national-pastel-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adirondack Pastel Society<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>One painting is now in a museum&#8217;s permanent collection (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooksidemuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brookside Museum<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>My work has been on featured a billboard<\/li>\n<li>My work was featured in a <a href=\"http:\/\/dickblick.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dick Blick<\/strong> <\/a>catalog<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve won several awards for my paintings<\/li>\n<li>Participated in well over 36 group and solo shows since 2006<\/li>\n<li>Completed many special commissions for my collectors<\/li>\n<li>Donated many paintings to support causes important to me and my family<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve made many, many, wonderful friends in my students, fellow artists, and collectors<\/li>\n<li>Built (in process) a studio in my backyard<\/li>\n<li>My work has been featured on a few fantastic Art Blogs<\/li>\n<li>Became a juried member of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oakroomartists.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakroom Artists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the above, I owe to my supportive family, friends, students, and art collectors. I thank you all for cheering me on all these years. To thank you, I&#8217;ll be doing a few special things over the next few weeks &#8211; painting give-away, open studio party, etc. Stay tuned&#8230;Many thanks to so many of you who&#8217;ve supported, inspired and encouraged me throughout the years!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/duanekeiser.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=539893604\">Duane Keiser<\/a>, and <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/shiftinglight.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=680668452\">Julian Merrow-Smith<\/a> were the first Daily Painters I discovered in 2006 who inspired me to paint at least twice a week &#8211; thank you! <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenmargulis.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=545803319\">Karen Margulis<\/a>, <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tracyhelgeson.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=705069699\">Tracy Helgeson<\/a>, <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/kimmorinweineck.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1227034108\">Kim Morin Weineck<\/a>, <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/riahills.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1000361224\">Ria Hills<\/a> and <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/loriannsignori.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=566286520\">Loriann Signori<\/a> are a few of the many inspiring and generous artists (including those I didn&#8217;t mention by name &#8211; you know who you are) who&#8217;ve given me advice in the beginning, over the years, and as recently as a month ago! Many thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/corinacontemporaryjewelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Corina O<\/a>, and <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"http:\/\/michellelalondeaccessories.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1468549868\">Michelle LaLonde<\/a> for giving me my very first solo shows. And to all of my supportive family, and art collectors, far and near for enabling me to continue creating art! Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>The above painting is available at<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverwoodgalleries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silverwood Gallery<\/a> <\/strong>in Bolton Landing this month. It is the largest painting I&#8217;ve done to date, and a direction (painting larger) I&#8217;d like to continue to explore.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Takeyce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLD &#8211; Private Collection in New Hampshire This month (6\/21) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oil-2","category-sold","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5171,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/5171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/takeyceart.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}