My sixth show of this year: Siren Nation Art Festival opening this Thursday

I have indeed fulfilled my goal of six art shows this year, with the opening of the Siren Nation Art Festival this Thursday!

En retrospeta / In retrospect
En prospeta / In prospect

As you see, this time around, I have decidedly taken a somewhat different approach (what?! they are still cats!!).  For the previous five shows, I was primarily using line-drawing illustrations that were tinted with a bit of watercolour.  For this show, I have done more traditional watercolour paintings.

The art festival's theme this year is "Then and Now."

The Siren Nation Art Festival originally began in the early 2000s, inspired by LadyFest, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and Lilith Fair, with a purpose of showcasing women's music talent in a world that is dominated by men.  A fine arts festival was later added as an adjunct event, as well as the craft fair.

This is my third time with Siren Nation, first time as part of the (now-defunct) Working Artists Network, LLC booth at the 2008 craft fair at the McMenamins Kennedy School (with Adrienne Fritze and Amy Luck!).  In 2010, I made it into the juried fine arts show at Albina Press Hawthorne, and I am back this year after two years of absence.

Siren Nation Art Festival information:

Where: Albina Press on Hawthorne (not the one on Albina Avenue), 5012 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97215
When: Opening Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6 p.m. - Ending Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
http://www.sirennation.org/festival-art/