New Lechon Asado recipe?

There's a disturbance in the Force... The Campello household has run out of cumin! 

Oh well... Just improvised a new marinade and there's a new version of Lechon Asado coming for tomorrow's Nochebuena.

Feliz Nochebuena to all of youse...

Opportunity for Artists

Deadline: April 1, 2015 

THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE ANNUAL ART COMPETITION More than $25,000 in prizes will be awarded, and Top Award Winners will be featured in the December 2015 issue of The Artist's Magazine! All winners will also appear in a special online gallery. There are 5 categories for you to compete and win. Plus, there's a Special Student/Beginner Division for new artists. Entry fee. 

Details: 715-445-4612 OR art-competition@fwmedia.com

Boardwalk Art Show deadline coming...

The Boardwalk Art Show (June 18-21, 2015) is one of the oldest and most well-respected outdoor art shows on the East Coast, and this year will mark their 60th anniversary celebrating fine art and contemporary craft. The show is consistently ranked in Sunshine Artist Magazine's top 40 fine art shows. With an average attendance each year of 250,000, this four-day festival attracts collectors and artists from across the nation. The show runs along the Virginia Beach boardwalk overlooking the sandy beach and Atlantic Ocean.

The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art invites artists to apply. Early application fee is $35 until January 1, 2015. Late registration until January 15th for additional $10 fee.

Women as Rocks at Sea heading to Sweden

The two pieces below were done as art school assignments at the University of Washington in wonderful Seattle in 1979. After 35 years they are heading to a collector in Sweden. I must have done 100 or more of these while I was in school there (1977-1981), but the vast majority of them I sold while I was one of the artists selling art at the Pike Place Market during those same years. I found these recently while looking for something else...

Woman Rock XXIII
Watercolor on Paper, c.1979

Woman Rock IV
Watercolor on Paper, c. 1979

Opportunity for Artists

HOTHOUSE: ImPRINT

Deadline: January 17, 2015

WPA is currently accepting submissions for Hothouse: ImPRINT, an open, juried, group exhibition of works by WPA member artists as part of our Hothouse Exhibition series at the Capitol Skyline Hotel. Hothouse: ImPRINT is an exhibition that aims to highlight the personal creative process through visual art in combination with written language. 

In addition to being included in the exhibition, selected artists will work with Juror, Robert Bettman, to write articles about their work and their creative process for publication in the arts magazine Bourgeon. 

More info here.

Wanna go to an opening tomorrow?

The Catcher in the Rye

"Catcher in the Rye"
2013 Charcoal and Conte on Paper
40x30 inches
In a private collection in Virginia Beach

"Catcher in the Rye"
1990 Charcoal and Conte on Paper
14x11 inches
Available