What is Thanksgiving to you?

Enjoy Thanksgiving....see you next week.

This is a poem by a wonderful friend...nothing more to be said.

Two Thousand and Ten will soon be history,

Two Thousand and Eleven is still a mystery;

As we enjoy this Thanksgiving event,

Let us not forget it's honorable intent;

To give Thanks for our harvest, our family, our friends,

To ask forgiveness... to make our amends;

To remember those no longer here,

And reach out to those that we hold dear;

To enjoy daily victories, no matter how small,

And to remember the best things... aren't things at all,

But that feeling of trust and respect, over a lifetime earned,

And to have those feelings, warmly returned.

Thank you, Roy.

Check out the Holiday sale on the blog side!

Last Wed. at Girls Night Out there was lots of FREE art.

Do let us know who found what and where and
what you are doing to do with it!!!!
Now
Where will you find your free art this week?
AND
A great holiday sale by wonderful artists. Check out the side of the blog!!!

How lucky is Gig Harbor to have our very own wonderful, hands on History Museum? A great place for you to visit! A great place to take your visitors....and while you are there find this beautiful art card by Laura Bethke. It is titled "Feather Dancer" and if you miss it at the History Museum, just walk on over to Ebb Tide Gallery to find more of Laura's beautiful art!!

Yes, that is one of Ty Cline's original paintings. Wonder where you will find it? Here's a hint.....see that snowman? Well, inside the snowman is filled with peanuts and right next to Ty's painting you will find cranberry birdseed. Hum!!!!! Those are all the hints. Go forth and find!

Is this a beautiful piece of agate wrapped in sterling wire? You better be quick on this one.

Sandra "Sam" Chavis created this beautiful piece.
Where will you find this? Need a great gift for someone? Check out the Harbor Mercantile and if it is already gone, just walk next door to the Ebb Tide Gallery to find more of Sam's beautiful jewelry!

Well, 'they' say it is going to snow this weekend. Here's a beautiful piece of original art by Rebecca Westeren that is frosty and sparkly and silvery and looks like new fallen snow...watch out. This is beautiful piece of art at Elandan Gallery (might find a great rain hat there as well) If you miss Rebecca's painting at Elandan, just head on over to For Art Sake Gallery and you'll find more of Rebecca's beautiful art...also a great party at Rebecca's on Dec. 11, boat parade night; 4 - 8pm. It's in the harbor, on the water, great place to be for the Gig Harbor Boat Parade!

One of the coziest places in the harbor, is in Harbor Kitchen. Great soup for lunch, great tea to warm up with.
Gonna find a little FREE art there as well. "You may be disappointed if you fail, if you don't try, you will be doomed."

FEATURED ARTISTS OF THE WEEK
Two new great featured artists this week....ENJOY!

Meet Lynn Guenard. Do you love flowers? Do you love shoes? Do you love watercolor and acrylic beautiful paintings. Well, you must know Lynn, then. She is currently working on a beautiful water color painting that has drops of water on the rose petals and you can feel the wetness. For the 10th Annual Holiday Art Sale (side blog info) Lynn has been working on Circus shoes and 3-D collage pieces.



Meet Jana Fisher, potter extraordinaire. You saw an example of Jana's work on Girls Night Out, at Sharon's Consignment and Spa. Wonder who found that beautiful pot with lid and spoon...sugar? honey? Or, perhaps you found her beautiful tile. Give Jana a call and plan on stopping by her place for a little tea and a great present for yourself or someone else. 253-853-5390

Girls Night Out - SUCCESS

The First Annual Girls Night Out
last Wednesday - Success!
So, all the girlfriends were out last Wednesday, great savings on shopping by local merchants, thank you and girlfriends did shopping!
Then girlfriends did partying!!! Do we have to wait another whole year for another Girls Night Out?
There was lots of great FREE art around. Let us know what you found and where and how much fun.
And come back next week for a new blog and more great FREE art!

Hey, that is a great necklace Sharon is wearing. Hey that is great art Sharon is holding. This is a great piece of hand created pottery by Jana Fisher . You can find both the one of a kind piece of pottery and the necklace at Sharon's Consignment and Spa. You'll find lots more at Sharon's too. Last time that great purse was on the blog...somebody came and got it....YEA! If Jana's potter is gone from Sharon's, you're still in luck cause Jana is having a great holiday on Nov. 20 and 21. Give Jana a call at 253-853-5390 for more information on her sale....great hand created pottery!

This is a beautiful piece of artistic basketry from Sherry Mayfarth and a beautiful cross stitch bookmark from Sherry Webber. If you are very lucky, you will find both of these FREE pieces of art at For Ark Sake in the Filmholm District.
Information on both Sherry's can be found on the Participating Artist page of the blog. Sherry Mayfarth is one of the featured artists this week on the blog and can also be found at the Ebb Tide Gallery.
So, stop in For Art Sake, take a look at the beautiful photograph that was censored by a minority of one, from the PAL show in City Hall. (I have great admiration for the Second Amendment of our Constitution)

Who is your favorite independent bookstore in the harbor? Most friendly and always happy to order if they do not have on hand. Mostly they have a lot of Books. But you'll just have to guess the location.

Could this turtle be Adelaide? It is one of Kathy Thurston's art cards, you know the ones with the stores behind all the paints. Kathy is one of the featured artist of the week. Read more below!!! If you miss Kathy's beautiful card at the book place, just walk on over to Ebb Tide Gallery to find more of Kathy's wonderful art!

Don't you just love walking in Simply Charmed and visiting and shopping. Great yoga pants, great purses, great accessories and yes...can it be....a great piece of original art from Rebecca Westeren
So, get on over to Simply Charmed and pick yourself up a little something special and perhaps you will find this original painting. Now, if you do not find the painting at Simply Charmed, then walk down to the Filholm area to For Ark Sake and find lots more of Rebecca's paintings.

"She Loves to Dance" by Laura Bethke. After a fine wine or two at this lovely wine bar, you may love to dance as well..... Special beverages, raffles Wed 7-8 at Morso and Anthony's celebrating Girls Night Out.

If you miss this wonderful art by Laura, just head on over to the Ebb Tide Gallery and you will find more of her creativity!!!

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPONSORS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL GIRLS NIGHT OUT IN GIG HARBOR!!!!
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS OF THE WEEK!!
Two participating artists of this week and they are both featured artists at Ebb Tide Gallery the entire month of November.

Meet Cathy Thurston. You've seen her art here on the blog and if you've been really lucky, you have found her donated art to the FeelGoodFreeArtProject. Kathy begain painting when she retired and she paints in various mediums. Her paintings are always titled, that's because they each tell a story. Perhaps it is a story about a turtle, or another animal. Get on over to Ebb Tide Gallery, pick up a piece of Cathy's art, read the title and figure out the story.

Meet Sherry Mayfarth. Sherry, Joyful Basketry, is a basketry artisan. Sherry's baskets are an expression of effort, creativity and love. She has only been creating these beautiful pieces since 2006 and when she is on duty in the gallery, she is usually creating a basket. Go in a watch and ask her questions, cause she loves to talk about her work.

Art+Art= Lots of Fun!!

Celebrating the Peninsular Art League Open Juried Show!!

Celebrating 1st Saturday ArtWalk in Gig Harbor!
This Saturday, Nov. 5th is Gig Harbor Art Walk and we all need to be out and about, checking out the Galleries, investigating great art that is in Gig Harbor. Better stop in For Art Sake and check out the most controversial painting that got tossed out of the PAL Art Show at the Civic Center. Then better ask why?
Getting ready for Girls Night Out!!
As you are doing the Art Walk this Saturday, be on the look out for the Girls Night Out Poster. Pink and black, girl, shopping bag..... Here's how it works. Reserve your shopping bag for $10.00 at participating Gig Harbor merchants. You'll know the merchants cause they will have a poster and be listed on my GNO sidebar link. After you have reserved your shopping bag, return to that merchant on Nov. 10th, and begin shopping. Get started after noon. For every $10.00 you spend, there is another free raffle ticket for you. At 7 - 8 pm Morso and Anthony's will be drawing the lucky raffle winners.
Oh, and did I mention that at every merchant location there will be a piece of FREE art...did I say that? If not, here I am saying be on the lookout for FREE art at the Ladies Night Out!!!
Shopping and contributing to our Gig Harbor merchants, shopping and saving big bucks for you.....check it all out!
Check out FeelGoodFreeArt...where will you find yours?

Welcome to Jana Fisher as a participating artist. This is a beautiful clay tile and you will wish you found it. Jana is having an open studio and sale on Nov. 20th. Check back at the blog next week for more info. You will also wish you were shopping in Clarks Jewelers because they have great purses, great find jewelry and beautiful colored stone jewelry and if you are a Drusi girl, you'd better get to Clarks quickly.

We all know about the beautiful paintings by Kathy Thurston. But, where you gonna find one? Go ahead, just name one of yourfavorite restaurants in the Filholm District in town.....If you miss her art there, just get over to Ebb Tide Gallery, where you will find Kathy to be one of the featured artists of the month at Ebb Tide Gallery...go on...get there soon!
"A best friend will tell you when you have spinach stuck in your teeth" OK, well it may not be pretty, but this has happened to me more than I would like to admit.
However, more than I would like to admit is how often I want to visit this shoe and clothing store in UPTOWN. Great looking shoes...great comfortable shoes...great shoes to fit your feet...just love these shoes!
Maybe Indigo Plum.....check it out...hurry.
Everybody loves Ty's original paintings...and you will too. Yep, this is an original by Ty Cline and if you are looking for something a little more moderner, well Ty is fun and funky and a little bit bold and every time you see his work you can see at least 3 different things. #1 is.....

Ok, so you've been to Kimball Coffee....well you'd better get there again. You will find this little collectible poster from Girls Night Out.....Collect them all and keep them all....you just never know when there will be a FreeGoodFreeArtProject Gallery showing....HUM!!! Pick up this poster, turn it over and read all about Girls Night Out in Gig Harbor....posters all over town....be on the look out!

This is by one of our participating artist, Robin Peterson....and she is also an award winner at the Pal Show in the Civic Center. So, get to the Civic Center and see more of her wonderful art....or get yourself to the Tides, but better be quick!!!!!

"Girlfriends know the song in your heart and sing it to you when you memory fails!"
Thank goodness for Girlfriends and thank goodness for Girls Night Out...and really thank goodness for Simply Charmed, one of the most fun places in the harbor to shop...Fun and great gifts!!! Going to be very popular on Girls Night Out!!

Featured Artist of the Week

Meet George Milliken. George's painting "Saddlin Up" took Best of Show in the Peninsular Art League show at the Gig Harbor Civic Center. George is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and one of his favorite places to paint is in Montana, thus the cowboy theme. Another love is boating and water. Check out his "Lost and Alone" also in the show. George shows his paintings at Waters Edge Gallery in Gig Harbor, so stop in there to see more of his beautiful watercolors, or send him an email at gbmill2@comcast.net.
Now, about the PAL show at the Civic Center, on display Oct. 20 - Nov. 19th. Be sure to stop in and see the beautiful works of art.
Award Winners are: Best of Show; George Milliken "Saddlin Up"; First Place - Kari Tirrell "Idle Moments; Second Place - Patsy Surh O'Connell "Visit from the Past"; Third Place - Charlie Meacham "Barter, Sale or Trade;PAL Board Award - Daphne Wynne Nixon "Hardboiled Lemon & Egg Squeezer; Honorable Mentions - Linda Jacobus "Boat on Monterey Bay"; LaDonna Druger "Plein Air"; Framer's Donor Award - Robin Peterson "Flying Start"; Blick Art Donor Award - Michele Sleight "Fantasy Fish"; FastFrame Donor Award - Mary McInnis "Leno Lake Trail Shadows"
It is a great show and you need to get there and enjoy all the beautiful art!! Below is only a sampling of the great art you will see.
This is First Place by Kari Terrell, "Idle Moments"


Here is the Framer's Workshop Award - Robin Peterson "Flying Start"




PS. Yes, there is a piece of art missing at the Civic Center. You can read all about it on last week's blog. The city council did not even get to vote on removing that beautiful piece of art; just one person. Not sure what that bullying was about. Obviously, this person does not even go to Puyallup as there is a totally naked woman in their outdoor sculpture collection-----YIKES!!!!!