Miller Art Museum
Deck the Halls with Art

November 12 to December 28, 2011
Opening Reception Saturday, November 12, 2-4 pm

Miller Art Museum
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Making Pumpkin Pie
Oil on linen
20x16
650.00
HONORABLE MENTION!

My friend Nancy is a terrific cook and always baking or otherwise making something good to eat.

"Making Pumpkin Pie" seemed logical for this holiday show.

At Thanksgiving, I make a couple pies—pumpkin and apple, sometimes cherry {very Door County) or blueberry (truly Native American). We save the pumpkin seeds to toast using a recipe from when the boys were little.

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Remove stringy pieces of pulp (but do not wash).
3. Melt butter; add Worcestershire sauce and salt.
4. Mix with pumpkin seeds, coating well.
5. Spread pumpkin seeds on cookie sheet.

Toast for about an hour or until brown, stirring two or three times.

PS I recently made the recipe and thought I knew it by heart, but made a mistake and used Tabasco sauce instead. A definite kick, which my husband, Henk, liked. Maybe not quite so much Tabasco next time….

Yoga Red

Chosen for jurors award in the 35th Juried Annual at the Miller Art Museum

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

The painting is in the permanent collection at the Miller Art Museum. Now on view through early summer 2012.

20x16
oil

Miller Art Museum
34th Juried Annual

September 17-November 8, 2011

Miller Art Museum
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Geoff
Oil on linen
24x18
Collection of the Artist
SPECIAL MERIT AWARD!

This is a painting of my older son, Geoff, on his deck in Madison.

I wanted him with a book and we tried several poses, in the house and outside. This pose seemed to capture his relaxed style.

I did the painting in my studio using many photographs as reference. I was surprised how much they helped since I am very familiar with him.

Geoff viewed the painting in progress and I made color notes and some changes.

The Door Prize for Portraiture

An Annual Invitational Exhibit
July 1-30, 2011

Opening Reception June 30, 2011, 5:30-8:00
Chez Cheryl Hillside Art Space

8360 High Plateau Road,
(off EE west of Baileys Harbor)
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
920-421-1690

Henk Reading
oil
20x16