Glass Art Kits by Mary Hong

Glass Art Kits by Mary Hong

Glass Art Kits by Mary Hong, 2014 South Walton Artist of the Year are in the gallery now! Everything you need to learn how to create a glass masterpiece on canvas is available in these awesome D.I.Y. art kits.

The Blue Giraffe hosts Artsquest Gallery Night!

The Blue Giraffe hosts Artsquest Gallery Night!

Gallery Night – Thursday, May 8th, from 5-8pm – hosted by The Blue Giraffe to celebrate the arts!  This is a new addition to the 2014 Artsquest Fine Art and Music Festival with local galleries hosting special showings and events.

Join us in WaterColor Town Center for an evening of art, featuring local colorblind artist, Aaron Sutton. Enjoy wine & refreshments while watching Aaron paint a masterpiece in our gallery, then stroll around WaterColor Merchants to see more of his art and everything else beautiful WaterColor has to offer!

Learn more about the 26th annual Artsquest Fine Art and Music Festival by clicking here.

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Mary Hong Art Classes at WaterColor Inn

Mary Hong Art Classes at WaterColor Inn

Create a glass on canvas masterpiece with 2014 Artist of the Year, Mary Hong.  Learn how to cut glass, organize your thoughts!! and become completely enthralled with a forgiving form of art!  You will never look at glass the same way again.  All supplies are provided.

Art will be ready the day after class and can be picked up at The Blue Giraffe on 30A.  Choose from one of two classes being held at the beautiful WaterColor Inn & Resort ( located directly across the street from The Blue Giraffe).

Tuesday March 11 or Wednesday March 19, 2014

10:00 am til Noon

$150pp

Call The Blue Giraffe at 850.231.5112 to sign up and prepay.

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Update 3/12/14:  Yesterday’s class was a SELL-OUT and everyone had a BLAST …

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Jeanie Posey Paints in Oils

Jeanie Posey Paints in Oils

Jeanie Posey is more than just a fun-loving woman, she is an incredibly gifted artist who paints primarily in oil on canvas. Her artistic journey spans a lifetime, but for many years her focus was on building a successful career in the educational systems of Florida and Georgia. She likes to say that she started painting in 2009 but the fact is, she received a First Place in Portrait award at the Florida State Fair in the early ‘70s. While her artistic creativity may have been on hold for more than 40 years, it was always an integral part of who she was.

After retiring in 2007, Jeanie plunged back into the artistic world. Being a woman who not only loves to teach, but also to learn, Jeanie committed to studying under the best of the best. She credits her new level of artistic skill to her total immersion in week-long workshops with nationally-acclaimed portrait painter, Thomas Nash, expressionist artist, Michelle Torrez, and world-renowned plein air artist, Morgan Samuel Price. Learning from these master oil painters helped Jeanie hone her skills doing what she loves best – painting action portraits. Her training also taught her “how to make the color gray a hundred different ways”; knowledge that only a true artist can appreciate. One of Jeanie’s proudest accomplishments was winning the People’s Choice Award at the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance Show in 2011.

Jeanie lives in Atlanta, Georgia with Ken, her husband of 12 years, whom she met on a blind date. She likes to say she got married so she could have grandchildren “the easy way”. Jeanie has no children of her own and Ken blessed her with five grandchildren – they are her greatest joy! She and Ken live a rich and full life in Atlanta, staying busy with a variety of cultural activities. Their beautiful home in Roswell is where Jeanie paints; in fact, she turned the Great Room into the perfect studio where she can paint surrounded by their home life. It has windows that are two-stories high with beautiful lighting and two sofas, so when guests visit they are surrounded by beautiful artwork! She also has friends join her on a regular basis to paint together and inspire each other.

Jeanie and Ken also love their monthly visits to Scenic Highway 30A and staying in their vacation home in Blue Mountain Beach. Jeanie belongs to a local tennis team that keeps her busy playing her favorite sport. She is also a member of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, the local Women’s Art Network and the Emerald Coast Plein Air Painters. She feels blessed and humbled by the life she leads and the people who are a part of it.

The Blue Giraffe is proud to represent Jeanie Posey exclusively in the 30A area. We accept requests for commission work and will happily help you obtain a custom oil painting based on your vision, working with photographs of the things you love most. Jeanie has a passion for action portraits but also loves to paint beach scenes and our coastal dune lakes. Contact us at 850.231.5112 for more information. When you’re in the area, come by our gallery to see her amazing, original artwork and browse the variety of prints we now have available.

Below are examples of Jeanie’s beautiful oil paintings on canvas. The original piece titled “Watersound Beach” was commissioned by Larry and Debbie Taylor, co-owners of The Blue Giraffe. You can read more about Jeanie Posey on our Artists page.

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Win a trip to 30A Songwriters Festival

Win a trip to 30A Songwriters Festival

Enter to win a deluxe weekend package to the 4th annual 30A Songwriters Festival, courtesy of Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, WaterColor Inn & Resort, The Blue Giraffe and Folk Artist Alan Moore!

Songwriters from around the country will gather in South Walton along Scenic Highway 30A for this premier songwriters festival January 18-20, 2013. Presented by Visit South Walton and produced by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, the three-day festival features more than 120 musicians and over 200 performances in venues ranging from intimate listening rooms to spacious outdoor amphitheaters nested along the beautiful, white-sand beaches of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Click here to enter:   http://www.30asongwritersfestival.com/content/enter-win-trip-festival-nashvillelifestylescom