FALL NEWSLETTER 2018

Hello Art Patrons,

Happy Autumn. My life-sized Quaking Aspen painting is finished and you can view it this Sunday at the Piedmont Harvest Festival. It’s a hometown festival in the park featuring garden edibles grown locally. You can taste jams, salsas, spreads, breads and cookies. There’s a jazz fest, farmer’s market, carnival, food trucks and a silent scarecrow auction. A renovated Japanese Tea House holds the art exhibit where my Aspen will hang. If you can’t find me there I might be on, my favorite, the cake walk. The Festival is free and the parking is easy. You can even walk the few blocks from my house.

PIEDMONT HARVEST FESTIVAL

Sunday, September 30, 2018, 11-3 pm

Piedmont Community Hall

711 Highland Ave,

Piedmont, CA

Not much news this time. Our touring Alcatraz Florilegium was on exhibit at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center in the historic Fort Barry Chapel over the summer. Sorry for no advance notice but you can always check my website for upcoming exhibits. www.BonniesBotanicalArt.com.

I’m hard at work on a Magnolia grandiflora. A magnificent name for a huge magnolia blossom surrounded by large reflective (tricky to paint) leaves. It might be complete by the holidays, but I’m taking a creative detour for a few weeks to paint in Maui. My kindergarten girlfriend (who’s the real artist) and I will paint tropicals at her dad’s place in Napili Kai.

Meanwhile, this Fall, try to head to the Sierras and see the golden Quaking Aspen shimmer and light up the hills. I recommend Sorensen’s Resort for a rustic cabin in the Aspen woods with a wood-fired sauna and one fantastic restaurant. www.sorensensresort.com. And it’s in spectacular Hope Valley. We can all use a bit of that.

Happy Trails,

Bonnie Bonner

a.k.a. Joanne Palamountain