This has been a busy summer.  All the Artists have been teaching and demonstrating and traveling.  Tole Country in Oklahoma City,  Sept. 22-24 is our last show for the year.  We hope you all come and see us.  The next time we go on the road will be Creative Painting in Las Vegas next Feb.  Happy painting in the fall and the Holiday Season.

If you have seen the news you know we received up to 10 inches of rain in the Oklahoma City metro area yesterday.  Lots of rain and the back yard flooded and decided it liked the living room.  Of course, my husband was out of state and I was ankle deep in water on the patio.  I got the sunk pump going and a hose out the gate down the side of the house.  Within a couple of hours the water was going down.  My Dad came with his carpet cleaner and it did the trick.  We dumped about 25 gallons of water from the carpet and then pulled the carpet up and now we have fans running.  Starting to dry now.  Sure glad Houston isn’t until July.  My living room is a mess.  But, what is a little fun on any given Monday.  All is well and no one died in all this water, in OKC.

If you were not able to make it Wichita for the SDP Conference, please mark your calendar next year.   What a wonderful place.  Everything was close and the Expo floor was spacious and food was good.  Prices weren’t bad either.

Wednesday evening was the Expo opening and what fun it was.  Priscilla was in true form with her painting fun.  One of the Convention Center Security guards was her canvas and of course a rose was ordered.  Check out the photos.

Maureen McNaughton was demoing for everyone one Wednesday and Thursday.  Also, Cindy Forsythe MDA and Linda McDonald did demos the rest of the week and Doxie wore her new painted shirt designs all week.

The Turtle Hollow Artists will be traveling to Houston on July 21 so don’t miss us there.

For those of you who really know me, this will be hard to believe.  I participated in a Pub Crawl.  Crawl for Cure  Brain Cancer Research.  My daughter, Cara, (the nurse in Boston) organized the team.  The other two daughters with their guys and of course my husband were also there as well as friends. There were 50 teams of 12.  Every team had a different color team shirt and we went from pub to pub for four hours in downtown, OKC.  What fun we had.   I had the most fun watching all the teams with their cups of beer and all the laughing.  You don’t have to drink to have a great time.  At least I don’t.

During the SDP Convention in Wichita, Priscilla Hauser will be offering her beautiful Zhostovo Coffee Table Book for a Very Special Price, $5.00.  The book is full of beautiful photographs of the Russian Trays.  Visit Booth 104 “Priscilla Hauser’s Collection” to purchase your book.  If you would like to pre-order just email  darla@turtlehollowartists.com to reserve your book.

Have you ever tried China Painting?  I haven’t but I’m going to a China painting show in Frisco, TX.  Janette has been China painting for a couple of years.  We will travel on Thursday morning and spend the day.  We will write next week and let you know what we saw and what we learned.  Hope all you have a great weekend and fun in the sun.  I just love Spring.

Priscilla has moved and must release some of her beloved pieces of art that she painted and some of the art work others have painted that she has collected.  Visit the website under Painted Pieces and view some of the original pieces she has placed online for purchase.

Remember, all pieces of art are being sold AS IS