Fall 2012 Keep It Local Show

It is that time again!

Come on out to the 14th annual Keep It Local Fall Art and Pottery Show.

We would love to see you there!

More Sea Creatures.........

Things here at Stealing Crow Farm are heating up for the fall season and sea creatures are crawling out of the woodwork! Here are a couple of new pieces I have been working on this past week.
More to come......along with some glaze testing for the boxes......

Sea Horse Box

Blue Crab Box

Octopus Mosaic 3' 4" x 1' 9"

Sea Creatures.....

Octopus Bottle

Lately, I have been so crazy with work, travel, family, gardens, life......that I haven't had a lot of time to blog. And if truth be told I have been reluctant to write at all.......just a bit uninspired....but I am getting back to it......finding my wings again.
Here are some images of the pieces I have been working on:

boxtopus 2012

Starfish Box 2012

boxtopus

Starfish Box 2012

THE BIG CRAFTY!

We will be at THE BIG CRAFTY in Asheville, NC the Sunday the 8th. If you are in the area please come on out and see us! We would love to see you there.

12th Annual Keep It Local Art and Pottery Show

 Come on out to the 12th Annual Keep It Local Art and Pottery Show!

Come see 17 local artists and vendors Saturday April 28th from 10-4 at 2409 Oak Ridge Rd. Oak Ridge, NC. This year from 11-2 we will have the 3rd annual Art Hunt. For 6 cans of food you can hunt for a piece of original art or pottery. Also, Patches the Llama will make an appearance at the beginning of the show. We can't wait to see you there!

Spring Schedule

Spring has sprung and my schedule is packed!
Here is a couple of places that you can find me in the next couple of weeks:

April 22 - The 15th Annual triad Area Pottery Festival. 11 to 5. Greensboro Farmers Curb Market.

April 28 - 12th Annual Keep It Local Art and Pottery Show. Saturday 10-4. 2409 Oak Ridge Rd. Oak Ridge.

May 4th - The Colors of  Sgraffito.  3105 Devine Street . Columbia, SC 803.251.3001 May 4th- June 8th.
I will be demonstrating  during the opening Friday the 4th.

May 12th-13th - Dunwoody Art Festival. Dunwoody, GA

Hope to see you soon!
Leanne

Skull painting.........

Took an old painting and sketched/painted this little skull out. I am enamored of her hair do and crown.....she has a mate wearing a top hat but he isn't done yet....
Still working on the linoleum cuts.........posting them late today or tomorrow. Happy thursday everyone!

Balloon Skull Girl. Oil on Canvas

New Rooster Painting.....

Here is the latest rooster painting. I haven't worked the kinks out of the surprise I promised for last week...but it is coming.....soon!  Until then......have a great Monday people!

finished rooster......i think........oil on canvas

new prints and a surprise coming next week......

I have been working on a new technique with my linoleum cuts. They aren't good enough to share yet but I am hoping next week I will have one or two that I like. Here is the artist poof of the latest cut.

Roosters......the beginning of a painted year......

blue wyandotte rooster. acrylic 0n w00d

rooster fellow. acrylic on wood

stressed out little bird. oil on canvas.

stressed out little bird's mean cousin.oil on canvas

top/ 2 rooster tiles. painted clay. bottom/ 3 roosters. acrylic on wood.

the two bird cousins together. oil on canvas

More skulls........

Obsessiveness is a feature of my personality that I treasure and a feature that I some times hate. In my work, it can be a great benefit to be so focused on one idea. I haven't figured out yet if my skull fascination is a benefit, so to say, but I am obsessively having a great time.......

turquoise skull plaque

cross skull plaque

love skull plaque

Happiest of days everyone......

Here it is. The time has come around again for family and friends to get together and celebrate. Celebrate love.....to wish for peace on Earth........to pray for those who are suffering......to dream of the future......to live with great gusto for a few precious days. This year Captain Will, Frieda and I send so much love to you and ask that you send love back out to those in the world who are in need. Let us make the world shine this year.
Happy New Year Everyone!
May you be blessed this year and for always......

The Big Crafty

This weekend I am excited to say that I will be a part of The Big Crafty in Asheville, NC. Sunday the 4th of December from 12-6 we will be at Pack Place in the downtown area. Come on out and see us!

a little glimpse of my Big Crafty Booth......more to come!

New Pieces On Etsy

So.......I am reopening my etsy store this month. YAY! ETSY!
I love to go on there and shop and look and ogle and covet and ogle .....sigh.....I can get lost in all the fabulous art work and pottery. If you want to stop by and see my store please do! Leanne Pizio's Clay Creations
Here is a little taste of what you will see:

Skulls came a creepin...

the skulls came a creepin for Halloween but once I started....I couldn't stop. Here are the most recent ones.....

day of the dead inspired skull

day of the dead inspired skull

day of the dead inspired skull

wall of skulls

I have many ideas for these pieces. Recently, I have made up many different colors of slip to use. One slip in particular came out to be a nice peachy pink. The next skull I make will have the pink slip combined with the black......the design?.......roses and crosses of course.

The Keep It Local Show

Even with the change in plans due to rain, we had a wonderful show this year. Sunday was sunny and bright here at The Stealing Crow Farm and we had a wonderful turn out. I am sending a big Thank You out to all of you who came to support our Keep It Local Show!

Leanne Pizio and Paige Cox

Leanne Pizio and Paige Cox

Leanne Pizio and Paige Cox

Leanne Pizio and Paige cox

Leanne Pizio

Kim McEntee's Wonderfully Whimsical Dolls

Melissa Blackburn's Fused glass Jewelry

Debbie McDaniel's beautiful Pottery

Dens Goldman's Funky and Super Fun Jewelry

Kim McEntee's Dolls

Dani Keith's Colorful Cool Jewelry

Keep It LoCal Show has been moved to Sunday

Unfortunately, we have been bombarded with rain over the last couple of days. So we have chosen the rain date of Sunday the 30th from 10-4 to have our show. Please come out and see us on a hopefully much sunnier and dry day!

Keep iT LocAL PeOpLe

It is that time again......
Come on out to the 11th annual Keep It Local Art and Pottery Show! October 29th from 10-4. We would love to see you there.

LuLu and Bird Bird at the Handmade Emporium

Me and Paige Cox of LuLu Groove have come together and rented a booth at the Handmade Emporium in downtown Greensboro, NC. We are booth # 6, located at the back of the store.  We have named our booth LuLu and Birdbird. LuLu, of course, after LuLu Groove. And Birdbird after an old nickname of mine and after one of my hens whose name is Birdbird.
Every month or so the LuLu and Birdbird booth will host a theme. The goal is to change it up a bit while giving us a new challenge. For these first two months, the booth is a fun, colorful collection of pieces we both had in our studios. For December, we are working on a new theme....hope you'll stop by to see it.