Coffey Time - November, 2018

Coffey Time promotes Joan's art activities, as well as art events in Riverside, CA. It is ordinarily written in time for the Riverside Arts Walk on First Thursdays.

Updates are posted as needed during the month and can easily be seen in ***Updates*** at the top of the newsletter. If Joan is a participant in an event, that fact will be mentioned, and her artworks will be mentioned and/or shown.

"Coffey Time" is always on this website, and subscribers are notified monthly when it is posted and occasionally for updates. If you would like to be added to the subscriber list, please email joan@coffeycreations.com. Similarly, email her if you no longer want to be notified of postings.

For more on the Arts Walk: http://www.riversideartswalk.com/

Mark Your Calendars

November 1 Riverside Artswalk on First Thursdays

See visual and performing arts events at over 20 locations—including Riverside Community Arts Association (RCAA), Riverside Art Museum and Division 9. Stores and restaurants will be open, some with discounts. Get the ArtsWalk map at RCAA.

This newsletter gives info on some of the ArtsWalk activities.

Riverside Art Museum (RAM)

3425 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501
951-684-7111
Admission: $5; Students with I.D.: $2; Seniors (65+): $2, Children under 12: Free, Members: Free.
Hours*: Tue - Sat., 10am to 4pm, Sun: noon-4pm.
Executive Director: Drew Ellyn Oberjuerge

*First Thursdays : On the first Thursday of each month, museum hours are 10am-4pm with paid admission. The museum re-opens from 6pm-9pm for Arts Walk free of charge.

*First Sundays: On the first Sunday of each month (October - May), the museum participates in First Sundays, with crafts and activities for familes, free to the public, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The museum is closed on: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed, Presidents' Day Observed, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas.

***Ongoing***

***RAM's Blue Door Gift Shop***
RAM’s classy Blue Door gift shop has many artsy products for sale, like two other of Joan's small paintings--"La Giralda" and "Scene Stealer"

--and a 9x12 plein air oil painting of "Flowers at the Museum's Entrance".

Riverside Community Arts Association (RCAA)

3860 Lemon St. 951-682-6737
Mark Schooley, Executive Director
Hours: Tues -Sat, 11am - 3pm; or by appointment
ArtsWalks on First Thursdays, 6 to 9pm



RCAA has many gifts for sale, like jewelry by Alexandra Beatty and more. Joan has small unframed paintings for sale  at January discount prices of $100 for 6x6 and $150 for 6x8:


She also has two 9x12 plein air paintings of Riverside locations: "Jensen Alvarado Ranch" and "Quan Yin's Sitting Area". These are the Specials of the Month, at only $275 each.


Some of Joan's note cards with images of her paintings are in the racks, including "Afternoon Glow At The Bay" and "Long-Awaited Sunrise".


Division 9 and Delights & Invites, (next door to RCAA), 3850 Lemon, 3850 Lemon St., Riverside, CA 92501, 951-965-4392. 
www.division9gallery.com
Director: Cosme Cordova, cosmeart@hotmail.com.

Carla Bender Photography
3840 Lemon St., Suite 122
Riverside, CA 92501
951-316-9474. 

Office of Congressman Mark Takano, 41st District Of CA

District Office Open House
3403 10th St., Suite 610, Riverside, CA 92501
951-222-0203
Takano.House.gov

RCAA puts up an art exhibit on Congressman Takano’s office walls every 3 months.

Urge Palette, 3635 9th St., Riverside, CA 92501, 951-965-4392.

Life Arts Center, 3485 University Ave., houses many artists' galleries.
UCR ARTSblock

on Main St., between University and Ninth


Galleries In Riverside, CA, with Exhibits of Other Artists

RCC Quad Gallery.

Riverside City College
4800 Magnolia Ave., Quad Gallery, Quad 140, Riverside, CA, 951-222-8358.
Summer Gallery Hours: 10am-3pm, Tues., Wed. and Thurs.

The Arc of Riverside 60th Anniversary, "National Wall of Respect"
8138 Mar Vista Court, Riverside, CA 92504.

This is a beautiful 43 foot by 9 foot mural for the Arc of Riverside, created by Erin, Greg and Cathy Maxwell. It was unveiled on Oct. 25, 2013.

Catalina Plein Air Paintings
 


During the past twelve years Terry d. Chacon, Patricia Rose Ford, Nita Harper and Joan have been making plein air trips to Catalina, where the dazzling light of the island has attracted plein air painters for more than a century.

As you can imagine, these dedicated painters have accumulated many paintings of their beloved Catalina Island--even though their Catalina paintings are among the favorite paintings that they have sold.

Thanks to Terry, the painters will have a

"Capturing Catalina in Plein Air 2" painting exhibition
November, 2018
Reception: Saturday, November 10, 3pm-6pm,
at the Vanguard Cultural Arts Museum/Gallery

27120 Eucalyptus Avenue, Suite G, MV CA 92555
562-556-5178
Facebook at Vanguard Art Gallery
Curator Jeni Bates

Each painter will display ten of her plein air paintings, as well as a larger studio painting.


Recent Paintings

...Include "Boats at the Marina", a 6x6 watercolor on Aquabord.

Joan and Jerry were recently in San Diego, and Joan had some time to squeeze in some plein air sketches of the lovely city.

Buy prints and cards of Joan's artwork


It’s so easy!

Just click on “card & prints” on the top menu bar on your computer screen. You can order prints of varying sizes, depending on the artwork piece.

Paintings are continually added to the site. If you order greeting cards, you can fill in what you want written on the inside yourself.

Besides note cards, there are many other ways to print the pictures, including on pillows or as framed illustrations in your choice of size and frame. You can also order cases for your I-phone or Galaxy, as well as throw pillow, pillows and t-shirts. If these products are not listed for the painting you like, please let Joan know. Any questions, just contact Joan.




Among products you can have one of Joan’s paintings printed on are tote bags, in your choice of three sizes: 13x13, 16x16 and 18x18. The same painting is on both sides of the bag.

Prints can be on pillows, too.




You can order mugs with Joan's paintings on them. You are given the option to decide if your want the image on a white cup or on a color of your choice. Here are two examples: "Catalina On A Sunny Day", which uses a green background to go with the painting, and "Let Others See The Inner You", which just uses a white background.



New Plantiful Living Mugs with Captions

These four square “Plantiful Living” still life paintings are among the many paintings on Joan’s site for prints. Plantiful Living paintings have meaningful titles, and Joan is planning to make the titles available with the products. Each of these four is available on mugs, both with and without their title caption ("Get Your Snuggle Time", "Its Okay To Be Different", "Don't Worry About Fitting In" and "Let Others See The Inner You").



Here are samples of "Let Others See The Inner You", one with the title on the side and the other with the title on the top.



As with all of the other paintings on the print site, each can be printed on a number of products.

Joan is still updating the site, so if the mug or tote bag option is not listed, just let her know, and she'll add it.

Magnets and More

Joan is building websites that will offer additional products.
So far she has made the most progress on her "Ruthie-Moo" store. Here are some sample magnets (2-inch square or 3x4-inch) that are available.

Scroll down the Ruthie-Moo home page until you see "Categories" and click on the category of interest to you.

In addition to adding more products, Joan will design the site to be easier to navigate.

Magnets are an inexpensive way to have an art product. More products will be added to this site continually. Contact Joan if there is anything you'd like that has not been posted yet.


Joan has another website!

http://www.livingaplantifullife.com is devoted to promoting "Plantiful Living". Joan will share information on Living a Plantiful Life, including her artwork that supports Plantiful Living (which you already see on this website). The website is just a baby and will grow with time.

Some restaurants from her trip to the nation's capitol with delicious and healthy meals will be added soon.

More Venues With Joan's Art

  • Daily Brew Coffee House

    2955 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA
    951-352-7477
    (just south of the 91 (1 exit E of Tyler) at Albertson’s center (Lincoln Plaza) at Van Buren & Lincoln, next to Asahi Sushi.
    Hours: Mon - Fri: 5am-9pm, Sat: 6am-9pm, Sun: 6am-7pm

    Some of Joan’s paintings are in this friendly, neighborhood coffee house.


    Joan’s “Mission Inn Afternoon” and “Chinese Pavilion” are on the bookcase, and “Fairmount Bridge” and ‘Castle Bridge” are on the wall in the back hallway.




    Pet Portraits

    Pet Portraits are part of Joan's product line. She will work from a photo that you have taken or, if you are local, one that she takes of your pet. Special pet toy or other item added at no extra charge. There is an extra charge for complex backgrounds. Allow 12 weeks for delivery of final painting, though depending on Joan's workload, the painting could be ready much sooner.

    Here is a recent pet portrait commission of "Lola". This is an acrylic painting on a box canvas. Joan painted "Lola" on the sides and signed her name on the bottom.





    Joan’s “City Kitty Enjoys Her View” is one of 207 artworks selected from thousands of paintings and drawings to be in "Art Journey Animals: A Collection of Inspiring Contemporary Masterworks", edited by Jamie Markle, published by North Light Books.
    See: http://www.northlightshop.com/art-journey-animals
     

    "Art Journey Animals is the first-ever compendium of the most soulful and inspiring animal and wildlife artworks, culled from the winners of North Light's popular competition-books series. More than 100 hand-selected drawings and paintings by a wide variety of top contemporary artists have been carefully curated to capture the wonder of nature, from the family room to the farm and the sea to the savanna. of the best masterworks from AcrylicWorks, Splash, Strokes of Genius and INCITE have been compiled into this gorgeous, oversized full-color book, which includes observations into the texture, innovation, style and significance of each piece. Accompanying in-depth interviews with the artists offer meaningful insights into nature, the creative process and the human condition."


    “City Kitty” Enjoys Her View” is also in “AcrylicWorks 3”: http://www.northlightshop.com/acrylicworks-3?source=igodigital

    ***End of Pet Portraits***

    Did you notice...

    A larger than life photo of Alan Nowell painting as Joan looks on is on the building across from the Fox Theater, at Mission Inn Avenue at Market, Riverside, CA. This may have been taken during a PAAR Paint Out Week.


    See Joan’s website

    See www.coffeycreations.com to view and purchase her artwork and read her newsletter. If you are reading this online, you are already on her website (the "news" section). See the upper left column of this screen to click "home", "new paintings", "water media", "oils", "cards and prints", "news" or "contact". Please note sold paintings are in the archive section of "water media" or "oil".

    If your closets are overflowing with T-shirts, check out the website of Joan’s longtime friend, Karen Oliver. This award-winning quilt maker has a site so she can make a memory quilt out of T-shirts: www.koquilts.weebly.com

    More congrats go to Karen! Her gorgeous "Tropical Rain Forest" quilt was accepted into the national show in Paducah, Kentucky, held in April. Karen has won prestigious awards, in addition to previously being published, as one of her quilts is included in: "Free-Motion Mastery in a Month" by RaNae Merrill, published by RaNae Merrill Quilt Design. Click on the link for more information and to order.


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