"At the Barre" Finished, "Menagerie" Is Up! and a Love Story

"At the Barre," oil, 20"h x 16"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

The last few days besides carrying art around, making deliveries, taking down and putting up shows -- have been spent on finishing one of the two paintings started during my August 10 demonstration at the Great Falls Library. A new, better photo will replace this one -- but I was too excited about showing it to you to wait.

For those of you who have seen "Ballerinas I" and "Ballerinas II" -- in person or online -- you know that stylistically this new one is less impressionistic than the two that preceded it.  I wanted to capture my subjects for "At the Barre." That doesn't mean obsessing over details, but caring more about how I depict color, light, mood, posture of my two terrific models -- Sydney Parks and Dylan Murphy.

So far, I have three out of three paintings of ballerinas I love (of mine ... there are many more of others). One more to go. For now.



"Menagerie" Is Up
The five-artist exhibit of animal art was hung this afternoon. (Sculpture from artist #5 still to come when I left.) I worked with a volunteer to hang my 14 pieces on my section of the walls in

Part of the "Menagerie" show at ArtSpace Herndon

the gallery at ArtSpace Herndon (750 Center Street, Herndon, VA). With my camera card full -- these photos are off my iPhone -- and apparently I was doing pirouettes while snapping pictures. (They are blurry.) Sorry about that. I will be there for Saturday's reception, 7-9pm. Another chance for better pics then.

"Menagerie" features the work of:
Jill Banks
Lori Goll
Mir Molette
Jeanne Treshuk
Jackie Ehle-Inglefield

Reception: Saturday, September 7, 7-9pm
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Closed
Tuesday through Thursday - 10am to 2pm
Friday and Saturday - 10am to 5pm
Sunday - 1pm to 5pm

The exhibit opens officially tomorrow (Wednesday, September 4) and closes September 29.

"Got Your Goat?" in "Menagerie" at ArtSpace Herndon

Have a look.

My Parents' Anniversary
I received an email today -- as did all my parents' kids and grandkids -- that brought tears to my eyes.  Proves they are not that dry after all.

Today is my mom and dad's 63rd wedding anniversary. For 63 years + two, they've shown anyone who's met them what love looks and acts like if you're really, really, really blessed.

I didn't ask permission, but am sharing anyway. Here's the email:

Good Morning ALL,

As you are aware, today is another one of those special days for my partner and me.  At least the date on the calendar suggests it is a day of “attention”!

If the truth be known, it seems that at this stage of our lives and our marriage, EVERY day is a special day of celebration. Lucky us!  We truly count our blessing each and every day! We never take a day or a moment together for granted...not ever!

And, as to our blessings, each of YOU are VERY high on the list to be counted!!!  What special gifts you are to us!  How rich we are with memories past, as well as many dreams going forward.  Life doesn’t get better for us.  We pray likewise for each of you!

And, just in case you were worried that your mom/Nana/Shonnie was losing interest in all of this stuff...I am sharing the traditional beautiful poem I received this morning.  Again,

Lucky me!!

Love you,

Dad/Papa/Ken

And my mom's poem to my dad.

Happy 63^rd Anniversary, Ken

It really never ceases

 to amaze both you and me

How the love we share could possibly get stronger

But it’s a fact that cannot be

denied by anyone

As the sum of years together gets way longer

How many ways can I express

why this is really true

I say it in the same old words each year

Although we both were very young

when first we met and dated

The love grew very quickly...That was clear

I found myself so happy...

I loved your sense of humor

You made me feel so special...right away

I guess I proved that early

when departing words I said

Could have had the same result as Pepper Spray

But thankfully, you didn’t “scare”

and stayed in full pursuit

For a year...and then I found myself “engaged”

That next year we were married

thinking love was at its peak

But instead, it kept on growing as we aged

Throughout the years our fam’ly grew

(With room to grow some more)

So our hearts are clearly filled with gratitude

And thanks to you, we handle

ups and downs along the way

With an upbeat, “Count your blessings” attitude

I love you more and more each day

and know you feel the same

For these sixty-three great years...let’s celebrate

With a movie and some yogurt

and Gin Rummy...or “whatever”

Just as long as I am with my FAVORITE date!

                                                        Love always,

                                                                                                         Shonnie

If you're wondering about that scary thing my mom said -- she told my dad that he was the kind of guy she'd like to marry (or thereabouts) on their first date. (A blind one.) 

I'm counting my blessings that they were my role models for marriage and love. Thanks, Mom & Dad! Now you know why I'm so nuts over husband Randy. I come by it honestly.

Back To School
Time to sign up for art classes. Start date is right around the corner! See the classes page on my web site. There's still room in my Plein Air Landscape class and Portrait workshop.

Artomatic@Frederick
Artists' Reception, this Friday (September 6), 6-9pm. I'm in the 117 Church Street building, Frederick, MD, 3rd floor, end of the hallway. You're invited!

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
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Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Lots -- see the events page on my website.  Thanks!

"Menagerie" - 5-Artist Exhibit of Animal Art

ArtSpace Herndon

750 Center Street

Herndon, VA

703.956.6590

Reception, Saturday, September 6, 7-9pm

14 original oils on view through September 29.

Artomatic@Frederick

117 Church Street

Frederick, MD

Reception, Friday, September 5, 6-9pm

13 original works on view on the 3rd floor, end of the hallway in this extreme pop-up gallery.

September 4 to October 5. Open Wednesdays through Sundays.

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through September 15.

Close One Exhibit, Open Another

View of my part of the hallway at Artomatic@Frederick, on exhibit Sep.  4-Oct.5

It was takedown day for "Serendipity," my solo show that's enjoyed a very successful two-month run at the library. We were packing it up this morning. Actually, husband Randy might object to the use of the pronoun "we."  As expected, my purchaser who arrived the day "Serendipity" opened to purchase two of the paintings, came right after we got there to pick them up and take them home.  Unexpectedly, but happily, she added one more purchase ... the still life "Fruit Tropics" with coconuts and hydrangeas to bring her load back home to three paintings. One of the paintings from her first round of purchases -- "Horsepower" is to be a gift for her husband to be presented during a party they are giving tonight. To speed this post up (it's getting late), I won't tell you yet the story she attached to that painting. (It's great, though!)

Then it was a quick lunch, unload of the "Serendipity" paintings and time to pack up work to take to Frederick, MD to install my area of the hallway on floor 3 of 117 Church Street for Artomatic@Frederick that opens this coming Wednesday.

It's up.

Phew.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Lots -- see the events page on my website.  Thanks!

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through September 15.

"Fruit Tropics" -- Gone to its new owner today

Post Plein Air

"Ice Cold Lemonade" from Frederick, MD, oil on linen-lined panel, 12"h x 16"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

I returned to two pieces first painted plein air. One is from the Quick Draw for Easels in Frederick of an ice cream parlor on the corner. When I first painted it, the store was closed ... which meant the bear statue that attracted me was locked inside.

"St. Michael's Boathouse" from the Maritime Museum, oil, 12"h x 16"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

The second is from the boathouse at St. Michael's Maritime Museum. Already liking this piece, I did more tweaking and refining -- less repainting.

Both may be destined for Artomatic@Frederick which Randy and I will be installing on Saturday.

Some framing is ahead.

Tomorrow (Friday, August 30) is the last day to see "Serendipity" -- my solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. Get more info from my web site's Events page.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through September 15.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Surrounded (By Art)

Me at the Artists' Atelier, February 2013. Photograph by Greg Staley.

In addition to lots of painting time, part of the day was spent putting together the first pass for a web site for the Artists' Atelier, the working studios I share with 14 other artists at 1144 Walker Road, Suite G, Great Falls, VA. Computer work is a great antidote for feet tired of standing at the easel.

One thing always leads to another.

Looking for photos of the Atelier led me to this terrific shot taken by Greg Staley, the person I trust to photograph my work.

I do look surrounded, right?

There have been so many times at exhibits that someone -- usually a young one -- will with wide eyes ask if I painted all of this. At this point, when the question is asked, I suppress the answer ... "you have no idea." You'd think I was on a mission to circle the globe a few times with my work. Linen to linen. Here to Timbuktu and back around again. And again. All the while way more interested in quality than quantity. I guess if you spend enough time with brush in hand you get both.

Paint. Paint. Paint.

With lots of installations ahead, I've been up early -- an unreasonable list of what's supposed to happen in the studio running amok on to do lists - written and not. Forget logic. I've learned so much lately. Had lots of fun experimenting. I want to show you the best and latest -- no matter where you happen to go to see my work.

On Friday, I'll deliver "Second and Pine Streets" of a Philadelphia scene for the upcoming "Top of the World: Views of the Mid-Atlantic" Exhibit in Baltimore.

On Saturday, Randy and I will take down "Serendipity" (two days left to see it!) from the Great Falls Library and head to Frederick, MD to install my Artomatic@Frederick space.

On Sunday, we'll make some deliveries and possibly put in my pieces for the "Menagerie" animal group exhibit at ArtSpace Herndon or wait until Tuesday's alternative date.

Surrounded.

Parties Ahead
Friday, September 6 is a double opening day.  Artomatic@Frederick has a pre-grand opening party -- for friends, artists, public from 6-9pm and the Top of the World reception in Baltimore is from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Complicated. We'll make it to both ... just an abbreviated version of the fun. I'm excited about these two new venues and can't wait to see what they are all about, meet fellow artists -- all that stuff. 

Saturday, September 7 is the reception for "Menagerie" at ArtSpace Herndon, 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA, 7-9pm. I hope to see you there!

See the Events page on my web site for more info.

Cool Opportunities Abound
Bear with me. I just joined the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA)-- in time to enter paintings for the "Top of the World" show. What a great organization! My October calendar is kind of crazy -- but one of the events I'm planning to attend is the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club's 117th Annual Exhibition's Reception benefiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the National Arts Club on October 11. Today I received a notice that Denise Dumont was organizing a casual paintout on October 12 in Gramercy Park, NYC (where the National Arts Club is located). Great timing! So there's where I'll be. New York! Yea.

Sign Up for Fall Classes and my Weekend Portrait Workshop
With my Still Life Class full, how about joining me for Plein Air Landscape class held on Wednesdays starting September 18? Or the new three-day weekend portrait workshop being held November 1-3 through the Great Falls School of Art?  Check out the classes page on my web site for more information, a link for online registration, supply list and more.

Last week to see "Serendipity" at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. Randy and I will be taking the show down, delivering paintings to new owners Saturday morning, August 31.


Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

"Marais Day": How's Your Luck?

"Marais Day," oil, 10"h x 8"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

"Marais Day" is my 2013 contribution to the MPA McLean Artfest's Luck of the Draw event held during the Soiree, September 24, 2013.  The only way to take it home with you is to attend the Artfest Soiree! -- a terrific fundraising party, buy a ticket for the Luck of the Draw -- and hopefully select it before someone else does.  This is the first time I've painted something new for a donation.  I happen to love this painting and would happily hang it in my home. It reminds me of just how exciting it was to step out of the hotel doors each day during this Spring's 10-day trip to the City of Lights. Think of it reminding you daily of the joy of the place.

It's also the perfect representation of why you should be stopping by my MPA Artfest booth set up in McLean Central Park (at the corner of Old Dominion Drive and Route 123 -- Dolley Madison Blvd in McLean, VA) on Sunday, October 6, 10am-5pm. More of Paris, other views from nearby and throughout the US, and more will be waiting for you there.

Look for those paintings developing on my blog in the meantime. You don't need to wait for Artfest to purchase. Some Paris views are currently on exhibit in my "Serendipity" solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA through August 31. And you can see them online here also through the 31st. Or contact me if there's something else you'd like to see ... in person at my home studio or the Artists' Atelier, the studio I share with thirteen other artists at 1144 Walker Road, Suite G, Great Falls, VA.

Sign Up for Fall Classes and my Weekend Portrait Workshop
With my Still Life Class full, how about joining me for Plein Air Landscape class held on Wednesdays starting September 18? Or the new three-day weekend portrait workshop being held November 1-3 through the Great Falls School of Art?  Check out the classes page on my web site for more information, a link for online registration, supply list and more.

Last week to see "Serendipity" at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. Randy and I will be taking the show down, delivering paintings to new owners Saturday morning, August 31.

I'm off to an afternoon at Kidwell Farm -- easel time with the animals. Hooray!!! Got to go.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Three Horses

"Neigh There, Too" Beanie Baby Painting, oil, 6"h x 6"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

Quick post. There will be a longer one someday soon. The photos are at best iffy, but I've been finishing up work for the upcoming "Menagerie" exhibit at ArtSpace Herndon, September 4 through September 29 at 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA.  I'm not sure until installation day which pieces will actually be hung ... but these are contenders.

"Cowgirls Up!" has been enjoyable and challenging. Really challenging.

"Serendipity" will still be coming to a close. If you are in the Washington DC area -- pick your day/time before August 31 -- and see the show.  See my website for more details.

"Cowgirls Up!," good painting -- bad photo. oil, 30"h x 40"w,©Jill Banks 2013

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

"Kitty": Borrowing Cats

"Kitty," oil, 12"h x 12"w, copyright Jill Banks 2013

When I want to paint them, it seems all the cats have gone missing. Weird.

"La Chien de Grange," oil, 30"h x 40"w, copyright Jill Banks 2013: also in "Menagerie'

Yesterday's trip to celebrate son Sam's birthday ... a nice dinner out followed by a great Angel Food Cake made by daughter-in-law Michelle ... also delivered my subject. Their cat. She wasn't much of a model. iPhone photos delivered a lot of blurred heads. But here she is, lying on their rug, figuring out her next move.

She's one of ten or more paintings that will be part of the "Menagerie" five-artist exhibit opening in September at ArtSpace Herndon, 750 Center Street, Herndon, VA. Join us for what WILL be a great show for the reception, Saturday, September 7, 7-9pm.

Whirlwind

"Rainbow" from Kidwell Farm visits: part of "Menagerie"

Many of you have been there, but if you haven't (or you'd like to return), my "Serendipity" solo exhibit ends August 31. It's open during regular library hours (see my events page at www.JillBanks.com) at the Great Falls Public Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA.

That same events page needs updating -- but I'm still sorting out my calendar.  "Second and Pine Streets" (of Philadelphia's New Market area) will be hanging at the World Trade Center in Baltimore (juried into the "Top of the World" exhibit), pieces head to Nashville Tennessee and New York City.  I'll be hanging work as part of Artomatic Frederick (September to October) and getting ready for the start of classes, MPA's McLean Artfest outdoor show, the Great Falls Studio Tour and more.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Lots of Boats

"Grounded," oil, 12"h x 16"w, ©Jill Banks 2013

Today's treat was visiting St. Michaels, MD -- my first time there. There were plenty of painters at the Maritime Museum -- with all of us for Hiu Lai Chong's workshop and the monthly outing of a Talbot County painting group.

Driving through the town en route made me really want to stop and set up my easel then and there. The town borrowed paint from Burano, Italy ... or so it seems. Forget convention. Paint it fun.

But I didn't stop there. After a great morning demo (and a lunch break), we spread out to find our spots. I picked inside the dark, worn boat museum ... related somehow to the Chesapeake Bay Crab Company with a bunch of ancient boats enjoying great views. Looking down through the uneven floor slats, water was lapping. Painting music.

My boat seemed to be reminiscing about days past ... gazing at the youngster out on the water outside.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Artful August
4 paintings in this juried exhibit, including three award-winners at 1602 Village Market Blvd SE, Leesburg, VA -- August 14 to August 18.

Painting Easton: Day 1

"Green Tractor," oil, 16"h x 12"w, c0pyright Jill Banks 2013

The day's not over ... but while my feet are taking a break (before dinner and meeting up with fellow workshop participants to paint a nocturne), I figured a post was in order. I'm in a three-day workshop led by master plein air painter, Hiu Lai Chong -- and loving every minute of it. She's accumulated a whole slew of awards including the Grand Prize in Plein Air Easton and Best in Show at Mountain Maryland Plein Air in 2012. We'd studied together with Danni Dawson and Robert Liberace at the Art League -- so I also knew her as a dynamo, a thoughtful painter who is also fearless. My kind of painter.

She gave a great presentation, talking about how she approaches her painting subject in these plein air events. She showed photos of various subjects, talked about what portion of them she was drawn to convey, gave examples of different options to consider, then showed the painting that emerged from the scene.

Going With The Flow
One of my favorite parts of the painting demonstration was when she rolled up a paper towel, bringing it to a sharp point, then erased a part of the scene with it.  Then, she used it as a paintbrush quickly putting on a large area of monochromatic color. Hiu Lai had figured out how to use the paper towel as a tool when she had showed up to paint and forgotten her paintbrushes. She ended up creating that whole painting with paper towels and a palette knife. Cool, huh?

The afternoon we set out to paint an industrial area, right near the Easton Studio School. Since I don't know what these buildings house ... the title is "Green Tractor" ... at least for now. I didn't try everything learned today, but did work with Hiu Lai's palette setup -- and liked it, played with texture and some palette knife work and ended up pleased with the result. At the end of the painting session -- of course -- the tractor was driven away and the door to the left  (open and dark in my scene) was shut. Time to go "home" for a rest.

Nocturne Ahead
Tonight we don head lamps and try our hand at painting downtown Easton. Should be fun. Tomorrow will no doubt come early as we head out to St. Michael's and the Maritime Museum.

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 25.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Artful August
4 paintings in this juried exhibit, including three award-winners at 1602 Village Market Blvd SE, Leesburg, VA -- August 14 to August 18.

Sydney and Dylan: Saturday's Ballerinas on the Cover

Cover of Great Falls Connection Newspaper, August 14, 2013 edition

This week's edition of the Great Falls Connection features Sydney and Dylan in pose #2 from Saturday's painting demonstration. You can see the pdf of the print edition online (for a short time only) at: http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2013/081413/Great%20Falls.pdf. Nice article by reporter Alex McVeigh. 

Tomorrow I head off to Easton, MD for a three-day adventure painting the plein air landscape in this great town.  You'll hear more about it on my blog -- provided there's some time between painting and putting my head on a pillow. 

Web: www.jillbanks.com
Blog: jillbanks.blogspot.com
100 Faces in 100 Days Project
Email
Phone: 703.403.7435

Events
Serendipity
Solo show at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA. July 1 through August 31. Over 20 original oils. Painting Demonstration (Painting ballerinas!!!): Saturday, August 10, 1-4pm. RSVP -- yeses only -- to the painting demonstration through my web site. View the exhibit online.
 

Coffee Break Solo Show at 

Greenberry's Coffee & Tea

6839 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22101
(703) 821-9501
Exhibit of six paintings including "Two Kittens," "Traffic Patterns," "Primary Colors," "Spanish Steps," "Second & Pine Streets," and "Sunlight, Sunflowers and Orange." Through August 15.

Lots are right around the corner ... take a look at the events page on my web site: www.jillbanks.com.

Artful August
4 paintings in this juried exhibit, including three award-winners at 1602 Village Market Blvd SE, Leesburg, VA -- August 14 to August 18.