MERRY CHRISTMAS 2009

"May the Christlmas Spirit Travel to You."

Hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year. Next year has to be better.

"Christmas in the Back Country"
pen and ink painting by
Pat Schermerhorn
Copywrited by artist

CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN CODY

One of my newer paintings titled "Storm over the BIG HORNS" and for sale on my website.
I have been lazy lately and this Blog has not been updated for awhile Cody does have three weekends full of Christmas Events. We just had number 1. Open House at the Cody Country Art League. Saturday the 28th will be Cody Cowboy Christmas downtown. Melody, Berna and I will be demonstrating at the Big Horn Print Gallery from 2 to 5 that day.
Sunday, the 29th, is the Park County Art Councils Christmas Home Tour and Stone Soup Studios will be part of that again. Several of us will have booths at the studio with Art and Crafts.
Dec 4 will be an Art Walk downtown from 5 to 8. I will be demonstrating at the Cody Country Art League. All their Christmas items will still be for sale.

PRINTS for sale

I hae put 3 of my small paintings on www.fineartamerica.com that are for sale and can be uploaded off that site.

First Snow

What we woke up to this morning. It actually started yesterday morning but never stuck to the ground tell last night. It is still snowing

CODY ART SHOW

We are through with our 2nd annual Cody Art Show. It went very well. Most of us did pretty good and pleased with it. We had 14 rooms with all types of fine art. The 3rd is in the plans

CODY ART SHOW is Here

The Cody Art Show and Rendezvous Royale all start this week. We set up the Cody Show on Wed, the 23rd.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN CODY. We will be part of the Boot Scoot'n Boogie on Sheridan Ave on Thursday night. Come see us sketch.

Award at the Wyoming Historical Luncheon

Saturday I went to the luncheon at Northwest College in Powell to the Wyoming Historical Soc. Luncheon. They gave out alot of awards. Mine was for fine art for my painting of "The Crossing" coming out of the Thorofare.
The award was for 2008-2009 accpomplishments in the promotoion and preservation of Wyoming History in the field of Fine Arts for the Crossing.
Mom and Robin Berry went with me. It was a very nice lunch and I was very honored.

CODY ART SHOW Artist PAT SCHERMERHORN

One of my newest paintings "Beefcake" will be on display at the Cody Art Show Upstairs at the Historic Irma Hotel, Sept. 24-26, 2009. Visit my display room #20, the Colonal Cody Room. I'll have original art, prints and cards. Hope to see you there. I will also be sketching the models at Boot Scooten Boogie on Thursday night, the 24. This will be on Sheridan Ave from 5 to 8.

My Newest Limited Edition Print

My newest Print
"Rendezvous"
image is 8 x 12
Limited edition of 100
Price is $50.00 plus shipping
Each signed and numbered by the Artist.

Sketching in Yellowstone Park

Spent the day setting in front of the Old Faithful Inn sketching. Saw Old Faithful go off twice while we were there. Was a great day. Had to stop for three herds of buffalo on our way home. Normal.

The Buffalo Roam Auction in West Yellowstone

Robin and I just got home today from the big week end in West Yellowstone. It was a great ending to the Buffalo Roam project which began in 2007. Robins calf, Lulubelle, was chosen to be raffled off. Over 2700 tickets were sold and she was won by a man from Boise, Idaho. Robin was pretty happy.
Saturday night was the auction of the rest of buffalo and calves. Buttercup was number 3 and Poppy number 4. Buttercup brought 3800.00 which was great then Poppy sold for 4500.00. I was thrilled to death. It was sad to know it was all over and probably never see any of them again.

Draft Horse Classic Art Show

"Big Harry" has been selected to go the the "Art at the Classic" presented by the Draft Horse Classic in Grass Valley, California.
Big Harry is this HUGE beautiful English Shire. I used the painting for my Christmas card in 2007. The show is Sept. 24-27. This is at the same time as our Cody Art Show at the Irma here in Cody so I won't get to go.

Wyoming State Historical Historical Soc. Award

The Park County Historical Society submitted my name to the Wyoming State Historical Soc. for an award in the Fine Arts catagory for my painting "The Crossing"

I won the award and will recieve it Sept. 12 at an awards dinner for all winners.

The pen and ink painting is of early outfitters coming out of the Thorofare,an extreme wilderness area SW of Cody and starting in Yellowstone National Park and going South. It is called Thorofare because it is an thorofare for big game animals

BUTTERCUP to be Sold

Buttercup, Poppy and Lulubelle are to be sold August 29, 2009 in West Yellowstone, MT. A live auction and art show will be held August 28 and 29. Robin and I will have a booth displaying some of our art.
The Buffalo and the Calves are on line and taking silent auction bids. www.wyed.org will take you to the site. Robins calf, Lulubelle, is being raffled off. Way to go Robin. Buttercup was painted in 2007 and has roamed around West Yellowstone for the past 3 summers, It is now time to go out to pasture. If you are near West Yellowstone take a look or check out the website.

Featured Artist at the Cody Country Art League

I am one of five who will be featured for two weeks at the Art League. We have a reception tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 8 from 2 to 4 Pm. We are five women, two oil painters, two pastel artists and my pen and ink. Anyone in Cody come see us.

North Dakota Badlands

Somehow I missed this photo on the previous blog. The Sully State Park at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora. The Park is just beautiful this year. With all the moisture it is so green. We spent two days setting painting these bluffs.

TRIP to NORTH DAKOTA

I just spent 10 days in North Dakota. Berna Ost went with me to visit grandkids in Minot. We spent 2 days in Medora and sat in Sully State Park and painted. Then it was on to Almont for me. A picnic on the Heart River. I have never seen the state so green and beautiful. Had a wonderful time

Trip to Shell Falls in the Big Horns

My Brother, Roy, is here from California. We took a trip to the Big Horns and Shell Falls. Was a very pretty day. We also visited the Medicine Wheel.

A Day in the Big Horn Mountains

What a great day we had exploring and painting at 5 Springs in the Big Horns. The day was great. The Wild Flowers are just a blanket this year and everything so green. Hope we can keep going.

Wild Horse and Western Art Show and Sale

Five of my paintings will be exhibited this weekend, July 10 and 11, at the Wild Horse and Western Art Show in Rock Springs, Wyoming. This is the 7th year of this show. It was started in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Managements Wild Horse and Burro Show held in Rock Springs for several years. I am one of 33 artists accepted this year.

Tompkins Gallery, Montana Ave Galleries Sidewalk Paint Out

July 3 was 2009 "Wet Paint on Montana Ave Show" in Billings. Representing the "CODY ART SHOW Upstairs at the Irma" were Bob Tompkins, whose Gallery was one of the hosts, Berna Loy Ost, Mary Michael and Pat Schermerhorn.
Photos are Bob Tompkins in his gallery, Berna and Marys exhibit in Bobs Gallery, My exhibit in the Prodigal Gallery. These displays will continue to hang for at least another week.
If you are ever in Billings visit the 2500 block of Montana Ave. Five Galleries on this Block and they hosted this event. The Toucan Gallery, del Alma Gallery, Harry Koyama Fine Art, Tompkins, Tanner and Degenhart Fine Art Gallery and Prodigal Gallery. All fantastic galleries. Eleven artists were invited to set up on the Sidewalk and demonstrate thier Art. It rained a little at the very beginning then cleared off and was a beautiful evening with lots of people attending.
Good job and hope we are invited again.

A Trip to the Big Horns.

June 26 found Berna, Mel and Me taking a day trip to the Big Horn Mountains. Our distination was Ranger Creek on top of Shell. What a great day we had. Our intentions were to Paint and Sketch but it drizzled rain all day so we took photos, scouted out some great places to go back to paint and just went sight seeing. We hope to make this a weekly event.

The Thursday Night Group show at Beta Cafe

Our 4th annual show featuring the 2009 models was hung at the Beta Cafe this morning.
Helping were Susie Fish Rodriquez, Melody Christensen, Kimber Swenson, Robin Berry, Dave Kewitt and me.
We had some great help from a very nice person from Sheridan, who was innocently drinking soda. Bob Thompson and his wife, Joyce, were in Cody for a visit. Thank you so much for your great help. Joyce is a quilter and has a website, www.bluemoosequilts.com. She also creates patterns for quilts.
The show will hang from June 20 to July 11, 2009. On Thursday, June 25 we will have a reception. The public is invited to meet the artists and enjoy the art. The reception is 5 to 6 PM on Thursday night.
The photos show Bob Thompson and Susie hanging sketchs and the other photo is the group and is Melody, Kimber, Joyce and Bob Thompson, Robin, Me and Dave.

A Day at Jake Clark's Mule Days, Ralston, WY

Melody and I journeyed to Ralston for the Annual Mule Days. Not a lot going on today, it will all be Saturday and Sunday. But we got to visit alot of beautiful mules and take their photos. Plus eating Kettle Corn. Can't beat that.

Second Place in Graphics at CCAL Show

My small painting of Mama Griz and cubs took second place at the 44th Annual Cody Country Art Show.

Painted Little Girl by Anne West

My friend, Anne West, of Bismarck, North Dakota painted this cute little flower girl. Named Daisy Rose Wildflower. She joined Buttercup and Onslow as painted critters.
The newspaper article does not show up well. But this is a fundraiser for the Manchester House in Bismarck. Anne has taught art to kids there for many years