Radio City Music Hall

"Radio City Music Hall"

Day 9

6"x8" oil on canvas panel

$75.00

We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the annual Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular.  We attended an early morning performance which gave us several hours later in the day to continue our trek through the city.

This show features not only the very talented and precision-dancing Rockettes but live animals like camels and donkeys when the Nativity scene takes over the stage.  It is quite moving and reinforces the real reason for our celebration of Christmas.

We used the subway system to get to far off places and my daughter Kim and daughter-in-law Leah were very knowledgeable when it came to figuring out where to get on and get off once we decided where we needed to go.  It is nice when roles can be reversed so my granddaughter and I could just be tourists and let them make all the decisions and calculations.  Age has its benefits!

NYC Ornaments

"NYC Ornaments"

6"x6" oil on panel

$350.00

For the last three years, I have entered the Randy Higbee 6" Squared Exhibition and Sale.  Every painting submitted must be 6"x6".  Randy owns the Randy Higbee Gallery and also owns King of Frame where he sells beautiful frames to artists all around the country and the world.  Each year, I have been fortunate enough to be juried in.  This year, "NYC Ornaments" was juried into this hugely popular show.  I think almost 1,200 pieces were submitted.  I am not quite sure how many pieces were accepted but those that are accepted are all framed in his beautiful floater frames and are displayed in his Costa Mesa CA warehouse/gallery with a huge opening reception in early December.  He always posts videos of the opening on YouTube and Facebook so all the artists can participate virtually by watching the videos.  It is exciting to see the people mingling among all the paintings displayed.  It is quite impressive to see hundreds of paintings all the same size displayed all around his well-lit gallery space.  

I took this photo in New York City two years ago while my daughter Kim and I were coming out of Radio City Music Hall after seeing the Rockettes perform their annual Christmas program.  For those who have been to New York, you know how HUGE these ornaments are!  For those of you who have never seen them, take my word for it-they are probably a story tall!  

Very excited and honored to be included in this show!