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Ladies and gentlemen… my designs are now appearing on fabrics. And you can wear those fabrics! Some people call it clothing, some fashion, and others things like “tøj”.

www.cafepress.com/matthillart

Shirts, hoodies and tanks for guys and gals! I started with three of my designs in 12 total styles -Debonair, Gail Wynand and Freedom:

Support the arts! Buy my shirts :D Suggestions for colors/styles always welcome. Tell me which design you want, and I’ll make it.

My deepest gratitude goes to Scott and Erica of Thumbprint Cellars. Wonderful hosts, winemakers and people, I had an outstanding time at in Healdsburg and the surrounding area. The show is stunning, and still hangs until December 18th, for those of you who can make it up to Northern California.

Also big hugs to all my new friends! What a wonderful event. Thank you all for taking time to stop and talk.

During the weekend I made tons of new sketches and (count ‘em) eight (8!) new pieces. I’ll post them next week after I get home from Cali.

We’re starting day 3 very soon! I wanted to post an update for the regular readers, and all you new folks who grabbed my business card in the last 2 days.

Opening was great! Lots of fun people showed up, and the second piece was sold.

Yesterday, I sat out front making art in a live studio:

I met hundreds of great people! Thank you all for your wonderful comments, insights and encouragement. Interest is high and it looks like many people are coming back today to pick up those pieces that caught their eye. Come early if you want to get your piece!

I also made five new pieces during the live studio. It’s wonderful to have the time to site for an entire day and make art while talking to cool people.

I must add that Scott’s wines are the perfect compliment to happiness :) It’s like music in your mouth. The Tasting Room is very hyggeligt (Danish – look it up), and the whole atmosphere here in Healdsburg is fun and warm. I am having a wonderful time. More updates to come!

Just in – The show goes up on October 30th at 6pm. Most likely viewable the next day. How fun is it that Halloween greets my art’s first showing to the public?

The opening will be Nov. 2nd, from 6pm – 8pm. I look forward to meeting you there! Full info here.

The show hangs through December 18th.

The framing is selected, and work is in progress to prepare my art for it’s first public showing! The photograph does not really do it justice! So, you’ll just have to come see it for yourself :)

One thing of note that I failed to mention earlier is that some of the proceeds from the sale of my work will be donated by Scott and Erica from Thumbprint Cellars to a local charity – The Art Bus (a.k.a the Imagine Bus Project North).

Also of note is that I am bringing all originals to this show. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see what my work looks like in it’s primary form, not after a scan (as it is on this site).

Big, big wonderful news! My first show! It’s in beautiful and prestigious Healdsburg, CA – a premier destination for the wine-savvy.

Oct 31 – Dec 18, 2007
The Tasting Lounge @ Thumprint Cellars
36 North Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Tel: 707.433.2393  |  Fax: 707.433.2325
http://www.thumbprintcellars.com/

My official opening will be on Friday, November 2nd from 6-8pm.

Be sure to come during the “Wine and Food Affair” Nov 3-4, 11am-4pm
Ticket and event info: http://www.wineroad.com/events/winefood.asp
I will be making art all weekend, so drop by anytime, especially later, to see what new stuff is born via my imagination.

Come one, come all, if you happen to be in the Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, that is… :)

Here is the Tasting Lounge, where my art will be featured:

My new friends, Scott and Erica Lindstrom-Dake, make fine wines, and call their outstanding family of wines Thumbprint Cellars. There is space in their beautiful tasting room for art (see above), and excitedly invited me to show my work to the public for six weeks starting in early November. Note: They also sell wines on their site! I highly recommend their Pinot Noir.

I will be heading out to hang the show so it’s ready for the opening on Nov 2nd and also the grand “Wine and Food Affair”, which is sure to be 2 days of tasty deliciousness. In addition, I will be doing some live art Saturday and Sunday so that visitors can watch me at work.

So, in turn, I invite you! If you are planning on being anywhere near northern California 11/2-4, please come see me at my first opening and for the Wine and Food Affair!

Best,
Matt

At long last, I have compiled my art into my own space where I can show it to the world the way I most want it to be seen.

I have posted everything on the dates they were created, to the best of my ability.

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