Art Fair — blog — Sarah Jane Kueny

It was a pleasure to be part of The Firefly Art Fair’s 40th Anniversary Celebration this year! Sunday’s weather made up for soggy Saturday.

It was great seeing everyone again, this was my 5th year participating, I loved seeing familar faces!

Here is my donation piece for the silent auction. Reclining Nude, 9x12 inches, oil on canvas.

The following paintings I recently had framed at SB Framing Gallery for The Firefly Art Fair.

Bowl with Jalapeños, 6x6 inches, oil on canvas.

Jalapeños with Orange Flowers, 6x6 inches, oil on canvas.

Jalapeñoes, 6x6 inches oil on canvas.

Tomatoes, 6x6 inches, oil on canvas.

Ship in Baltimore Harbor, 8x10 inches, oil on paper.

Pumpkin, 8x10 inches, oil on canvas.

Hooray! My tent has arrived in time for the Firefly Art Fair on August 6th & 7th. A year ago I moved back to Wisconsin and learned that Wauwatosa is a Potawatomi word for firefly. Maybe this area has more fireflies than others? I would like to think so. Besides, who doesn't love fireflies? They are one of the few bugs that do not gross me out and bring up nostalgic memories. I would like to thank Sarah Beckett from SB Framing Gallery for doing an amazing job framing my paintings for this event. This will be the first art fair I've participated in, and I'm looking forward to it!

As a donation piece, I drew snapdragons from our garden. This year for Valentine's Day I asked my partner to buy us flowers for our AeroGarden. The flowers took off and soon out grew our AeroGarden. I transplanted them into our garden in the spring where they are thriving! My favorite thing about snapdragons is the shape of their seedpods -- they look like tiny skulls that you can plant around your house to keep evil spirts away. I should plant more.

I had to include this video because I think it's so precious! I was trying to figure out how to hang paintings from this tent in our back yard, and a little butterfly stopped in to visit. It made my day, I would love to hire it for the art fair!