It took some time to locate one of my favorite artists, Wendy Detrick Worsham, among the booths, but I finally tracked her down and jokingly told her that her “art groupie” had found her. I bought my annual birthday print, “Day of No Shadows” , and I just love it. I also got a chance to talk a minute with Wendy, which is what I really like about these types of shows.

I can honestly say that Wendy is a major influence on my becoming a full-time artist. Look at her paintings and you can easily see how much she enjoys her work. If you go to her online gallery you can see such paintings as “Flying Fairy Sheep” , “Bovine in Ivy” , and “Tulip” . She is a very talented artist, but she still takes the time out to talk to each person who comes up to her, and I, for one, look forward to meeting her again next year and getting yet another birthday print!

Meeting Madison P. Latimer was indeed a thrill. I was actually hesitant about approaching her, as she is pretty well known, but I shouldn’t have been! She shared so much about how her paintings came to be, the influences and events in her life that led up to her career, and gave such great advice to both my husband and myself about just creating our art.

I have seen a lot of her work online, and I really like her style, and of course, a lot of her subjects, namely the chickens and guineas from her “Chick Picks” series, appeal to me. Madison’s subjects go well beyond the barnyard(although you’ve never seen barnyard animals like hers!), so check out her series “My Backyard” , “Love, Light, and Laughter” . She’s a very friendly individual, and I felt in minutes like I had known her my whole life. To get a feel of what meeting Madison in person is like, look at her series “Girlfriends” .