Holiday Open Studio

My Holiday Open Studio will be Sat. November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2009 from 11am-4pm. Sound the Bugle Studio is located on 6 Kenyon Rd., in Hampton, Connecticut.

Original art, notecards and gift certificates will be available. Note cards make great stocking stuffers, and there is nothing more heartfelt than a gift certificate for a custom horse or pet portrait for the animal lover on your Holiday gift list.

There will also be local Hampton artists displaying their work at the Hampton Community Center on Main Street. Make sure you stop in and see them after your visit to Sound the Bugle Studio.

Hampton is so beautiful and wonderfully festive this time of year. It is a town rich in history, and it possesses that wonderful old-time New England charm. Historic houses line Main Street, and each one has beautiful white Holiday candles adorning their frost laced windows. Such a welcome sight when there is a chill in the air and snowflakes dotting the sky!

I am so happy I chose to call this town home nearly eight years ago.

find out more about Hampton here:

http://www.hamptonct.org/

Hope to see you in Hampton for the Holiday Open Studio. Feel free to jingle the antique sleigh bells in the studio when you visit--there is no other sound like it. It will be sure to put you in the Holiday spirit!

see you soon!

Helen

Pictured above are two new pieces: top, "The Gentleman," 18" x 18" charcoal on cream Canson Mi-Teintes, and bottom: "Catch Me," 18" x20", charcoal, conte and Rembrandt pastel on violet Canson Mi-Teintes. Both will be available for sale, unframed, at the Open Studio.

Zenyatta makes history

Zenyatta was the first filly or mare to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. One for the history books!

And, she's UNDEFEATED. Won all fourteen of her races. You read that right...

Here's the race, and post race. Prepare to be awestruck:


Jockey Mike Smith said she hadn't used up all her gears. So amazing! She came up from dead last, and swept it--ears up, with energy to spare. This is a mare of legends.

She loves to run. Check out her "hurry up I wanna GO!" dance moves in the paddock and when she steps onto the track:



Horse of the Year? Close call between her and Rachel Alexandra.

It's the Year of the Filly!