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Calendar snafu!

7/20/2017

Oops! I goofed!

August dates in my 2017 calendar are out of whack! If you've purchased a calendar for yourself or as a gift, please contact me so I can give you corrected dates. If you purchased through my Etsy site, I am tracking you down. You may also try downloading & printing the corrected version below.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Summer 2017

7/10/2017

What a busy winter! Summer is here, and I'm rolling up my sleeves to create more art!

The Frame Shop hosts First Friday, and KMXT does a lovely spot on my art!

Bear Town Market

Crab Fest Art Show

Bear Town Market
Locally, I'll be selling work at Bear Town Market throughout the summer. Find us in our new location downstairs in the Kodiak Convention Center Stellar Room.

Crab Fest 2017!
Look for my work at the annual Crab Fest Art Show at the Kodiak Inn and with The Frame Shop out on the Crab Fest grounds.

In the Midst of Creating!

2/27/2017

Having a ball making collages. I'm using acrylic paint to hand tint papers that I then cut up to make my images! I'll make several new prints from the finished pieces and frame up the originals.

Happy New Year!

12/31/2016

One of my pieces has been selected to be in Taku Graphics 2018 Raven Calendar (remember, calendars are printed way in advance...) What a way to start the year. Thank you, Taku Graphics!

November 2016

10/30/2016

Come find my booth at the AAUW Bazaar on Saturday, November 5, from 10 am til 4 pm. I'll be located in my usual, lovely, sunny space upstairs, in the Katurwik Room. That's the small room off the lobby. I'm excited to share my 2017 calendar, my ink and watercolor originals, new cards, and some old stand-bys!

I've started a series of tongue-in-cheek salmon jar art highlighting all sorts of things. I've got small originals and have included a couple in the calendar.

Calendars are a great way to bring a burst of color to your wall all year long.

My 2017 calendars measure 5.5 x 8.5 (half sheet), are in a vertical layout & come ready to hang. The limited edition calendar is filled with brightly colored, crisply reproduced, Kodiak-inspired images!

Can't make AAUW? Please contact me, and I'll deliver to you.

Social Media!

I've discovered Instagram (finally!). It's a fun way to show case visual images. Find me @tashpristas and see what I've been up to this past summer.

My art is on etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/natashazahnpristas

May 2016

5/11/2016

Look for my art in a few new places this year: at Kodiak Beartown Market, at Norman's & Norman's Corner, on etsy, and in A Taste of Kodiak 2 cookbooks sold around town.

Fall Fireweed,
my newest 5 x 7 card with Taku Graphics is now available. I love it when our hills turn pink!

Kodiak Beartown Market happens on cruise ship days, but it's open to locals & tourists alike!
It's a place for local artists and craftspeople to show their work and to interact with the public. Kodiak Beartown Market is located in the Sun'aq Tribal Hall downtown on the mall.
I'll be there May 17, June 1 & 29, July 13 & 27, August 10, 17, & 24, and Sept 7.

The Crab Fest Art Show is coming up!
Opening reception is Friday, May 27 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Harbor Room at the Kodiak Inn. The show continues Saturday 12-6 & Sunday 12-4.

Here's a peek at my collages-in-progress!

I've opened an Etsy shop to showcase my work and find a broader audience. Currently I've listed my 8 x 10 prints in the shop, but there's room to grow!

I'd love feedback: Please click on the icon to visit my etsy shop and share it with friends.

My block prints are included in the latest edition of A Taste of Kodiak 2 cookbooks by Soroptimist International of Kodiak.
The cookbooks are available at local businesses such as Norman's, The Rookery, Pickled Willy's, and Big Ray's or they can be purchased through a soroptimist: Lindsey Howell at lhowell425@yahoo.com or CeCe Esparza at (907) 486-2958.

November 2015

11/2/2015

AAUW 2015

Come see my new items: magnets, cards, calendars, prints, and original paintings, collages, raven ornaments, and block prints at the AAUW Art Bazaar on Saturday, November 7th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. My booth is located in the Katurwik Room of the Kodiak Convention Center--it's the small room upstairs. Also new this year: I'm accepting credit cards, and I have local options for special order printing of 8 x10 art prints!

Stars

Modern Shells

Other News

Purple Siberian Iris, a new
5 x 7 card I have with Taku Graphics, will be available at AAUW.

View Artist Trading Cards I made for the Kodiak Arts Council's Letters, Messages, Communiques show, which opens November 6 and runs through the 30th in the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium lobby.

I donated one of my block prints to the Kodiak Humane Society, and it will be raffled off at the AAUW Bazaar on November 7th. Be sure to visit the Kodiak Humane Society's booth!

Gypsy Artists at Harborside Fly-By

9/28/2015

Join us, The Gypsy Artists, for our latest art show, Changing Tides/Changing Seasons, on Friday, October 1, from 5-7 pm at Harborside Fly-By during First Friday Art Walk. A mix of artists is presenting, and our art will adorn the walls at Fly-By for the month of October. In addition, many of The Gypsy Artists will also be showing work at art sales this fall, so this is a good chance to meet us and see what we do!

Fall Fireweed

Larch Street Gang

Wine Label!

8/13/2015

I just received a very special box in the mail, and I'm excited to show you a wine bottle sporting one of my images!

The private wine label Libelula, made in the Mendoza region of Argentina, has my Vitruvian Dragonfly block print as the artwork on its label. I love the font and shape of the label. And it's a Malbec!!

The shot below shows my original work side by side with the labels. It's fun to see the negative vs. positive of the dragonfly, plus the entire label before it's put on a bottle.

Special thanks to everyone involved.

Cheers! Salud!

Crab Fest Art Show 2015

5/15/2015

The Crab Fest Art Show highlights Kodiak's artists and their new work. This year I'm focused on collages, and I have new images--some flat and some 2-D. The show opens Friday, May 22, with a reception from 6:30-9:30 pm, and runs Saturday 12-6 and Sunday 12-4 at the Kodiak Inn Harbor Room. Come find new art to adorn your walls!