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		<title>November 7th First Saturday Arts Market Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a delight it is when a buyer from a previous show seeks you out to tell you how much she loves her painting.  And when another buyer says they saw your work online, was disappointed that their favorite painting had sold, but they buy another one at the show.  Those are a couple of the highlights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=797&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After doing the painting of Carousel Mountain, I took a break and did a series of little 5&#215;7 studies.  I marked off a 16&#215;20 board, and then, working from the laptop next to my easel, I went through a couple of CDs of reference photos, making quick selections, sketching the scene quickly with a brush, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=788&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carousel Mountain, Big Bend, Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying some new subject matter, and this one is a real departure for me.  My dear friend, Mary Grace Bartoo, provided me with some photos from a trip to Big Bend National Park in far west Texas.  Being a real glutton for punishment, I chose this one to try first.  I figured I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=784&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recognition on wetcanvas.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to have one of my recent paintings featured in the latest wetcanvas.com newsletter.  The focus for the month was gouache.  It was the first of the &#8220;Two from Texas&#8221; posted here recently, which I&#8217;ve since titled &#8220;Morning Reds&#8221;.
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		<title>Two from west Texas</title>
		<link>http://ralphparker.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/two-from-west-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple of new ones.  Both are west Texas, near San Angelo.  The morning sun hitting the red cliff face was a striking image, and I had to try it.  Both of these are 9&#215;12, gouache on cold press Crescent board.
(Update:  Both of these sold at the November First Saturday Arts Market in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=777&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm</title>
		<link>http://ralphparker.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a new one with a bit stronger color than is usual for me.  It&#8217;s 8&#215;10, Gouache on cold press Crescent board.

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		<title>Derelict</title>
		<link>http://ralphparker.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/derelict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I did a painting of an old deteriorating wagon.  It was one of a half dozen or so acrylics, and I had no clue what I was doing.  The landscape part was awful, but I liked the wagon, and that painting has been hanging on my studio wall for a long time.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=765&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recap of First Saturday Arts Market October show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note for newbies to the art festival business:  find a way for the tent to come out first and go in last.  This show on October 3rd ended up as a wet one.  Most of the day was just overcast and threatening.  Just enough to keep the crowd home.  And it ended with rain.  It was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ralphparker.wordpress.com&blog=5080349&post=759&subd=ralphparker&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You gotta love it</title>
		<link>http://ralphparker.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/you-gotta-love-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re always happy when we get a mention somewhere.  I got word of this one this morning.  We&#8217;ll there tomorrow.
http://www.houstonlivingguide.com/2009/10/guest-blogger-mitch-cohen-on-first.html
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		<title>Newsletter and First Saturday Arts Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first issue of our newsletter, &#8220;The Parker Roadshow&#8221;, went out this week.  If you&#8217;d like to receive the newsletter (we hope to put a little something out each month), email me at ralphparkerstudio@yahoo.com.
We will be at the First Saturday Arts Market in the Houston Heights tomorrow from 11am to 6pm.
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