April turned out to be convention month for RayMar. Emily and I manned (or “womanned”) vendor
booths at the 2nd Annual Plein Air Convention and Expo in Monterey and the 15th
Annual Portrait Society of America’s Conference in Atlanta. Meeting many long time artist
customers and new ones was the convention highlight for us.
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| Cathy and Emily speaking about RayMar Products |
We unveiled our new multi-dimensional carrier. Artists have asked for a carrier to transport
multiple sizes. The “Multi” holds the
most popular travel sizes 8 x 10, 11 x 14, and 12 x 16 in one carrier. When
word got around the convention about this new carrier we sold out twice and
then took orders. They are now for sale on our website.
Each convention focused on a different genre of painting. However, artists told us all subjects inspire
them to paint. We discovered portrait
artists paint en plein air and plein air artists paint portraits. Seemingly a surprise at first, but then we
realized artists are open to the world and their sources of inspiration are
limitless.
With hundreds of
attendees to view demos and lectures by the top artists in their fields these
two conventions supplied inspiration at the highest level. If you were on the
fence about attending and passed this year, I highly recommend you participate
in one of these next year. They were both well conceived, organized and
delivered!
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| Emily Dietrich with Aaron Westerberg at PSA Awards Banquet |
Apart from the scheduled convention events, it is the
gathering of so many like minded, creative artists that built intense excitement.
From my perspective, to solidify the importance of creating art and the desire
to support each other’s efforts is the main purpose of these conventions. Plein
Air Magazine has already sent an email advertising next year’s convention, their
third annual, which will be in Monterey
again. So schedule a convention in your future and prepare for you and your art
to grow exponentially.
- Cathy
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