This season births Native Santa Rosan art

Native Santa Rosan art by A. Sutrick Design ©2013

Hand-Made Snowflakes for Native Santa Rosan chalkboard booth at Alyssa's Antique Depot. ©2013 Andrea Sutrick

The holidays have rushed in.  The anticipation of the new born king has brought a rebirth for me.  I am bursting with ideas and seeking outlets to get the art out... So came the birth of Native Santa Rosan and it is dear to my heart.
 
Native Santa Rosan is a celebration of everything local in my community of Santa Rosa County, Florida.  We are so fortunate to have a blend of agriculture in the north, a milling town history in the center, and beautiful beaches to the South.  All this wrapped in warm temperatures.  Native Santa Rosan is expressed as linocut prints in a "Shrimp Boil," digital photography with the "Hay Fields" in Jay, FL, and with hand-drawn chalkboards at our annual "Halloween Bash" in Milton.

To find the first home to display & sell Native Santa Rosan art, my husband and I installed a 3 wall real-to-life black chalkboard booth, #188 at Alyssa's Antique Depot. (cont.-)

Native Santa Rosan chalkboard booth at Christmas ©2013 Andrea Sutrick

"Holly Jolly," red chalkboard, hand-drawn lettering ©2013 Andrea Sutrick

"St. Nick," Drawing, ©2013 Andrea Sutrick

"We Wish," red chalkboard with hand-drawn lettering ©013 Andrea Sutrick

How do I get involved in Native Santa Rosan art?

You can learn more about Native Santa Rosan art here and request custom work.  Do you love your community?  How can I help you visually capture this love?  Join me in this mission.  Do you see a story that needs to be told in a historical photography book?  Is a historic site about to go away and needs to be documented with digital photography?  Do you want to celebrate your message with a custom drawn chalkboard?  The possibilities are endless... 

A Busy Elf...

The holidays have kept this elf busy.  In my latest creation, "A Humble Awakening" on display at Artel Gallery, really sums up where I am in life.  The 16 small photos depict many of my loves in our community.  The photos are not static, you can play with them.  That's what I am doing.  I am playing with what I love.  T.S. Eliot states in his poem, the Four Quartets:        We shall not cease from exploration
                                                        And the end of all our exploring
                                                        Will be to arrive where we started
                                                        And know the place for the first time.
I am on an exciting journey and doors are opening.  Patience and prayer are delivering this artist a humble return to experience home like it was the first time.  May you also find your rebirth at home this season.