They Like Me! They Really Like Me!

I got picked to paint a wine barrel!!!
Here are the details from the website:

Finger Lakes Wine Country Tourism Marketing Association proudly announces Painted Barrels 2009, an exhibit celebrating the Finger Lakes, on display July 3 - October 11, 2009.

This regional art exhibit will take place throughout the Finger Lakes, and feature painted barrels on display at over 50 wineries and area attractions. All of the barrels will be painted by Finger Lakes artists and showcase the beauty of the Finger Lakes.

Visitors to the Finger Lakes during the exhibit will be able tour the region and stop at the wineries and attractions featuring the painted barrels. There is no cost to view the barrels on display at each venue during regular operating hours.

Each painted barrel is available for purchase through a silent auction on this website. Minimum bids start at $100 per barrel and the auction begin on July 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM EST and ends on October 11, 2009 at 5:00 PM EST. The proceeds of each barrel are equally divided between the artist and Finger Lakes Wine Country Tourism Marketing Assocation, a 501 (c)(6) corporation whose mission is to promote tourism in the region.

Sounds like fun, no? Oh boy, here we go!! I'll be updating the blog regularly with "Work in Progress" pics and stories. This should be a lot of fun!

Okay - so - you are DYING to know my idea, aren't you? Well, sketches forthcoming, but for now: Picture a Modern Day Bacchus, a fat jolly dude, sunburnt, freckly and chillin with some wine, his iPod and his Blackberry. I'll leave it at that.

[Glad i found something to jump start this site, right? S'been a ghost town lately. Tsk tsk on me.]