happy new year! here's some colourful january news!
happy new year from the halthegal studio!
i hope there are lots of colourful celebrations in your near future. :)
in*person art festival: in just a few weeks!!
come see me in mount dora!!
it's my first*ever appearance at the mount dora arts festival.
i hope to see you in florida february 5 & 6! i don't have booth location just yet, but i'll keep you posted on my events page!
this week i’m trying to finish two new faerie tale feet mixed media paintings… one gal of the alps & one half*giant. any guesses as to whom might appear out of my studio and in florida next? :D
halthegal triiiiiiivia!!
so TWO people won a $25 bookshop.org gift card last month---they were both SO close to how many books i'd read so far in 2021! (a handful of my favorites of the 2021 favorites stacked here!) it was so much fun i want you to ASK ME ANYTHING for the next time we do a trivia giveaway here in the halthegal colourful email newsletter! what do you want to guess? ;D
email me your questions for the next trivia giveaway!!
p.s. the final total for books i read in 2021 was 147.
+ 28 audiobooks (which i'm gonna guess were all re*reads of books i'd read in physical form before!)
but only four so far this year... it's already been a doozy. ;)
artsy road trip!!
thank you, mood!
yes, i'm a project runway superfan & always have been! this week i took a mini road trip down to my alma mater to see the christian siriano exhibit at the scad museum of art. you can see my instagram reel here, even though it doesn't begin to capture just how beautiful everything was up close and in person.
the exhibit is up through the end of january, so if you're anywhere near savannah, i highly recommend it. ugh. fashion. it's just so pretty.
here's to the books.
^ recent favorite reads.
i won't give you a WHY i love them right here.
but you can shop them all on my bookshop.org page and support independent bookstores across the country while you're at it. and of course tune in to my weekly reading book reviews for more recommendations on my instagram page!
^ reading next.
well, i actually already read an early copy of together we burn (and LOVED it!!) that one comes out this may, and you should pre*order it now before you forget. and my halthegal patreons are getting some TWB-inspired art later in the week, too. ;) watch my video book review here.
sneak peek of one of two drawings i did for my patreons celebrating TOGETHER WE BURN!
all that to say: happy new year to you & yours!
i'm busy revising the (ugly draft zero) book i wrote last fall, getting ready for the mount dora show with one (or two?) new faerie tale feet mixed-media pieces, shipping your etsy orders, creating new art & stories for my patreons each month, and stalking my mailman until my once upon a bookclub 12 days of book*mas box gets here because i have a PUbLisHED short story in the collection! eep! ;D
cheers to all of the inspirational excitement ahead for us all in 2022!
with peace, love, and many colourful reads to you,
*hallie :)
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