So I've found out I have no Social Media Savvy

Mount Hood 12 by 24 oil on canvas

Greetings from the beautiful northwest. Camas Washington to be exact. In our quest for an unending source of fresh water we found Las Vegas was not our best bet. I now have a view of the Columbia River, through the trees, and a "vintage" house.  We even have two galleries here in Camas and a First Friday.

Fallen Leaf Lake 8 by 10 on canvas
Google maps calls it Dead Lake but that's not right.

The painting around here is great. Obviously different than Vegas. I mean there's water. Pretty much everywhere. It snows and there's ice, sometimes. And I have to say I've become a little obsessed with the water in its many forms.

Upside, the art scene in the Northwest is pretty good.  I've met some very supportive business people here  and have art in 2 locations. Wendee at Nico Bella Salon, nicobellasalon.com,  has been a great help. I have a number of pieces for sale there and they move quite nicely. I just got into The Hungry's Bakery, www.thehungrysbakery.com , thank you Jenny Easley. If you're in the Camas area both places are great. You can get beautified, cultured and have a cupcake or two.

In face Wendee is so supportive she had a Marketing class "How to Gain the Professional Edge" by Twila Kaye of WomanUp Global, www.WomanUPGlobal.com , at the salon and invited me to it.  I was kind of excited. I figure you're never too old to learn something new. I was the oldest one there and the only one who had no idea of how a hashtag # is to be used. I did not know that 11 #'s is the "sweet spot" for instagram. Not only that I did not have a twitter, nor have I ever tweeted-twitted-twittered????, I had not posted a picture to my instagram, I had no clue of the use of Linkedin, my website was pretty lonely, and we can see I haven't blogged in 2 years. Obviously I was due for a makeover. You know you're special when the entire class is suggesting things for you to do and the order of importance.

Georgia Pacific Mill Camas WA 12 by 24

This blog is my last step in my Marketing make over. OK, I haven't got a twitter yet but I just am not feeling my inner Kanye. So now you can go to www.annanorrisfineart.com  and view my  up to date website. Hopefully while there you will be given the opportunity to join my Anna Norris Fine Art Facebook page, link to this Anna Norris Fine Art blog, become chummy with me Anna Norris Fine Art on Linkedin, we can figure out the benefits of that together, and finally you can follow me on Instagram at Anna Norris Fine Art. Notice the theme here.

So here's to my new Pacific Northwest adventure. Please check back to see if I can keep this up more that once every 2 years. Hopefully by the next time I will have an "Artist's Statement" which I also don't have.  Let me know if you can find me on the web.   A