The Brad Nack 100% Reindeer Show Opening Party Photos!

The Brad Nack 100% Reindeer Show opened last night, it was a great party!!!!

The First Reindeer, Hung!

Eager art fans wait for the show to open, wanting the be one of the first the bring a reindeer home for the holidays!

Antlers by Cimmi, inspired by Brad Nack's artDawn and Chuck at the Mercury Lounge Traveling Tinsel Tiki Bar

Now You Can Visit our On-line PRESS Room For PRESS RELEASES!!!

http://pressroom.prlog.org/PaulCumesFineArt/

Brad Nack 100% Reindeer Art Tour Kick-Off Party!!!!!

TAKE A REINDEER HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
This year marks the 12th Annual Brad Nack 100% Reindeer Art Show.


Nack is proud to announce his first national tour, “The 25 city 100% Brad Nack Reindeer Art Show Tour” stretching from California to the U.K. throughout November and December 2009. Highlights include Portland, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, New York, New Haven, and London.


“After 12 years, I have painted a lot of Reindeer, they always take a long time to paint, but have their own way of coming to life, which is usually a surprise and that’s what’s good about it.” Says Nack.


TOUR KICK-OFF PARTY
Paul Cumes Fine Art is delighted to be the first stop on the 25 city tour and will host a fun reception party from 6pm 9pm on Wednesday November 4th to kick off The 100% Reindeer Art Tour. Brad Nack will hang 100 of his hot fresh %100 Reindeer Paintings in the main gallery and will have pieces available at the gallery thru December. The Mercury Lounge Tinsel Tiki Bar, courtesy of the infamous Mercury Lounge in Goleta, will be on site offering a wild assortment of the finest seasonal holiday beers and wines. Tasty holiday treats, handmade Reindeer Plushies by Cimmi, and Brad Nack’s %100 Reindeer Greeting Cards will be available for the enjoyment of all!
At past shows collectors have arrived before the doors open. Followers have brought their own “red dots” so they can claim their piece without waiting for the gallery staff to assist them. Last year the entire show sold out in 7 minutes.

Bring a critical eye and your checkbook so you can be one of the first to "Take YOUR Reindeer home for the holidays!"

For up to the minute details on exhibit dates, times and last minute added locations please go to bradnack.com and visit the Art Tour page.

For up to the second information follow Brad on twitter.
Brad is availble for interviews: Brad Nack | 805 845-5389

Gallery Contact | Cimmi Cumes | 805-845-7644 | misscimmi@hotmail.com | 131 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA

Gallery at Night with our first Paul Cumes Landscapes and Still Lifes Show

Chakra Gardens Talk Photos

Last Sunday we hosted a talk by Carol Cumes about her gorgeous book Chakra Gardens

Guest Artists Seth and Evan did live sidewalk chalk Art!

some recent lovely photos...

Oct 10th from 6pm-9pm, Chakra Gardens Author Carol Cumes Will Talk About Creating Healing Gardens, Flower Essences, and her Life in the Andes

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Chakra Gardens Author Carol Cumes Will Talk About Creating Healing Gardens, Flower Essences, and her Life in the Andes, at the Paul Cumes Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA, Saturday, October 10, 2009

Los Angeles, CA – Carol Cumes, award-winning author, gardener, flower essence practitioner, and non-profit founder of the Willka T’ika Children’s Fund in Peru, will talk about flower essences and her book Chakra Gardens: Opening the Senses of the Soul (Mitra Publishing, 2008) Saturday, October 10, 2009, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Paul Cumes Gallery, 131 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara, CA. The talk will include a PowerPoint presentation with photographs from the book as well as others that capture the magic of Peru’s ancient Sacred Valley and its flowers. The book won Independent Publisher’s Best Mind, Body, Spirit Award 2009.

Cumes will also discuss the benefits of creating healing gardens, and how she was inspired by nature as well as the rich Andean lore of the region to build the gardens. “Chakra gardens are gardens of peace. They do not restrict or impose. They simply support people in experiencing their own deep connection to Source,” say Cumes.

Cumes was living in Santa Barbara, California when she first visited the Sacred Valley of the Inca in Peru in 1984. She was so captivated that she continued to return, and in 1994, she left California and moved to the Sacred Valley. There, she built and established the unique Willka T’ika Garden Retreat Center and its seven Chakra Gardens, not far from Machu Picchu.

Proceeds from the book benefit the non-profit Willka T’ika Children’s Fund, founded by Cumes to support the isolated mountain schools and Andean children in their communities.

Artist Paul Cumes, Carol’s son, will have his highly acclaimed paintings on display in his downtown gallery. Cimmi Cumes, Paul’s wife, will show her exquisitely detailed, original handmade dolls. Those who have been to Peru will recognize Andean weavings and quality silver jewelry by Cusco artists which will be for sale. A percentage of the additional items will be donated to the Willka T’ika Children’s Fund.

More about Carol Cumes and her work can be found at ChakraGardens.com, and WillkaTika.com. More about Paul Cumes can be found at PaulCumes.com