Thursday, March 12, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

For the Love of All Things Oz

Last year I made my first trip to the annual Chesterton Wizard of Oz Festival in Indiana.
It was a 13 hour trip, done in one days drive, then on to three days full of Wizard of Oz goodness!

I had the pleasure of meeting many of the "Everything Oz" members, munchkins and many strangers, all there for the same reason... their love of The Wizard of Oz.
everythingoz@yahoogroups.com

So what does my art have to do with this, you ask?
Well I created many Oz-some things for the festival. One was a set of fan blades that were auction of at the Oz Auction, which helps raise money for the festival..



I also made a painting that was auctioned off (along with other other donations) to help raise money for one of the munchkin's medical expenses.
Below is a picture of the little boy who won! How happy does he look???



And finally I created two hats for the Oz Hat Contest.

My friend Tammy made the bucket of water hat!