I'm writing to tell you about a very special online auction next week —- an annual findraiser for the artist-run gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square I joined last fall. I encourage you to support this non-profit centre that promotes the work of so many people by bidding on a work of art for a fraction of the original price. Please find more information about the artwork I have contributed below the notice.

PULP EVENT: A SILENT AUCTION, CELEBRATION and FUND RAISER FOR GALLERY 110

Wednesday and Thursday July 1st & 2nd next week

All 26 artists have contributed works on paper or made-with paper (watercolors, collages, drawings, paper sculpture etc.).  Excellent art will be available at a fraction of its usual exhibition price. The works are split into two lots and auctioned on different evenings at the downtown Seattle gallery site. However, the silent auction is  accessible online and by phone until late afternoon on July 1. You can start your bid low... and you may get a work for a nice low price....or short-circuit the auction process by bidding immediately to the top possible bid: $500. 

The exhibition is exclusively for works on paper. I have contributed enthusiastically because I exhibited art only on “pulp” (pen & ink drawings, etchings and watercolors) during my first 20 years as an artist. My main contribution is this large watercolor of Rocamador, a beautiful village in the mountains above the Dordogne Valley, France.

Village with Oak Trees Rocamador, France watercolour on Arches rag 15 x 22.5 inches Reserve $75 BID DIRECT! Select a price of $75 or more from the list below. Then click this link to send an email to the gallery. Continue to follow the auction online, and bid again if you are out-bid! or Bid via gallery website

Other works by David Haughton available in this auction:

Rooftops, Greece, watercolour
Island with Chapel, Greece, watercolour
Naxos, Greece, watercolour
Greek Village, pen and ink drawing on paper
Still Life with Pears, etching		Murder Comes Home, etching
Castle, pen & ink drawing on paper		Clean Cat, etching

WORKS ON PAPER SHOW
July 2 - August 1 2009
http://www.gallery110.com

I have also contributed three watercolor paintings to this show: one a lovely work done from high on a windswept hill on Patmos, one of my favorite Greek islands & two smaller, more sedate watercolor seascapes of the British Columbia sea that are almost abstractions.

LET'S GET TOGETHER IN SEATTLE!
I will be in Seattle June 30-July 2. If you're also in Seattle, let’s plan on getting together for coffee or dinner. Contact me and let me know!

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Next newsletter coming almost immediately...
I have more news to share.... but it will wait until after PULP is over. Expect a further art e-newsletter in early July outlining my October solo exhibition in Seattle. It will include new work and several preview/open-houses in August and September here in New Westminster.