Black Friday

 I would like to suggest a hand made item as one of your Black Friday Purchases.

 ♥ Better yet, a hand made gift that can help alter lives. ♥

Mention the words Black Friday in an email to me at cyd@cydrust.com,  and I will give you a 25% discount on any of  "The Lupus Paintings."  and I will still donate 30% of the original price to the Lupus Foundation of America.

Offer valid  from now through December 15th, 2009

It's a win  ♥ win for everyone.

And The October Winner is.....

The October Newsletter is out. If  you are not a subscriber, you can read it in my website's Newsletter Archives. Or drop me a line at news@cydrust.com  and I'll e-mail you a copy.

The lucky subcriber for October, who I will be gifting with a numbered, limited edition Zowie Print is Courtnay Stout Brown. Congratulations Courtnay!

This image is the newest addition I have selected to add as one of  The Lupus Paintings.  I am so proud to be a partner with LFA and am donating 30% of these special small works to help support Lupus Research and Awareness.

FLOWER POT no. A134

6" x 4"  Acrylic on Canvas Panel

It's A Double Double!

Fall Garden received the First Place ribbon in the Acrylic Divison of the TVAL Fall Festival Art Show, making my Second First Place ribbon in one week. Not only that, but my painting Quilt Barn took Third Place in the Acrylic Division! It's a Double Double. My first two Firsts in painting, both within one week at two different shows, and two ribbons for painting at the same show!

Once again the use of Creative Composition in my works was remarked upon by Judge Vicky Russell when commenting on Fall Garden. This seems to be becoming almost a catch phrase for my pieces.

Regarding Quilt Barn she cited  it was a "Good use of media to achieve a variety of textures with the softness of the grass and the roughness of the barn."  As Quilt Barn is one of my favorites, I particularly appreciated she noticed this.

I'll be down from Cloud Nine Shortly. :)

2009 Fall Festival Art Show

Sponsored by TVAL

Location: Lincoln Gallery

 Loveland Colorado

Show Dates: 10/6/2009 - 11/6/2009

Judge: Vicky Russell

The First First

Zowie

16" x 20" Acrylic on Ampersand Aquaboard

First Place Acrylic Division

Capture The County

Juror: Colette Pitcher

Zowie was awarded the first First Place ribbon I have received in Acrylic Painting. This was particularly exciting for me as I saw these beautiful zinnia's at the Colorado State Testing Gardens. Shot the photos of them myself. Then interpreted this one in primarily transparent acrylics. I even created an Acrylic painting demo of Zowie, which I call my break through painting.

Zowie is available as a Numbered Limited Edition Giclee Print.

Image size 11" x 14"

And I am so proud of this painting, one of those prints is being gifted to one lucky subscriber of Cyd Rust Fine Art News each month through December 2009.

Capture The County Juried Art Show

Co-sponsored by AANC and AOM Gallery

Location: Art on Mountain Gallery

 Fort Collins Colorado

Event Dates: 10/2/2009 - 10/13/2009

The Good, The Bad, And The Deadly

Covered Bridge # 1

 16" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas

© Cyd Rust 2009

I find old covered bridges to be one of the most romantic of all man made structures. This painting is based on the 1879 Herns Mill Bridge, in West Virginia. The real bridge is built over Milligan Creek and has of course been somewhat modernized, but the romantic in my soul made me take it back a few decades in time. Back to a place where there weren't paved roads or metal guard rails. Where a horse and rider, or maybe a couple out a courtin' found themselves needing to seek shelter under it's roof during a summer rainshower.

Covered Bridge #1 
has been donated to my favorite local charity,

Hearts and Horses, for their biggest fundraising event of 2009.

"The Good, The Bad, and The Deadly (Murder Mystery)

Dinner Dance Auction.

October 2, 2009

6PM to Midnight.

Ellis Ranch, Loveland, Colorado

The evening is $67 per person and will include dinner, dancing, and a chance to bid on some one of a kind sculptures and paintings. Some of the artists represented are Cyd Rust, Rod Salter, George Walbye, Cammie Lundeen, George Lundeen and Mark Hopkins.

970-663-4200 (prebidding accepted for live auction items)

Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding Center is a non-profit organization that provides therapy on a horse to help children and adults with disabilities regain physical, emotional, and social skills. Hearts and Horses has helped over 300 riders in the last year and is proud to say no one is turned away because of financial need.

Congratulations To Helen Lystra!

The winner of September's Zowie Limited Edition Print!

It's not too late to get your name in for the October Drawing.

Sign up for Cyd's free E-Newsletter, and once you have confirmed your subscription and your email is verified, your name automatically goes in the random drawing.  It's that easy.

Good Luck!!

Cyd Rust Joins Forces With LFA

I am very proud to announce I have joined forces with The Lupus Foundation of America,Inc. to help support Lupus awareness and research. This cause is very dear to me, as I have lived with Lupus for almost 16 years.

I have chosen a very special collection of my small works, which will be called "The Lupus Paintings". These small works came to be in a few different ways. Some came from my desire to paint on a day when I had time limitations - life gets in the way sometimes! Some paintings are better expressed on a smaller scale, or sometimes a larger piece seems like too much to take on, even though the desire to be creative remains. And some of these were done as a study for a larger show piece.

More paintings will be added each week, as my health allows. They will appear on my website under the category "The Lupus Paintings" which you will be able to access from the main page or by using the links provided in this newsletter. Paintings will be sold as they are requested, so please contact me as soon as possible when something speaks to you!

30% of the proceeds from "The Lupus Paintings" Collection, will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.