Rie Muñoz celebrated her 89th birthday on August 17th with family, most notably her grandson Matthew age 4, whose birthday was four days earlier. Rie and the rest of us just returned from two weeks in Tenakee where we had great fun cracking crab, roasting marshmallows on the beach and picking berries.

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RIE PUTS DOWN HER BRUSHES

During their party, Rie and Matthew drew a few sketches together, but other than that, Rie is not painting any more. Muñoz says, "my eyesight is 'bum', but I figured I've painted between 1,500 and 2,000 paintings in my life and I'm perfectly ok to put down my brushes."

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MERCEDES MUÑOZ OFF TO COLLEGE

Rie's granddaughter, Mercedes, graduated from High School this year. She was on the honor roll in her 2010 class and is at Montana State University, in Bozeman. We are all proud of her and wish her the best in this next exciting phase of her life!.

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GALLERY CLOSES TO GO FISHING

Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses, or in this case, the fish.
The bite is on, so Tom and I closed the gallery to go fishing with my son Matthew in Tenakee for a few days. Not to worry, we're already back and yes, we ripped some fish lips!

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NEW WEBSITE

Rie Muñoz Gallery is unveiling a new web site next month which will show all the images that Rie has published (even those titles we do not have for sale). The secured website will enable customers to order online and it will give you a great visual tool at your finger tips.

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MUÑOZ ORIGINAL FOUND
IN VERMONT ANTIQUE SHOP

We just received this photo of an original 1960 Rie Muñoz watercolor of Skagway, Alaska. It was purchased by a resident of South Carolina while traveling in Vermont last month. She stopped by this antique store and spotted a charming but very dusty picture way back behind two columns of 'stuff.' The owner wanted $50 but settled on $35! Measuring 12 ¾" x 9 ½" it is currently appraised at between $3,500 and $4,000.
What a find!

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