As usual I'm late, I'm late for a most important date! I might as well get a T-Shirt with this as a logo, since it's pretty much a motto around here!
In my last post, I showed you a few works in progress and mentioned that the works would be for sale the next day. Sure enough, this crazy thing called Life got in the way (it has a funny habit of doing that)!
So, instead, here are my finished offerings for Valentine's Day!
These two are woodburned, AND handpainted wood. Nice larger size. Perfect pair to dedicate to someone for Valentine's Day..or any day!
Also, I can paint in the name of a loved one on the big purple heart! You can find them HERE
And these guys look familiar, right?
What is it with owls that people so love having them, and I so love making them!
HEART OWL
Lovely Wooden Painted Ornament!
SOLD! Thank you Theresa!
(By the way, Theresa is an amazing artist friend! If you are looking for unique jewelry and other bits of whimsy, see HER WORK and life HERE
SOLD! Thank you Theresa!
(By the way, Theresa is an amazing artist friend! If you are looking for unique jewelry and other bits of whimsy, see HER WORK and life HERE
However, I DID make another set of owls!
LITTLE DARLINGS
PLUS! We are back to working with our bees' wax!
(you DO know I'm a third generation organic beekeeper, right?)
We have our new 100% organic beeswax ornaments
SO GET SOME HONEY FOR YOUR HONEY...err, or something like that! FIND IT HERE
We have our new 100% organic beeswax ornaments
SO GET SOME HONEY FOR YOUR HONEY...err, or something like that! FIND IT HERE
In the meantime, some news:
*One of my goals this year was trying to expand my art further. To that end, I've tentatively been reaching out to various art groups to see if I even remotely qualified to their esteemed groups..and I'm happy to say:
I AM NOW A MEMBER OF PFATT MARKETPLACE!
After I recovered from fainting, I have to say, I did a BIG happy dance--I am humbled to have been accepted, since many artists that I admire are long time members, and the group consistently turns out AMAZING work! Wow!
So be on the lookout--I am trying to put together new pieces for their February 10th showroom!
However, this brings up a big question for me, one that constantly bugs me:
Do you see a stylistic similarity between these pieces?
Can you recognize these as something done by me?
And now this?
(Yes, this is the beginning of my first ever CLOCK!)
Ok, my problem is, I feel sort of disjointed with my style of work. I draw and create whatever comes into my head. But, I don't know if it these translate to a cohesive style. Parts of it look very particular (Like the little elf Vagabonds), but then the woodburning and the animals sometimes don't, I think. The only consistent part of ALL of the works is that there is a dark staining of the cloth or wood before I paint something...
....so, I'm doing the very professional and scientific analysis of the whole thing by...umm...just asking people who might even remotely be interested in helping for: thoughts, comments, ideas..encouragement?
My biggest problem is that as I widen this little business out I really WOULD like people to recognize and seek out the work (ha! I am assuming that more than 4 people like my work)... I also find myself leaning back toward my own style, which is much more "realistic" than what I've been doing (as seen in the sketch on the clock):
But this tends to be even less stylistic or uniform than all of the other work. HELP! Am I making this too complicated? Am I over thinking this (most likely, but any extra input would greatly be appreciated!)
THANKS!
