Planning next month's sale.

If anyone is listening to me, I'd like a little input on next month's sale theme. Should I go with fantasy works? Prints? Art Cards Editions and Originals, aka ACEOs, ATCs? Nature? Jewelry? any other thoughts, based on what I have to offer?

Something to work on soon...

I want to do some dinosaur paintings. I've been looking at some, and they all seem to have the dinosaurs walking in the dust. Yes, flowering plants, which only developed in the Cretaceous, could tolerate more dryness than other kinds of plants, but it still seems like if it isn't actual desert, there should be at least some signs of life. I mean, what is the point of painting a lone dinosaur (of a type they think were herd animals) next to conifers he can't reach the foliage of on an otherwise dusty, barren landscape?

I had more than I thought

... in the category of space, science fiction, and science. Especially as I'm willing to consider animal art to be biology, if you'd like to get it at sale price.

June Sale

June's monthly sale: Going back to school. Anything with a science or astronomy (space, science fiction, etc) tag or title will be 20% off. Please use the "contact" button in the store's sidebar so I can edit the price down before you purchase it; listed price is regular price.

I am still willing to consider taking custom orders, but will have to take into account how it will fit into my college schedule. Jewelry is fast to make and could be done on a slow day, but a complex painting would have to be done between terms, or spread out over a few weeks.

DragonLady Arianna

I was thinking of doing a whole bunch of dragonlady art pieces and writing a book about them, but I will be doing a bit less art during my college classes, I think. It's going to be a demanding schedule. So I thought I'd present this one for now, listing her on Etsy in a few days.

Well, it looks like we're moving again.

For the rest of April, get 25% off anything (and everything) you want from my store.

Census inspired

I was sent two of the short forms for the census, so I got the idea of using bits of the form, acrylic paint, collage papers, and found objects to do a mixed media painting.

This has little to do with my art, directly.

But some, indirectly.

I'm going back to college, to get a B.S. and then a teaching credential. I want to teach science; the more I think on it, the more I think I have found my calling.

Indirectly, this may effect my art in several ways. I'm already working on one abstract art piece based on collider particle tracks. (Hmm. Foxfire does not have collider in its spell check dictionary). I hope to have some fun turning visualizations into art inspirations.
And of course, there's the time issue. Although I think I'll be doing art at about the same pace and cutting back on other ways of spending time.

I really just want to talk about my plans, though, because I'm excited; it may have come late in life, but I've chosen my major, I have a path, and I have motivation to see it through. Wish me luck, though-- I have to take at least one course that is very hard to get into (high demand, little money for teachers and classrooms) before I can go farther.

Art Sale

Well, my show at Chill Out Cafe has closed, and now my walls are absolutely filled with art again, and I keep producing new pieces. So I've got a 30% off sale for the month of March on the originals in my Etsy shop. Allan's works are covered by it, too-- so I'm using one of his, Sunbathing, to mark this post.

As usual, the discount is not already marked. Click on the contact button on the sidebar of my Etsy store to request the item be discounted for you, before you pay, please.

Wetlands

I love bird watching, and egrets are one of my favorites. Their white feathers are so pure and reflective, they almost seem to glow sometimes, at least by contrast to their surroundings. I set this painting in the morning in shallows that are a hybrid of various rivers, lakes and lagoons I have lived near.
I finished it last summer, but it's only had a brief showing at the Lodi Art Center, and I've listed it on Etsy for its next public offering.