Another wedding, another gift of one of my paintings

Ever since I've been getting good at painting, I've given one of them as a wedding gift. I never thought of trying to sell any until lasy year. Last Saturday, a good friend, Lauren Witkowski married Steve Strogen in what I call the Board Game wedding. They love board games, so all the tables had different board game center-pieces and the guest place cards were for those tables. Very fun. Anyway, my gift the them was was my Fishing Boats - Galilee, RI painting

and heres my game board place card and the centerpiece for the wedding

A detour into crafts - Easter Egg Candles

I'm making a detour into the craft side of the arts in this post - a Martha Stewart craft -Easter Egg Votives or Candles. I've made thses a few times and they look great!

How to - Everything is reborn in spring -- even Easter eggs, which can be transformed into votives for your table. Simple eggcups make a lovely base. First, make a hole in the top of each egg with a pin; enlarge the holes, and pour out the yolks. Clean shells, then dye them with food coloring (follow package directions). Nestle shells in a carton. Cut wire-core wicks to 4 inches long, flatten one end, and fasten in shell with a bit of warm wax. Using a funnel, fill shells with hot wax (tinted with dye pellets). Let the wax cool. Trim the wicks, and light. Check out the link - http://www.marthastewart.com/272622/eggshell-votives

Friends who paint - Mary Taylor's Living Room Dancer

I have a few friends who are artists and I'm going to start posting their work. Today its Mary Taylor, who is not only a good painter but one of my favorite local Christian singer/songwriters. Check out her Facebook page which will direct you to her music website - https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=666208693 Here is her latest painting - Living Room Dancer (my title). has a Degas vibe to it.

Interesting article from Artpromotivate.com - 10 social Networks for artist 2012

Gotta get yourself out there more than ever! -------------------- http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/03/10-social-networks-for-artists-2012.html

New picture of an old painting: Fishing Boat -Cape Cod

This is a new picture of an old painting I did years ago. I never got a decent high res picture of it and its been hanging on a friend's wall in Florida these many years. I finally asked them to take a good pic of it and got it. This is called Fishing Boat - Cape Cod. Its somewhere on the outer elbow of Cape Cod. I made a mug on Zazzle of this so check out my mugs store.

New Painting - Cape Cod Beach

I gave a preview of this in a previous post and here's the final product. Cape Code Beach! Visit the mechandising areas at the top of this blog to purchase an item with this images on it.

Another art site invitation. Artsyhome.com and ending the library shows

The proprietors of Artsyhome.com saw my paintings on art-profiles.com and decided to ask me to post there. Registration is free, but to get the full effect, I'd have to pay 18.95 amonth. I'm going on there, but sticking with the free portion for now and only posting a few paintings for now. Ckeck out my page http://www.artsyhome.com/?cat&s=artofjackmckenzie I'm stopping the library shows, except the one for Montclair in September. Nice to be out there, but nothing in terms of sales. I did this for a year and it was interesting, but time to end it. Still, not sure who has seen me and wants more. Ya never know