Something for every artist's garden!

Many of us artistic type love gardens and occasionally planting our own. I try, but the only plant I havent killed yet is a patch of black-eyed susans. I cam across a picture of something that would elevate the ambience of any artist's garden.Get a number of these and make a artist garden pallet.

Happy Valentines day - a few cartoons.

Yep its Valentines Day. Not much going on artistically for me, but thought I'd post and wish my followers good relationship with their friends and family. Im a Christian and a sci-fi enjoyer so, a few items related to them I found

For the Star Wars in me

For the Doctor Who in me

for my Christian side

Guest article from Flavorwire - NY Museum & Restaurant pairings

So your in NYC and are museum hopping and are hungry!! Good article on good places to eat after a day at the museum. My favorite has always been The Met and Sarafinos (not their choice) Museum and restaurants

Invited to be part of Kingston NY gallery show, but wont.

A few days ago I got the email posted below to participate in Kingston, NY's Cornell St Studio's art show. It's themed "Kingston NY" and would show the following painting -

Ive decide not to go. It would require a number of trips and a few other reasons, but its nice to be noticed and asked. I've liked their FB page. I did email my regrets and got a message back saying there would be more shows and would be welcome to be a part of them. Maybe next time!

From:

Renee Darmstadt

rdarmstadt514@gmail.com

Subject:

Kingston NY Art Show

Message:

Hi Jack, would you be interested in participating in this upcoming art show 

with the Rondout Light House painting and prints?

We Love Kingston NY  @ Cornell St. Studios (February 2013)

Information For the Artists:

 $20 Entrance Fee and a 25% commission goes to the gallery when artwork is sold.

Show runs Februbry 9th- March 28th, 2012. Participating artists should attend opening reception.

Opening Reception: Saturday February 9th 6pm-10pm

Closing Day of Show: March 28th

Please Note: The opening reception is going to have an admission of $10. 

It will be free for the participating artists to attend the opening, but all other guests (friends, family, etc) will be paying the cover charge of $10 to attend the event. Please note there will also be a classical guitar concert the night of the opening, with David Temple... and we are working on some other special guests.

Deadline to Respond:  Please send an image of your work when you respond.

If you would like to participate in this show, you must respond before  December 8th, 2012 but please remember, even though we have a large space, it will fill up quickly.  The show will most likely become booked before the deadline.   I recommend responding as soon as possible. Please pay attention to the theme!

The Art Show

Theme: Kingston NY! think history, architecture, landmarks, natural resources, 

uptown, midtown, downtown. The artwork submitted must represent Kingston, NY Please be VERY creative! Show your artistic Style! Hanging Dates: January 1-31st Please set up a date and time in which you would like to bring in and hang your artwork. Please try to schedule a time Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm. Tuesdays 9am-4pm. Some saturdays will be available.

Pick-Up Dates: April 1st - April 5th, All ART submissions must remain throughout 

the show. There will be a $50 fine for any art that is taken down in advance. Also there is a $10 charge for picking up artwork late. Any artwork left 30 days after the pick up dates becomes property of Cornell Street Studios

Please note:  Art must be ready to hang when brought in. (Art must be framed 

or matted, since we hang by molding in four rooms now). Art that is in paper form (photos for example) MUST be framed or matted, otherwise they will not be accepted. Also, for returning artists, please submit art that is new to the studios. If it has been displayed at CSS before, it will not be submitted into

New Painting: Fishing Boats - Menemsha Harbor

I love Martha's Vineyard, one of the islands off the southern New England coast with a long history in the fishing industry, It has many quain towns with their own individual character. My friends and I go there in June to bike around the island on the cheap (staying in the hostel in East Tisbury) and I usually do the cooking (salmon cooked in a pineapple salsa anyone?) . Our usual route in to head for the Gayhead Lighthouse and a few other places and end up in the fishing village of Menemsha. We go to Larsens to pick up some fresh fish and to have a pre-dinner feast of stuffed quohogs and quohog chowder. Delicious!
The new picture is below and of course maybe purchase some  mugs or bags with this image. One little oddity here: the orange boat is perched atop the Big Lady boat. I paint from pictures and it puzzeld me at first, but checking other pictures of my own and on the 'net showed it from different angles. Strange!

Happy New Year to all my followers - a review

Well its been a about a year since I started my attempt to become a selling artist. I've tripled my inventory of paintings. I've done a number of local library shows with lots of good comments but few sales (3 in all). I've sold a few products mugs, bags and postcards) on Zazzle with my images but nothing spectacular, except for someone in France buying a refrigerator magnet with a picture of my Spanish Cafe - Gaucin painting on it. My attempts to enter some juried shows at the Ridgewood Barn and the Art Center of North Jersey cost me the entry fees but not a place in the shows. Hopefully the New Year will turn out better. I have a new painting in progress of the Menemsha fishing port in Marthas Vineyard. As soon as I get a new camera, I will get that on.

In the meantime, I came across this image from the http://abcitsme.wordpress.com blog that is a nice represenation of the year 2013. So happy new year to everyone -

on 12/13/12 support your local artist - Buy your Christmas gifts from us!

I know, I missed posting this on the 12s, but 12/13/12 has a cool look, too! And, the 13th makes Christmas is 12 days away! I should have done this weeks ago, but there is still time to purchase gifts based on my images and the images of my other artist friends. For me, check out my merchandising area on top of this blog. You may want to particularly look at my  Mugs and bags stores on Zazzle.  

I have several artist friends, besides myself, who would appreciate you buying from them. I am probably missing a few here, but I'm sure I will hear from them and will do a part 2 if necessary.
For painting - Check out Anne Piombino. She's had great things happen in the past year
Anne Piombino

For photography friend, Denise Keegan Frawley, you can shop for printed framed photos including metal prints at Fine Art America:http://denise-keegan-photography.artistwebsites.com/?tab=artworkgalleries

For printed photography items  such as mugs, bags etc. please visit her Zazzle storehttp://www.zazzle.com/denisekphotos

You might also want to check out Amy Salter
Amy Salter Photography

For Graphic Design Art please visit my friend Laura Snith's website: Images by Laura Smith

& shop http://www.zazzle.com/imagesbylaurasmith

For Music, here are several of my friends who do it very well
Mary Taylor - Mary Taylor for both Christian and Standards and makes a great DJ and is a fabulous paiuter.
Mark Caplan - Oracle - for some great Christian Music
Terry Boch - Terry