i've added five new prints to my shop this morning.
and i wanted to remind you that there are three more days to take advantage of my october sale. thank you so much to everyone who has come by and shopped. i've had fun packing up all of your orders and imagining them landing in your various corners of the world.
and pssst!! i love this sweet halloween pdf card from emily at the black apple. can't wait to give them to my kids.
i've been itching to share this news here for awhile, and i'm so glad i finally can!
last summer i had the pleasure of working with modern twist to create a design for a table mat that is exclusive to nahcotta, as part of nahcotta's ongoing artist series. the mats arrived at the gallery on a day i was there a few weeks ago, and it was so much fun to finally see them in person. they're hand silk-screened, and have a really fun tactile quality. they're easily washable, and kids and adults might be happy to know they can be drawn on with washable markers, too! one thing i really like about them is how different they look on different table tops. the smoky grayish-blue design really pops on a white backround, but looks super subtle on a darker background.
i have been really wanting to do some surface design projects for awhile, and i was so happy that this was such a great first experience for me.
you can buy them here if you're interested. and there's a nice deal if you buy four at once.
if you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you probably have a good idea of the warm feelings i have in my heart for eyebuzz gallery in tarrytown, new york. i had a show there last spring, and i have really enjoyed getting to know the owners, tim and tara thayer over this past year. so i was excited when they approached me about being a part of public bookstore. in their words: Public Bookstore is a publication of Eyebuzz Fine Art. A printed collective of visual and written work. For this first issue of Public Bookstore, available mid-October, 2009, there is no theme or topical guidelines. Drawing, mixed media, collage, photography, painting, pen and ink, poetry, short prose, random rants and scribblings. The book will be perfect bound, black and white, 8" x 8".
if you're in the area, tonight at the gallery they're hosting an opening reception with some of the work featured in the first issue of public bookstore. i wish i could be there! i have two original pieces for sale in the show, including house on a hill, below. you can contact them directly if you're interested.
i wanted to let you know that i am having a sale in my etsy shop from now through october 31st. i love offering a deal close to the holidays, and it is my hope that by doing it a bit earlier, it will feel saner around here in december this year!
if prints of drawings or collages are your thing, you can buy any two prints and get a third one (size 8.5x11" or smaller) for free! just let me know which free print you want in the notes to seller. as with all my prints, i only ever charge shipping for the first one you buy, and additional prints ship for free.
if you've been considering an original collage, (see above) now is a great time to buy one. i recently added all of my jen-11 pieces which finally made their way back from a three gallery exhibition tour, so there are more pieces in the shop than usual and they're all affordable - plus, i am offering free shipping, anywhere in the world, for any original you choose between now and 10/31.
please feel free to email me if you have questions or special requests. thanks a lot. enjoy your weekend.i spent an amazing day today drawing on the big front window of nahcotta with julia rothman, in preparation for the opening of our joint show this friday, october 2nd. i would say i have rarely ever been so creatively inspired, and it felt great to work in a large, goofy, uninhibited scale like this. deb and abbie were busy hanging both of our work for the show, and it was a lot of fun to see it up on the walls by the end of the day.
the window was really large and high. i'm pretty glad no one fell off a ladder.
if you're in this part of the world, we'd love to see you at the opening on friday night from 5-8m. the show will be up for the month of october. small works can be seen and purchased here, and larger works can be seen here or on flickr.
nahcotta
110 congress st, portsmouth, nh
a big thank you to deb for this amazing opportunity!
i have some new postcard sets in my shop this morning. i'm so pleased with how they turned out! i think they'd be great for love notes or simple party invitations - they're blank on the back. it's been a long time since i've drawn triangles or diamonds, but i had a great time with this pattern. i think they're back in my rotation again.
thank you to everyone who stopped by my booth at PICNIC last weekend. i had a great time, despite the rain. i had wonderful booth neighbors, and finally got to meet a sweet online friend in person for the first time. and i sold a ton of a brand new print i'd just finished the day before, which is always a nice feeling. there will be a small shop update soonish, i think. i will write about it when it happens.
have you seen glee yet? i love it so much! i am sort of living for the next episode. it's bringing me right back to those awkward yet awesome drama geek days in high school. good times.
i finally stopped in to homegrown herb and tea today, and it was even nicer than i'd imagined. maria wrote a nice post about it on design*sponge a bit ago, and i've been meaning to go by for ages. and the tea i've had two cups of at home is extremely delicious. if you aren't local, she also has a great website.
i hemmed and hawed for a long time, and finally worked on the color for a drawing i made and digitally colored last summer (you can read about it here - it was called 'maine summer' and was a moody shade of blue for all of the rain we had in early summer this year.) i was really happy with the drawing and a bit scared to add color to the original, but i knew i wanted to include it in my upcoming show. i finally got brave and went to work on it, and the colors turned out to seem much more fall-ish to me. so i've renamed the original 'maine autumn.' i'm so happy with it!
i am feeling particularly in love with fall this year. i find myself wanting to sit in a sunny spot a grassy hillside and read poems and listen to folky music. or maybe it's just all this new tea i've been drinking.
i hope you're having a nice week so far.
it is always interesting for me to see how different stuff looks once it's framed. i was really pleased with how this six turned out. these little guys are headed for the enormous tiny art show 6 at nahcotta, opening next friday, 9/4/09 in portsmouth, new hampshire. each piece is 5x7", framed to 8 3/4x11". i am heading down to the opening with my friend betsy thompson, who is also in the show. hope to see you there!
just a quick not to tell you that i have updated my etsy shop with a bunch of affordable original pieces for the first time in a long time.
i hope you're having a great weekend!
