Sets...

I've been in the poster publishing industry for 20 years so I know what it takes to sell posters to the mass market - and one thing  that really stands out is sets. Buyers like sets - they like to line up art or group art in a space and have it make a statement due to the very nature of having a group. So here are three modern fern images - and yes each image is the same. However...they are all different colors and that's all it takes to create a set. 

And don't you love the picture hanger? I found this image from Shutterstock and all I do is drop 750 pixel image onto the background paper and there you have it. 

**all images available as digital downloads right here on Etsy. 

100 Feet

In 2015 I created a personal art project for myself - to take a photo of my feet everyday. All told I think it was about 120...so I changed the name of the project from 365 feet to 100 Feet and now I succeeded. 

smile emoticonSo here is a collection of them...my cat and dog joined me in several of the shots. they were taken in several places like San Francisco, Palm Springs, Portland...Hidden Lakes Park....in airports...etc. .

 My 2016 Project is 100  Cups of Coffee. Wish me luck!!

From Greece to a rain forest

I have been working on several new pieces and my ideas and inspiration run from the rain forest to the Greek isles with blue and white striped umbrellas. The two mixed media pieces are not any place in particular but are instead and study of layers and layers of colors with a cloud like layer to cover just parts and allow the bold hues underneath to peak out. 

All acrylic on wood or canvas. The third painting - Rainforest is 30x30 on canvas and is framed and ready to hang. 

All the paintings are available on my Etsy site....

Feet - continued

My idea for 365 Days of Feet didn't go so well so I changed it to 100 days of feet which now means I have completed it. However....I plan to keep going so here are a few new ones and I am now at 110. 

...to be continued. 

Endless Summer

I am a summer person. I wear flip flops year round. I love the smell of sunscreen. I like long evenings and taking walks after dinner. I like beaches, palm trees and beach side restaurants that serve fish tacos and cold beers. And here we have three new paintings inspired by this love of all things summer. I used a naive style to design them and then applied bright Caribbean colors and of course - added a palm tree because it simply needed something to make the piece complete. I enjoyed painting the first one so much I kept moving forward so I did two more. 

Here are Beachfront Property One, Two and Three. Available on my poster sites - Artist Rising and Imagekind. 

Urban Meets Rustic

Anyone else noticed the trend? Urban meets rustic meets deer...meets modernism. I've seen it a lot lately and it tends to involve nature...but not the 1970's granola nature...more refined and simplistic and rustic from a reused and recycled perspective. Also - lots of wildlife! Like deer, bears...fox and other woodland creatures. 

I think these would work well in family rooms, bathrooms, cafe's, bistros and entryways...it's welcoming and warm. Decorative and progressive. Here is a collection of four pieces on my Etsy shop that are available as digital downloads...affordable art and no shipping!

Classy Women Who Curse

The reason for this post - and for that title is my recent experience on Instagram. I noticed the feeds for #followfriday were full of stay at home moms who make craftsty things for their kids and for other peoples kids and for even more kids and maybe a few more after that. For me Follow Friday is about meeting new artisans and new makers, where I can view their works and we support each other. But my work differs from this group - a lot. No - I mean A LOT! My digital downloads from my Etsy shop - My Daisy Downloads, are humorous and off-color. I swear a bit. I say fuck. I announce my feminist brain and I stand up for feminism and girl power and unicorns and coffee and funny things and yoga and modern art. Then I see all these profiles of young women who are very different from me and I guess I live in a bubble and apparently not a single one is aware of the Feminine Mystique except for they are clearly one of THEM. Not me...I grew up in the 70's...and would have none of that make patriarchal bullshit that defined our mothers era and where we embraced Wonder Woman and Helen Reddy and her words of wisdom and I am Woman Hear Me Roar... and increasingly I'm finding women - like the ones in Instagram who are embracing the 1950's and cooking and cleaning and living in this weird Father' Knows Best Meets Leave it To Beaver life.  UGH! Ok - so maybe I should just use hashtags to attract women in my demographic...because I have apparently lost those other ones. Cuz you know - Bitches Get Stuff Done! (as Tina Fey says). And here are some of my digital downloads where I shout this message dammit!

#feminism #femininemystique #girlpower #feminist