Zazzle Store Progress Report

I hope my Zazzle Store is truly up and running.  Take a click n' see.   You should see a small collection of products, including those sent earlier in the week.  Android and Blackberry cases will also be available.  Newest additions are the iPhone cases.

Also working on a painting.  Just taking longer than usual.  Maybe by next week.

Product Preview: Retro Shoe

I found it!  The canvas shoe I referred to in the last post has been found.  Turns out the review process for shoe designs at Zazzle is longer than for other products.

I suspect this is due to the fact that shoe designs are placed on Ked's shoes and  they probably want to approve what goes on their shoes.  But here is a sneak peek at the design.

To see more angles, click here.

Please scroll down to see more new products.

Product Line: 2 Tomatoes Grocery Tote and Apron

Two more products: 2 Tomatoes Grocery Tote and Apron.  From my original painting Tomatoes 11.

To order, or for more style options, please click the links below:

2 Tomatoes Grocery Tote

2 Tomatoes Kitchen & Gardening Apron

P.S.  I designed a fun pair of canvas shoes but they seem to have gone missing at Zazzle.  Once I can locate them at I will post them for you to see.   If you missed The Joy of a Chicken tote and apron, you can see them by scrolling down to the previous post!

Product Line: The Joy of a Chicken Kitchen Apron

Product number 2, The Joy of a Chicken Kitchen Apron.
Please click title for more information.

Product Line: The Joy of a Chicken Grocery Tote

Guess what.  I am rolling out a new line of personal and gift items at Zazzle.  Each product will be decorated with art I have selected from my portfolio.  Please click on the Title above for more information.

Debuting first is the Joy of the Chicken grocery tote bag.  Available in a variety of sizes and shapes.  Click here to see more.

Here are some of the other products I plan to include in the line:
For the kitchen and home:  A variety of grocery and other tote bags, aprons and coffee mugs 
For Fashion: T-shirts, sweatshirts, Canvas shoes and caps 

For the home: Calendars, posters, framed and canvas prints

For the Gardener:  Aprons and caps

For pets: Pet clothing/accessories

For kids: Skate boards

Miscellaneous: Stickers and bumper stickers, mouse pads

Binders: for school, recipes, photos 

   

Urban Edge 5, SOLD

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Size: 24x30x1.5
Medium: Oils and acrylic
Dated: 9/24/2011

I painted over Toward the Light.  That's what often happens if a painted doesn't sell in a timely manner.  I only have so much space to store them.   They have to earn their keep by going,  or their gone!

Mid-Century Modern Harbor

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Size: 30x48x1.5
Medium: Oils
Dated:  9/18/2011

                          

A funny thing happened on the way to this painting.  After the last two auction sales two people contacted me to see whether I had any more like the last two paintings.  I didn't.  They asked whether I could paint something similar.  I explained that never works out very well with abstract art.  I WISH it were not so and am very appreciative of the interest.   But since it doesn't allow the new painting its own evolution, a struggle develops between what the buyer wants and the direction the painting is naturally taking.   

Of course I found myself attempting it anyway, as usual.   And as usual, it was not working out.  The painting was a long challenge and in the end it turned out quite different from Harbor, its model.

Although I liked it ultimately, my guess is that the potential buyer won't.  We'll see.   And oddly, 30x48 to be a popular size in spite of the outrageous shipping charges.

Harbor SOLD

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Size: 30x48x1.5

Medium: Oils on Stretched Canvas

Date:  8/18/2011

This is the second of the two, 30x48 canvases I had.  I took the inspiration from the little 6x8" painting I posted in April, 2010 called San Diego Harbor.

I posted Harbor to eBay and it already has a bid on it, yay.  

The 2011,  SD Art Contemporary Art Fair is coming September 1-4.  

Urban Edge 4 SOLD

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Size: 48x30x1.5

Medium: Oils and Acrylic on Canvas.

Date: 10.5.11

I have one more canvas this size to paint.  A few ideas have come to me but I haven't made a decision yet.  Shall I jump in and start or wait until I have an idea of where I am going?

Update

It's been a month since my last post and even longer since my last painting!  I've been giving my arm/neck/shoulder a much-needed rest and since I have been in an artistic dry spell anyway, it has worked out perfectly.  Yesterday I did finally begin a new oil painting on a 30 x 48 canvas.    I am curious to see how it turns out.  

New Friend (the little painting of a dog and man) was sold last week. It had become an "old friend" to me so in a way I was sorry to see it go.  But it went to a loving and appreciative home, which made the farewell a happy occasion.