More new prints...

They're 'not exactly' new...

they're prints from my original paintings.

I really like the pieces...

it only seemed fitting to offer them to

the collectors.

Newest paintings

Here are the pieces

I blogged about

in my last post.

They are now listed

in my Etsy Shop.

Coming soon....

I've finished several

brand new pieces that I'm hoping

to list sometime today.

I know I said I wasn't going to do any new

ACEOs..

...I change my mind..(I'm old..I'm entitled)...

the pieces are much different than what I've been

doing this past year...and I'm very excited about them.

I probably wouldn't have painted them as ACEOs

if I had had any smaller canvas on hand...but I felt that

these pieces would be best as small paintings...so I opted

for 2.5 x 3.5 sizes.

Headed for retirement!

These are...very small pictures...of the prints that are

'headed for retirement'!

I will be having a lot more time

to devote on painting, illustration and more...

so I am retiring, (or have retired) more than 25

of my listed prints.

A list of those prints....

1. Three Sisters

2. Give and Take

3. I Will Always Love You

4. A Melancholy Spirit

5. A Kind of Crucible

6. Bella's Bat

7. Another Time...Another Place

8. Enchanted

9. Another Point of View

10. Her and Her Cat

11. Back in Black

12. The Bunny Sitter

13. He Needs A Home

14. Swampland Fairy

15. The Waiting Begins

16. Falling Leaves

17. Follow The Heart

18. No Turning Back

19. In The Fields of Innocents

20. Waiting For The Wolf

21. My Paradise Lost

---ALREADY RETIRED---

22. Along Came A Spider

23. Forty Nine Steps to Light

24. Freaky Flowers

25. VooDoo Remedy

26. Way Above The Trees So high

Please note...I am 'retiring' these pieces

as soon as I can, so if you're interested in any of these prints,

you'll have to act quickly.

These Are A Few of My Favorite Things....

I put my feet up....

...well...sort of!

I've ended up...without meaning to...taking Wednesdays off.

I'm not sure why...perhaps it's midweek...maybe I'm just tired...I don't know.

It might be different

starting next week...we'll see.

I am busy, sketching out some new pieces...

and I'm very anxious to get started on them.

It'll be good for me...

not to have to put things up everyday..

and to be able to work during daylight hours.

But...I'm still a little sad about this being the last couple

of days of keeping the grandbabies...I may have

to think about having them

over...midweek...just to work on projects or something.

I'm seriously considering it.

I ran across this Treasury named for the print

I've included with this post...

'Just Chillin'

It will only be on until tomorrow...check it if you get a chance...it's got some

really cute 'Halloween' themed items.

In the Spirit of Halloween...

I haven't decided on

a title for this piece.

But, in the Spirit of Halloween

I wanted to have, at least, one

little vampire in the shop.
I'll be

listing him later today

or tomorrow.

Also...I posted the

finished picture of my Cleopatra

piece

in the Cleopatra post.

Cleopatra....Another 'Tragedy in Literature'

This is 'Cleopatra'...

I still haven't decided

whether or not

she's completely done.

I will be listing

her in the shop

at some point, this week!

UPDATE...

Here is the completed version...

it has been listed!

Change...part one!

These are my 'littlest' grandbabies...yes they are 'almost 5' and 3 now!

They've been coming over every week-day (almost)...for over a year!

This is my last week of watching them!

Their mother just got a different job...starting next week...and she'll be able

to be with them the hours that I have been keeping them.

That is GREAT for them...they all need that time together...especially with

Simon having started pre-school this year...next year it will be..real school!

Time really does fly...and this time can be recaptured!

I have said...

'I will miss the 'mess-makers'...but not the 'mess'.'

And...both myself and Jaime...will now have a lot more time

that we can spend painting, creating...and just 'staying on top of things'.

So...change has come...and my recent 'sale' is just the

beginning.

Change is underway...

My 24 Hour

'Shop-Wide' Sale is

currently in progress!

Everything in the Shop

is 25% Off.

I'm doing a little

'fall cleaning'

of my shops.

I've got new pieces in progress

and I need to make room for those.

I'll begin
pulling prints from
my Etsy Shop

after the sale.
I won't be putting a lot of these
prints back in the shop...
but, I will make a few of them available...
as I can make the time to do so...
on my website.

A few select prints...
some of my digital art originals...
and several series ...
will remain in the shop.

24 Hour Shop Wide Sale....

I will have a 24 Hour

Shop Wide Sale

on Sunday/Monday!

Everything in the shop

will be marked down 25%

during the sale.

This will be the last

opportunity to get some

of the pieces I've got in the shop.

Change has begun...

and this is just the first step!

Next Shop Update...

I spent most of this past week

getting a few items

ready to

take to the So-Oh Gallery.

In so doing, I've gotten a bit

behind on my current works in progress.

I'll be spending Saturday

on shipping...then

I'll be getting ready for

the changes that are coming..

beginning this next week!

I need a studio 'make-over'

This photo is not actually my studio...

it just represents the basic size and layout.

My studio has a lot of open space...

I have a little sewing center in one corner

(and..sadly...I don't think I'm going to be able

to get to the dolls until sometime next year...

we'll just have to see how things go)

I'll probably leave my sewing center for now

unless I end up needing the space.

Then I have my 'paint table'..

my easel..

some shelves...

and that's about it!

The problem I have is...

I do so much of my work

downstairs...

in my living room...

until the wee hours of the morning.

The lighting is better there!

But...I end up emptying my studio

and filling up my living room...

I want to figure out exactly what I want

from my studio...

and then I'll get busy

and do a 'make-over'...

Sorting through everything...

I have soooo many things

in different stages of completion....

and sooo many

sketches of various characters

that I really..really like..

I'm finally sorting through everything..

and getting rid of pieces (and characters) that

just aren't "working out".

It might take a few weeks

and some 're-thoughts' on some of the pieces..

but

I will get it done!

...

Jaime's art has been published!

About six or eight months ago,

Jaime was contacted, by Dover Publications,

about some of her (Bellatrix Art)

pieces.

The book is finally out...

and one of her pieces is

part of the cover art.

A Day of 'Rest'?

I'm taking today

as a day of

'Rest'.

Yesterday was Ryan's birthday...

he's my youngest child

....

'Where did the time go?"

...

The family will gather...

we'll have a birthday dinner...

and a cake.

...it's not really a day of 'rest'...

But...I'll pretend that it is!

All By Myself

All By Myself

5" x 7"

Print

"Oh there been times that I thought I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come"

(by Sam Cooke)

This song has been running through my head

for days now...

truly..truly

"a change gonna come"

And..as much as I enjoy

the creative aspect of what I do...

I'm not as crazy

about the 'business' end of everything.

I really do wish all I had to do was

create...

and then let everything else take care of itself.

Unfortunately...it doesn't work that way.

So....I'm in the process now

of trying to work everything out...

but

'a change gonna come'.

Soon!

I tried to go to bed early.

I tried to go to bed at a decent hour

last night!

It didn't happen!

I don't even try to go to bed

until I get sleepy...it just doesn't do any good.

I usually end up awake much later

than if I had just waited until I could no longer keep

my eyes open!

So, I decided to go through

some old pieces and make them

'new' again!

The characters from this piece

are from

'Inside My Own Asylum'

...I still haven't decided

what to call this 'new' piece..

with my ever changing mind..

you may be the only ones

to ever see it.

You just never know with me!

New Jewelry Pieces In The Shop

Five new pieces of

art jewelry

NOW listed in my

Shop.

I will be 're-doing' some things...

Things have been a bit 'weird' around here the past

few days.

I won't go into a lot of detail at the moment...

but, I will be 'rethinking' some things..

and making some changes..

here on the home front, over the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime,

I'll be 're-doing' some of my original

works..especially those that sold quickly..

so that I can offer them as prints

in my Shop.

A Few of My Favorite Things....

Wonderful Art...

Wonderful Artists...

on

Etsy!

Letting Go Of Hope

Watching You

Out Here Alone

A new painting and a few pieces of jewelry.

'After Midnight'

Original 4x6 Painting

is listed

in the Shop.

'Whoo Goes There?'

Original Illustration photo manipulation

Will be listed later this week.

'Are We Running Out of Time?'

... will list this sometime this week.

I'm still working..

...I just don't have anything

new to show yet.

Maybe tomorrow????

What is Rustic?...What is Goth?

I have taken a 'close' look

at my Shop

and the fine line

at

'what is rustic'?

and

'what is goth'?

has been blurred.

So...I think I'm going to have to spend

the next few weeks

determining...

Rustic..

Goth..

everything else!

Working straight through the week-end.

My son decided to take today off...I think he rather enjoyed

having a three day week-end last week...besides, his first born

just started pre-school...maybe he needs an extra day to recover.

So...this gives me another long week-end, as well.

I'll be doing several new art pendants...

a couple new digital pieces...

and some

BRAND NEW

paintings...

unlike any I've done before!

I'm not sure when these will be

listed in the shop

but, I'm hoping I can start getting

them on by Monday.

Another Tragedy in Literature

"Desdemona"

In Shakespeare's play, Othello, villainous Iago successfully persuades Othello

that his wife, Desdemona has been unfaithful to him, which eventually leads Othello to murder her, by suffocating her.

Poor Desdemona, her name translated means, 'unfortunate' in Greek.

I will be listing this piece in the shop either later this week or at some point this week-end.

Relisting old paintings as new prints.

I've painted a few paintings that I have a special affection for.

I'm almost saddened when they sale...

I have sold ACEO prints of most of my paintings,

including these here.

I have decided, now that we have our new printer, to offer

a few of my favorites

as larger prints in my shop.

Special requests and custom orders.

It seems, whenever I go against my 'better judgement'..

I have regrets.

It has been my 'policy'...ever since setting up

my Etsy Shops..

NOT to accept special requests and custom orders.

Jaime does a TON of them and has good luck

and much success with them.

I do them 'on rare occasion' and 99.9% of the time..

something 'falls' through.

Once in a while, I 'give in' and accept one...

I did a 'special request' in June...

and 'Guess What'????

I still have the painting...

and

I'm still waiting to get paid!

The buyer said they 'loved it'

hmmmm.

then, why do I still have it?

So...

I swear..I swear..I swear...

I will NEVER accept another special request for

a custom order!!

Really!!!

New prints from existing paintings.

'Where Are You Taking It?'

12" x 12"

The top picture is of the acrylic painting

currently listed in my shop.

'Where Are You Taking It?' Print

5" x 7"

Also...currently listed in my shop.

I have done some subtle photo manipulation

and made a few color adjustments

to the print.

I'll be listing more prints of existing paintings

later this week.