Wordless Wednesday - 3

Buy Two and Get One Free

Bellatrix Art

is currently having a

buy two..get one free

fine art print Sale.

These are two of her

'Heartache and Poetry'

prints.

She is also offering free shipping

on purchases of $100 or more.

She has some wonderful paintings

and prints...you might

want to check out her shop.

Etsy's Dark Side Street Team

It seems I have been moving forever!! I am still not entirely moved...my daughter and I are planning to spend the afternoon organizing my studio tomorrow...(I do, at least, have my print center/ packing-shipping center/ office space/ completed.)



I felt like I could finally spend a few hours going over everything on Etsy's Dark Side Street Team...and I'm anxious to get more involved.



To find more about this wonderful group...you can visit



Etsy's Dark Side at Ning



Etsy's Dark Side Street Team Website



Dark Side My Space

I'm Back....with some very new pieces!

Well...I hopefully am back 'up and operational'. I ended up needing a new wireless router for my computers. Both my laptop....(which I do most of my "computer" work on)...and my PC...(which I upload my pictures..print my shipping labels, prints...etc.).........were both affected by my faulty router. I got a little behind, but I'm hoping I can be all caught up by the end of this week-end.

My "working vacation" was helpful as I was able to make some new decisions on both of my shops. CMZart is going to get a whole new look, over the next couple of weeks. I was very close to just shutting that shop down.

As for Rustic Goth...well, I'll just say...I'll be listing fewer ACEOs and even fewer ACEO prints.

I will be doing more photography, photo manipulation and digital art pieces. I'll be removing a lot of what I currently have in the shop to make room for the new pieces.

The photo I have with this post is an example of a combination of photography, digital art and photo manipulation. I really do like this piece and it made into a Treasury within a day of listing it.

Reworking The Old...Making It New

This is a 'reworked' piece from one of my ACEO paintings. I am still offering the Limited Edition ACEO prints of the original piece, 'The Girls Meet the Raven'...but I decided to take the girls and move them to a digitally enhanced setting. I do like it a lot.

This is something I found very, very funny....yes I am a Judge Judy fan....she makes me laugh, with that said, I couldn't resist turning some of her funniest comments into prints...and possibly

cards or something.

I was going to post a few more pictures, but I've been having problems with my Blogger the past few days. Since this is the first chance I've had to blog...I decided not to 'push my luck'.

I do like these pieces..

I do like these little ACEO pieces. I have four ACEOs, of my raggedy ragdoll on his little three legged stool...he looks so sad.

I don't know if I'll do anymore of these little guys...and they are a little sad-sack to turn into anything else.

So...this will probably be the last of this series. The original, 'A New Day' is still available in my Etsy shop.

I have sketched out quite a few new ACEOs...I really love them...but, they do look a lot different than what I have been listing.

I hope to have those pieces ready by Sunday or Monday.



In the meantime, the few 2007 Limited Edition ACEO Sale prints left, will end on March 15th.

Three of my little 'raggedy' ragdoll Limited Edition ACEO prints.

'All Alone In The Middle of Nowhere'

'What Am I Doing Here?'

'Alone On My Swing'

'Say A Little Prayer'

'Inside My Asylum'

Oh, I almost forgot this sweet little piece.....

My Paradise Lost

$5.00

Also.....look for several of my most popular pieces to become 5"x7" Open Edition Prints. I already have two of these now available in the Shop. They are....

'It's Here If You Want It'

'EveryOne Needs Some Time Off'


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Did you see...?

...I'm out there on Trunkt!

I've included a 'widget' that links to my Trunkt site. I still need to do some work on it...but I was only JUST approved, so I haven't had a chance to finish it.

I've made three trips to Omaha in just over a week...this from someone who rarely leaves the house...talk about messing with my routine!!!

It has put me behind though...so, I'm hoping I can spend the rest of the week getting everything 'back to normal'...at least, normal for me! My house is 'trashed'...I haven't painted in a week...I've got shipping to do...and I've started up several new sites...........WOW! No wonder I feel tired!!

I'm Getting Around

"Bella's Bat" appeared for a brief time in my Rustic Goth Etsy Shop, as a Limited Edition ACEO Print.

She's baaaack...this time on Art Cards Wanted. Com.

I am offering only a few select pieces on that site and this is one of them.

I've included a link to that site in my Favorite Links.

Do try to check out my Rustic Goth Squidoo Lens. I update it several times throughout the day and I have included a growing list of links to other talented artists on that site. You just might find some new and emerging talent on one of my list links.

In the meantime, I will continue to add pieces from my late husband's 'Barren Trees' series, as Limited Edition ACEO prints on my http://cmzart.etsy.com/ site.

Check it out!!! I noticed there are some new pieces just available at http://www.trunkt.org/BellatrixArt. These are some really great pieces.

While I am at it, if you love jewelry, you'll simply love http://distinque.etsy.com/. I'm especially fond of her 'leaf' pieces. I think they are absolutely exquisite.

xxx

What's Love Got To Do With It?

I don't put together too many videos and the one's I do are few and far between. Every so often I have to do one, just to 'refresh' my memory. I didn't save this one correctly, so I couldn't upload it to You Tube, unless I wanted to re-do the whole thing...I didn't!

Hopefully it came out alright without saving it as an mv file.

ACEOs listings coming to Etsy

Here are a few of the ACEO originals that I will be listing, in the next week or two on Etsy. It's not all that I am planning to list....it's all that I currently have finished.

Paintings on Etsy and Art By Us...

I now have a couple of 'non-ACEO' paintings listed on Etsy and one on Art by Us.
The two paintings at the top of this picture are each on gallery wrapped pre-stretched canvas...one is 11x14 and the other is 6x12.
The painting at the bottom is a 4.5x6" painting done on cotton canvas sheet, without wooden frame support.

I plan to do paintings on both kinds of support...as the canvas sheet paintings do look good matted and framed...it's not as easy to do that with the pre-stretched pieces...thus my reasoning for doing both.

ACEOs painted in January

Most of these have already sold. A few originals are left on Etsy and a few on Art By Us.

I am offering Limited Edition prints..of ten..of most of the sold pieces.

Recently Listed AND Coming soon...+ ETSY Sale!

I have been soooo very busy lately that I haven't taken a moment to post a quick blog. I wanted to preview some of my upcoming listings on a regular basis, in this blog. It looks like I'm going to have to get a little more organized first.

Since some of these pieces are still untitled, I'm just going to post a few of my 'recently listed' and a few pieces that 'will be listed' throughout this upcoming week. (All of my 'Gertie' pieces have changed and will be listed either on eBay or Etsy this coming week.)

I have...and will have...more listings. This is just a 'preview' of what I have on and what is coming this week.

ETSY SALE --- ONLY in my RUSTIC GOTH ETSY SHOP!

I have lowered the prices on each of my 2007 Limited Edition ACEO Prints.

Several of these prints have only a few editions left before I 'retire' them. Be sure to check them out! Just click on the Etsy Mini in this blog!

New Painting on Etsy - Her and Her Cat

'Her and Her Cat' is my newest listing on Etsy.

It isn't as "dark" as I normally paint, but I wanted to experiment on a new support, cotton canvas sheets. I haven't really worked on flat canvas so I wanted to see how it ended up.

I'm pretty happy with the results.

If you are interested in this little gem, you can find her at,

http://www.rusticgoth.etsy.com/.

59 Balloons

I find that I have difficulty 'telling the story behind the painting' when confined to a listing format. It seems that I can't really 'be myself...or something.

This is the first painting in a series I have titled "Paradise Lost". It is a series dedicated to the long process of healing. My own healing.

It is too difficult to lose someone you love...being together for more than thirty years. And the healing...even after a year it sometimes seems impossible.

So..I take the words of advice he gave to me..."paint your emotions".

Thus...the series..."Paradise Lost".

"59 Balloons"....one for each year of his life...all white...released to the heavens on the day he was buried.

I paint my emotions...trying to heal.

I sold this painting in September.