Blog: December 30, 2012

Hello! I hope every one enjoyed the Christmas holidays and is ready to welcome in the New year. We are having a beautiful sun shiney day her in Remington Virginia.

It has been a while since my last blog post and I am sorry about that, I just took on a little more work than I was able to do.  My Etsy Shop along with some other work that I need to do was to much for me and I just couldn't write my blog, I apologize and I hope you forgive me.

When I posted my last blog I was working on my Etsy's shop and telling you about my Santa Figurines that were for sale. Well, in that post I had 6 Santa's for sale.  I sold 4 of them, and I am also offering a PDF file with 9 pages of directions with pictures where you can create your own Santa Figurines all for $10.00, the directions are emailed to you. I have a few Vintage items left and I have included my Etsy shop URL here for if you would like to browse in my shop. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DessieFullTimeArtist

I have been so involved with working in my Etsy shop that I have not had time to do any painting and I need to add new art work to both Etsy and my dessie-h-durham-.fineartamerica.com website.

I saw this post on Facebook where Leslie Saeta who is starting a 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge on January 2nd and those of us that have joined will be able to post our paintings on her post. ( And it is Free) WOW, that will be so much fun, and I encourage you to follow me along while I create new art work... Doing one painting a day may be rough but I need you to follow me because I need someone to give me a little push and a little encouragement

Leslie, who an award winning artist who paints fresh and colorful paintings using only a palette knife. She paints in her studio full time and has over 30 years of marketing experience. She is devoted to helping other artists sell their art, especially on-line. She hosts a weekly radio show on "Blog Talk Radio" for artists titled “Artists Helping Artists” which is a great resource tool for all artists. You can listen to her radio show on "Blog Talk Radio" by going on line. .  For those of you that would like to see Leslie's blog post here is the URL:

http://artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com/

 

If you are some one that likes to collect art or just starting to draw or create art, or are a professional artist, please COMMENT on this blog and tell me your story…add your 2 cents worth, If I can answer questions I will do my best to answer.

I would like to invite you to "Follow" my art blog just click on the word follow in the upper right hand side of this page…

I will see you again soon,

 

 Dessie Durham ~Artist

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DessieFullTimeArtist

Bing Cherries

Hello ever body! I do hope you are well and enjoying your day.

I have a brand new original painting of Cherries I hope you enjoy looking at it.

Our cherries this week at the grocery store were reasonably priced, so that got my energy flowing for a new piece of art work…  

My prints are produced on state-of-the-art professional grade Epson printers. Acid free papers and canvases with archival inks are guaranteed to keep your prints lasting a life time without fading or loss of color.

Do you think this beautiful art print of Cherries would add a note of cheer to any ones kitchen wall?

Do you know someone that you love, and you know they would like to have a beautiful piece of art work, this would make a great gift, for a birthday, wedding, Christmas and the list goes on!

I bring my art work to life with texture and depth on a Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas print. This Gallery Wrapped Canvas print is available on Etsy.  www.etsy.com/shop/DessieFullTimeArtist

My art work can be purchased now on Fine Art America:

dessie-h-durham-.artistwebsites.com and prints, framed and mated prints, gallery wrapped stretched canvas prints, acrylic stretched canvas prints and greeting cards are available. And there is a 30 day guarantee on my art work.

And here it is July already and I'm thinking about Christmas! Have you started your Christmas shopping? So it may be time to start thinking about Christmas, maybe a beautiful piece of art for a Christmas gift would please all most any one, or for your self.

Just for you; you may be interested in this link:

http://emptyeasel.com/2010/04/29/the-biggest-social-networking-mistake-that-artists-make-today/

If you are just starting to draw or create art, or are a professional artist or a collector of art, please COMMENT on this blog and tell me your story…add your 2 cents worth. 

If I can answer your questions I will do my best to answer. I really do have a lot of links to good information.  Just ask!

It is my wish that this blog will bring artisans together and we will be able to communicate with each other as we paint with our dreams, memories, history and myths and we will search out answers to some expert tips, videos and tutorials to help us along the way. 

This is my invitation to you.

When you follow my Eclectic Oil and Acrylic Still Life Art Work Blog we can both form a win/win relationship that we can both benefit from.

It is my hope that if you are an artist you may find helpful information here!

If you are a collector of art I hope you will join me also and please comment, I would love to hear from people that like to collect art...

 I too, will always be seeking ways to improve on the art that I do and hope you will enjoy following me on Dessie's Eclectic Oil and Acrylic Still Life Works of Art:

I would like to invite you to "Follow" my art blog just click on the word follow in the upper right hand side of this page…

I hope you enjoy my blog and I will see you again soon,

Dessie Durham, Artist