Pendants on Etsy!

Greetings everyone!  I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

Are you still looking for the perfect gift for that special someone, or need a really cool stocking stuffer?  Then come check out my HUGE selection of pendants on Etsy!

These are miniature prints of my artwork that I have personally hand-decorated with sparkly gel pens and iridescent paint which are then sealed to a tempered glass tile.  They are painted with iridescent paint on the back and signed by me, then either a gold plated or silver plated bail is affixed to it, ready to string on your favorite chain or a simple silk cord!  These pendants really sparkle, giving them unique character you won't find in other art jewelry!

Come check out my entire selection and get your loved one (or yourself) a unique and beautiful gift for the holidays!

2013 Werewolf Calendar

The new 2013 Werewolf Calendar is now available!  This year’s calendar features my artwork on the cover and is filled with stunning images by thirteen different artists portraying werewolves as multifaceted beings, creatures that are as wild as the wolf, fierce as the tiger, and as human as your next door neighbor.  This is truly a unique and beautiful calendar I am honored to be a part of for the last four years.  These calendars always go quickly, so order now before they are gone!

Holiday Shows!

My display section at the Colorado Country Christmas show this year

It is November now and the Holiday shows have begun in earnest.  The shows that we do at this time are of a general public nature, geared towards those looking for unique gifts for loved ones for the Holidays.  The set ups for these shows are bright, professional, and well organized featuring framed prints and a few originals as well as t-shirts and art pendants.  These are the best of our displays!

We will do these shows all the way into December, one weekend after the next, often traveling great distances to get to the show.

So yes, I am busy with shows right now :9  I have done what I could art-wise in October and now my focus is once again on the shows.  Once it is December I will have a week or so to work on art, and then I travel to see my family for Christmas, arriving back home for New Years.  After that, however, we usually only have a show a month until Spring, which means I get to focus on art!  And that also means focusing more on my blogs.  I plan on creating some tutorials, new essays on the business of art, and even some contests so stay tuned!

Until then, you can find me at the coming shows selling my artwork and t-shirts with Sandra.  Here is the schedule of the remaining Holiday shows:

Holiday Food & Gift Festival
Public Holiday Gift Show
Nov 16 - 18 | Colorado Springs, CO

Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival Public Holiday Gift Show Nov 23 - 25 | Albuquerque, NM

La Casa Holiday Bazaar
Public Holiday Gift Show
Nov 30 - Dec 2 | Las Cruces, NM

 I'll see you at the shows!

Moon Mates

Two lupine lovers rendezvous under a rising full moon, reaffirming their life-long bonds with each other.
Watercolor and Colored Pencil on 9″ X 6.2″ Mixed Media paper.

THIS ORIGINAL IS FOR SALE!!!  Click on the link above to have a look :)
Prints are for sale on my website.

Tri Con!

Sandra and I will have a booth at Tri-Con in Rio Rancho, New Mexico this weekend!  If you are in the area come down and have some fun with us! ^.^

Strife

A watercolor and colored pencil commission for Pascal of his character "Strife", based upon a fur suit created by Clockwork Creatures.  You can find more information about this character on his FA account.

Watercolor and colored pencil on 9" X 12" smooth Bristol paper.

Home again...for now.

Fall is well under way in Minnesota!

I am finally home once more from an exhaustive summer season.  I managed to finish my piece for the Werewolf Calendar in July, and that was all I was able to do before I got too busy to do art.  I began working in July on getting the matted prints and frames ready for the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and several other shows.  Sandra took a chunk of it with her to Pennsic War (an SCA event) at the beginning of August, and when she got home we rushed up to Minnesota to open our booth at the Ren Fair.  The Minnesota Renaissance Festival runs seven weekends and we wouldn't be back until the end so we had to make sure the booth had plenty of product.  Once that was set up we rushed home to New Mexico again and got ready for the next round of shows.  All in all I was home about five days in September.  Otherwise I was traveling to a show, at a show, or frantically making more product.  We finished out the summer with the end of the Ren Fair this last weekend, and now we are home to recuperate and get ready for the back-to-back Christmas shows starting in November.

So that is where I have been and what I have been up to :9

This month I am going to rest, get caught up on business and home life, and try to squeeze in some commissions.  I can't make any promises about art/commissions as I am still really busy in the midst of the show season, but I will do what I can do in the time I have.  Otherwise art will begin in earnest in January.

I hope everyone had a lovely summer and is enjoying the early fall!  I know I am ready for fall leaves, wood smoke, cooler temps, and pumpkin-flavored everything! ^.^