New Painting & Prints: "Flower Bed"

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While I love the beauty of all the seasons, the warmer ones allows us to really connect to it.  I wish man's effect on nature was as positive as natures effect on man. #savethebees.

The original and limited edition prints are available at the special new release price (until about 8:00 am EDT April 19). 

Flower Bed
from $45.00

Original is sold.
24 x 18½ pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints
additional information about my giclée prints

On the drawing board: A warm, sunny spot.

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After a few days away and a few days working on building a chicken coop, the rainy and snowy weather has returned and gotten me back inside painting a warm bed of flora. 

I'd prefer a little nice weather now, since it is April, but I will admit the cold spell is what I needed to get me back at the drawing board to finish this 'involved' background (which despite all the work, I am loving).

Original Sold!

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Muse
Muse
from $45.00

Original (Sold)
24¼ x 18½ pastel on pastel paper

Giclée Prints
25 limited edition Gallery prints
100 limited edition Studio prints
open edition Portfolio prints
additional information about my giclée prints

While I was spending much of my Easter Sunday cleaning the garage, my original pastel painting, "Muse", was bought by a private collector.

Limited edition prints of Muse are available.

On the Drawing Board: blossoming

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Thanks everyone for your input on which idea to work on next.  It actually motivated me to want to do all of them!  But I went with 'D' to start first.  My hesitation with that one was my concept of him lying on a bed of flowers...and I knew it would/will be tedious. Though I dove in and am really happy with it so far. 

While I strive to make the guys in my paintings attractive according to my tastes and aesthetic, I usually don't go for what I would call the 'pretty boy' look, however, now that I've started adding the bed of flowers his 'pretty boy' look seems to really fit for this piece.

March Print of the Month

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This month I'm featuring "Melt".

Since "Melt" was motivated by climate change and the melting icecaps, and this past winter has been quite warm without much snow (in my home state of Vermont anyway), it seemed like a logical pick.  It's also March and that means the first day of Spring and the big thaw is just around the corner. 

I'm not doing a contest this time, just a 15% off of "Melt" prints this month when you use the code MARCHMELT.  

I may bring the contest back if I can figure out a better way to run it.  Right now too many people are not providing their email address so I have no contact information and therefore are excluded from the contest.