Emphasis on Weddings
This is the year to put one of my strongest intentions into the forefront. It definitely called for an action plan. Of all the many venues in which I’ve cut silhouettes over the years (art shows, craft fairs, museums, stores, schools, town celebrations, etc.) I’ve found I love cutting at weddings the best. In second [...]
Two new applications for Silhouettes
I’m off to New York early tomorrow to attend my only niece’s baby shower! I thought I’d show you one of the gifts I’m bringing, done up in a darling blue and white checked frame (she’s having a boy.) Along with it is a gift certificate for the baby’s silhouette profile, to be cut “anytime [...]
An Unusual Testimonial
I have a nice fat file of unsolicited testimonials on the portrait silhouettes I’ve been cutting for decades, but although I sell quite a few decorative silhouettes through a shops, art galleries and at craft shows, this message from someone who bought a few is a first for me, and made my day. Even though [...]
Cutting in Chicago
Just back from a whirlwind trip to the windy city – Chicago. The circumstances were most unusual, as I found myself en route to the airport less than 24 hours after learning about two silhouette cutting gigs. I was filling in for a silhouettist friend in Texas who had a death in the family. When [...]
Wherein the artist gets an ego boost
What an amazing compliment I received yesterday, one which made my day. I’ve been corresponding with a man who wants an oil portrait of his late mother from an old photo of her, taken when she was probably in her late 20′s. In the course of our emails, I asked this question, and was blown [...]
New Beginning
Today is a kind of new beginning for this artist, as a major change in my daily schedule is going to free up a lot more time to be in my art studio PAINTING! I’ve compiled a fat folder of ideas for attacking the canvas so I can have a lot of new work in [...]
It’s always a banner day when I sell an oil painting!
It’s funny how things can happen for an artist. Two years ago I did a group hanging in a local restaurant & watering hole. Saturday night my husband and I were at a small dinner party. One of the guests asked if I still had a certain painting from that show still available. She said [...]
Day One!
Today I heard back from a prospective portrait client I met at a December craft show. Although she writes that a portrait commission is not in their budget for this year, she and her husband complimented my talent and experience and even said “you have a very graceful yet self-assured way of presenting yourself and [...]
