A Day in the Life: Sewing

Here's the finished pillows made from the Spoonflower fabric printed from my paintings. I think they look really good, and they look a lot like the paintings. I'm going to order more fabric and make some to sell on Etsy!

A Day in the Life: Showcase

I've been photographing and scanning miniature paintings for the past couple of days, in preparation for my Etsy showcase. It's a 24-hour event, and started at midnight EST. This is my first showcase on Etsy, and I'm not sure which images will work best on the showcase page. You need to have images that catch the eye, because there's so much to see. You can view all 27 miniatures currently in my Etsy shop here.

A Day in the Life: Special Delivery

My Spoonflower fabrics arrived in the mail today, and they are fantastic! The color is dead on, and the resolution is pretty good, even though I used JPEG images instead of TIFFs. The fabric is a nice linen-cotton canvas, good for pillows or jackets. The picture below is how it looks on the back, and you can see the weave of the fabric.



I ordered fat quarters, which are 21" x 18". The designs are 18" x 18", and fit on a fat quarter with about 3/4" to spare for seam allowance.

You can see and order the two designs I've uploaded here. This is way too much fun! Think of the possibilities. Paintings turned into pillows, quilts, clothing . . . it's wild!

A Day in the Life: Photography

I've been photographing artwork all day for my Etsy shop. It's especially tricky to get the color right, and even when it looks good on my monitor, there's no telling how it will look on anyone else's monitor. That drives me crazy.

I bought a digital SLR camera a while back so I can photograph my own artwork. I'm the only one who really knows how it should look, and I'm the only one willing to put in the time to get it to look that way. I decided on the Nikon D60, a 10.2 megapixel camera with an 18mm - 135mm zoom lens. I love the camera, but the lens distorts too much. I can correct the distortion in Photoshop, but I'd rather not have to. I think I'll be better of with a straight 50mm lens for this purpose.

I never thought I would need to be a Photoshop expert, but I use it almost everyday, and I don't think I could get by without it!

A Day in the Life: Gallery Show

I went out to OBJCT Gallery again last night for the Second Saturday Pomona Artwalk. That place is packed on second Saturdays, and it's mostly young people -- college age. Many people wanted to meet me and asked me about my work. It's really encouraging to see so many young people who are interested in art.

I took some more pictures of the show, which is up for another two weeks. Greg Lynn's toy furniture is amazing, and I love Lisa Segal's sculptures and Tim Hemstreet's altered record album covers.

Kudos to David Shearer of OBJCT Gallery for putting together such a terrific show!

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A Day in the Life: Spoonflower

How cool is this? You can create images and have them printed on fabric using Spoonflower! I uploaded images of two of my camellia paintings, sized for 18-inch pillows. They offer several different fabrics including a linen-cotton canvas that sounds like it will be good for pillows. Eventually you'll be able to order my designs as well, but not until I receive my proofs and approve them. In the meantime, you can see the designs that I uploaded here. I'll let you know when they're available for purchase.

Spoonflower has lots of other interesting fabrics available from other designers on their Marketplace. What fun!

Art Calendar Excerpt

I'm going to be in the April issue of Art Calendar magazine! Renee Phillips, the author, kindly put an excerpt from the article on her blog. It's about donating artwork to charities, and my experiences with ARTconnectsLA.

A Day in the Life: Packaged

The Valentine cards are mostly packaged and ready to go. I'm using Clear Bag plastic envelopes to protect them, but I'd really like to find a more eco-friendly alternative. Any ideas?