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Ruben

one thing our house is severely lacking is wall art.  other than our diplomas and a mass-produced art piece available at any Target store (i think the price is wrong on the link), we’ve got just about nothing on the walls to give pops of color or piques of interest.

Rocky Top Studio in Maine has no shortage of beautiful and artistic photographs.  their serene scenes and amazing photography of birds in flight.  the surroundings of the studio look so dreamy!  i would love to cover my walls with their amazing artwork.  here are a few of my favorites:

for the black and white artwall:  Chickadee in Snow No. 3

another amazing aerial shot: Goldfinches in Snow No. 3

beautifully soft colors paired with the perfect blend of focus and fuzz: Droplets No. 2

soft blues and yellows, perfect for any baby’s nursery: St. John’s Wort

hope you got some inspiration from those lovely shots!  i’m inspired to buy a couple prints!

Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING,acrylics on 100% cotton stretched wrapped canvas.Size: 60×80 x1,7 cm.(23,6×31,5 x0,7 in inches)Handpainted.

Original, not print. Painting is signed in front and at the back. Dated.
The sides are painted, so there’s no need to frame it.

I use a gloss varnish to add shine and to protect the painting from harmful UV rays and dust.

I am Member – EBSQ art association .
Each of Nataera’s paintings comes with a COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). The COA lists the title, medium, size, and other useful information. Each painting has an identification number associated with it which also appears on the COA. Finally, the COA is signed and dated by the artist-Nataera. The COA is your assurance that the artwork is a one of a kind original created by Nataera.

Shipping via post-office is 45 $ (7 days to arrive).
I do and i have Shipping insurance for it.
I pack all my paintings with great care.
Tracking number – automatically provided by www.laposte.fr/colissimo
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will get back to you promptly.

YOU CAN SEE  MORE  MY PAINTINGS  AND  BUY IT ON ETSY  SHOP:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35270020

Royal Bambino now carries Girl’s Barrett Holders from New Arrivals! New Arrivals children’s bedding and accessories never fails to hit the mark for functionality, style, and overall cuteness! These new Girl’s Barrett Holders are no exception. No more digging through drawers and baskets filled with loose barretts and clips; these Barrett Holders are a convenient and whimsical way to keep your little girl’s barretts close at hand!  Similar in design to a memory board, pretty ribbons crossed over designer fabric hold all your daughter’s barretts in an attractive arrangement. These Girl’s Barrett Holders double as beautiful wall art pieces that fill empty wall space with a sweet decor item you and your daughter will use for years. Available in 8 different fabrics to match any color scheme, you are certain to find one you will fall in love with. View New Arrivals’ new Girl’s Barrett Holders at Royal Bambino today!

I’m not even going to discuss my lack of daily photos.  I will share my latest photographic endeavor, however.  

We are NOT done with the bathroom, but  all that is left is painting trim and wainscoting.  Not that bad- almost done and then you’ll see the finished project- next week if all goes well.  However- with 18 people coming over for Thanksgiving, I need to get that bathroom in usable order.  We have all the neccessary things working and the walls painted.  I had 3 Ikea Ribba frames needing artwork suitable for the bathroom and it would be nice to have something up on the walls.

While perusing my pics, I kept noticing my pets.  I have a lot of bad quality photos with funny expressions and it hit me.  I could make these watercolors or frescoes- or comics.  The “blur” wouldn’t matter!  And they’d be colorful and humorous photos for the walls…. and so….

my quest for distorted faces began….

and it has become an obsession….

I’ve got so many prints now (and only 3 frames) it might turn into a seasonal gallery of photos that change quarterly. 

For those of you who would like to try this at home, it’s quite easy.  My tips are for Photoshop Elements.  You want to be sure you are resize the image to 300 dpi- and crop to the size you want to make (in this case, 8×10).  I also upped the saturation so the colors look a little more artsy.  Then I used the “watercolor” preset- fiddling with the settings until I liked the effect. 

Then I uploaded to Costco and picked them up the next day. So easy!!! And so much fun!  Surprisingly, Keith even liked the idea (i was afraid he wouldn’t!). 

If you do this, let me know with a comment and a link to your photo!

I spent last Sunday taking pictures of my works framed. These Botanical Blueprints are printed on metallic paper which brings our the best in them.

See them all on my etsy shop: www.depuis.etsy.com/Botanical-Blueprints

Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING,acrylics on 100% cotton stretched wrapped canvas.Size: 60×80 x1,7 cm.(23,6×31,5 x0,7 in inches)Handpainted.

Original, not print. Painting is signed in front and at the back. Dated.
Impasto style.
The sides are painted, so there’s no need to frame it.

I use a gloss varnish to add shine and to protect the painting from harmful UV rays and dust.

I am Member – EBSQ art association .
Each of Nataera’s paintings comes with a COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). The COA lists the title, medium, size, and other useful information. Each painting has an identification number associated with it which also appears on the COA. Finally, the COA is signed and dated by the artist-Nataera. The COA is your assurance that the artwork is a one of a kind original created by Nataera.

Shipping via post-office is 45 $ (7 days to arrive).
I do and i have Shipping insurance for it.
I pack all my paintings with great care.
Tracking number – automatically provided by www.laposte.fr/colissimo
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will get back to you promptly

YOU CAN SEE MORE MY PAINTINGS AND BUY IT ON ETSY SHOP:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34921542

Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING,acrylics on 100% cotton stretched wrapped canvas.Size: 50×70 x1.7cm.(19,7×27,6 x0.7 in inches)Handpainted.

Original, not print. Painting is signed in front and at the back. Dated.

I use a gloss varnish to add shine and to protect the painting from harmful UV rays and dust.

I am Member – EBSQ art association .
Each of Nataera’s paintings comes with a COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). The COA lists the title, medium, size, and other useful information. Each painting has an identification number associated with it which also appears on the COA. Finally, the COA is signed and dated by the artist-Nataera. The COA is your assurance that the artwork is a one of a kind original created by Nataera.

The sides are painted, so there’s no need to frame it

Shipping via post-office is 45 $ (7 days to arrive).
I do and i have Shipping insurance for it.
I pack all my paintings with great care.
Tracking number – automatically provided by www.laposte.fr/colissimo
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will get back to you promptly.

YOU CAN SEE MORE MY PAINTINGS AND BUY IT ON ETSY SHOP:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34912901

Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING,acrylics and oil on 100% cotton stretched wrapped canvas.Size: 60×80 x1,7 cm.(23,6×31,5 x0,7 in inches)Handpainted.

Original, not print. Painting is signed in front and at the back. Dated.
The sides are painted, so there’s no need to frame it.

I am Member – EBSQ art association .
Each of Nataera’s paintings comes with a COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). The COA lists the title, medium, size, and other useful information. Each painting has an identification number associated with it which also appears on the COA. Finally, the COA is signed and dated by the artist-Nataera. The COA is your assurance that the artwork is a one of a kind original created by Nataera.

Shipping via post-office is 45 $ (7 days to arrive).
I do and i have Shipping insurance for it.
I pack all my paintings with great care.
Tracking number – automatically provided by www.laposte.fr/colissimo
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will get back to you promptly.

YOU CAN SEE MORE MY PAINTINGS AND BUY IT ON ETSY SHOP:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34546071

Since I am a graphic designer, I plan on making  my own art for the nursery. But here are some images I pulled from various websites for inspiration. I wish I had links for all of them, but I’ve just been saving photos in a folder on my desktop.

By Order of the Management Prints

Rock with You and Love

(Right) Monsieur I print (There are several prints by this Etsy seller that I enjoy)

Green Birds on Flowers Print and Lemon Yellow Citrus Birds Print

Animal Alphabet

Birds A-Z

I had one last sheet of handmade paper, so I made this.  

There is something irresistible about instant gratification that comes out of such a quick and enjoyable process. Making sculptures is so involved and slow and exhausting, it’s great to be able to indulge myself into light projects from time to time. 

Title : “Squished”, guess it’s obvious why!

Stella Artois in New York are splashing life in to wall painting as part of its latest art/advertising campaign. The ritual project is a series of 21 images painted over 21 days on a giant brick wall, with the finished effect at the end planned as a stop motion video of the perfect pour (all be it on a huge scale). So far we are 14 days and counting in to the action, with each day bringing a the task of covering up the previous image, repainting the wall, then stepping back to admire all the teams hard work.

The really neat touch to this campaign comes from the follow-up work around the edges, with telescope viewpoints placed strategically around the area to help passers-by get a close in view on the live experience. This is combined with the dedicated website giving bite sized history on the lost art of wall painting and other areas. If you take a look through the online pages you can see day by day updates of how far they have got in video format, or if you have a bit more time check out the journal section which goes lots of great background on the progress. Rather than just reading here about it though head on over to The Ritual Project and have a look for yourself!

New Artwork Up!!! Check it out!!! Perfect for any room or as a great gift! Especially in time for the holidays!!!

http://www.dethloffdesigns.com/art%20gallery/

Each gemstone picture is individual hand crafted with of semi precious gemstones layered on canvas.  Since they are handcrafted each creation is not the same.

Each picture features Adventure, Amethyst, Black Jade, Bloodstone, Blue Adventure. Blue Adenture, Blue Lace Agate, Blue Goldstone, Brown Goldstone, Carmeliann Agate, Chrysophase, Crystal, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Moss Agate, Mother of Pearl, Opalite, Picture Jasper, Poppy Jasper, Rhodonite, Rose Quartz, Siberian Jade, Sodalite, Tiger Eye, Tiger Iron, and Unakite.

Picture shown features Chinese Scenery with waterfall & light/sound sensors sixe 4′ X 8′ Weight: 80 – 90kg

Several gemstone pictures feature and actual working waterfall! Truly bringing to life these renditions of nature!  Every gemstone picture comes with a letter of authenticity along with a registration tag with Fine Arts Registry.

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Yes, the rain is here in Seattle at last. But still, I am painting in springlike tones and the theme I’ve just completed is butterflies. Go figure. My brain yearns for spring even though I am content with fall in Seattle.

At first I am happy to see it, the gray slight drizzle is easy to ignore. You just wear a hat and remind yourself that this year you really need to buy some rubber boots. But so far this year, Seattle has had more heavy rains – what I like to call East Coast rain – and you really need to have an umbrella.

For me that is no problem. I believe I currently have six umbrella’s: Kermit the Frog (Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street!), small basic black, even smaller red that fits inside a bag, large long red, fancy decorated one that belonged to my grandmother which she handed me one of the last times I saw her when we were driving away in a truck and loading up things from her garage, and my current favorite glow in the dark flourescent yellow/green (StrideLite with lamp). That last umbrella is my current favorite because it has a lamp. Why don’t all umbrella’s have lamps? This is an ingenious invention that I don’t mind promoting. Not even sure the company is still around.

In any case, I am here in my studio while the sun is setting at 4:31 pm and I am painting butterflies, making some custom picture frames, dreaming of a house with a fireplace which will materialize very soon, and happy knowing that I’ll have a bright umbrella to guide my way home.

Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING,acrylics and oil on 100% cotton stretched wrapped canvas.Size: 60×80 x1,7 cm.(23,6×31,5 x0,7 in inches)Handpainted.

Original, not print. Painting is signed in front and at the back. Dated.
The sides are painted, so there’s no need to frame it.

I am Member – EBSQ art association .
Each of Nataera’s paintings comes with a COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). The COA lists the title, medium, size, and other useful information. Each painting has an identification number associated with it which also appears on the COA. Finally, the COA is signed and dated by the artist-Nataera. The COA is your assurance that the artwork is a one of a kind original created by Nataera.

Shipping via post-office is 45 $ (7 days to arrive).
I do and i have Shipping insurance for it.
I pack all my paintings with great care.
Tracking number – automatically provided by www.laposte.fr/colissimo
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will get back to you promptly.

YOU CAN SEE MORE MY PAINTINGS AND BUY IT ON ETSY SHOP:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34623169