Siamese Amongst the Rocks

Voting has begun in the 9th Annual EBSQ Ripped Off Show and will continue through the end of the week, 8 August. Siamese amongst the Rocks was inspired by Tracey Allyn Greene’s Siamese Cat. I love Tracey’s River Rock Portraits, as I am a lover of stones too. It seemed only natural to bring one [...]

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Link Salad Artist Style

Dreaming of Pebbles- The One Pebble Project is back up and running after I had a dream of pebble deliveries last night.
Ripped Off – It’s not a strip tease!! Check out my entry into the 9th Annual EBSQ Ripped Off Show. Voting begin 1 August!
AOTD – In other words, Artist of the Day. Today it’s [...]

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Will be Away

You might have already noticed the drop off in blog posts recently. It’s probably going to remain skimpy till after August 1st, when hopefully my family and I will have moved. Yes, moving time. I hate moving, though it doesn’t compare international moving.
In the meantime I have put the One Pebble Project on hold, and [...]

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Must Have Mondays

Must Have Monday’s – That’s team EBSQ-Etsy way of featuring the myriad of artists who call EBSQ and Etsy home. Today I am one of the three featured artists. They chose my painting Well Traveled Memories as a Must Have Monday!

Available in my Etsy Shop

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Art on Zazzle

Love Earth Magnet by makepeaceart
Design a Magnet at zazzle

Yes, I have a Zazzle shop. I decided to open one a few months ago and so far I’ve had nothing but great experiences. My shop is a mix of my art and photography. It’s a great way and often an affordable way to purchase [...]

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Friday Five

1. I am guilty of shameless self-promotion on Twitter, but I do try to keep it at a minimum. The endless stream of promotions from Etsy, ArtFire, Silkfair, and Byhand has become almost obnoxious. It seems as if some twitter accounts are set up for just this purpose and nothing else. I do understand though. [...]

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New Commission(s)

I have begun work on hopefully what will be the 1st of many new paintings for furniture maker Jan McLaughlin of Chimney Mountain Furniture Company. There really isn’t an amazing story to tell about how I got this commission – basically he’s my half-brother’s Father!! Sometimes it really is all about who you know. Jan [...]

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Their loss is your Gain

Sadly my painting, Well Traveled Memories, was not accepted into the Juried Exhibition in Athens, Ga. Honestly I’m not very discouraged over it. Artists have to deal with rejection all the time and the competition for this Exhibition is known to be steep! I was surprised though at the choice of Jurors for the Exhibition. [...]

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Free Spirits II – Original Acrylic Painting

Now available to purchase for only $30.00 is Free Spirits II.

I really love how these 2 small paintings turned out. They would look lovely hung together in a hallway or maybe a small powder room.
http://makepeacearts.etsy.com

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Free Spirits I – Complete

I wanted to complete this on Friday and post about it, but I ended up sick with a sore throat. It’s Monday and the start of a new week and I’m feeling better! So starting where I left off I still needed to finish the pebbles around the central pebble.

Next I started on just a [...]

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