Their Mother Waits For The Garden Week 11

I did add a new picture just now. Much better and cropped right.

We had a busy weekend and we are still hopping. Here's the listing for the $2 print on etsy

Large Embellished Prints

I've been offering embellished giclee prints on my etsy site for awhile and I thought I would show what they look like before they are stretched onto the stretcher bars. These are two favorite paintings, the Queen Evangeline print is sold, the original was 18x24 on canvas and it has been a very popular print on paper. I added a bunch of texture to the print on canvas, and then painted all over it, so it looks just like an original. I really enjoy doing these. My husband has a LARGE epson color printer and it prints beautifully on canvas, but I miss the texture of the original so I have been basically repainting every one after he prints them for me.

The blue one, the original was 9x12 on wood that I sold a few months ago, and this is the first time I have made an embellished print of a smaller painting, and I think it turned out so good. I think it truly captures the feel of the original, which I did not feel was true of the repeat of the original I redid for myself. I sell these on etsy for $149 for the 18x24 size and $100 for the 16x20. I can do just about anything that is in my etsy shop this way, any print, you could buy a hand embellished print that looks like this. I might have to do some magic if the size is weird, but I can make it work. Don't look at how messy my table is, please. My husband came through his surgery just fine, but I am taking care of him in between doing my arty work.

I hope this makes clear what I am doing with these, but if not, please feel free to ask questions.

Week 44 PRINT project 5x7 print Caught in the forest

So this is my latest painting. I drew it a week or so ago and have been thinking about it a lot since. It illustrates pretty well how I have been feeling lately. Like there is a pretty world, and beautiful forest, that I am in, but I'm caught by a chain of events that I have no control over. If none of my collectors ever feel this way, I understand, it's just what I was able to paint today. I did it in my moleskine, so there is another side to the page. If anyone wants to whole thing, please let me know and I will set up a listing for it on etsy.

Week 26 year long print project Julie Fillo Circus Dreams

I have officially made it 6 months of my year long project! Here is my new print for this week, "Circus Dreams"

The original is 11x14 on masonite. I used FW inks, K and Company paper, charcoal, acrylic paints including Golden, Daniel Smith, Josonja. I also used colored pencil, gesso, graphite.

Indie Biz Chicks Marketing Seminars

I have been listening to and watching web seminars today on the phone and via webinar. My head is spinning from all the things I have learned. The seminars are put on by Crissy Gipson Herron of Indie Biz Chicks, but all sorts of well known people actually give them. They are all free and you can go here to sign up for tomorrow's classes.

The best one IMHO today was by Kelly McCausey of wahm talk radio about podcasting, of all things. I almost didn't listen because I thought it would not be something I would ever do. But it was really interesting, and I think I need to figure out how to do it. I also joined twitter as recommended by many speakers today, but still have not figured that out.

I'm thinking about making some changes to my 52 week project which would involve lowering the price on the prints. Does the $5 price stop you from buying a 5x7? Or is it just not something you want at any price? I'm really curious. I'm doing this project because I want to let my art be accessed by people, even though we are in an economic slump.

The project has given me a real boost of creative energy, but I would like to make sure that they all go out every week, and if I have to give them away, I will. Any thoughts you have on this would be welcome, dear readers.

Week 3 - 52 Week Project "Vulnerable"

Here is my 3rd print, in the 52 week series. A limited edition of 12 5x7 prints will be available, 10 of which will be for sale on etsy for $5, Free shipping. 2 will be given away. Watch next week for the first four to be given away on the blog.
This is a theme that I keep returning to. It makes me feel unsettled, but for reasons unnamed, I feel compelled to paint these girls in a sinister situation. They are Vulnerable.
You can click on the picture to be taken to the etsy page, or the etsy box in my sidebar to the right, click on my name.

Week 2 Julie Fillo 52 week project "The Hopeless Pirate"

Here is my new piece, "The Hopeless Pirate" It's available on etsy in a limited print run of 12 in the 5x7 size for $5. Free shipping.

Artwalk Pictures!

I finally remembered to take pictures after I hung a show! As you can see, there are two large older paintings, but almost all of the rest of the work I have done in the last week. WHEW~ I did two in the home follows you series, like we did for the charity auction last month, and the other larger ones I already showed you. There is another wall in the show of a row of 9x12 boxes I did. There were two other artists with work at the show, the place has huge walls! Anyway, if you get a chance to stop by the Taphouse in the next month, let me know.

More work for the artwalk

The first painting pictured is: "Despite Advice From 'What Not To Wear' Hortense Feels Confident In Horizontal Stripes"

16x20 gallery wrapped canvas.

"Lucy in a White Garden" 18x24 on gallery wrapped canvas. The idea for Lucy came from a painting Kelsi did a few years ago on a visit from Georgia when she lived there. I've always wanted to make a print of it, and did this one on a more favorable size canvas so we could do that.

Both will be for sale tonight at the artwalk at Naked City Taphouse in Greenwood.

Goldilock's Sisters

I have a new print in my Etsy store! I'm trying something new, which is selling prints instead of the original. My new painting is "Goldilock's Sisters" I LOVE this painting! It has kind of a creepy quality that I like and I think tells a story. Now, why those bears are holding those girls in a bluebell/ birchwood with their long black claws, I will leave up to you. But doesn't that bear on the far right look embarrassed?