I started some auctions of original paintings all with a percentage of the sales going to various hurricane Katrina charities, including animal charities. I'll be doing more later, but this is a start.

caren on ebay

Artist and ebsq member Caron Wiedrick of Ontario recently started a journal. Please check it out and add her as your friend!
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Caron and I also exchanged pet portraits in the annual ebsq Pet Portrait Swap. She did a wonderful drawing of my horse, and I in turn did a painting of a horse she owned.

Here is Caron's drawing of my horse:

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I entered some of my beadwork in our county fair, which is this weekend. I've never entered anything in a fair before, though I've always wanted to. I did this beadwork earlier this year as a tribute/portrait of my pet angora rabbit who died in January. My beadwork is personal, I don't sell it, it's just something I enjoy doing.

My husband was ( Read more... )

I have some postings to put up later regarding local happenings, and my journal is primarily here so I can talk about art. But I can't go on with the day until I say something about the worst natural disaster in U.S. history and the tiny connective thread I have to Louisiana ( Read more... )

I am a member of the Hockaday Museum Of Art located in Kalispell ( Read more... )

The other day I realized that summer is coming to an end so I did two ( Read more... )

My 2004 painting of Lori Rase Hall's parrot, Carrie, is the art of the day on EBSQ!

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Here's a book everyone needs to read: "The Success Principles-How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be" by ( Read more... )

I like doing beadwork and have gotten to know the proprietor of the local bead store, (rebeads.com)which is within walking distance of my house. She is extremely artistic ( Read more... )

Last week Jani allilane asked me how I was doing selling art on ebay. Her short question spawned a long answer, seen here below. I have been formulating my ebay art philosophy for quite awhile now, but this is the first time I’ve written it down.

Many artists have been discouraged and quit ebay in recent years ( Read more... )