Pics from our trip to grandma's and grandpa's

Playing with Joe

The best playground ever!




Grandma's backyard wildlife




Ok, so the deer and the polar bear were taken at the zoo.... :)

I'll try to share a few more pics in the next couple of days. Hope everyone enjoying their summer!

Bunnies, Peonies and a little vacation

Happy Friday everyone! I will be going to Michigan this weekend and be gone until the 6th. I will keep my shop open and try to answers emails and convos, but orders won't go out until July 7th.

p.s. Thanks to those who have convoed or emailed me about the previous post as well as left me a comment on the last post. The other seller from the previous post has apologized and said her friend send her the image claiming it was "royalty-free".....

My Work is NOT Public Domain

None of these items were granted permission to use my illustrations. I have contacted all parties (including Etsy's administration) and one still has yet to reply (I convoed her yesterday evening). The one who's pendant sold. That situation is still pending.... but I need to make a point.

It is terribly disheartening to see my work being used without permission, for profit, as if it were public domain when I am still alive and ticking, trying to make a living with my work. The seller who did reply back, has removed the tote bags and apologized, saying that she had found the images on a blog which featured fabrics and wouldn't have used the image if she had known they were mine. She doesn't remember the name of the blog, so there is no way of me tracking it down.... Regardless, any work you see online or elsewhere is made by someone and unless you know it to be public domain, you can't just load into your computer as if it were. I work hard to create my illustrations and retain full copyright, unless I have made a licensing agreement, which is not the case for any of the works I have in my Etsy shop.

A similar situation dealing with a larger entity happened not too long ago to a friend in the U.K.

Thank goodness for those in the online community who are keeping an eye out for this sort of thievery. Thank you Stephanie and Elise for letting me know!

New Limited Editions Prints

Now that both of the originals have sold, I am making a limited edition run of the two paintings I had in the "La Femme" show at the Nucleus Gallery. I have to say, I am really happy about the way they turned out as prints. You can see the wood grain and brushstrokes beautifully. Although prints will never quite be as good as the original, I do think these come really close. They are both available right here in the shop.

Shells and Boats and one other beautiful Wallpaper print

So instead of posting these two prints "tomorrow", as the last post states 10 days ago, they were posted today. Let's just say I've been distracted with the weather and some family obligations....



I did want to share this beautiful Jen Corace print I received a couple of days ago in the mail. I have to admit, it was a rare impulse buy, although Jason may dispute the rarity of my impulse buys. But I've been wanting to own one of her works, and since I can't exactly afford an original, I had to get my hands on one of her prints as soon as I found out they were available. And let me tell you, it does not disappoint.