Orna-mental

Last night was a blur of activity in the studio as I get ready for my first display in four or five years. Amy and I are working together on a project that is coming along nicely, but is very time-consuming. These little prints are only two colors, but have been a lot of fun. The snowman will be finished off with a stencil for the details, and we have found some perfect frames for them. They will be offered singly or as a set. They will be on sale at the Reinstein benefit Saturday, and remaining prints will be up on the Etsy site Sunday.

In addition to these prints and all of the framing and other stuff, I have been trying to finish the "mystery
print." It is coming along, but I have doubts that it will be dry enough to offer at Reinstein, though I may feature it as a work in progress.

Bottom line, less than eight hours of sleep in the last 48 hours. And I love it.

Catnapped!

When I got home yesterday afternoon, Amy had just completed her first prototype frame, and I couldn't wait to show it here. Again, the image is about 3x3.25, so the frame is about 4x4, or a hair larger. I love it around the print.








I finished the second in the ornament collaboration series last night. The idea of the crystal-like edge came to me yesterday morning on the way to work. The real thing is not too far off here in Western New York.

Of course, as I was trying to take pictures this morning, I had a little visitor. That's Ticey, short for Solstice, and she's my buddy. I don't have many pictures of her that aren't blurry, as she's a seriously active cat.

You may want to make note of the drawing, just visible in the upper left corner. You'll probably see something related to it in the next week or so.