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Three ACEO watercolors created today! By Debbie Flood

Today I created three ACEO’s! Starting from top to bottom is “Adjusting the saddle“, “Bareback living“, “Morgan“. All three are 3.5 x 2.5 inches. $10.00 each plus $1.00 shipping each. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you. Easy billing through Paypal lets you securely process your payment to me.

It’s been very hot here in Maine. Even the High school shut down after lunch today, because the school was too hot inside. Over 100 degrees on the second floor! Out on the paved driveway was beyond even mentioning! The Grade School was released an hour later.While I’ve been comfortable in the studio, with AC going, the heat still makes one “tired”. Doing these little ACEO’s was a nice change in my pace. I enjoy doing these miniature paintings. It is my hope that you are enjoying them too.

Talk with you tomorrow,

Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

©Copyright 2010 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

‘One last glance’ WIP and ACEO Art Trading Cards, by Debbie Flood

Here is today’s progress on the One last glance watercolor. I mostly worked on the left side of the painting, darkening the ground, the tail of the horse and the dust being kicked up by his hind legs. It’s getting there.

I’d like to mention that I have started creating ACEO, Art Card Edition Original, Trading cards. They are 3.5 x 2.5 inches created in watercolors. I am now offering them to my facebook followers on my fan page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Debbie-Flood-Illustrative-Paintings/65760456062?ref=mf
$10.00 plus $1.00 shipping to the first inquiry to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com Please include the title of the ACEO painting when sending your inquiries to purchase, thank you.

Speak to you again soon,

Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

©Copyright 2010 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Original ACEO Landscapes June 14

No Image AvailableFlint Hills Thunderheads
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil on 300 lb Watercolor Paper

©Copyright 2010 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Original Oil ACEO Landscapes June 7

No Image AvailableFlint Hills Thunderheads

3-1/2 x 2-1/2

Original Oil on 300 lb Watercolor Paper

When painters think of 300 pound watercolor paper, they aren’t usually thinking about oil painting. But that’s what I did this week.

Last week’s trials with Rising Stonehenge 90 pound paper prompted me to conduct another experiment this week. This time, it was with Arches 300 lb, cold pressed watercolor paper, scraps of which were left over from a painting class a few years ago. The experiment began with gessoing a scrap of this paper three times all the way around. I then cut it into cards and gessoed the edges again. The process began Monday morning and concluded Monday evening, with a fresh coat of gesso applied during breaks taken from other projects and activities.

No Image AvailableThe Pond in the Distance

3-1/2 x 2-1/2

Original Oil on Rising Stonehenge Paper

This process alone was enough to tell me I like the handling of this paper much better, but it is quite a bit heavier than the Rising Stonehenge.

The texture is also very pleasing to sight and touch. The addition of gesso creates a beautifully textured and colored surface that should be a joy to paint on.

I ended up with two prepped art cards, both of which I painted on later in the week. The results were very pleasing. Paint seemed to dry a little faster on this support than on the paper or mat board. It was also a lot easier to handle, being more rigid than the Stonehenge and not as thick as the mat board.

After those two cards were used, I returned to the Rising Stonehenge for three more cards by the end of the day Friday. The last one of the day on Friday was not a Flint Hills subject, but that happened by accident. A stroke of greenish-gray intended to be the belly of a big cloud wanted to be a mountain instead. I painted my first mountains for the year and added a nice forest of pines for good measure.

Desert Mountains I & II

3-1/2 x 2-1/2

Original Colored Pencil

Work in Progress

I finished the painting week by working on a pair of ACEO landscapes in colored pencil. They began a week ago with a watercolor colored pencil experiment in which I layered color on 160 lb paper, then blended it with water, then repeated the process two or three times, letting the paper completely dry in between.

This past Thursday, I began dry color work and today I continued it. I had no particular design in mind for these two cards. I just wanted to see how dry color worked over wet. But as I worked with them today, mountains appeared in the distance, then a desert landscape in the foreground with scrub brush and gullies. I simply followed those inclinations and ended up with the image shown here. These are the uncut cards. The blue line that marks the cut line is still visible in much of the card.

The most interesting thing about this was that as I worked on it, scenes from a potential story began to take shape. I could see my lead character in this setting. That has never happened before. It added a new dimension to the work.

©Copyright 2010 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

New ACEO Landscapes

The sale of six original ACEO landscapes in oil sparked a flurry of painting energy. In addition to finishing a new portrait, I began painting new ACEO landscapes in oils and colored pencil, beginning with two brand new oil paintings on Wednesday alone.

ACEOs found their way into spare time between work sessions on other projects, into class time and even into those times when I didn’t know what else to do.

With all the larger works and long-term projects on my agenda the last several months, it’s a delight to be working on things I can finish in a single painting session. I recall that feeling from 2007, when I averaged a little over one new ACEO painting per painting day and finished the year with 315 of them in 313 working days.

Returning interest in small works has prompted me to not only begin painting art trading cards again, but prepping cards for oils, colored pencil and some mixed media pieces.

As of the end of the day Saturday, I’d finished a total of seven new ACEOs: one horse-related image in colored pencil, one landscape in colored pencil and five landscapes in oil, including a subject I haven’t tackled before: the Flint Hills at night.

All of the new ACEOs will soon be available on a new gallery page elsewhere on this blog.

I’ve also been having more fun in the studio than I’ve had in a long time and that’s the best news of all!

And today, I’m busily prepping 90 lb Rising Stonehenge paper with multiple coats of gesso to see if it’s a good support for oils. More on that experiment as it progresses!

©Copyright 2010 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

ACEO Landscapes 2008

Landscape Study #1 2008 Landscape Study #1 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #2 2008 Landscape Study #2 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #3 2008 Landscape Study #3 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #4 2008 Landscape Study #4 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #5 2008 Landscape Study #5 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #6 2008 Landscape Study #6 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #7 2008 Landscape Study #7 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #8 2008 Landscape Study #8 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #9 2008 Landscape Study #9 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #10 2008 Landscape Study #10 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #11 2008 Landscape Study #11 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #12 2008 Landscape Study #12 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #13 2008 Landscape Study #13 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #14 2008 Landscape Study #14 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #15 2008 Landscape Study #15 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #16 2008 Landscape Study #16 2008
Study for for portrait of October Skies

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #17 2008 Landscape Study #17 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #18 2008 Landscape Study #18 2008
Silence

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #19 2008 Landscape Study #19 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #20 2008 Landscape Study #20 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #21 2008 Landscape Study #21 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #22 2008 Landscape Study #22 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

SOLD

Landscape Study #23 2008 Landscape Study #23 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #24 2008 Landscape Study #24 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Unstretched Artfix Belgian Linen

$25 Unframed

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Landscape Study #25 2008 Landscape Study #25 2008

3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″

Original oil on

Gessoed Archival Matboard

$25 Unframed

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to purchase this painting.

©Copyright 2010 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

ACEOs on eBay

I want to take a break from writing to let you know I currently have a collection of art trading cards available on auction through eBay.

The collection includes four original ACEO horse paintings. Impulsion, shown here, is one of those.

The collection also includes many ACEO reproductions of larger horse paintings and includes such favorites as Grandfather’s First Love, Icelandic Prince, Running Free and Whoa!.

Also included are a few ACEO reproductions of landscape paintings.

The ACEOs can be seen at this link or may be found by searching the key word HorsePainter (without a space between the words).

If you would like an ACEO sized painting of your favorite horse or pony, contact me. ACEO and other portraits are available in oils and colored pencil. I am always looking for good subjects and interesting compositions.

©Copyright 2010 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

New ACEO Horse Paintings

There are four new ACEO horse paintings to announce: three oils and one colored pencil.

ACEO Horse Painting 2010-003 – Hock Study Lockkeeper is shown at the right and features a detail study of the flexed hock in the portrait of Lockkeeper. It is an original oil painting on gessoed mat board.

Also finished are ACEO Horse Painting 2010-004 – Hind Feet Study Lockkeeper and ACEO Horse Painting 2010-005 – Hind Feet Study. One of those is another detail study from the Lockkeeper portrait. The other is a more abstract painting of back hooves painted with a more muted palette than the detailed studies.

I am also very happy to share the first colored pencil ACEO of 2010. ACEO Horse Painting 2010-006 – Red Bay Appy Itching was finished yesterday and is the first of a series of three ACEOs featuring grazing appaloosas. All will be in colored pencil and may be purchased individually or as a set.

The remaining cards are not yet completed, but will be soon. Keep watch.

All of the 2010 Series ACEO Horse Paintings are available for review and purchase on the ACEO Horse Painting page in the galleries on this page.

Stayed tuned for additions to the 2010 ACEO Horse Paintings collection.

If you would like to see an ACEO sized painting of your favorite horse or pony, contact me. ACEO and other portraits are available in oils and colored pencil. I am always looking for good subjects and interesting compositions.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Motivation for Painting

I’m wondering if I’ve started something.

At the first of the year, I set a goal to paint fifty-two ACEO horse paintings. That’s one a week. The reasoning was that I could paint one little painting a week without cutting into other obligations such as traditional portraits, writing or family and other obligations.

I’m wondering now if that goal wasn’t a little short-sighted on my part.

The reason is that it took two weeks to get the first ACEO horse painting done, but since that completion on January 16, I’ve finished or worked on four others. I haven’t worked on an ACEO every day this week, but for the most part, I’ve worked on more than one every day I have worked on them and I’ve finished a total of three this week. A fourth one may be finished. I just need to take a look at it tomorrow and decide.

At this rate, I’ll meet the goal sometime in March. Then what?

I’m not celebrating. There are still forty plus cards to paint and anything could happen. A lot of time spent on a portrait or a surge of inspiration with writing could slow work on ACEO horse paintings down at any time.

Seeing those cards lined up on the drying rail, though, is a lot of motivation. There’s no question about that. Adding to the collection on a daily or every-other-day basis is a huge boost to morale, too. It gives a little extra zing to those portraits that take weeks to finish.

As I recall, the same thing happened in 2007, when I gave myself the goal of painting one ACEO landscape painting every painting day for the entire year. Some days, I did three or four and overall productivity skyrocketed. That year ended with 315 new tiny paintings and a nice collection of larger works, too. It was my best year ever.

Am I on course for similar results this year? I don’t know. I’m putting more time and detail into the ACEO horse paintings than I did into the landscapes, but I also enjoy the subject more, so that additional work is not a hardship.

And it is translating into better painting sessions with the portraits, whether they’re going well or not. Today alone, I worked on the portraits of Clyde and Lockkeeper in addition to the three ACEO horse paintings I did.

As if that weren’t enough, the lessons learned in the ACEO studies of Lockkeeper have already improved work on the portrait. I’ve also picked up some ideas for color selection and application that I can’t wait to try on the portrait.

So maybe I was a little short-sighted when I set this goal and thought the only thing I’d get out of it was fifty-two ACEO horse paintings.

There has already been a lot more benefit than just a growing collection of miniature paintings. Only God knows what lies in store.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

ACEO Horse Painting Series 2010 #2

This is the second study of Lockkeeper’s flexed front hoof. The more I looked at the last one, the more I thought about doing a second one. When the thought appeared in my mind as I was going to sleep last night or coming awake this morning, I decided it had to be done.

ACEO Horse Painting 2010.02 – Front Hoof Study, Lockkeeper began with toning the gessoed mat board surface with Yellow Ochre, then drawing and redrawing the image in oils until it looked right.

Then I began painting, but the drawing didn’t really end until I signed the image. Even when I painted the background, which I did last on this one, I took the opportunity to reshape some areas that bothered me.

This one is much more accurate, in my opinion. The angles are more accurate, as is the shape of the hoof.

A collection of equine-themed ACEO sized paintings may be seen in the ACEO Horse Paintings gallery on this blog. A collection of landscapes and other subjects are also available in the ACEO Landscape Paintings gallery also on this blog.

Stayed tuned for additions to the 2010 ACEO Horse Paintings collection.

If you would like to see an ACEO sized painting of your favorite horse or pony, contact me. I am always looking for good subjects and interesting compositions.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

ACEO Horse Painting Series 2010 #1

It took a couple of weeks to get it done, but here’s my first ACEO horse painting of 2010.

Creatively titled ACEO Horse Painting 2010.01 – Front Hoof Study, Lockkeeper, this is one of four planned detail studies of the portrait of Lockkeeper currently in progress. It was painted as an exercise and as a means of familiarizing myself with one of the more difficult passages of the portrait.

For a first study and the first ACEO I’ve done in many months, it turned out quite well. I’m as happy with the work itself as I am with the fact that I’ve finished a painting, whatever the size! That bit of encouragement was well worth the time and effort it took to paint this miniature painting.

But I don’t think I’m finished with the idea of painting this hoof. There may be yet another study awaiting.

A collection of equine-themed ACEO sized paintings may be seen in the ACEO Horse Paintings gallery on this blog. A collection of landscapes and other subjects are also available in the ACEO Landscape Paintings gallery also on this blog.

Stayed tuned for additions to the 2010 ACEO Horse Paintings collection.

If you would like to see an ACEO sized painting of your favorite horse or pony, contact me. I am always looking for good subjects and interesting compositions.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

ACEO Horse Paintings

One of my 2010 studio goals is to paint one equine themed ACEO painting per week for the year.

The process began last week with the assembly and preparation of supports for ACEO horse paintings. That included coating a half dozen mat board cards with at least three layers of gesso on all surfaces.

It also included cropping a failed colored pencil painting into several ACEO sized cards for future ACEO horse paintings in colored pencil.

The process advanced today with the development of seven possible compositions. Four of them were also transferred to gessoed cards and the drawings were subsequently ‘fixed’ with Raw Umber and a 10/0 sable brush. As soon as that work is dry, painting can begin.

Three of those cards cropped from the failed painting also are ready for continued work. They require only time on my part for work to continue.

All new ACEOs will be posted on this blog as they are completed. New paintings will also be added to a  gallery page dedicated to ACEO Horse Paintings showcases current paintings.

For those who not familiar with this unique art format, an ACEO is a trading card sized piece of artwork. They can be either originals or reproductions. The only stipulation is that the artwork must be 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches in size. No exceptions!

ACEO stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals. ACEOs are bought, sold and traded on such open format sites such as eBay and Art By Us, and by specialty web sites such as ACEOs – Art Cards for Sale or Trade.

While some artists specialize in ACEOs and miniature artwork, others like me include ACEO and miniature artwork as only one part of their artistic portfolio.

ACEO sized custom portraits are available from Carrie L. Lewis – Horse Painter. Portraits are available in either colored pencil or oil on a variety of surfaces including Rising Stonehenge paper and archival mat board for colored pencils and prepped mat board or canvas for oils.

ACEO paintings are a fun and interesting way for me to try out new subjects, techniques and materials, do a little experimenting or just have fun.

They are also a great way to begin your collection of original artwork from a variety of artists and featuring a variety of subjects, styles and mediums.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Currently on eBay…

I am very pleased to announce that I currently have a small selection of original ACEO paintings on auction through eBay.

As I write this post, there are three equine themed ACEOs and two landscape themed paintings.

Currently, I am listing ACEOs painted in 2007, 2008 and 2009, but I am hoping to begin listing newer ACEOs as they become available.

To see the auctions currently live, click on the link above or login at eBay and search for the key word phrase ‘HorsePainter’.

Custom painted ACEO sized portraits are also available. Contact me for more information or to order your own business card-sized original portrait in oils or colored pencil.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Mahogany Bay

Just finished my newest ACEO sized (2.5″ x 3.5″) mini painting. This horse was from a photo I took at the 2000 American Gold Cup at Devon. It may have been called the Budweiser Gold Cup by then. I hate how huge corporations have to own everything!

So this sweet guy, with the gorgeous reddish brown eyes, was ridden by Mclain Ward. I’ve been looking everywhere to find his name, the closest I could find was a Selle Francais stallion that he was riding around that time named Galileo. He was also riding a horse at that time named Fior. Wish I would have written these things down!

Anyway, this was a really striking horse, had a lot of Arabian traits. I may want to make a larger painting of him someday. His coat was difficult to paint. It ranged from nearly blacks to burnt orange to dark mahogany. This little tiny painting took me all day believe it or not! Wish I could have gotten a better photo. I really need a scanner.

I’m really enjoying these mini paintings I think they are great practice for creating larger works.


And here is a picture of one of our crazy cats. His name is Meemee Doodle. Our cats prefer their water fish flavored. They have refused to drink out of their own water dishes. Luckily they never bother the fish. In fact the fish often comes up and touches the cat’s tongues when they drink.
Meemee likes to rest his head on the bowl in a very awkward way with a crazy look in his eye.

©Copyright 2009 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

Still Getting Caught Up

As promised a few days ago, here is the second miniature portrait painted in December. This mare is affectionately known as Monster for a variety of reasons only her owner can describe.

I’ve heard from the owner that she has received the portrait, so it is now safe to announce.

Mini Monster is approximately 3-1/2 inches by 5 inches in size. It is painted in M. Graham Oils on Artfix Impasto style linen canvas. I was surprised to find the surface so receptive to painting small and painting detail, since it is a heavyweight linen designed for large paintings with lots of texture and thick paint.

Mini Monster is also a study for a larger painting idea that has been cycling through my mind since Dad passed away in 2007. I have tried a couple of different compositions so far, but still haven’t found the right combination.

I’m not sure how it would fit into my usual repertoire for paintings, but it was fun to try. I still have a couple of pieces left, one about ACEO size and the other is 8×12, so who knows what may happen?

The list of things to do at the gallery is quickly getting worked through. The last exhibit of 2008 and the 2008 World of Small & Miniature art have both been disassembled. The regular member show has been picked up by the exhibting artists and I am in the final stages of boxing up the miniature show.

Packaging all those tiny paintings has gone very smoothly this year. The artists who arranged for prepaid return shipping through FedEX, UPS or another carrier are greatly appreciated. So are those who sent payment for return shipping with the original package. Thank you! It certainly makes the process go more smoothly and much more quickly. A couple more to package, then it’s off to get the remaining items weighed, get shipping costs and notify the artists. I’m hoping to have that done by Saturday.

The first exhibit of 2009 is on the walls and looks great. I’ll be doing an official announcement soon, but I will say that we’re doing something different. Past and current members of the Newton Fine Arts Association, which owns and operates the gallery, were invited to submit their two favorite pieces. The collection is eclectic and electric! What a great exhibit!

In connection with that, press releases have been sent out, art work scanned or photographed and a new exhibit page to launch. The page is launched and I spent a good part of the day yesterday processing photographs and uploading them. I have a few more to do as I write this post.

The reception is on Saturday, so I’ll be spending some time Friday night or Saturday morning gathering refreshment supplies and getting set up.

Hopefully, by the time the reception is past, I’ll be caught up on everything else, too, and can get back to a normal schedule.

As happens every time I’m gone for an extended period of time, I come back thinking that vacations are nice, but the hassle to get caught up afterward sure makes their value suspect!

Or maybe it’s just taking a week-long vacation at the end of the year…. Who knows?

Anyway, thanks for reading and best wishes!

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Carrie Lewis’s website.

ArtCardsWanted.com

ArtCardsWanted.com.

ACEO cards for the collector on a budget.

About Art Cards

    Just like sports fans collect baseball cards of their favorite players, art fans collect art cards of their favorite artists or artwork.An art card is a small pocket-sized piece of art. They are commonly know as ACEO (Art Cards, Editions & Originals) as well as ATC (Artist Trading Cards). ATCs are only traded between artists, ACEOs are normally purchased. They can be original artwork or prints/reproductions of original artwork. These cards are bought, sold and traded all over the world. The official standard size of an art card is 2.5″ x 3.5″ (64 x 89 mm) and all the cards on this site must meet this criteria. There are three main categories of art cards:

  1. Open Edition – Prints/reproductions of artwork that is printed in the standard card size. Open editions can be printed and reprinted depending on the demand for the card. There is no limit to how many will be printed. This can also be a mini-print of a larger original artwork.
  2. Limited Edition – This type is also a print/reproduction, but there is a limit to how many cards will be ever printed/sold. These cards are more valuable then open edition cards, because there is only a limited amount of each card that is available in the world. Many times, limited edition cards will be numbered on the back of the card.
  3. Original Artwork – This card is a unique piece of artwork done by the artist. It can be painted or drawn, but it will be 100% original and only one card exists in the world. This type of card is the most valuable.

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©Copyright 2008 by Bethany Caskey. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Bethany Caskey’s website.

2008 World of Small & Miniature Art Exhibit

I am thrilled to announce my participation in the 2008 World of Small & Miniature Art exhibit at the Carriage Factory Gallery right here in Newton.

The exhibit opens Saturday, November 29 and features small and miniature works of art from around the world.

Works have been received from such far away places as England, Australia, Belgium and Iran.

Artists from across the United States are also participating, with works from Minnesota, New York, California, Florida, Texas and Ohio, to name just a few.

Mediums are as varied as the countries of origin and range from exquisite watercolors on camel bone to a pair of stunning landscapes in gouache.

This annual exhibit puts the spotlight on original artwork that measures no more than 35 square inches for two-dimensional work and eight inches for three-dimensional work.

This year’s show features over 50 individual pieces of artwork ranging in size from 1-1/2” x 2” to 5” x 7” inches, as well as several art trading card sized paintings in a variety of media.

My contributions to this exhibit are the ACEO Morgan portrait (shown above), a 3-1/2″ by 2-1/2″ portrait painted in the classical style on gessoed mat board and North by Northeast, a 2-1/2″ by 7″ miniature oil painting, also on gessoed mat board but painted in a more direct style.

The miniature show closes on Tuesday, December 23. An opening will be held all day Saturday, December 6, 2008.

For information on any of this event, visit the Carriage Factory Gallery’s web site.

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Carrie Lewis’s website.

Christmas Come Early … And Often

One of the best things about being a gallery director is managing incoming exhibits. Every new exhibit is like Christmas for me. New works to see and enjoy. New visual gifts to open.

From November 4 through November 15, every day will be like Christmas as I unwrap the 2008 World of Small & Miniature Art show, scheduled to open Saturday, November 29, 2008 at the Carriage Factory Gallery.

And this year, Christmas has a truly international flavor. Roughly half of the entries received so far are from overseas and represent three continents.

Entries have also been received from Ohio, Texas and, yes, right here in Kansas.

Every delivery from FedEx, UPS, DHL and the USPS brings a welcome surprise these days. Even at this very early stage, it’s looking like an excellent show. I will be announcing when it goes live on line, so be watching for that. You won’t want to miss it.

And of course if you happen to be passing through Newton between November 29 and December 24, you’re more than welcome to stop in and see the exhibit in person.

I will be entering this year’s exhibit, as well, but have yet to make the final determination on which pieces will make that journey. The ACEO Morgan Portrait shown here is currently at the top of the list and is going to the gallery today. But it’s companion piece?

Ah, that’s the question!

One not-quite-finished piece is my favorite, but whether or not it gets to the show will depend on whether or not it is dry enough to frame for display when the time comes.

The ACEO portrait of Lockkeeper in colored pencil is complete, but still needs to be framed.

Any of a number of ACEO landscape paintings are also available. Decisions, decisions!

For those artists out there who might not have heard, the show is open and is non-juried. You can learn more about the show from the gallery’s web site. The page includes a link to a downloadable entry form in a PDF format.

Visit my ACEO Horse Paintings page to see the current collection.

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Carrie Lewis’s website.

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