♥ Happy Valentine's Day on Sunday! ♥
"May love always light your way, May the sun always shine on your dwelling,
May the stars keep you comforted, May your heart be filled with the colors of a rainbow."
This Newsletter shares some new Dream Garden paintings as well as some metaphysical landscape art I call "Mindscapes". The Featured Artist this month creates beautiful jewelry with my ever loving spiral shape used in many of her pieces, and I have a special Valentine's gift for you too! Read on!
I've been busy adding more paintings to my Dream Garden Series and have finished one titled, "Living in the Light of Awakening Dreams". The original painting is for sale on my website. I've been painting the frames of these pieces too which give them more vivid color. I love the symbols of moonlight, flowers, rivers, sunshine, birds, spirals...you'll find many of these images in my paintings. They celebrate life and growth and dreams for a peaceful existance.
"Living in the Light of Awakening Dreams"
Framed: 25" x 21",
Acrylic on Board
$850
"Live in the garden of your dreams. Keep peace within your soul. Let go of that which is not necessary to your life and feel the intimate spirals of light, singing from your heart."
Six new "Mindscape" paintings, 6.75" x 6", acrylic on paper, $165, unframed
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I made a new greeting card of my "Namaste' painting in my Etsy Shop.
Each of these cards is handmade by me.
The image is a fine art giclee print and printed on the same archival fine art paper as my larger prints.
That means this card will last for years and years and is suitable for framing!
The image is mounted on a 1/8" piece of foam core and attached to the paper card which is made from a heavy weight watercolor paper. You can see in the detail photo to the left how it sticks out from the paper and gives it a 3 dimensional look.
I've hand printed the title and my signature under the image in pencil. It comes with a plain white envelope.
In my Etsy Shop are some new prints with words added to them and I have a limited edition print of my "Meditation Garden" painting that was featured in my January Newsletter.
I hope these art pieces can bring a little creative spirit and joy into your life.
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Erin is the jewelry artist at The Silver Swan on Etsy. She's my February Featured Artist this month. She creates beautiful sterling silver and mixed metal jewelry. All designed, crafted and torched by hand.
I love her work! Mainly because of the delicate beauty and I love silver and spirals together. Check out this gorgeous bracelet on the left. She can do custom work for you too!
She says, "people are my inspiration - to try and design something I could see a certain personality wearing. Jewelry should embellish not only the body but the mannerisms and gestures of that body."
Erin has a blog where you can learn about her process and she's also a talented photographer.
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To celebrate ♥ Valentine's Day ♥, I would like to give you a special coupon code that you can use in my Etsy Shop to receive a free gift with any purchase. Your gift will be either one of my whimsical art bookmarks of your choice or one of my whimsical bird greeting cards (just one card, not the whole pkg). You choose.
Use coupon code "I Love Art" in the "notes to seller" when you make your purchase and tell me which you would like and I will send you your free gift with your purchase! This offer expires on Feb. 28, 2010. This gift is exclusively for my e-Newsletter subscribers. Thank you for supporting living, working artists! Enjoy!
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I want to mention that on my blog, I've been doing a 5 part series called One Artist's Journey. Each Thursday, for 5 in a row, I'm posting about my art journey. I just posted Part 4. I take each 10 year period of my life and show how my art has progressed. I also share some stories from that time. If you're interested in learning more about my Artist's Journey, check it out! I'll see you next month in March with more new paintings and art news. Take care.
email: lindy@lgruger.com
Website: http://www.lgruger.com
Etsy Shop: http://lgrugerhanson.etsy.com
Blog: http://www.lgruger.com/blog
Peace,
Lindy Gruger Hanson
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