Oak Witch

Oak Witch
greeting card design

© 2011

This was inspired somewhat by a member of our gallery in Cambridge, NY who makes figures out of leaves and plants. I decided I'd like to try my own version, using drawing techniques with plants instead of pure collage.

The original is a whopping 10.35" x 15.75" because the oak leaf was so big (I believe it is the leaf from a red oak). I found it on the Skidmore campus. 

The wonders of making art so big is that details can be refined and can later be shrunk. She in my Artfire shop and will be for sale during the autumn season in my Etsy shop. I'll also have her for sale in the next couple of weeks in select brick and mortar shops in my area (check website for gallery and shop listings).

MY WEBSITE

MY ART IN ON-LINE STORES:

Artfire (widest selection)

Etsy

MY MUSIC LINKS (hear clips):

Music MYSPACE

My band, Saratoga Faire’s MYSPACE

My Renaissance band MYSPACE: The Spirites Consort

MY MUSIC IN ON-LINE STORES:

CD Baby

Amazon

InandOutRecords (Europe)

My band, Saratoga Faire, on CD Baby

Etsygreetings

This is a teaser from a part of a watercolor painting I am working on.

Anyway, my main reason for posting is that I am now a part of the Etsy Greetings team. Have a look at the team's blog here. I am excited to be part of this on-line community.

I thought it would be a good idea to be part of the greetings team since I am presently mostly selling greeting cards (and other small items) in my Etsy shop. I will probably branch out at some point to sell prints, smaller originals and small pottery items too (as my time permits) in this little on-line shop.

Of course, this means that I probably won't be selling my larger more ambitious works on-line (I do prefer to show the larger work in a gallery space with flattering lights where clients can see the work and workmanship with their own eyes; i.e. not via photos, scanning and a monitor).

One of the brick and mortar shops I am in (Valley Artisans of Cambridge, NY) has two other Etsy artists, Pulpart and Katrina Marie Designs. Pulpart is also part of the Etsy Greetings team. Katrina Marie has made costumes for the Renaissance faire community. So, I have quite a bit in common with these two artists.

Martha (of Pulpart) makes hand made paper, handmade paper cards, paper sculptures and tags. What you won’t see in her Etsy shop is her whimsical “leaf people”, a collage of leaves on paper depicting figures in various poses. Martha also makes jewelry, journals and paper mache figures.

The person who really encouraged me to sell on-line through Etsy is Marina Petro. Her Etsy site is here.

I have known Marina for over 20 years.

My Website

Music MYSPACE (hear clips)

My Etsy on-line store for purchasing some of my CDs and some of my art

My band site: Saratoga Faire

My Renaissance band MYSPACE: The Spirites Consort (hear clips)

Purchasing our Saratoga Faire CD on CD Baby