Sorry, it has been extremely busy around here. Work, school, painting, voting, and etc. No real new going on right now. I do have however have to say. That over the pumpkin festival we sold three prints that we have somehow lost the information too. Hopefully those customers will see this blog post and write in to us.
Basically we lost your information. If you bought a print from us at the the Hartsburg Festival please please email us and get us your information so we can get your Certificate of Authenticity out to you. We are very sorry, but through the excitement of the weekend, with all the packing and unpacking your information got lost in the mix somewhere. So agian please write into us so we can get this corrected for you as soon as possible.
First I want to say thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth to check out Mary, Clint, and Justins work. We really had a great time talking with everyone. And thanks to everyone who made purchases. I cant tell you how much it means to us, to know that people really are enjoying our work. I have to say it was fantastic seeing peoples faces light up when seeing all the great art we had available. It really is a feeling of pride that is undescribable. And I have to say as Mary’s husband I cant express the amount of pride I have for Mary. We are already looking forward to more festivals and Art Fairs. While we didn’t sell as much as we would have liked, the response to her work as well as Clints and Justins was completely awsome.
So as you can tell the weekend was very productive. We really learned a lot in seeing what of Mary’s pieces got the most attention. Mary is already talking and thinking about ideas for pieces. Thank you to all for the inspiration. We also learned a lot about setting up for these things and what to do and what NOT to do. Like make sure you have some sort of tent to take shelter in. After saturday I think we were all done for. The heat had taken its toll on us, Anna got sick, and the sun burns were bad. We really need a cash register of some sort, and some secure wind proof ways of displaying the art; OH and plenty of rest.
Some things to look forward to are comming up. We are planning an Auction for some time next year. More details on that to be announced. I am working on a redesign on the web site. The Blog is going to stay, however we would like her page to look more professional and artistic. With Mary being both a designer and an Artist we should have something reflects her. Mary’s next show will be Gulf Shores, AL at SOHO Design studio in November. More details on that as it comes available. The show in Novemeber is still sorta up in the air in the fact of whether it will be in November or January.
So agian Thank You to everyone that showed up this weekend and stopped to talk with us.
Okay they are here! We have Iphone 3G Skins available of Mary’s art work. Any one of her pieces can be translated to a Iphone 3G Skin. If you would like one please email us at art@marykatejohnson.com. Tell us which painting you want made into a skin, send us payment to the email we provide you with, and it will be on its way to you within 2-3 business days. Cost is $14.95 with free shipping via USPS. If you would like UPS shipping. Shipping will be an extra 2.95 anywhere in the United States. To view Mary’s work visit the Gallery Link at the top there. I know its hard to see, we are working on that.
Coming to your IPhone 3G very soon will be custom made skins with Mary’s art work! Keep watching we should have some available very soon. We are deciding what Paintings to do. If you have any suggestions please leave a comment!
Mary has an Etsy account. So this is where you will go to buy Mary’s work. We will feature it here, then place it for sale on Etsy. At Etsy you can buy either the original if available or Prints on either Poster Board or Canvas. Both will be available. So head up there and buy.
Thank you to our friend Chris Hollaway from Pro Photo we finally got the first batch of paintings imaged. And they turned out awesome. Here are a few, more will be coming up during the next few days.
In the Comfort
Comfort Under the Canopy
- Reaching Out
Another one of my favorites. Its just fun to look at for me.
This is “Alone in the Myst”. I love this one because I can feel the emotion coming from this. For those of you that know Mary will understand when I say this. I feel the frustration that she has from certain circumstances and for me it makes her work that much more beautiful.
This is a print that will be available very shortly. We are working on getting all of Mary’s work turned into high quality image’s so we can make some high quality prints on canvas. It’s taking a bit longer then expected, but doing something “well” never is easy or quick. But I thought I would pop this one up to see what reactions are to it. So please comment and tell us what you think.
And like I said all of her work will be available as prints very shortly. If you are interested in the original email either Mary or I.
As promised we are working on this space. Slowly but diligently you will notice a few links over there to the right. First section is Art links. They are links of other Artists that Mary keeps up on and people we have bought pieces from. Those are just a few. There are others that we need to verify and see if they have a web page of their own. So watch that section, as it will inevitably grow with time.
The artists over there are…Vena from New Orleans. We are very happy to see him growing and expanding, as we were unsure of what happened to him after Katrina hit. For our honeymoon we went to New Orleans; as we were walking around Market Square we saw his work. We were not able to meet Vena himself, but his wife was his selling his work. He captured New Orleans exactly the way we saw it. So we picked three paintings and brought them home. Shortly after Katrina we scoured the net to find him, as we wanted to get more of his work but could never find him. However while we were in New Orleans this past summer; we stopped at another artist’s booth, bought a couple of prints and an original. This artist was very similar in style so we asked if he had remembered Vena. And to our surprise he had, and told us that he had a Gallery near by. Unfortunately we did not have the time to make the walk up there. But next time we will. Now that we have a website for him you can bet we will be buying more work from him.
The next artist is Natasha Wescoat. She is a contemporary modern-pop inspired artist. So far we have not seen anything of hers that we did not like. Mary was introduced to her work through a co-worker. Mary instantly liked what she saw. We acquired our first Wescoat for Christmas and have since have bought many prints and three other originals. Check her out. In her work you can see similarities to Gustav Klimt’s “Tree of life”. Shown here. Which is another favorite of Mary’s. Natasha does all of her own marketing, shipping, and selling of her work, yet has time to upkeep her Website and care for two young boys. She is a very hard working and wonderful artist. Make sure you check her out and order a couple of prints. You wont regret it.
Finally there is Kristen Stein, another contemporary artist. We have yet to acquire any of her paintings. However Mary does keep up with her latest works and news. One of her favorite series of paintings is the “Enchanted Garden” series of paintings.
So while you are waiting for Mary to get more of her work displayed here. Take some time and go visit those other artists. We will have a lot more work displayed shortly.
