Perspective: abstract pen & ink drawing

An abstract pen and ink drawing titled Perspective.

Media: pen & ink on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.
Size: image area approximately 6 x 4 inches; sheet size 13 x 10 inches.

Completed 02.28.07.

Inspired by Illustration Friday theme "Communication"
In recent weeks, I'm making "public," for the first time, my abstract drawings; I have been amazed and happily surprised at the response to them. What I find most interesting is what each viewer "sees" in them. I get a lot of comments about how one can stare at them for a long time -- one viewer even used the word "hypnotized" -- and see one thing, then see another, and another, and another. Hence my submission to this week's Illustration Friday theme of Communication.

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A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Wednesday

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Wednesday's Card (card three).

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, copper leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper is adhered to the back of the card (the same paper as used in Week One). The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

6. Pearl Crescent
14. Red-spotted Purple
20. Spring Azure

A new card will be created and posted each day, this week beginning on Monday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

sketchbook for charity, page 003

This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through Etsy, I could sell them, and give that money to charity.

When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at www.firstbook.org.

This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.

This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.

You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?

S O L D

etsy showcase, 28 February 2007 (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST)

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Tuesday

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Tuesday's Card (card two).

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, copper leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper is adhered to the back of the card (the same paper as used in Week One). The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

the last singer of
the high, thin, trilling song of
a departed choir,

for the cicadas
in a wingless condition
casings left clinging

A new card will be created and posted each day, this week beginning on Monday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Monday

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Monday's Card (card one).

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, copper leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper is adhered to the back of the card (the same paper as used in Week One). The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

victim of the bright
lures on summer evenings
lovely Luna Moth

A new card will be created and posted each day, this week beginning on Monday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

diptych: zen clouds and blue hummingbird

A diptych: little zen-style clouds in a black sky paired with a flying hummingbird in shades of blue.
This is an original drawing, NOT a print.

Media: pen & ink and colored pencil on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.
Size: image area approximately 4 x 8 inches with a little overflow, plus a border on all sides; sheet size 7.5 x 11 inches.

Completed 02.25.07.

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All About Etsy, "A Working Community of Artists"

Here's a video clip from CBS News in NYC about the inner-workings of Etsy, the online marketplace where I have my shop:

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=96951@wcbs.dayport.com&cid=597

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, finished set

This is an original, one-of-a-kind set of seven mixed-media collage ACEOs ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). It is Week Two in the project series "A Week of Haiku." A new card is created each day for a week, beginning on Sunday; on Saturday the seven cards of the week are combined into a set. This set is from February 12 to 24, 2007.

Media: Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back of each card is decorated with dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper, as shown in the first photo. Each card is initialed, dated, and numbered by the artist.

Size: 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

Each of the seven cards comes in a protective plastic sleeve and the set is in an archival kraft-stock envelope with a button + string closure. The envelope has a decorative label of papers, and gold leaf.

Buy the set from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

etsy showcase, 24 February 2007 (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST), v2

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Saturday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Saturday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

big soft eyes sweep the
kingdoms of air and water
blue world above

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

etsy showcase, 24 February 2007 (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST)

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Friday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Friday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

like water-serpents,
long strings of silver bubbles
deep in everything

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

sketchbook for charity, page 002

This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through Etsy, I could sell them, and give that money to charity.

When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at www.firstbook.org.

This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.

This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.

You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?

S O L D

painting on canvas: hummingbird in white on white

A white hummingbird in flight with a cream moon and an eggshell sky.
This is an original painting on canvas, NOT a print.

Media: acrylic and gloss varnish on canvas.
Size: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches.

This painting is on a gallery profile stretched canvas, 1.5" deep: heavy duty canvas, staple-free edges, tailored corners. No need to frame this piece -- the sides and back are painted as well (the image itself wraps to 3 sides) and it is ready for hanging; it even stands by itself on a table-top or shelf. It is finished with a coat of gloss varnish.

Completed 02.22.07.

Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

abstract miniature painting, no. 006

This miniature abstract painting is an original, handmade work, and one of a kind. The painting is in acrylic and gold leaf on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The painting is finished with a protective acrylic gloss varnish. It is affixed to the frame with ph-neutral solvent-free PVA.

The frame is 2-3/8" tall by 2-7/8" wide. The painting is 1-7/8" by 2-3/8" wide. The frame is metal, with raised floral decoration, finished in gold, and considered a 1/12th scale miniature.

You don't need a dollhouse to display one of these paintings: it stands lovely on its own as a tiny work of art, perhaps on a miniature easel.

Completed 02.23.07.

Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

abstract miniature painting, no. 005

This miniature abstract painting is an original, handmade work, and one of a kind. The painting is in acrylic and gold leaf on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The painting is finished with a protective acrylic gloss varnish. It is affixed to the frame with ph-neutral solvent-free PVA.

The frame is 2-3/8" tall by 2-7/8" wide. The painting is 1-7/8" by 2-3/8" wide. The frame is metal, with raised floral decoration, finished in gold, and considered a 1/12th scale miniature.

You don't need a dollhouse to display one of these paintings: it stands lovely on its own as a tiny work of art, perhaps on a miniature easel.

Completed 02.23.07.

Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Thursday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Thursday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

listening to them,
the long lights and torn shadows
illumination

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

hummingbirds in situ

33 Birds in 33 Days, nos. 1, 3, 6, 7, & 13 in their new home. A flock.

Photos courtesy the owners.

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Wednesday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Wednesday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

bird architecture
strikingly manifested
curious mansion

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

sketchbook for charity, page 001

This pen & ink drawing is part of my "Sketchbook for Charity" project. Like many artists, I spend a lot of time drawing in a sketchbook. Until now I haven't done anything with these drawings. Then I realized that through Etsy, I could sell them, and give that money to charity.

When you purchase this drawing, $20 will be donated to First Book, an international nonprofit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, and provides a supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. For more about First Book, visit their website at www.firstbook.org.

This is an original page from my 8 x 5 inch Moleskine watercolor notebook. It comes "as is," meaning untrimmed, and with the perforated edge at the top; I think it would look interesting left this way, as a page, and floated in a frame, but it can be trimmed or matted to have straight edges.

This drawing is priced at $23. $3 is to help me cover the costs of Etsy, Paypal, and supplies. When you pay for this drawing, I will turn right around and donate $20 to First Book via their website. You will be sent a copy of confirmation of this donation with the drawing so that you can be sure your money was indeed donated. $20 is enough to provide EIGHT new books to children in need.

You get a nifty little original drawing, and eight children receive their very own brand new books to read and cherish. How can you lose?

S O L D

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Tuesday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Tuesday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

silvery lace-work
succession of silent pools,
winter clouds have bloomed

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Monday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Monday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

for every flock that
tended to lull my senses
wheeling and twisting

lower as they passed
I met still more, farther on.
they emerge and glide

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

painting on canvas: hummingbird and silver moon on purple sky

A hummingbird in shades of blues and purples, in flight with a metallic silver moon and a sky in deep, nearly-black purple (dioxazine purple).
This is an original painting on canvas, NOT a print.

Media: acrylic and gloss varnish on canvas.
Size: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches.

This painting is on a gallery profile stretched canvas, 1.5" deep: heavy duty canvas, staple-free edges, tailored corners. No need to frame this piece -- the sides and back are painted as well (the image itself wraps to 3 sides) and it is ready for hanging; it even stands by itself on a table-top or shelf. It is finished with a coat of gloss varnish.

Completed 02.19.07.

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Gravity: drawing of hummingbird flight pattern

The flight pattern of the hummingbird. Completed 02.19.07.

Inspired by illustration friday theme "gravity."

This is an original mixed-media drawing, NOT a print.

Media: pencil and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Size: image area approximately 4 x 11 inches; total sheet size 10 x 14.75 inches.

Cut-text poem reads--

Gravity
weighs heavily upon
ground dwellers, and
we seek ways to be free of its
clutches


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commissioned work: Tennessee

Tennesse was a commissioned piece. Standard ACEO size, 3.5 x 2.5 inches with rounded corners; regular and metallic acrylic, gesso, gold leaf and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper with dark blue-on-blue "tibetan cloud" print paper on the back of the card. Completed 02.18.07.

Tennessee
copilot of the
serpentine highway
long-cherished
to personify the beauty
of this immense expanse

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A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Sunday

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Sunday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gold leaf, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back of the card is decorated with light blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background), and is initialed & dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

the close white water
their graceful rounded necks, the
mother-of-pearl

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

A Week of Haiku: Week One, finished set

This is an original, one-of-a-kind set of seven mixed-media collage ACEOs ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). It is Week One in the project series "A Week of Haiku." A new card is created each day for a week, beginning on Sunday; on Saturday the seven cards of the week are combined into a set. This set is from February 11 to 17, 2007.

Media: Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back of each card is decorated with dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper, as shown in the first photo. Each card is initialed, dated, and numbered by the artist.

Size: 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

Each of the seven cards comes in a protective plastic sleeve and the set is in an archival kraft-stock envelope with a button + string closure. The envelope has a decorative label of papers, and gold leaf.

Buy the set from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com.

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Saturday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Saturday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

depth of the water
delicate in colorings
a thing of beauty.

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Friday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Friday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

young birds, however,
leave us very early. When
quite unexpected,

we looked in upon
the imagination; and
out of the orchard.

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

etsy showcase, 16 February 2007 (12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EST)

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Thursday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Thursday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

could hear her humming,
she flew away, and was gone,
the earth with her mouth

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Wednesday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Wednesday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

hardly bigger than
a baby learning to stand,
the bird was asleep.

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Tuesday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Tuesday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

As she worked, she called
continuously, filling
for several hours,

color of the nest
the tangle of nestlings, then
black-and-flame-colored

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com

hummingbird and silver moon on clay-rose sky

A silvered metallic-hued hummingbird with a silver moon and a clay-rose sky. Completed 02.12.07.

This is an original mixed-media drawing, NOT a print.

Media: pen & ink, and regular & metallic colored pencil on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Size: image area 4 x 4 inches, plus a 2 inch border; total sheet size 8 x 8 inches.

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A Week of Haiku: Week One, Monday

A Week of Haiku: Week One, Monday's Card.

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

Regular and metallic acrylic, gloss varnish, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Dark blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper (shown in the background) is adhered to the back of the card. The back is initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

The cut-paper haiku reads:

free, the birds should sing,
a season remarkable
the untamed spirit

A new card will be created and posted each day, beginning on Sunday. At the end of the week the seven cards will be packaged into a set, and will be available for sale from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com