haiku bird

The Etsy Traveling Collaborative Journal

2007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

Started and overseen by Etsy sellers Stellaloella and DecadenceDesigns, "The Etsy traveling journal is mail-art project. A handmade journal is passed from one Etsian to another, via the mail. Each participant gets a full spread in the journal to create, embellish, draw, paint, write, whatever they want. Then they pass it along to the next person until the entire book is filled. ... Each book starts as a medium-format, hardcover blank sketch book. It will come with a companion writing journal to include your thoughts and experiences on the project.

The finished books will be donated to the Library at the Etsylabs in NYC. We will have this blog set up to track the progress of the book, updated with images of each spread: http://etsyjournal.blogspot.com/ " (quote taken from the journal blog site).

I am lucky enough to have had a chance to participate. My collage is in Book 2, pages 11-12.

My comments in the companion journal:

OUT OF THE BLUE

The traveling journal arrived just a couple weeks shy of my five month Etsy 'anniversary.' Since signing up for this project I have wondered what I would create when my turn came.

Last fall, essentially out of the blue, I began drawing hummingbirds using colored pencils and acrylics, and pairing them with haiku assembled from text cut from old books. In December I opened my shop in order to sell these drawings. Over the five months of running my shop I have striven to create artwork as often as possible. My media and subject matter have increased and diversified.

This collage includes a pen & ink drawing of a hummingbird perched on a cloud in the semi-abstract style I have developed. It includes an ACEO with a cut-paper haiku -- I have found making ACEOs in all kinds of mixed-media quite addictive. And finally, it includes a photograph called "Blue Shadows" that I took in San Francisco. Photographs are the newest addition to my shop.

These pages represent my evolution as an artist, and the outlook I try to uphold -- do something creative every day.

etsy: another vintage photo treasury

2007-05-15T17:14:00.000-07:00

Quiddler-inspired celtic themed playing card ACEO

2007-05-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

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

It is based on the design of the card game Quiddler, which is a bit like Scrabble, but with playing cards. The goal of the game is to form words with your hand and get the most points. Different letters and combinations of letters are worth different amounts of points. The original Quiddler deck has designs of letters inspired by Celtic manuscripts from 500-800 AD.

This card features a "Tu" combination that I adapted from "The Book of Kells," one of the manuscipts that Quiddler references, although there is no actual "Tu" card in the game.

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Pen & ink and gouache on a double layer of 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back will be initialed and dated by the artist. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

Completed 05.08.07

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it's an Etsy thing . . .

2007-05-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

My Unidentified Green Moth, from the treasury below, made it on to the front page today.

Below is the original treasury, before it made it to the front page and changed slightly.

On another note, here is a treasury I made to help promote my new Etsy shop that will sell vintage photo reproductions, CameraObscura (also TheCameraObscura on blogspot).

And here is another treasury by my favorite person in the universe, which hapens to feature my Quiddler-inspired Celtic ACEO card, that I made for fun.

sketchbook for charity, page 011

2007-05-10T19:12:00.000-07:00

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?

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songbird beeswax collage

2007-05-10T19:06:00.000-07:00

This is a beeswax collage on canvas made from my photograph "you are my songbird." The photo is of a work of stencil street art -- beautiful graffiti on a city wall.

The photograph is affixed to and covered with layers of beeswax. The beeswax is the "clear" as opposed to the yellow-toned sort, and adds a soft, dreamy texture to the image. Click on the the detail photo to enlarge it and see how the beeswax adds a subtle yet pleasing effect to the image and the canvas.

Media: photograph and beeswax on canvas.
Size: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches.

This collage 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 with beeswax as well and it is ready for hanging; it even stands by itself on a table-top or shelf.

The photo is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." (I also sell this photograph as an open edition print.)

Completed 05.07.07.

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

sidewalk mandala photograph on Etsy's Front Page

2007-05-10T18:58:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to have my sidewalk mandala photograph included in a treasury that the Etsy Administrators chose for the site's front page. Happily, someone bought it.

Etsy treasury: I made it

2007-05-10T18:48:00.000-07:00

I made this treasury as my Etsy alter-ego, CameraObscura, as a promotion for my new Etsy Shop -- CameraObscura.etsy.com

I'll be selling reproductions of vintage photographs for mixed-media artists to use in their creations. See my shop and the shop's blog for more information.

sidewalk mandala, 8 x 10 photograph

2007-05-07T00:41:00.000-07:00

This photograph is of a mandala stenciled on the sidewalk. I've seen it nearly every day for a year and every time it brings me joy.

The term mandala (Sanskrit for "circle," or "completion"), is variously used to describe Hindu, Buddhist or other religious art-objects; mandala has also become a term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective. A mandala may be used during meditation as an object for focusing attention. Depicting one's personal mandala in pictorial form can help one visualize the state of one's spiritual life.

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This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is 5.5 x 8 inches, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

sidewalk owl, 8 x 10 photograph

2007-05-07T00:33:00.000-07:00

A sweet, small owl stencil painted on the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood of Oakland, CA; presumably quite wise, having seen many things.

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is 5.32 x 8 inches, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

ex libris: Kafka's Metamorphosis

2007-05-07T00:02:00.000-07:00

"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." ~ The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka -- b. 1883, Prague; d. 1924, Vienna.

This ex libris is a tribute to Kafka and his book The Metamorphosis.

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Media: Pen & ink and metallic gel pen on a new set of an authentic library circulation card and manila pocket.

Size: the card is 3 x 5 inches; the pocket is 4.5 x 5.5 inches.

The set comes with an extra blank circulation card should you wish to include a personally inscribed card in the pocket with the ex libris card. It also comes with a 1.5" x 1.5" piece of non-toxic, acid free, transparent double-sided tape-like adhesive that can be cut into strips or squares and used to affix the pocket in a book.

The back of the circulation card is signed and dated by the artist.

Completed 05.05.07

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

le tigre: a treasury

2007-05-05T15:37:00.000-07:00

Created by my favorite person in the universe.

"Dost thou not perceive that Rome is but a wilderness of tigers?" -- William Shakespeare

ladybug 79 ACEO ATC (san francisco street art photograph)

2007-05-02T18:12:00.000-07:00

This original ACEO is made from photograph taken of an assemblage-type mural in San Francisco's Mission District.

(The first listing photo is a detail of the image.)

Since the image is cut down to size from a larger print and has a decorative back, more may be made but no two will ever be identical.

The photo is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come."

The back of the card is black Canson drawing paper, torn at the edges to create a "deckle" effect visible from front and back.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

2.5 x 3.5 inches (standard ACEO size).

Completed 05.02.07

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

sketchbook

2007-05-02T18:08:00.000-07:00

From my 8 x 5 Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. Pen & ink. Completed 30 April 2007.

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spider web embroidered ACEO

2007-04-29T21:08:00.000-07:00

Inspired by memories of the classic children's book Charlotte's Web, this is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). The web itself is sewn into the card (not just stuck on).

Gray and lavender embroidery thread and black Canson drawing paper (front); original page from Charlotte's Web finished with acrylic pearlescent medium (back); front and back affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back will be initialed and dated by the artist. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size). Completed 04.29.07

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

next phase: painting in gouache

2007-04-29T11:00:00.000-07:00

With the exception of a little gouache, used sparingly, on the Nabokov ex libris, this is my first gouache painting.

Gouache on 140lb Canson Watercolor paper; image size about 7 x 5 inches.

Completed 04.28.07

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elephbudda photo: now all proceeds donated to charity

2007-04-26T16:40:00.000-07:00

I have decided that all proceeds from sales of this photo will go to The Elephant Sanctuary.

Here are the details:

$10 from the sale of this photograph will be donated directly to The Elephant Sanctuary, a 4-star rated charity by Charity Navigator.

From the Sanctuary's site:

The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, founded in 1995, is the nation's largest natural habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered African and Asian elephants. It operates on 2,700 acres in Hohenwald, Tennessee - 85 miles southwest of Nashville.

The Elephant Sanctuary exists for two reasons:

To provide a haven for old, sick or needy elephants in a setting of green pastures, old-growth forests, spring-fed ponds and a heated barn for cold winter nights.

To provide education about the crisis facing these social, sensitive, passionately intense, playful, complex, exceedingly intelligent and endangered creatures.

(http://www.elephants.com/)

When you purchase this photograph, I will immediately donate $10 to The Elephant Sanctuary online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.

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

ex libris: Nabokov's Butterfly

2007-04-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

"...fluttered around like blue snowflakes..." ~ Pnin, by Vladimir Nabokov

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Vladimir Nabokov (b. 1899 St. Petersburg, Russia; d. 1977 Montreux, Switzerland) was not only a brilliant author but an avid lepidopterist. He took great pride in his scientific work and wrote extensively about his research. He caught his first butterfly in 1906, at the age of 7.

This ex libris is a tribute to Nabokov and his dual passions for science and literature. It features my own interpretation of one of Nabokov's illustrations of a scale-row classification system of the Karner Blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis), the butterfly he is perhaps most famous for studying, tracking and helping to classify.

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Media: Pen & ink and gouache on a new set of an authentic library circulation card and manila pocket.

Size: the card is 3 x 5 inches; the pocket is 4.5 x 5.5 inches.

The set comes with an extra blank circulation card should you wish to include a personally inscribed card in the pocket with the ex libris card. It also comes with a 1.5" x 1.5" piece of non-toxic, acid free, transparent double-sided tape-like adhesive that can be cut into strips or squares and used to affix the pocket in a book.

The back of the circulation card will be initialed and dated by the artist.

Completed 04.24.07

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wasp ACEO

2007-04-20T06:46:00.000-07:00

the realms of wasp life,
She flew this way
gazing intently
anxious humming
until the shadows grew long.

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

Pen & ink, perforated "stamp" paper, copper wire stitching, black drawing paper (front); book page and iridescent acrylic medium (back); affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size).

Completed 04.20.07

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Copper and Clouds ACEO

2007-04-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

zigzagged directly about the nest
birds in the tree, first and last,
anything like such a stir

[from the back of the card]

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

Pen & ink, perforated "stamp" paper, copper wire stitching, black drawing paper (front); book page and acrylic paint (back); affixed to 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size).

Completed 04.17.07

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

blue shadows, 8 x 10 photograph (san francisco)

2007-04-18T18:06:00.000-07:00

This photograph was taken on an early evening photo-trek through San Francisco, when the light was just right. One of those moments when you stop and think how lucky you are to be.

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is about 5.25 x 8, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

ladybug 79, 5 x 7 photograph (street art, san francisco)

2007-04-18T18:02:00.000-07:00

This photograph was taken on the street in San Francisco. It is part of a larger assemblage-mural in the Mission District. The ladybug was just a xeroxed piece of paper stapled on to a wall painted, stenciled, and layered with chipboard.

I worked with the original photo digitally to get the colors I wanted for the final effect.

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is approximately 3 x 5 inches (2.88 x 5.12), printed on 5 x 7 paper for a nicely-sized white border.

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

05.03.07 UPDATE: currently this photo is being offered only as an ACEO.

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

2007-04-17T15:32:00.000-07:00

"Below," to benefit the Monterey Bay Aquarium

2007-04-12T06:34:00.000-07:00

"Below," an abstract pen & ink drawing, inspired by the Etsy Creative Challenge.

$10 (that's 20%) from the sale of this drawing will be donated directly to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (CA), a 4-star rated charity by www.charitynavigator.org.

"Opened in 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium seeks to inspire conservation of the oceans. From the beginning, we planned our permanent exhibits as a walk through Monterey Bay's beautiful natural communities. In 1996, we almost doubled our exhibit space with the opening of the Outer Bay Wing, devoted to the open ocean and deep sea. The main feature is the Outer Bay Waters exhibit, the one-million-gallon tank containing tuna, sharks and sea turtles. The aquarium has an active research program. We have groups working on sea otter conservation and tuna conservation biology. About 1.8 million people visit us each year."

(http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/)

When you purchase this drawing, I will immediately donate $10 to the Monterey Bay Aquarium online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.

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This is an original drawing, not a print.

Pen & ink on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Image area: 6 x 6 inches
Sheet size: 12 x 16 inches (a standard frame size)

Completed 04.10.07

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sketchbook for charity, page 009

2007-04-11T05:10:00.000-07:00

unidentified moth (Port Alice), ACEO

2007-04-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

An original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original").

This is a currently unidentified species of green moth, temporarily named "Port Alice" after the shade of paint (see card back).

Pen & ink and acrylic-tinted gloss varnish (front) and paint swatch sample cards (back) on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The back will be initialed and dated by the artist. 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

Inspired by Illustration Friday's theme, "green." Completed 04.07.07

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

hummingbird in situ

2007-04-06T05:31:00.000-07:00

33 Birds in 33 Days, no. 23 in its home.

Photo courtesy the owner.

Nest (original pen and ink drawing)

2007-04-06T05:21:00.000-07:00

A hummingbird nest with two eggs on a tree branch.

This is an original drawing, not a print.

Media: pen & ink, black, on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.

Size: image area 3 x 3 inches; sheet size 7 x 7 inches.

Inspired by the Etsy Creative Challenge. Completed 04.03.07.

NFS

hummingbird and cloud blossom, to benefit the American Bird Conservancy

2007-04-01T15:44:00.000-07:00

A flying hummingbird and a cloud blossom.

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$10 (that's 20%) from the sale of this drawing will be donated directly to the American Bird Conservancy, a 4-star rated charity by www.charitynavigator.org.

"American Bird Conservancy's (ABC) mission is to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. It is the only U.S.-based, group dedicated solely to overcoming the greatest threats facing birds in the Western Hemisphere. A growing human population, consuming ever greater resources, is critically impacting bird populations through habitat destruction, direct mortality from such harmful practices as the unwise use of pesticides, and the introduction of destructive species including domestic cats. ABC believes adequate resources exist to overcome these threats, and that unifying people, organizations, and agencies around common approaches to priority issues is the key to success."

(http://www.abcbirds.org/)

When you purchase this drawing, I will immediately donate $10 to the American Bird Conservancy online. Printed confirmation of the donation will be included in the package you receive.

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This is an original painting, not a print.

Pen & ink, metallic & regular acrylic, and interference acrylic medium on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Size: 9 x 12 inches.

Completed 04.01.07

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

Two Beetles ACEO

2007-03-31T13:12:00.000-07:00

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

Pen & ink (front) and old letter + postage stamp (back) on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.31.07

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Two Beetles ACEO

2007-03-31T13:08:00.000-07:00

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

Pen & ink (front) and cut paper (back) on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.31.07

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(a little more) Etsy

2007-03-30T07:48:00.001-07:00

clouds diptych, 2 card ACEO set

2007-03-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

These are original, one-of-a-kind ACEOs ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). Together they form a diptych.

Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper. Back: Metallic acrylic, copper leaf, and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The backs will be initialed and dated by the artist. Each card is 3.5 x 2.5 inches (standard ACEO size) with rounded corners.

Completed 03.30.07

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etsy things

2007-03-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

two beetles, or, color vs. black and white

2007-03-29T05:22:00.000-07:00

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

This work was inspired by Etsy Creative Challenge #44: "This week's challenge is using the spring color chart ... create something using the color lime from the chart. You can pair it with another color from the chart, use it alone, or pair it with whatever color you want." The color chart is a 2007 Spring-Summer color forecast guide used by jewelers.

"But lime isn't in my color palette," I thought. "Lime is out of my comfort zone." And so on.

Hence this piece. I chose something specifically notoriously colorful -- beetles (also a first for me) -- and rendered them in black and white (which is something I am very comfortable doing), and created the color palette on the back with what is "my" palette -- Pantone Chips. The colors I chose in addition to Lime are Petal Pink, Cloud, Silver Cloud, and Cafe au Lait. I think I even got some Imperial Purple in there as well.

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Pen & ink and Pantone Color Chips on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.28.07

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Abstract Drawing ACEO ATC (original pen and ink)

2007-03-28T05:52:00.000-07:00

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

Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: Regular & metallic acrylic, and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.28.07

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clouds ACEO ATC (original pen and ink drawing)

2007-03-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

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

Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: Metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; iridescent medium; and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.27.07

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Abstract Drawing ACEO ATC (original pen and ink)

2007-03-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

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

Front: Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper.
Back: metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; and iridescent medium on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The back will be initialed and dated by the artist.

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

Completed 03.25.07

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hummingbird on cloud

2007-03-26T06:13:00.000-07:00

A hummingbird on a cloud, with a small abstract world around it.

This is an original drawing, not a print. Pen & ink, black, on 200 gsm Moleskine watercolor paper. Size: 6 x 5 inches.

Completed 03.25.07

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

I Spy (original pen and ink drawing)

2007-03-25T05:26:00.000-07:00

Finally I took the leap and combined the two elements I love most: hummingbirds and freehand abstract drawing.

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This is an original drawing, not a print.

Media: pen & ink, black, on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.

Size: image area approximately 7 x 6 inches; sheet size 11 x 14 inches.

Completed 03.24.07.

Inspired by Illustration Friday's theme, "I Spy."

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

you are my songbird, 8 x 10 photograph (stencil street art, oakland)

2007-03-23T15:49:00.000-07:00

This photograph was taken on the street in Oakland. What can I say about it? -- it is too beautiful a sentiment to need any more said.

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is about 5.5 x 7, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

elephbudda, 8 x 10 photograph (elephant buddha shrine)

2007-03-23T15:45:00.000-07:00

This photograph was taken through a store window near the Mission District in San Francisco. This small, neglected shrine was just barely visible in a side window at the back of a shop, buried under a towering avalanche of sun-faded plastic-wrapped beckoning "fortune" cats. The shrine may of been of use at one time to the store owners, but I wonder if they even knew it still existed.

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is about 5.5 x 7, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

sketchbook for charity, page 008

2007-03-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

hummingbird in flight (original pencil sketch)

2007-03-21T13:36:00.000-07:00

A sketch of a hummingbird in flight, trying to capture the movement of the wings. This is an original drawing, not a print. I wanted to post something a little different, something "in progress," though I would consider it finished. Something that shows process. Something that shows my own movement, not just that of the hummingbird. Some of my buyers have asked about my sketches versus finished drawings. I don't always sketch this much first, but sometimes I do -- and here is one. Media: pencil on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. Size: image area approximately 5 x 7 inches; total sheet size 9 x 12 inches. Completed 03.21.07.

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

haikubird sighting

2007-03-21T11:37:00.000-07:00

on march 12,
I was featured in a post on a lovely design blog called

black white bliss

it's a post about my sketchbook for charity project.
thank you, jhayne

etsy treasury: i made it

2007-03-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

This is a "treasury," made by me.

etsy treasury: i'm in it

2007-03-19T19:32:00.000-07:00

This is a "treasury" made by another seller, in which I am included (my photo of the zebra mural).

cloud blossom (original abstract pen and ink drawing)

2007-03-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

Abstract freeform zen-like, Asian-inspired clouds on a plain background, by chance forming a blossom shape. This is an original drawing, not a print.

Media: pen & ink, black, on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.

Size: image area approximately 7.75 x 7.25 inches; sheet size 14 x 11 inches.

Completed 03.19.07.

This piece was created for the Etsy Creative Challenge #43: "Since the first day of spring . . . is later this week . . . create something inspired by your favorite flower."

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

sketchbook for charity, page 007

2007-03-19T18:58:00.000-07:00

six circles collage

2007-03-17T16:11:00.000-07:00

Six circles of various media on a canvas painted in dark metallic copper. The canvas was finished with a low-gloss varnish before the circles and wire were applied. Copper wire is used for the "stitching." The entire piece was then sprayed with a flexible, non-yellowing fixative. Mixed-media including metallic acrylic, pearlescent and iridescent acrylic mediums, cut paper (including an original hand written letter from 1920), copper wire, a postage stamp, bristol board, watercolor paper, and gloss varnish on canvas. Size: 5 x 5 x 1.5 inches. This collage 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 around to one side) and it is ready for hanging; it even stands by itself on a table-top or shelf. Completed 03.17.07.

This piece was created for the Etsy Creative Challenge #42: "Create something for a museum exhibit. It can be whatever kind of exhibit you choose; Photograph your piece as it would appear in a exhibit catalogue."

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

etsy showcase, 15 March 2007

2007-03-15T08:23:00.000-07:00

If you wonder why I keep posting things like these Etsy showcases and such, it's because this blog is my archive. My repository. My virtual scrapbook. And so on. And so forth.

Plus this one is special, with my first photograph as my main selection.

zebra with horns, 8 x 10 photograph (clarion alley mural, san francisco)

2007-03-15T05:16:00.000-07:00

This photograph was taken in Clarion Alley in the Mission District of San Francisco -- a wonderful alley filled from end to end with all kinds of mural projects. This detail features a black, white and blue zebra with horns and a gazelle-like creature, and the bottom of a birdcage. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the artist who created this particular mural.

This is the first photograph to be offered by Haiku Bird...

This is an open edition print. It is professionally printed on matte-finish Fuji Crystal Archive paper, that, quoth the lab, "with its 108 year rating ... will last for generations to come." Each print is inspected and approved by me prior to listing, and is signed & dated on the back.

The image itself is about 5.5 x 7, printed on 8 x 10 paper for a nicely-sized white border. It does not need to be matted to be framed, though it can be.

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

sketchbook for charity, page 006

2007-03-15T04:57:00.000-07:00

birds on wires, original pen and ink drawing

2007-03-14T06:33:00.000-07:00

Two hummingbirds, each perched on a wire, one positive, one negative, in silhouette. A diptych-like composition.
This is an original drawing, not a print.

Media: pen & ink on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
Size: image area 3 x 6 inches plus a 2 inch border on all sides; sheet size 7 x 10 inches.

Completed 03.13.07.

Created for the Illustration Friday theme "Wired."

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haikubird sighting

2007-03-13T16:09:00.000-07:00

Hummingbird drawing ACEO

2007-03-12T15:05:00.000-07:00

This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media collage ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). Pen & ink; colored pencil; paper; metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; iridescent medium; and gloss varnish on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

The hummingbird was drawn on 90 lb Canson "Classic Cream" drawing paper, then cut out and collaged to the painted card.

Bright blue paper with metallic gold leaf design 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.

This was created for the Etsy Creative Challenge #41, which was to use the color "cappucino" from a specific color chart, as well as one or more colors from the same chart.

This ACEO is being donated to the Etsy VAST ACEO album project, which will be an album of numerous ACEOs by Etsy artists, to be auctioned off with proceeds going to a charity to benefit animals.

on the front page of etsy, march 10-11

2007-03-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

Yes, there, on the bottom right. It's this piece. As of 19:59 PST, 03.11.07: 1492 views!

Alice, haiku ACEO

2007-03-10T11:43:00.000-08:00

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

Metallic, interference, pearlescent, and iridescent acrylic; metallic pigment; iridescent medium; gloss varnish; and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.

Bright blue handmade paper with metallic gold leaf design is adhered to the back of the card (each back is quite different). 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:

Alice turns sideways
moves away from the mirror,
Alice's idea

along the axis,
Alice lays a railway track
Alice walks along

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

etsy showcase v2, 9-10 March 2007 (9 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. PST)

2007-03-10T09:55:00.000-08:00

etsy showcase, 9-10 March 2007 (9 p.m. to 8:59 p.m. PST)

2007-03-09T22:17:00.000-08:00

haikubird sighting

2007-03-09T20:28:00.000-08:00

along with a partial original DAVe sticker and a bicycle on a parking meter

sketchbook for charity, page 005

2007-03-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

True to Scale, haiku ACEO

2007-03-07T22:15:00.000-08:00

stars and star-systems,
Nature works true to scale,
trees, birds and fishes

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

sketch

2007-03-07T22:12:00.000-08:00

I left my sketchbook at home today. I was desperate, and used my weekly datebook to sketch during the staff meeting.

N F S

haikubird sighting

2007-03-07T12:55:00.000-08:00

I have the great good fortune to be included in the Moth to Flame Studios website "etsy links" page. Moth to Flame Studio's site combines an overview of graphic design services including web design, custom design work, and logos -- as well as original art, illustration, and a selection of cards, stationery and gifts.

You can visit the site here: www.mothtoflame.com.

Or see the Etsy Links page.

Don't miss out on the Moth to Flame Etsy shop!

Longitude, haiku ACEO

2007-03-06T22:24:00.000-08:00

needle pointed east
to plot the variation
change of longitude,

finding longitude,
the stuff that dreams were made of
the moon's eclipses.

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

Clockwork, haiku ACEO

2007-03-05T21:51:00.000-08:00

its simplicity,
in the nature of clockwork,
to keep time at sea

given a trial
intricate mechanism
miscalculated

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

A Week of Haiku: Week Three (Insects), finished set

2007-03-04T16:55:00.000-08:00

This is an original, one-of-a-kind set of seven mixed-media collage ACEOs ("Art Card, Edition and Original"). It is Week Three in the project series "A Week of Haiku." The theme is Insects. A new card is created each day for a week, beginning this week on Monday; on Sunday the seven cards of the week are combined into a set. This set is from February 26 to March 4, 2007.

Media: Metallic acrylic, copper 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.

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Sunday

2007-03-04T06:15:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Sunday's Card (card seven).

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:

(Grasshoppers, Crickets)
(Damselflies and Dragonflies)
(Butterflies and Moths)

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, Saturday

2007-03-03T20:41:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Saturday's Card (card six).

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:

They are everywhere--
curious shapes, strange habits
entomologists

Voyage: abstract pen & ink drawing

2007-03-03T20:34:00.000-08:00

An abstract pen and ink drawing titled Voyage.

Media: pen & ink on 90 lb "Classic Cream" Canson drawing paper.
Size: image area approximately 3.5 x 7 inches; sheet size 10.5 x 13.5 inches.

Completed 03.05.07.

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

sketchbook for charity, page 004

2007-03-03T07:21:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Friday

2007-03-02T20:24:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Friday's Card (card five).

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:

web in the corner
the insect situation
the silken networks

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Thursday

2007-03-01T19:43:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Thursday's Card (card four).

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:

ballooning spiders
show their worth as architects
ingenious trappers

Perspective: abstract pen & ink drawing

2007-02-28T23:35:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-28T18:06:00.000-08:00

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

sketchbook for charity, page 003

2007-02-27T23:35:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-27T23:33:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Three, Tuesday

2007-02-27T23:29:00.000-08:00

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 Week of Haiku: Week Three, Monday

2007-02-26T20:58:00.000-08:00

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

diptych: zen clouds and blue hummingbird

2007-02-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

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"

2007-02-24T14:50:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-24T08:21:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-24T08:19:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Saturday

2007-02-24T07:18:00.000-08:00

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)

2007-02-23T21:35:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Friday

2007-02-23T21:02:00.000-08:00

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

sketchbook for charity, page 002

2007-02-23T20:59:00.000-08:00

painting on canvas: hummingbird in white on white

2007-02-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-23T20:49:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-23T20:41:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Thursday

2007-02-22T22:51:00.000-08:00

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

hummingbirds in situ

2007-02-21T23:13:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-21T22:29:00.000-08:00

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

sketchbook for charity, page 001

2007-02-21T17:36:00.000-08:00

A Week of Haiku: Week Two, Tuesday

2007-02-20T23:13:00.000-08:00

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 Week of Haiku: Week Two, Monday

2007-02-19T21:14:00.000-08:00

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

painting on canvas: hummingbird and silver moon on purple sky

2007-02-19T14:47:00.000-08:00

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.

S O L D

Gravity: drawing of hummingbird flight pattern

2007-02-19T14:07:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-19T07:03:00.000-08:00

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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