Having a lovely spring

Spring has finally arrived here in the northeastern United States and it is most welcome!  I've been keeping very busy with commissions and giclees.  I'm all caught up on commissions right now and get to make some new art, yay!

It is so much fun to see my sold paintings get printed and come back into my studio, it's like old friends coming over for a visit.  I give them some TLC, varnish, wire, nice felt corner bumpers on the back, wrap and pack them up and send them on their way, just like an original painting.

You can see my new velcro wall in this picture, it's almost a year old already!  My husband and I (well just him, really) built it over Easter weekend last year.  It allows me to move my paintings around very easily while I paint.

On my painting table you can see sheets of rigid foam insulation.  They make a very forgiving surface while I'm handling the very delicate giclees before I get that protective varnish on them.  That is a giclee of "Touch Me Here" getting varnished on the table, and a new painting called "Big City".  The painting on the wall hasn't given me a name yet.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Spring!!

Cadmium Yellow Deep

Cadmium Yellow Deep...

 

 I couldn't do it without you....

Preparing a new giclee set

"Tumult in Teal" ©2013 Sally Trace

This set of giclees is from my original painting "Tumult in Teal".  These are actually bigger than the original painting which is 20x40 inches.  This giclee print set is 24x48, 1.5 inches deep.  It looks fantastic.  I'm so happy to be able to offer these.

I like to add extra varnish, some extra paint, corner bumpers.  I sign the front, sign and title the backs.  The printed surface is very delicate so I really lay on a good deal of varnish.  Here is this set of prints on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/167876361/canvas-prints-large-wall-art-abstract?ref=shop_home_active_2

Hello 2014!!

I'm very pleased to say goodbye to 2013 and hello to 2014!  It's already a great year.

Today I received a vintage 1970's electric carving knife that I bought from a seller on Etsy.  We already have a vintage 1970's electric carving knife in the kitchen, but I recently discovered that they are a good way to cut up corrugated cardboard for shipping!  Who would have thought?  I'm not sure yet if it's much better than the little Skil saw, but it's another tool in the arsenal when it's time to do battle with cardboard.

Here is a section of the painting I began last night....no name yet....

And just as I'm writing this post a lovely new customer purchased "The Quickening" on Etsy.  Thank you so much to a new collector!!!  I'll have a chance to use my new cardboard knife :)