Listed on Ebay, just in time for Halloween!

Where in the world has the time gone! Can you believe it's nearly Halloween already!

I must apologize for not posting in my usual weekly manner. Some of you may not be aware that

last month was the start of the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky and I've been busy designing the booth and new website

for the IEBWA (International Equine Body Worker Association.. which I am chair of) and

I thought I would share some of what has been taking so much of my time.

This was the conceptual rendering of the booth and graphics, and it ended up looking spot on in person.

Now that the WEG is over with, hopefully I'll be able to get back into my much missed art...

Just in time for Halloween, are these three special pieces listed on Ebay tonight.

Trick or Treat Treacle Bun

This was the piece shown in the Celebrate 365 Magazine, Fall 2010 edition!

He'll come with a signed copy of the magazine... WhooHoo!

Malaki of Mordone Marsh!

A mystical Owl on a stick to compliment your costume or enhance a witchy spell!

It's Only Halloween My Dear!

This is a very special piece that will enhance your collection for certain!

Just search for EHAG on ebay!

The EHAG Emporium will be coming up shortly and they'll be hosting some

wonderful giveways! I'll be donating a fun little piece so check back in a few days.

Hope everyone's having fun decorating in the Autumnal colors, and especially Orange and Black!

I've been published in the Fall issue of Celebrate 365!

I can hardly believe it, and am so excited to have been published for the very first time

in the magazine, Celebrate 365...a journal for the ornament enthusiast! 

Not one, but two pieces of mine were selected and can be seen on page 13, along side amazing art by many of  the finest folk artists in the business. Names such as Scott Smith of Rucus Studio who has a feature article and graces the cover, Johanna Parker who also has a feature article, Bethany Lowe, Debbee Thibault, ....

There are many fellow EHAG artist friends, and PFATT friends in this issue as well such as

Pam Gracia of Soft in the Head, Joyce Stahl, Lori Davis, David Everett of Chicken Lips, Debra Schoch ,

Iva Wilcox, Susie Pastor, Amelia Schaefer,

Lori Ann Corelis, Lauri Harden, Lori Rudolph, Vergie Light foot...

oh my gosh, this sounds like an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards!.... the list goes on and on!

A HUGE Thank You to Connie Porcher of Celebrate 365!

What an Honor and I'm so very grateful!

Many of these artists and Celebrate 365 will be at Ghoultide Gathering this Saturday so pop on by,

say hello and see if you can snag some old world 

Halloween Goodness!

Ha Cha! :-)

PFATT (Primitive Folk Art Talk and Tea) blog giveaway tonight!

Tonight is the drawing for the PFATT givaway! Not much time left!

This little mysterious grinning gourd is my contribution.

There are many other wonderful prizes from the PFATT artists... AND..

even two admission tickets to Ghoultide Gathering in Northville, Michigan courtsey

of Scott Smith of Rucus Studios! Wow!

HuRRy!

Sign up quick for a chance to win!

The drawing is at Midnight (EST)

Wishing you Ghoulishly Good Luck!

Congratulations to Mama Spark the winner of "Guess Who Gourd"!

New Ehag Emporium piece! Malaki of Mordone Marsh...

Before you is the all seeing

"Malaki, of Mordone Marsh"

Born of the ancient and Celtic ways,

Malaki is known as the messenger of days;

The Seer of much, and friend of night's gloom,

Will he predict an impending doom?

In the form of an owl, hold him high as you prance,

On All Hallow's Eve, masquerade in a trance;

Beware, as Goblins, and Goulies appear,

in the glow of the moon and in shivering fear;

They'll whisper of secrets, too frightful to hear...Beware!

"Malaki" is a hand sculpted paper mache piece

created especially for the Aug EHAG Emporium.

His hat is painted and aged fabric, with a German Glass Glitter hat band.

His painted wand is embelished with fine ribbon, brass bells, and tinsel.

Malaki has "Trick or Treat" hand painted on the back of his head.

13" x 3 1/4"

$75.00 + shp

If interested, please e-mail me

Possiblim@aol.com

Thank you So much for looking!

EHAG Emporium GIVEAWAY is back!

The Ehag Emporium will open again on the 31st so be sure to log on at 9:00pm (EST) to try and snag some spectacular original Halloween Art, directly from the Artist....

  AND

right now we're hosting

another Giveaway with Halloween delights from some of

EHAG's Talented artists!

Everyone has been so busy, (it's getting to be that time of year you know!) so the giveaway is a bit

late in posting... So...  you might want to quickly pop over to the Emporium and put your name down

for a chance to win these fabulous original art pieces!

Also

There are still a few days left for the kids to submit their Halloween Masterpieces

for a chance at the grand prize of a 100 dollar gift certificate for art supplies at the art store of their choice!

Good Luck Everyone!

When I see an Elephant fly...

What's Blooming Wednesday and Reptilian Smiles

We're lucky here in the city, in that we don't really have snakes

but we do have lots of Western Lizards that live here in the garden.

This little fellow was on the wall, supervising me cleaning out the spa.

This is a Confederate Rose, which is actually a variety of Hibiscus.

It's blossoms are often a good 5 inches across, and although short lived

they are a wonderful suprise overhanging the pond.

This time of year we also have a few of these jumbo Japanese Beetles zooming around.

This green guy was taking in the fragrance of the Sweet Pea Bush.

The Bower Vine, or Humming Bird Vine creeps it's way up the pine tree and

                                                 blooms most of the Spring and Summer.
                   This plant was a gift, mailed to us by my Grandma Tinnon, back in the early 80's.
            It's amazing to look back and realize that what was once a dormant little twig of a thing, in a
                  4" pot, has grown to elegant proportions, generously yielding abundant orange blossoms

  and remembrances of her, from year to year.

The 1st Annual EHAG Next Generation Halloween Art Contest!

What: A Kid's Halloween Art Contest

                                                     Who: Children ages 10-14

When: Now thru August 31st, 2010. The winner will be announced by September 7, 2010

Where: Online at the EHAG Facebook Page and EHAG Blog

How: Parents email an image of your little ghoul's Halloween themed artwork to ehaagartists@hotmail.com along with the young artist's name, age, date, contact info, title of piece and medium used.

Prize: $100 gift certificate for art supplies from the winner's art supply store of choice.

Be as creative as possible and all artwork must be created solely by the young artist. We ask that no gore be depicted. Artwork will be judged based on originality and use of medium, and all mediums will be accepted. (All EHAG family members are excluded from participation.)

The artists of EHAG are obviously not the first generation to create Halloween art, and we certainly will not be the last. So, we decided to sponsor a kid's art contest that both celebrates our most favorite holiday and nurtures their creative spirit! And, as we know that there must be children out there that love both art and Halloween, why not begin to encourage them today!

Good luck, and we look forward to seeing your creative Halloween art entries!

Aug WIP and a pre Autumn Surprise!

It's been a while since I've posted a WIP so I thought I would throw out a

little tease. :-)

Also!.....

Look what greeted me on the ground early this morning!!!

The first Autumnal leaves of the season!

Ha Cha!

While the rest of the country has been roasting in triple digit temperatures,

here on the coast we've been lucky so far with a pretty constant 74 degrees. Ahhhh

Of course, our warmest is usually Sept, but I'm hoping for more coolness to welcome in the Fall.

I can taste the candy corn now!

Hooray! It's EHAG Emporium Night!

Here is my July EHAG Emporium offering...

"Brimstone", the Gourd Goblin.

This little GG is 6 3/4" to stem tip and 5 1/2" wide.

He snitched the 12" Witch's broom, which has a real Sulphur Crystal imbedded in it.

Brimstone is hand sculpted of Paper Clay and as you can tell,

he's quite the muscular fellow... you see... Gourd Goblins creep about in the dark of night...

neath piles of leaves, and stacked straw. Often, a glimpse is taken

of them moving about on their stubby vine legs

in the odd corn field and empty pumpkin patch.

His little Broom can be gently moved ... Or, did he do that himself?

Brimstone is signed and numbered 1/1, Original.

SOLD

Please contact me via e-mail Possiblim@aol.com if you're interested in this fun piece.

Thank you so much for looking!

Deb

Lookie Lookie Sneekie Peekie!

The EHAG Artists are at it again, and the doors to

 the EHAG Emporium will be

beckoning you in, this Saturday at 9:00pm (EST)

So, mark your calendar, put out the dog, bring in the cat,

set the timer, put your galoshes on, and put za candle back...

Spectacular new original Halloween Art will be making it's debut!

Hope to see you there!

Here she is! The Lovely Miss GiGi of Booger Swamp!

Isn't she elegant as she waves to the crowd, and is presented

her bouquet of Deadly Nightshade Berries!

GiGi, or Gourd Goblin as she's affectionately known... is listed on ebay tonight

for the special PFATT Tuesday challenge.

Diminutive but mighty... You might want to pop over to ebay and have a peep!

PFATT EHAGS Galore!

Just one more week (well, a week and a half) till the Ehag Emporium once again opens it's doors!

Check out the three great giveaways the Ehag Artists have donated this month.

All you need to do is simply sign up on their blog for a chance to win and be sure to check back

on July 31st for new works from all of the Ehag artists!

Oh.... and one more thing.....

I've been naughty and remiss in not posting this sooner.... but I would like to thank my Virginia friend,

Pam Gracia of "Soft in the Head".

On the 4th of July, I learned that I was the winner of Pam's Tea Party Blog Giveaway! Ha Cha!

Now the tricky bit will be deciding what lovely Soft in the Head item to spend my gift certificate on!

WhooHoo! Thank you Pam!

And another thing.....

PFATT Tuesday is tomorrow so type in PFATT on ebay to see what fun art the members have created for this months theme. My "Miss October 31st" piece is still in the works and will be listed tomorrow evening.

And another... nother... nother... extra thing.....

Here's a bit of beautiful for you!

Have a Safe and Sane 4th of July!

Whoo Hoo! It's that time of year again, when the quiet of the morning is uplifted with crackling firecrackers,

and the occasional familiar Piccolo Pete whistle!

There was always a sense of anticipation when you would see the Red Devil Fireworks stands

starting to pop up all over town.

Those stands were such a magical thing, and there was something about the glow of the exposed light bulbs, the red, white, and blue packages and the wafting smell of gun powder and starter punks in the air.

There was always that hope that your Dad might spring for the deluxe assortment box with the extra giant cones, and maybe a roman candle or two or three! "Roman Candle? No, they don't sell those here!" Can we get the big box then?!

Of course we had to have a few boxes of sparklers! They used to only come in a brilliant white, but in later years, we could buy sparklers that threw off red, or green sparks. What fun, spinning them round and round, or writing your name in the air with the brightly glowing and spitting sparkler stick.

I was always mesmerized by the snakes. They always seemed the most difficult to light and my Dad would say, "That's going to make a mark on the sidewalk", so we would "grow" our snakes on the edge of the driveway. How did they do that?! Those long winding black sooty snakes would curl and just keep on growing like a Phoenix, from that little round disk.

One of the last fireworks to be pulled from the box was the little, put together yourself, "Clipper Cabin". Oh! What does it do?!... well.... My Dad always carefully assembled the little country cabin and lit the cone... and we waited... and waited... and the chiminey started smoking. Ahhhh. Peace on the Frontier,,, until we'd ignite the whole thing and it would burn in a blaze of glory! lol

And then there was Joe.

He wasn't one of the flashy, sparkly, glowing, fizzing and whistling fireworks. You simply unfolded his little cardboard stand and lit his Hobo stogie and watched the glowing embers.

Unlike the cabin, we extinguished his cigar before it got too close to his face.

But... I guess Joe was at the heart of the "Safe and Sane" Red Devil campaign and from a simpler time.

I don't know why, but  "Smokey Joe" was one of my all time favorites. :-)

Wishing everyone a wonderful

4th of July!

Headless Horseman at the EHAG Emporium tonight!

                                                                          

     Beware the Headless Horseman!

This is a relief sculpture of Paper Mache', which is sculpted directly onto Mahogany wood.

I cut out the design, then sanded and prepared the surface with Gesso.

Once my sculpture was completed, I then painted the details in a rustic style,

reminscent of the old antique cast iron door stops.

My painting style incorporates many layers of acrylic washes. This technique creates an aged effect

which should be seen to truly appreciate.

Because of these many layers, this technique is wonderful visually, yet is extremely challenging

to light and photograph so as to show the pieces true colors

and I've done my best to represent them as accurately as possible.

The low hanging Autumn moon is mounted on a brass rod and set back from

 the main piece, and is removable.

The dimensions are 7 1/4" (H) x 5 3/4" (W)

It's mounted on a wooden base and the entire piece is lightly sealed.

This piece is a signed and numbered one of a kind marked 1/1

See EHAG Emporium for further details.

Thank you very much for looking!

If you're wondering, and asking yourself, does June have 31 days?...No. The Ehag Emporium is so popular that it's been decided to open the Emporium doors at then end of every month, rather than just the months with 31 days. So... you'll have more opportunities to snatch up some fabulous original art directly from the talented artists of the Eclectic Halloween Art Group.

This last month has been filled to overflow with gardening in the beautiful Spring now Summer weather, caring for hatchling Button Quail, getting a new roof (no more tarps on the roof! Hooray!), plumbing repairs,  preparing a booth design for the World Equestrian Games in Lexington Kentucky,

still organizing the studio, and creating art.. whew! At least the list is getting shorter! lol

With all of that....

Here are a few photos from the garden.
Enjoy!

This California Poppy has been blooming so beautifully, yet,

the morning after I took this photo I went out and found that the

Raccoons had lounged upon it's soft leaves and petals during the night, and flattened the entire plant beyond recognition.

Silly Raccoon bugs!

This was the first Button Quail fledgling that needed to be brought in from the aviary.

Sometimes the Papa is a bit agressive with the younsters and bowls them over... and over.. so often the chicks need to be put into a brooder for protection for a short while.

He was the smallest of the clutch and so cute.

The Cape Honeysuckle is into it's third flush of color this season.

The Hummingbirds just love it!

This is the bloom from one of the Carnivorous pitcher plants. Amazing!

Looks like I'll be harvesting Crooknecked Squash and Cucumber before long. Yum!