Finished Commissions Recap

Finished a few commissions over December and am now finally able to post them!

A little picture of a client's grandmother, who recently passed away.  A gift for her Mom!

 Something a little different.  A piece commissioned by my husband's cousin for his Mom

And Finally...my Niece and Nephew painted for my Brother-In-Law.  Go Bucks!

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Finished Commission!

I finished up with 2 commissions over the course of the last week and a half!  Whew!  One I can't talk about until after Christmas and then I will post things, the other is ready to be shared.  In the end I have to say that I am very pleased with the end results.  Anyone ready for me to tackle their momma or grandmomma?? ;)

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A couple more ;)

Just a couple stragglers for the upcoming December Gallery Hop!  And I totally forgot to take a pic of my finished Artmageddon piece...check out Cap City Creatives on FB and you'll soon see what Artmageddon is!!! Be our friend!  http://www.facebook.com/capcity.creatives?ref=ts&fref=ts

 Bruce Cambell as Ash from Evil Dead 2

Redd Foxx sign

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Christmas Pop!

Pop Art is a great Christmas present, am I right? :) Here are a few things that are going to be hanging out at Travonna Coffee House for the month of December!

 Another Installment of my silhouette series...a shot of the powerlines outside of my house

 Marilyn Monroe cutout on a button covered background

 James Dean from his cowboy movies

 Poe

A quick little green Frankenstein...hard to see the little highlights I put in this one...I'm sure it will look better framed and in person.

Still up...Redd Foxx, Bruce Lee, Etta James and Princess Leia...

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New Venue pt 2

I now have a new venue to show my work!  Right down the street from my house in Old Hilliard at the Sweet Salvage Shop ( http://www.sweetsalvageshoppe.net/ ).  Beautiful shop of antique, shabby chic and handmade goods!  Today was their holiday open house and they are set to have one again on December 8th.  Here is a another taste of what they have from me :)

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New Venue

Well...this weekend was supposed to be about me resting, writing a new artist's statement and starting to develop my portfolio.  I just kinda threw myself into making art and seemed to have forgotten those things...lol.  Nah, I didn't got to art school or anything :/
Instead of my weekend being full of all of that, I stopped by the Sweet Salvage shop in Old Hilliard and now I am taking pieces to her on Tuesday to hang in her shop for the holidays!  So I worked on some new pieces and refurbished frames!  Here is a taste of the new items in my life and they will be hanging at 3856 Lattimer Street off Cemetary Rd in Hilliard.  Please stop by during their open house next Saturday!  Open 10-5pm.

 This might be the best Marilyn that I have done :)

 John Wayne

Elvis

Small Marilyn

Abraham Lincoln

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Louis Armstong and Jimi Hendrix

A couple new pieces to be squeezed into the empty spots at Travonna Coffee House before this weekend's gallery hop...feeling musically inclined this week!

Louis Armstrong - Acrylic on Hardboard

Jimi Hendrix - Acrylic on Bristol

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Just finished a commission

Just finished a commission for a friend, of a piece that had sold at the Cap City Creative's Birthday Show.  It was cool to revisit this piece and I added a few things and I have to say that it came out much better the second time.  I guess that practice makes perfect(or at least better)  Here's a little pic of that piece!

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Getting Ready for Fall

Getting ready for Fall at Travonna!  Making several new pieces as well as unearthing a few oldies that I had kinda claimed as my own...but I think it's time to put them back out on the market :)
I'm also doing some different things besides just 2-D paintings, including some wooden boxes and a vinyl doll.  I'm really excited about how the wall is going to look!
Also looking into some more new venues to show my work...a record store and another coffee shop!  Yay! World Domination ;P hehe

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Sketchy

Taking part in a Sketch Show at CS Gallery that goes on until the 25th.  Here is the FB link http://www.facebook.com/events/107203429432597/?ref=ts

and a little taste of what I have there...things from my sketchbook, which are pretty different than my finished pieces :)

                     

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Independent's Day 2012

Cap City Creatives had an awesome amount of sales and got to meet a bunch of Cbus Art Lovers at Independent's Day last Saturday. Thought I should post a few pics taken by one of our members, Aina Turiaga!

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Getting Ready for the weekend

It's that time of year again... Independent's Day, here in the great city of Columbus, Ohio.  For one Saturday, Gay St. and Peal Alley are transformed into what I think is one of the best art festivals around.  It celebrates the independent artists, artisans, and musicians!  No $300 framed prints, no ticket prices to see the musicians...just us...the artists that make Columbus what it is!  I'll be there with my art group, Cap City Creatives selling some great pieces(I think) for great prices(I know I price my stuff too low, they say)...here's something I started today for the festival.  It's a little 6x6 wooden box with one of my favorite iconic monsters :) Just needs clear coated and we will be ready for selling!

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Busy Week!

Busy week coming up!  Show opening at the Main Branch Library - Carnegie Gallery 5:30 to 7:30p, and then Labor of Love opening at Clayspace on Friday!  Lots of art and lots of fun too!  Come see me and say Hi!!!

Here is a taste of something that will be at the Labor of Love show...

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Urban Scrawl 6

Been really busy this week getting things together for Urban Scrawl 6 at 400 West Rich St this weekend(25-26).  Going to have some older pieces and some newer ones for sale.  Lots of price points!!!

Here are a few new pieces to check out!

Some small Frankensteins- they are all framed out now like the one to the right

An 8x10 Teal Ernest Hemingway

                                               

 A Lime Green Muhammed Ali and to change things up a bit a little Owl on a funky background :)     

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Cowboy!

A new piece that will be for sale at Urban Scrawl 6 next weekend!!! James Dean from the movie Giant...I think he was a pretty hot cowboy :)

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Lots to do this week, so there should be lots and lots of posts!  So far on my list is 4 Frankensteins, Lon Chaney, James Dean, Ernest Hemingway, Muhammad Ali and an owl ;)  I also went back in and tweaked this Johnny Cash a little to better define his pointing hand.  All of these things will be on sale at GREAT prices at Urban Scrawl at 400 West Rich on August 25th and 26.  I take Cash and Check(as long as it doesn't look suspicious ☺)

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The little tractor that could..Final

All done with the tractor piece that I stared earlier in the week.  I change the green a little added some clouds...and voila!

and then I created this demented piece for the CCC show...something a little out of the ordinary...you might have to zoom in for the full effect

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Come see me and my art!!!!

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Part 2 of the Landscape

This is part two of the beginnings of the landscape I posted about a few days ago.  This little tractor has been a symbol in other pieces of art that I have created, for my father.  He passed away when I was nine years old, leaving me and my mom to take care of things.  He had this tractor, a Farmall, that he used to plow and till our garden and on occasion take a ride down to my grandparents house.  He used to let me steer while I sat on his lap.  Some of my fondest remembrances of him.

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Something new...

As you can tell with the art that I have on this blog, one can see that I have artistic ADD.  I get bored of one thing and try something else, then go back to the other thing.  What I SHOULD be doing is working on art for Urban Scrawl(http://www.facebook.com/events/455774831108793/) or for the CCC Birthday Party....who knows perhaps this piece will show up at one of those places in the next few weeks( http://www.facebook.com/events/419333134779147/)

If you can't tell at this point, it's a landscape albeit a very bright one :)

...and yes there will be a tractor too

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Proud to say, I'm going to represent my art group, Cap City Creatives, at the Columbus Invitational Arts Competition at the Columbus main branch library!  Here is my piece!  So excited!!!

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Hot Mess

Please excuse the mess on the blog...I'm working at fixing some bugs and it's taking a little more finesse than I was hoping!

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Been busy getting things ready to change out at Travonna for the next Gallery Hop.  Lots of things going on in my life too.  The good thing is that 1 of the 2 medical things turned out to be nothing dangerous!  The other one really isn't scary :)  So to celebrate here are some new things that I made this month!

Head on over to my Flickr page to check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaestep/

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Just finished a commission for a person whose friend bought a piece of my art for her!  I love the art world and how things come around full circle!  Here is what I made her!  Lon Chaney as The Phantom of the Opera!

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If y'all follow Facebook, Make sure you like my Artist Page! 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Donna-McCarty-Estep/187991074582745

Just posted pics of a side project that I did for a friend!

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So this post isn't about my art exactly, however it is a quest to find volunteers that would like to sign up to help out at the Hilliardfest Art Fair in exchange for some vending space in the Sunflower Sity tent!  Send me a message or holla at the folks on their FB page if your interested!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Hilliardfest-Art-Fair/123065681107883

This is the booth from last year!

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I know, I know...Another Frankenstein?  Yes, indeed.  I ♥ him!

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I made it though my first day back to work after vacation! And I don't feel like I am going to pass out from exhaustion...that would be what the rest of the week is for lol.  Been playing around with some different images instead of my usual portrait style.  I found this piece of mdf in the garage and decided to work with some collage and acrylic elements and recreate a little FireProof building from downtown on High St.  It's still in the beginning stages, but I have enjoyed doing it.  I've got some canvases that are needing something painted on them too, so I've got to get some ideas in the works!

Here is a photo of my piece in progress...

I need to clean up the perspective a little bit on the doors on the bottom and do some line work.  Might even do a little acetone transfer on the brick parts at the top...

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Being on vacation this week has really made me uncreative and I haven't made any art. Check out my Flickr page if you want to see what I have been up to http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaestep/

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Cap City Creatives did excellent at the Columbus Arts Festival, with us selling a little over 30 pieces all together!  I sold 3 pieces which makes me extra happy.  Glad that someone wanted to take my art home and enjoy it as much as I do!  Here are some pics of the display - Overall I have to say I was very proud to be a part of such an awesome event and I am excited to see what they come up with for next year!  

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