Folk Art Mary

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NEWSLETTER SENT JULY 11,2011

It's Ithaca Artist Market time of year. 68  artists, 15 arts organizations, food, chocolate, drinks, live music, raffles and boat tours- what could be finer on a summer Friday. I'll be there at my usual Ithaca Farmers Market booth, #3.

And of course I continue to carve every summer Saturday at Farmers Market.

Below are some pictures that I've been carving and painting in order to have new work ready for Artist Market. Click on them and they will enlarge.

Reduced prices on some select older pieces. Ask and I will tell you which ones. Support the arts, buy artwork.

NEW! Mermaid, Number 7. $450.00. 16 x 9 x 3
Carved pine, acrylic paint.
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NEW! Adam and Eve, Yellow Snake, Number 10. $425.00. 11" x 10" x 3"
Carved pine, acrylic paint.
 

NEW! Freestanding Rooster, #13. $450.00 19" x 8" x 3"
Carved pine,acrylic paint.
 

NEW! Sheep Icon, #15. $495.00 12.25" x 11" x 2"
Carved pine,acrylic paint.

 

NEW! Feed Me Cats Dance, #5. $450.00
Carved Pine, acylic paint, copper wire.
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Blog, blog, blog. Please tell others about my blog. Check it out for work in progress.

Other ways to find me-

 Facebook fan page, where I regularly post my blog entries.

Website: www.maryshelleyfolkart.com

My Etsy Shop, mostly reproduction type items but some original work (including drawings) as well.

You Tube Videos page

Link to an article on my work in Voices, the journal of New York Folklore society.

Email: BMEZ@lightlink.com

 

I recycle bubblewrap.

 



 

 



 

 

Sheep Icon 15 - Newly Completed for Artist Market

If you live near Ithaca, note on your calendars the Ithaca Artist Market event - 68 artists, 15 Art Organizations, food, chocolate and drinks. It takes place at the Ithaca Farmers' Market Pavilion, and is organized by the Community Arts Partnership.  Friday, July 29, 2011 2 PM to 8 PM.

I'll be there in booth #3. There will be food and music, a fun time. I've been working like crazy to produce some new work for this event. Sheep Icon #15, pictured below, will be at my booth on that day - unless of course it sells before! Size 12.25" x 11" x 1.5", $475.00.

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Mermaid Rides Waves, #7 - Done!

Mermaid Rides Waves- #7 - DONE! Freestanding or hung on the wall, she could be yours. She makes it look easy to hang onto that wave.

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Mermaid Rides Waves, #7, Carving Stage

This artwork is called Mermaid Rides Wave, #7. This is a picture of her still in the carving stages!

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Four Children - Done!

After massaging the colors still more, adding copper to the moon and gold leaf to the frame - DONE!

This ended up being a very successful mothers day gift. One day as I was carving at the Ithaca Farmers' Market, the woman of these four children came up to me and said how happy she was with the family portrait, tears in her eyes. She was totally and pleasantly surprised by the gift. Gratifying to me.

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Four Children - Almost Done

The piece is crisped up and almost done now that I've added dark outlines and whites.

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Four Children - Working the Blues and Yellows

This looks better with more yellow in the stars and another layer of yellows in other areas.

I made the frame dark. When a frame is a light color (as it was in the earlier version), it tends to show a lot of dings as time goes on. A darker color is easier to repaint and match.

I painted the fish blue. When I look at this piece my eye moves from looking from the sky, down the waterfall, over to the fish and then back up to the sky. The blue is helping me do that.

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