"Boots and Shoes: Variations on a Theme" Second Showing

Join us at our building's annual Holiday Gala!

Four floors of open art studios and holiday cheer!

Great place to find unique gifts!

For more info, visit our website

http://www.shoefactoryarts.com/

Boots and Shoes: Variations on a Theme

Don't miss this show!!!  For more info visit

www.shoefactoryarts.com

Sign Design for the South Wedge

This is a design for a sign I'm working on

 for the Business Association of the South Wedge Area

(BASWA).  The South Wedge is a very cool
neighborhood in Rochester!

www.baswa.org,
www.southwedge.org

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op's art submission deadline extended!

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op's art submission

deadline has been extended to October 15th! 

This gives Rochester area artists more time to

create a work of art based on the Nov. 5th show's

 title "Boots and Shoes: Variations on a Theme".

Wedding Invitations

Now that the wedding is over, I can post this

wedding invitation package I created for a client!  

They had seen my artwork and they thought I

could do something a little different for them.  

I followed their wishes and we came up with

something very unique...... 

Wedding Invitation

Ticket

Camping RSVP

The invitations were printed at Booksmart Studio.

Another Etsy Treasury

My eggs sign is included in an Etsy treasury.

 Etsy is an online marketplace and Etsians will often

compile a treasury of sorts to highlight items

that appeal to their sensibilities. This is the third

treasury I've been honored to be included in....

Margaret Explosion

Our friends Margaret Explosion played at

Arena Art Group's art opening in July. 
If you've never been, the NTID Dyer Arts Center
on the RIT campus is a beautiful gallery.

Russ took some photos of the band....

The show runs through August 14th.

"The Dylan" Portrait Finished

I completed this oil on canvas portrait

with the method that the old masters used. 

I started the painting by using two colors;

white and burnt umber. I painted the complete

composition in monochrome. I then finished the

painting by adding transparent glazes of color.

(Beth Brown watermark does not appear on the painting)

Call to Rochester Artists!

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op Website is Launched!

www.shoefactoryarts.com

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op Signs Finished!

Hand painted for your viewing pleasure!

10% Off Signs Coupon!

I am offering 10% off all sign orders placed before the end of June.

You can click on this photo and print.

Vintage Style Moonblossom Signworks Ad

Etsy Treasury - The Art of Fishing!

I am listed in another Etsy Treasury!

This time my Lake Buel fish painting is featured!

The Art Of Fishing

Shoe Factory Sign

I'm painting a sign for The Shoe Factory Art Co-op,

an artists' cooperative I'm forming with three artist friends.

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op Facebook Page

Etsy Treasury - Flew the Coop!

Hey, I'm in my first Etsy Treasury! 

Etsians will often create a theme and select

different Etsy items and list them in a "Treasury."

Someone picked my Eggs sign for their

chicken theme Treasury!  How fun!

Flew the Coop

Faux Antique Portrait Signs

I really enjoy making old fashioned signs.

These are some I've made in the past.

I love to incorporate portraits into my faux antique signs.

Since Rochester, New York's history is so rich with
interesting people, I'd love to do a series of Rochester
icons and hang them in public buildings around town. 

Both Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

lived and died in Rochester, NY.

 

Frederick Douglass was a member of the

New York Anti-Slavery Society and the

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

I made this sign when I lived in Massachusetts.

I have some ideas for my next vintage style signs.....

I'll keep you posted.

Mary Poppins

I'm at my client's house painting a squiggle border

around these armoire doors.

They are for a built-in armoire designed by Arthur Vitoch. 

These doors are huge and weigh a ton!  I had to get the guys

who work at the house to move them to the foyer for me. 

I have to paint them lying flat on sawhorses so the

enamel paint can settle nicely.

That Poppins woman would love these!

Stella Luna

When I'm working at my client's house, I always look forward to

taking their dog out for a walk.  First we walk up the long drive.

She's a Portuguese Water Dog so she's always attracted to water.

She always likes to stand in a puddle and have a drink. 

Even if the water's muddy, she doesn't mind.

Then we walk back to the Lake side of the house....

...and have a look at the Lake.

Stella likes to look at the Lake with me.  It's beautiful and relaxing.

Stella's a cute doggy!  She's royalty.  She has a distant relative

in the White House!

I love when she looks at me with her beautiful brown eyes.

Next, we go inside and she has a bite to eat.

Then she sits on her bed and chews her rawhide.

I let her chew for awhile before she has to go back in her crate.

Then I go back to working on a project in the house. 

If I'm finished for the day, I go home.

Painting Checkers

This is where I've been lately, out on Lake Ontario.

I've been painting murals, stencilling, and doing other decorative

painting at this house on and off for the last year and a half.

Right now I'm working on finishing a painted

built-in armoire designed by Arthur Vitoch.

Painting lots and lots of checkers....

Egg Signs Done

Egg signs finished!  Happy Easter!!!

House Number Sign

My friend's Mom wants a number sign for her house.

This seems to be the perfect spot to attach the sign to the house. 

Will have to cut the ivy to make room for the sign. 

She wants a white sign with dark brown letters.

The shape of the sign will mimick the decorative lattice.

Yup.  Like this.....