Featured Artist - Coconut Palm Designs

This shop sells a beautiful array of signs and Aceos. The signs are made with Belizean hard or soft woods and can be personalized for you.

The ACEOs, done in a variety of mediums and are original art works. Each is signed and dated on the back.

The owner is a Canadian living in Belize, Central America and also a graphic designer. She says "Woodworking and sign design is my newest crafting passion but art has been in my blood since birth.

Sign making has turned into a great outlet for my creative energies and finally I am using my graphic design training for something exciting."

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5128816
http://coconutpalmdesigns.blogspot.com/

Ally on 67 - P Miller Originals

Now this is another glorious etsy store combining the owners love of painting and jewellery making.

Her artwork includes Originals, Prints and ACEOs so there really is something for every size pocket and her jewellery is simply beautiful and distinctly shows the artists style.

Ally was educated at the Maryland Institute of Art-Summer School, the Howard Community College-Liberal Arts and the Capital College-Computer Engineering

She has had Gallery Shows at Chesapeake Gallery, DMG Artwork- Annapolis and has received the Artist of the Year award (Arts and Entertainment)- H.H.S. 1985, 2nd Place: African Americans in Science and Technology Poster Contest 1985 and an Honorable Mention- H.H.S. 1984



From the Artist "These are just a few words that I like to live by. I feel that creating art is a way of sharing your soul with others. As you will see in my artwork: sometimes I am very flamboyant and always colorful, sometimes confidant and peaceful, other times angry or chaotic. I think all of my emotions; passions come out in my works. Sometimes I layer it on thick (paint and words) and other times I flirt with the canvas with light feathery strokes. My art reflects my beliefs in love, warmth, generosity, loyalty, and honesty. I’m inspired by science, fantasy, martial arts, architecture, and nature (especially water)."

So come along and visit
http://allyon67.etsy.com
http://allyon67.blogspot.com

Featured Artist - Dream On

This is a truly vibrant store containing a stunning array of artwork from original watercolours to notecards to collages and on to prints.

The store owner has lived in Colorado most of her life, and earned her BA in Art Education at Colorado State University. Additionally, she as taken workshops and studied with a number of local and national artists. She belongs to several art groups in Florida and one in Colorado and has won numorous awards in juried and non-juried art shows.

She says "I value the presence of a recognizable subject in my paintings. I love it when the center of interest appears in the midst of background objects that aren’t so well-defined. I want watercolor to look like watercolor, and I want my paintings to have a painterly look, not a photographic copy. Therefore I am an impressionist, because I don’t want to over-control the media."

This truly is a remarkable artist so drop by her store and see just what she has to offer
http://dreamon.etsy.com
http://dreamsaboutart.blogspot.com/

George McKim

Don't you love it when you discover another artist who's work you love. They are few and far between but I can honestly say that when I first looked at Georges etsy store I was thrilled.

George was born and grew up in Wilmington, NC, USA. For the past 15 years has lived in Raleigh, NC with my wife Betty, my two adult children Edward and Devin who are twins, our golden retriever Sophie and our cat with a 'tude, Woodstock.



Yes he does have a day job is working as a pre-press graphic artist for a printing company and making his art in his "spare time".

Georges shop features paintings and collages that are mostly abstract, which he has been doing for the past two years.