December Nibblefest, Polish pottery painting and upcoming painting challenge.

My December Nibblefest entry on eBay for the theme, "Sweet as sugar" is a 6x6x3/4" still life on canvas. Sides painted black.  Ready to hang, no frame needed!   All entries start at 99cents and end on the 27th of each month.  I do send a newsletter with news and coupon codes each month.  Want to be added?  Message me your email and I'll add you! :)

My entry this month on eBay

Mints: Polish Pottery LXIX (69th in the series!)

6x6x3/4" acrylic on canvas

sides painted black

ready to hang

Listing here

Mints: Polish Pottery LXIX

Stay tuned!  I'll be back to daily blogging on January 1st when I start the '30 paintings in 30 days' challenge!  Many artists are signed up and I LOVE a challenge.. so very fulfilling and when you are done, a great feeling of accomplishment!   Challenge here

  I will do Polish Pottery still life's small as 4x4's, 5x5's, etc. I will also incorporate mini pet portraits..  Do you have a pet you'd like me to incorporate in a daily challenge?  Message me!   4x4' paintings on canvas,  I'll price at $38 each + actual shipping costs (i do only charge actual shipping cost ,NO handling), 5x5's at $49 each+ actual shipping.  I will work with you!   Message me before I'm filled up ,TODAY!

Here is an example of a pet portrait I did last year in a painting challenge, 4x4" on canvas

"Ace"

4x4x3/4" on canvas

 Stay tuned! :D

my email: Heather@heathersims.com

Patterns: Polish Pottery 65. 5x7 print GIVEAWAY!

Enter my Giveaway for my 65th in the Original Polish Pottery Still Life series.

Patterns: Polish Pottery 65
5x7 fine art print

Giveaway ends August 28th at midnight

Example of how your print could look in a frame. 

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June Nibblefest + Black Forest fire charity auction.. Polish pottery 65!

What a week!  Last week as the fire broke out in Black Forest (where I live).. I thought for sure it was far away and that it would be contained quickly because of all the homes here and the access that the firefighters have. WRONG!  Due to extreme low humidity and winds. the fire got SCARY.. really scary.. I told my boys to do a practice evacuation and to pack.  For some reason I believed it was really just a practice. I did laundry, showered.. but in a few hours as the smoke was everywhere and the sky got scary I realized we needed to leave.  We packed up.. my husband and I, my 2 boys, 2 dogs and 3 cats and left.. It happened so fast I was able to leave a bunch of food and water for my chickens and just left.   As we left the forest to go to a friends house you could see the red from all the trees burning. Very surreal!  If it was so frightening for me how scary was it for the people's homes that burned?  I can't imagine the chaos and fright as people evacuated, 2 people lost their lives in this and 509 homes burned + homes partially lost.  The fire was a mile of so away from my house but didn't jump the street to my neighborhood.  Thank you firefighters!   What mixed emotions to feel grateful to have a house while knowing friends that lost everything?  This is not the Colorado I remember in all the years living here.  I hope it goes back to a more 'normal' summer.   In 2009 when we built our chicken coop we were rained out every afternoon.  I WANT that again!  All these fires burning and the haze tonight is just stressful.  Ugh!  Happy to say that my chickens were fine..and my home while close to this never got in real danger. Did i say we were just lucky?  very lucky.. I don't think I've let it sink it yet what has happened to the area that I live in and love. I love Black Forest.

Anyway..  So after our evacuating we came back sooooooooo very grateful and thankful to have a home and really weird feelings to be so happy about it as others are grieving.   Never felt anything like this before.  I left one painting on the easel I was almost finished with.. I did pack up some of my favorite paintings.  Oh so hard to pick and choose.   Now that we are back. I had a day to get my Nibblefest piece together, theme "Kings and Queens" Yesterday  I did a small 5x5" painting of a Chinese Crested dog with a crown.  Available for eBay nibblefest now here: 

Coronation: King Buttercup

5x5x1.5"

Acrylic on canvas

2013

Patterns: Polish Pottery LXV

11x14x3/4" canvas

optional free FRAME

50% proceeds to go Red Cross Pikes Peak Chapter that aids in the Black Forest Fire

Also. please throw me a virtual Facebook 'Like' on my "Sink Bubbles: Polish Pottery LXIV" painting on the June BoldBrush competition page.. I LOVE this painting so entered it into that competition also!. just won Member's Choice and Clouds award..  Like from the BoldBrush site here: 

16x20x1.5" Award winning painting

Original still available for sale on eBay here:   (10% going to Black Forest Animal Sanctuary) 

New Giveaway... Enter starting midnight tonight!

Enter my giveaway for a matted ACEO of my painting "Cats: Polish Pottery LI" (51)..  2.5"x3.5" print matted to fit a 5x7 frame!   This is one of my more popular prints. Enter..  My matted prints look GREAT framed..


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Heres some framed prints I'll be hanging locally!  (16x20 framed print (polish pottery 50),  11x14 framed print  (polish pottery 64) and 8x10 framed print (polish pottery 62)  contact me if you are interested in purchasing a framed print and I can put one together for you too!  

#64 in the Polish Pottery Still Life Series "Sink Bubbles"  Just won Member's Choice in the Still Life show this May on EBSQart.com!!  I just found out last night and was so excited!  I really love that painting! :D

Cat commission painting, "Mayflower"

My latest pet commission is, Mayflower.  She is painted on a 12x12x1.5" canvas with acrylic.  No need to frame!

contact me if you are interested in having me  paint your pet!


Here is a collage I did from reference photo, work in progress pics to final painting. Sides painted black.



Mayflower
12x12x1.5"
Acrylic
2013


Check my Website for Commission prices.  I have 2 lists.. one for Still life commissions and another for Pet/Misc commissions.   Prices are a ball park depending on complexity. :)

www.heathersims.com

Polish pottery still life painting 16x20x1.5" on eBay and Pet commission painting example.

I'm excited that my Sink Bubbles painting was featured last week on EBSQart.com!!   All week it was on the front page! :D    EBSQ is also having a still life exhibit that I entered this painting in so whoever buys this should definitely vote for it first week of June when voting takes place on EBSQ..    No worries.. I'll post about voting come June..   VERY happy with the painting.. hope it finds a good home.

Sink Bubbles: Polish Pottery LXIV
16x20x1.5"
available on eBay (auction ends soon!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140970674816?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Also just finished this painting of Zeke 12x12x1.5" acrylic on canvas.  Pet commission painting..  Here's a collage that shows reference pic to painting.

For commission pricing check here (pet commission pricing towards bottom of page):  http://www.heathersims.com/Art/Commissions_Print_pricing.html

Sink Bubbles: Polish Pottery LXIV.. 64th in my series.. 16x20 and listed!

Just finished this still life and have listed it on EBay.    I love these sink still life's and plan on doing more.   I had a lot of fun on this one painting 2 of my favorite things to paint water and glass.   Really happy with how it turned out..

Listing on Ebay here:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/140970674816?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

16x20x1.5"
Ready to hang!
sides painted black..  no frame needed!