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| The eyes are the window to the soul. Look around you. Nothing nurtures the soul more than the Divine Beauty of nature. (Created on handmade Paste Paper written with brown gouache, broad-edged Mitchell Nib and illuminated with 23k Gold Leaf.) |
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| A commission I did in 2010 for Linda and Mike in New York |
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| Final commissioned piece for client |
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| Preliminary piece without glass before framing |
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| Without glass |
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| Close up of lettering... both in English and Italian |
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| And.... here it is...hanging on the wall of their house. The colors aren't true to life due to the lighting in the room, but it goes so well...drawing from the golds and blues in the family room. |
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| Here is the envelope that housed the bride and groom's card. They said they would be framing this. |
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| I used the Mike Kecseg, Contemporary Pointed Pen technique for this piece, presented to the bride and groom on their wedding day! |
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| Close up of the dedication! |
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| Here they are... actually READING the whole thing. I hoped that it would be meaningful to them as well as myself when I lettered it. |
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| By their beaming smiles, I think it did make an impression. |
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| And.....here it is ... hanging in their house... Oh, how I love that it's near a doorway which they frequently pass through to view the blessing. |
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| Commission for client as a Valentine Gift |
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| Rolled scroll with ribbon for presentation |
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| Although this design was not chosen, I like the simplicity of it. The actual invitation will be posted when I finally get a real photograph of the original from the bride.... Her colors were silver and ice blue and she rendered the design/illustration so I sent her the lettering pages and the original calligraphy... she put it all together. I still haven't seen the final! I can't wait... but I am sure NOW, it will be after the wedding. |
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| Rendering from bride.... she is having a Cinderella wedding I did not realize that when I created the black and white one. |
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| This was further along in the process... trying to determine if the SPARKLE silver embossing method would be an option! THANKFULLY, it wasn't as it was painstakingly slow and arduous! I did the writing rather quickly, because I knew that it probably wasn't going to fly.... |
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| The vellum sheet over the top with the clients' design attached to the sample bottom with ice blue ribbon! MMMMM! |
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| A fan of my hubby's band saw some of my work at one of his gigs and took my card... months later, she called and commissioned me to do a card for her best friend's 75th birthday! |
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| This was a commission from a postal worker who adores my work It was adapted from a Dear Abby column he clipped and had in his wallet for months! |
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| From an envelope exchange earlier this year |
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| This is 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches to be set on a table at the reception |
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| Birthday card for someone special |
