Time For An Art Giveaway!

January is a great time to host an art giveaway.

Don't you think so?

I cleaned my studio and have put aside 3 art prints to offer for the giveaway.

It's super duper easy....

All you need to do is visit my  ~ Facebook Art Page

and leave a brief comment on the pinned post at the top.

You don't have to do anything else, just leave a little comment.

Here are the 3 prints included in the giveaway ~ 

"The Keeper of Odessa's Hymn"

"Rabbit's Curious Day"

and....

"Portrait of Mayor Ricarda"

I would love for you to stop by my Facebook Art Page and enter to win.

A winner will be picked at random on Tuesday, January 13 at 10:00 pm Pacific time.

Hope to see you there!

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

Let's Have a Give-Away, Shall We?

Well, I think it's time for a give-away.

I haven't had one in quite a long while.  Mostly because people are still having trouble leaving comments on my blog.  But, I'm in the mood to give.

So....

Here's the thing.

I'm giving away a 4 print set called ~

"The Weeping Woman Series"

These are some of my favorite non-anthropomorphic pieces.  Yep...not a single animal head was used in the making of this set!

However, I did use my daughter.  She is the "Weeping Woman."

She is a fantastic model and is always game to participate in my silly art whims!

Here are the titles of each print:

"The Haunting of La Llorona"

"The Burning of Eulalia"

"Lida's Swan Song"

"Plentyn Newid ~ A Welsh Changeling Story"

This piece was created for and published in a book called 

"A Welsh Alphabet"

All you need to do is leave a comment.  Or at least try.  If you have trouble leaving a comment, please email me at GerushiasWorld at aol dot com.  I'll add your name to the comment section.

The give-away will run through Sunday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm Pacific time.

The winner will be chosen by a handy dandy randomizer and announced Monday morning March 4th!

Until Sunday:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

A Humble Bouquet, Puppy Teeth and Studio Time ~

A new year.

Possibilities.

A fresh start.

I love this time between January 1st and Easter.

The garden offers little bits of color.

A humble winter's bouquet.  Scrubby and understated yet just as beautiful as a vibrant and buxom spring bouquet ~ 

Puppies!!!

Posing ~ 

Snarling ~

Cuddling ~ 

Always together.  Brother and Sister.

They've got each other's backs ~ 

Leaving sharp and jagged keepsakes on the floor.

I step on them sometimes.

My new collection.

Puppy Teeth ~ 

Colder and shorter days welcome me to stay indoors.

Luxurious hours spent on nothing more than a puzzle ~ 

Admiring my son's hard work ~ 

Decorating my studio.

An angel to watch over my desk.

Painted by my friend Shell ~

Inside days.

Working on art and dreaming about the future life of my garden.

First piece of art created in 2013 ~ 

"Keepers of The Garden Gate"

Art filled with flowers, puppies and curiosity.  

You can find this piece and more in my Art Shop.

Colder days, shorter days.  Breathing in the stillness and slowness.  

Looking forward to the warmth of spring but savoring the turtle's pace of these winter days.

Until Next Time:

Kim

"The Guardian of Minervia's Secrets" ~ New Tiny Tale Art Print

Hello There:

I hope this smallest of blog posts finds you staying warm and enjoying the upcoming holidays.

I just wanted to pop in and share my newest "Tiny Tale" art print.  Would you like to read the little story?

"The Guardian of Minervia's Secrets"

"Although she meant no harm, Minervia told secrets. Whispering, whispering, whispering to anyone willing to listen. They weren't always bad secrets, but they weren't always good. Her mother would often say ~ "Minervia, please think before you whisper. Try to keep your thoughts to yourself." But Minervia just couldn't help it. She tried ever so hard to be a good girl and mind her mother, sometimes saying to herself "Minervia, remember what momma said" but the temptation would get the best of her.

Throughout the days and months and years, Minervia whispered and told tid-bits of tall stories and small town rumors. Always with wide eyes and a question in her voice. Unfortunately, after so many secrets, Minervia learned the hard way..."

Each Tiny Tale print comes with a pretty little story that I wrote. The print image is 4" x 6" on a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" HP Premium Plus Photo Paper. The corresponding story is printed on 8.5" x 11" calligraphy paper.

I'm so truly pleased with this project.  The stories are ridiculously lovely printed on the calligraphy paper!

You can find "Minervia" and 7 more "Tiny Tale" art prints in my online Shop.

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

Foggy Nights and Christmas Chaos ~

Hello There:

Do you like fog?  Oh my, the entire Wlassak household is in love with fog.  Misty days, foggy nights.  We had a very eerie and foggy night recently.  It was 3:00 am and we found ourselves out front involved in an impromptu "photo session" ~ 

The creeper in the photo isn't really a madman killer.  That's my son.  Isn't this an eerie picture?   Seems this photo would have been more appropriate for a Halloween blog post.  But ~ alas ~ you can only take advantage of the fog when it visits.  I don't recall any fog during Halloween time this year.  So...Christmas fog will have to do.

Did I mention that it's been crazy busy around here lately?  Well....it certainly has.  

Starting with this innocent piece of black poster board ~ 

Which eventually became this Welsh stove-pipe hat ~ 

I can't take credit for constructing the hat.  My husband concocted a pattern and built this hat from scratch!  

It truly looks like a traditional Welsh hat, doesn't it?

So, you're probably wondering why anyone would need a poster board Welsh hat, right?  

Well, I was asked to create an art piece to be published in a book of Welsh Nursery Rhymes.  The book will be published and for sale just in time for the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival at Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood on March 3rd, 2013.

Each contributing artist was given a Welsh nursery rhyme and they were to create an art piece influenced by that rhyme.

Here's my rhyme translated into English:

Hen Wraig Fach

Little old woman living in the valley,

Ragged clothes and heavy clogs.

She had a calf named Twm

Who was quite poorly a long time ago.

Little old woman giving the calf some milk,

But the calf refused it.

Well she then became angry.

O dear! She slapped him.

Little old calf running like mad,

And she was shouting, "For God's sake!"

Following a calf across the country

Oh friends, what an experience!

And....here's the piece I created to go along with my rhyme ~

As you can see, the focus of my piece is from the last verse.

I have to give my daughter a huge amount of credit.  She does a lot of modeling for me.  That's her acting as the angry little old woman.  She's wearing the hat my husband made!  What fun we had modeling and snapping photos.

Busy, busy, busy!

Oh...look at this lovely piece of nature found attached to the eaves of my house ~ 

This amazing piece of goodness is now on my Christmas tree.

Speaking of Christmas...are you absolutely overwhelmed with it?  I find myself dreading the reality of my Christmas decorating.  I love to look at it once it's done, but doing it is so crazy.
Although I admit, my family room tree is always fun to decorate.  It holds all of our silly, older and mix it up ornaments ~ 

Hah!  I didn't realize until I saw this photo that the tip top of the tree seems to be swaying with the weight of Jack Skellington.  I think I like it.  It adds a bit of whimsy, somehow.

My giant beast of a living room tree is another story.  Not so fun, but I love it when it's done. It's 9 feet tall ~ 

...and, I wrap the lights up and back down every single limb.  It takes forever and a day to wrap lights like this.  But....the effect is beautiful....so much depth ~ 

And here's the finished tree ~ 

By the time we're done with all of this Christmasy labor we need a a few of these ~ 

Yummy Mimosas!

And, maybe a few of these as well ~ 

Along with all of the odd-ball photo sessions, Christmas decorating and art projects, I've also been working on my Tiny Tale Art ~ 

I'm super happy with the way my little stories are printing up on calligraphy paper ~ 

"Clara and Lucy's Curious Visitors"

"The Guardian of Cordelia's Swan Song"

Each Tiny Tale print comes with a little story that I wrote.  The print image is 4" x 6" on a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" HP Premium Plus Photo Paper.  The corresponding story is printed on 8.5" x 11" calligraphy paper.

If you are interested in purchasing any of my "Tiny Tale" art prints for holiday gifts, now is the time.  My 50% off holiday sale is still on.  But, I can't guarantee Christmas delivery beyond Dec. 14th.  However, the sale will continue through Dec. 19th. Any prints that sell out will not be re-stocked until January 2nd.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

P.P.S.  Just wanted to put in a good word for this poor frosty soul ~ 

This Jack Frost Humpty Dumpty is waiting for a good home ~

He's sporting the shiniest vintage silver belt buckle ~ 

If you're interested in this hand-stitched "gnarly-doll", he can be purchased for 50% off in my Art Shop.  He's funny and big and looks incredible sitting underneath a Christmas tree!

♥♥♥♥

Look Over To The Upper Right Hand Corner~

Hello There:

I won't keep you long today...I just wanted to make you aware of a new little offering on my blog.  Have a look over to the right hand side, upper corner.  Do you see where it says "Gerushia's Daily Special"?  That is a new gadget...and I'll be changing it daily.

You see...I've decided to start offering a "Daily Special" in my Art Shop.  I think it's so very important to offer affordable art in this dark and sometimes depressing economy.  Simple whimsy and color can brighten an otherwise sad day.  Receiving an affordable piece of art in the mail is something to look forward to.  Something to brighten a day even when your head is spinning from paying bills!

So...each day, I will offer a new "Daily Special", and each day that wee little gadget uptop to the right will change.  You can click on it and it will take you directly to the "Special".

Today's special is a $10.00 print of "The Haunting of La Llorona"....

I won't be posting here everyday to tell you about it, but you can always find the "Daily Special" by clicking on that little gadget in the upper right hand corner.

Sometimes the special will be a print, sometimes an original and sometimes a print set.  Who knows??

Until Next Time:

Kim

Gerushia's New World

The Winner Is...

Hello There:

Well, it looks like a few more people were able to leave comments, although I did receive a number of emails from folks that weren't able to leave a comment....I don't know what else to do.  I'll keep scratching at blooger to find out why this is happening.  In the meantime, the winner of the give-away is Heidi.

Congratulations, Heidi.  Please contact me with your print choices and your mailing address!  Thanks so much for playing.

I'll be back very soon with a NON give-away post.  ;)

Until next time:
Kim
Gerushia's New World

October Give-Away ~ UPDATED

Good Morning:

Just a quick note to let you know that I am going to keep the give-away going for another few days. Something is terribly wrong with my blogger account and many people weren't able to leave a comment. I'm working through the problem with blogger...so, until I know exactly what's going on, I'll keep the contest up. Unfortunately only 13 people were able to leave comments. 2 of which I left for them. Hmmmm...

Looks like it's that time again ~ time for another give-away. Oh how I love doing give-aways. It's always nice to sell and show your art, but giving it away is something that truly makes me feel, somehow, worthwhile! Maybe I can bring a brief bit of happiness into someone's day when the mail arrives....opening up their mailbox to find a pleasant surprise instead of the daily bills and junk mail!

So, in honor of the spooky-ish Halloween season, I've decided to offer 6 ACEO prints that all have a dark or eerie feel about them. For those of you who may not know about ACEOs...they are collectible, small format art. They can be any medium or theme, but they must adhere to the size requirement of 2-1/2" x 3-1/2". They are the same size as a standard trading card.

All you have to do is leave a comment in the comment section. The winner will be chosen at random by my personal randomizer...my daughter Ava.

The give-away will run until October 10, Sunday evening 6:00 p.m. Pacific time. The winner will be announced the morning of Monday, October 11.

Here are the 6 ACEO prints to be included in the contest:

Guardian of the Masquerade


Amelia Visits the Ghostly Orchards


Secrets Under the Blood Moon


The Lonely Ghost


The Adopted


Damien's Day


Ohhh...and I'll note here ~ the watermarks that you see here on the ACEOs will not be on the actual prints.

As always....thank you ever so much for participating. It is very much appreciated.

Until Sunday:
Kim
Gerushia's New World

Who Likes Free Art?

Just a quick little blurb today. Gerushia has decided to offer all 4" x 6" prints in her shop as "Buy One Get One Free". This is a great time to start purchasing your holiday gifts. Buy one to give away, and keep the other for yourself.





Also, by purchasing handmade items (and/or prints) you are lending your support to the unique world of the arts.



Click here for a direct link to the 4" x 6" section in Gerushia's shop.



Thanks so much for your continued support, and your kind comments and emails.
Until Next Time:
Kim
Gerushia's New World