IF ~ Carry

Carry...

this for Illustration Friday

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When you purchase an item from  MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat by the pool with a cocktail and tablet and browse through the pages of my website

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IF ~ Ferocious

ferocious?  ....nahhhhh

...this for Illustration Friday

 

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat in the sun with a sippy and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

Bogie Lake Arts and Greens Holiday Art Market 2010

Arts and Greens Holiday Art Market

THIS WEEKEND!

Get a start, finish up or add to your holiday gifts for friends and family. Musical performances, great art gifts and book signings together under one roof for one great shopping and entertainment experience in a greenhouse setting. Bogie Lake Greenhouse also has great gifts for giving and for decorating you home holiday style!

I will have tons of fArCiCaL fOlK aRt jewelry...fArCiCaL fOlK aRt and modern art paintings...art prints...Harp Mouse books with mouse puppets...and MORE! Diane Dunn and I will be together on Sunday at 1pm to sign your personal copies of The Harp Mouse book series. Both copies will be available with the cute little mouse finger puppets, so stop by and see us. This is the perfect opportunity to have your book signed by the author AND the illustrator!

Stop by my booth and say hello!

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, PLEASE go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!
Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, with a warm mug of something (and your mobile gadget) and browse through the pages of my website

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IF ~ Spent

...this little kitty is spent...

for illustration friday

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, PLEASE go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!

Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, with a warm mug of something (and your mobile gadget) and browse through the pages of my website

ArtQwerks

Pugsley

Look into these eyes and you'll feel the love, if you purchase the print of this little pug!

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!
Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, in a sweatshirt, with a warm mug of something and browse through the pages of my website

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IF ~ Spooky

Spooky for some maybe...this for Illustration Friday

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, PLEASE go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!

Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, in a sweatshirt, with a warm mug of something and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

Grit eating grin...

Can you really deny this grit eating grin? Guaranteed never to nip at your shins!
When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, PLEASE go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!

Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, in a sweatshirt, with a warm mug of something and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

IF ~ Transportation

I pulled this color pencil commission from my portfolio archives. It's a little dingy and blurry (I blurred the tag further on the truck to protect the innocent) and yes, I realize it's strikes an odd cord with animal rescue donations and pleas, but it's the first illo I thought of when I read this weeks word for Illustration Friday...Transportation

even though I'm not keen on hunting, people are allowed to do it

...just not in my yard :)

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! These animals deserve a chance!

Have a seat in the yard by the bonfire, in a sweatshirt, with a warm mug of something and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

Headed to breakfast

Headed to breakfast

...this for Illustration Friday. Hey, I make 'em up as I go along. This is my latest pet portrait commission. Only 29,874,987,785,975 more to go! YAY! ok...not really that many, I think I'm down to 6 ahead of me...I love every one of them! Keep 'em coming! When I wear out, or start the next book, I might get tired and stop the sale. Here's where you can find it...

ebay

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat in the sun with a sippy and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

happiness ensues...

Twister and Karen on a romp in the pasture
as they continue their blissful life together ;-D

IF ~ Expire

Winter has finally expired...

time to enjoy SPRING!!!!

When you purchase an item from MY STORE, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. ...and even if you don't purchase anything from me, you can go to their site and make a donation! They deserve a chance too!

Have a seat in the sun with a sippy and browse through the pages of my website ArtQwerks

IF ~ Focused

Focus on this...

When you purchase an item from my store, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. They deserve a chance too.

Grab a cup of coffee and take a long luxurious gander at my website ArtQwerks

The Chamsah Project

The Chamsah Project

SOLD

Exhibition and Sale

January 10-March 7, 2010

Come see the work of many artists including

Donna Pellegata (that's me folks), Linda Onderko and Dan Persinger

The Janice Charach Gallery asked artists throughout the world to decorate plain, wooden chamsahs. Each chamsah begins the same, but through the careful hands of the artist is revealed to be a singular, masterful creation of great beauty. The result is a reflection of life itself: our commonality as human beings, and our extraordinary uniqueness as individuals.

When you purchase an item from my store, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. They deserve a chance too.

Grab a cup of coffee and take a long luxurious gander at my website ArtQwerks

Under the Watchful Eye

See my work here this weekend!

Exhibition and Sale

January 10 – March 7, 2010

The Janice Charach Gallery asked artists throughout the world to decorate plain, wooden chamsahs. Each chamsah begins the same, but through the careful hands of the artist is revealed to be a singular, masterful creation of great beauty. The result is a reflection of life itself: our commonality as human beings, and our extraordinary uniqueness as individuals.

Opening Receptions:Sunday, January 10

Gallery Patron Preview and Presale – NoonPublic Opening – 1 p.m.

For more information, please call 248.432.5579or visit http://www.jccdet.org/.

Visit the Gallery Opening livestream at https://74.204.85.21/.

When you purchase an item from my store, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. They deserve a chance too.

Grab a cup of coffee and take a long luxurious gander at my website ArtQwerks

New Year!

Now that the new year has begun, it might behoove me to to start picking up the ball where I dropped it before the holidays and pay a little more attention to my blog here. I don't know about the rest of you but that was one whirlwind of a season (just like every year) and I had a great time, but I sure am glad it's done and I can get back to work. I decided to list a bunch of my contemporary art pieces on ebay today, so please take a moment to check those out. Since I closed my ebay store, I'll just send you right over to my "about me" page and all you'll have to do is scroll down and click on the artwork listed for sale. Pictures of my horses are on that page too, although Buddy (the one with the blond mane) left us for the great hay bale in the sky about a year ago. I just can't bring myself to take his picture down. HE was a great horse. I swear I could look him in the eye and he knew what I was thinking. Usually I was thinking, he must be thinking "she's nuts if she thinks she's gonna put a saddle on me!"

I'll miss him forever.

...ANYWAY...

go here to peek at my contemporary works: About Me on eBay

When you purchase an item from my store, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity the donation goes to, will depend on the item purchased and I will love you forever from the bottom of my little black heart. They deserve a chance too.

Grab a cup of coffee and take a long luxurious gander at my website ArtQwerks

IF ~ Blur

Ah... to do this again with my kids...it's all a blur to me now!

All grown up and no one to toss!

Please take a moment to look at my new website!

I wouldn't mind a little feedback on that too, if you have a moment.

Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation.

When you purchase an item from my store at ArtQwerks, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity will depend on the item purchased and I would most certainly appreciate your donation!

IF ~ Infinite

Infinite Wisdom

fArCiCaL fOlK aRt

Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation.

When you purchase an item from ArtQwerks, 10% of your purchase price will be donated to my favorite animal charities; Last Chance Animal Rescue and Horses Haven, both in lower MI. Which charity will depend on the item purchased and I will most certainly appreciate it.

See my store and galleries to the right--->