Ent Maiden - Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's Tree Ent's

I love "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Hobbit" and anything that J.R.R. Tolkien has dreamed into our little realities!  In these stories Treebeard always seemed to be looking for a partner in his life... a female Tree Ent.  What would one look like?  Is she beautiful?  Well after some thought, I decided to create such a creature! Why?  Why not!

Here she is "Ent Maiden".  I depicted this tree like creature standing in the forest blending in amongst all the beauty of nature.  I feel as a Tree Ent she is very in touch will all the earth around her... and enticed by her majestic beauty... butterflies and moths are drawn to her.  Prints of "Ent Maiden" Can be purchased in my Art-Fire and Etsy shop and is part of my Random Creations Collection.

The Winners Choice!

Hello everyone...

At the beginning of October we had a drawing for all those who has entered my emailing list.  The winners had choose there items... and here they are!

First place winner, Ashley H., choose her handmade XL book to be made in reds featuring "Hawk" from my Warrior Fay collection!  Believe it or not... this is the first book that I had ever made with any of my Warrior Fay... and I have to say, nice choice!

Second place winner, Aaron N., choose the lovely print 

"Clover" from my Children of Myth collection.

And last... but not least... Madison T. choose the print 

"Crow" from my Celtic Collection.

I want to thank everyone who had entered!  I had fun with this one and hope to have more drawings like this in the future.... that said,  I think I will keep the man eating bird out of the next one.  

Until later...

The Great Paper Debate

Hello chaps!

As some of you may already know... I seem to be having...well... paper issues, which has started "The Great Paper Debate".  It all started with my larger books.  I have changed the image paper to a glossy water resistant canvas.  I did this because I feel that the image is richer when printed on the canvas, it has a great texture and... well... being water resistant is always nice for those minor spills.

This process of looking for the new papers to print the images on for the books seemed to spill in my art reproduction.  As of now, I have always printed my art on luster photo paper.  This is a type of paper that you would get at a photo studio.  It is a lovely paper that has a nice weight to it and prints crisp images.  But there was a problem with it... and that is it's sheen.  In most lighting... it creates a glare (sheen) that makes it hard to see the image.

Well, after testing many papers, I found a professional matte photo paper that I love and  will use to print my art from now on.  This paper is amazing when printed.  All the colors are rich and deep... yet the image is crisp and clean.  Under glass... you can look at the image from any angle and see its rich, crisp colors without glare.  Since it is a matte photo paper the glare that the luster paper produced has been eliminated. 

So once again... out with the old and in with the new!
As for my Mystic Portraits, they will still be printed on the same photo paper that they always have.

Until later...
Cherie

2012 Zodiac Collection Calender

 I know.. I know... you guys like calenders.  Things to hang and scribble on.  This year I listened to all of you that asked and created a 2012 Calender.  I used my Zodiac Collection for the images... fitting for a calender.  These can be purchased in my Etsy and Artfire Shoppes.

I wanted to have it printed on something a little fun and for that I found this gold metallic paper.  When the light dances across the paper it gives the images a really nice shimmer.  They are coil bound with a plastic back and front for its protection against a year of stabbing, scrapping and jabbing of a roller ball pen.

If you are looking for something for that friend or family of yours that is obsessed with the fay... or just want a little fantasy on your walls... this may just be the item for you!