Branching Out!

Had to happen - my obsession with abstraction is taking me deeper into our previous works, and here are the latest results! These are glass pendants, 7/8" square, and will be for sale shortly in my store at One Thousand Markets, along with PiCassieO prints and my "other" art. We're also trying something different at Cafe Press - a new store with one of our "I Love My Dog" designs featured on a bunch of fun items.

The plan is to feature a different design every month or so, and eventually phase out our first store. Visit Art by PiCassieO!, because I love my dog and she needs dog food on a regular basis!

Driveway, July, #2

OK - this is version #2 of the last entry - another one of the new gradient palettes. Here's your chance to be an art critic - vote for the one you like best! Title suggestions are welcome, too - as long as they're G-rated!

BTW: Our July Sale is still on at Cafe Press. Lowest prices you'll ever see on PiCassieO items - also the widest selection of merchandise. If there's something you like, get it now (am discontinuing a bunch of designs!) Shop at www.CafePress.com/airedale_art

Driveway, July #1

Getting more colorful all the time, here! It's like opening a present, every time I try a different palette! This is a totally new look for "PiCassieO". There's another version coming up in the next post - vote for your favorite!

And don't forget - BIG Anniversary Sale at www.cafepress.com/airedale_art
You won't see these prices again! Still two weeks left - go shopping!

Milk Can, July

Wow - what looked like a total disaster turned out great! I accidentally erased ALL my custom gradients last week and had to start over, attempting to get 'em back by using previous prints for color sources. Never saw this one before - it came out totally different: wheeeeee...I love the colors! It's really good to start over, I'm sure - helps prevent redundancy. So, Milk Can, July heads off in a new direction. Eager to print this one!

Cassie is still hard at work on the glass, obviously. She had a dry spell for a few weeks, mainly because the wildlife has been a bit skimpy lately. Things are picking up, though: there are twin fawns out back, a couple of bunnies hanging out in the yard, and in spite of the hot dry weather, there was a box turtle on the path this morning. I saw it just before Cassie did and was able to grab it, but we struggled over it before I finally managed to toss it into the woods. That beats being bitten by an Airedale, I'm sure.

Just a reminder: our big July Anniversary Sale is happening at http://www.cafepress.com/airedale_art! Lowest prices you'll ever see on some really fun items with PiCassieO art all over them!

NEWS FLASH: July Sale at Our Store!!!

To celebrate our first year at Cafe Press, we're having a store-wide sale for the month of July!!!You'll never see prices this low again, so shop happy!!! We have mugs and mousepads, tees and tiles, and lots of other stuff with PiCassieO art all over, with love from Cassie and Beth!
www.cafepress.com/airedale_art

Pictured above: PiCassieo's "West Wind" Mug Sale Price $11.99 (plus S & H)

Milk Can #1 (Finally!)

After posting so many versions of Milk Can, I realized that there was no #1, so now there is. Taking a little artistic license here, I guess. Anyway, what's in a number? Mainly it's a way to distinguish one work from another, since I am totally running out of titles. There are still many different views of Cassie's marks against that milk can; sometimes the differences are very subtle, so it will be a challenge to make 'em all unique. Good thing it's still so much FUN!


We evidently have a healthy population of coyotes nearby this year. Cassie is being deprived of her entertainment at the windows, since there are very few bunnies around. Even the deer are elsewhere; to my disappointment there have been no fawns at all. If it weren't for my brother-in-law's old hound "Miss Red", the window painting might have stopped. Red has taken to following Gary as far as she can, hoping he'll put her in the truck for a ride. She usually makes it as far as our house, which sets Cassie off, and then pokes back home.


If all else fails, I could always photograph our skid marks on the road, as I struggle to keep Cassie from jumping snakes or picking a fight with Miss Red. Never a dull moment.

Singer and Door, February

You heard it right - "Singer", as in sewing machine. My dad bought an ancient treadle-powered Singer years ago, when my mom refused to let him play with her machine. His ambition was to make his own clothes; that project was quickly abandoned after making a couple of really bad neckties, so the old machine finally got a job as a porch table. It sits just outside the door (next to the previously mentioned milk can) and makes a great backdrop for Cassie's marks on the glass. If you look closely you can see the top and part of a treadle wheel. "PiCassieO" continues to evolve in unexpected ways! Just go back and look in the archives if you want proof.