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News:
July 8, 2010
I've been extremely busy sketching, and getting the gallery ready for opening! Yes, for those of you who don't know I am opening the Art Gallery in the Riverview Arts Center Building, the same building that houses my art studio. (located at 68 s. Main St, in Phillipsburg, NJ) I'm so excited!! It's going to be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 12pm till 6pm starting on the 16th of July. Then I'm going to have a Grand Opening celebration on Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 6pm till midnight.
I am going to post my new sketches on my facebook page, after I finish blogging this...so you can go check out my new sketches!!
Also I'm going to be setup in front of Just Around the Corner Art Gallery in Easton this Sunday for the Heritage Day Event that's going on downtown...so if you're in there area....swing on by!
Oh, and talking about shows, the Heritage Day Event is the last show I'm going to do for a while. I want to see how things work out with the Art Gallery and plan some other small events at Riverview.
I'm also going to have a poetry reading/tea party night at Riverview on the 24th of July. It will be $2 donation for admission, and there will be free drinks (coffee and tea mostly) and free snacky bits! If this poetry reading goes well, then I might start planning to hold them twice a month.
May 13, 2010
I know it's been a while since I updated, so I'm really going to update this site alot in the next couple of days/weeks. The first big update is going to be adding my Zazzle shop, offering new merchandise especially new Stationery! Also I need to update my Show & Cons page with my schedule for the summer, because I have some really fun shows that I'm doing this year...and I'm getting new merchandise here in my online store that I'm going to be making with the Fairy & Fantasy artwork that I have done within the last eight months or so. I'm publishing a new book called Dreams & Desires vol. 2 which should be available sometime in June. Finally I'm getting in 300 piece Puzzles of three of my fairy paintings (which I cannot wait to see!) and most of my other artwork will also be made into puzzles and those will be available from the licensor's Piece Time Puzzles.
Oh, and I've also been making butterflies and costume fairy wings (in my spare time ;p )which I'm also going to put on here, and possibly my Etsy store when I finish them...So more to come on these things and much more really soon!
Jan 22, 2010
Okay, so I know how cheesy this is but I had to do it. I took some really awesome and gothy pictures of my cats the other day. After them trying to eat the scenery, falling asleep on set, trying to sniff the camera, trying to hide from me under the bed, or photo-bombing each other (which happened quite a lot) I finally got two really good shots of the both of them. Then, being the little pre-madonnas that they are...of coarse they had to have a nap afterwards, because posing for the camera is such hard work.
The first is of Grim. He's a black oriental, and is very intelligent but highly paranoid cat. He absolutely adores me, and follows me around everywhere. He loves his little brother Yum Yum, and is always wanting to wrestle with him.
The next is Yum Yum. He's a silver tabby, and a bit of a weirdo. He likes to drink from the faucet, and he'd play in the toilet if we didn't keep the lid down. His behavior is more dog like, he gets into the trash (I don't know why, he never tries to eat anything from it) and he greets my boyfriend and I at the door when we come home. And when ever we decide to have company over, he always thinks that they're coming to see him. He's a little on the dumb side and very clumsy for a cat (don't ask me how, but 50% of the time he goes to jump on the counter, he misses) but he has one of the most sweetest and cutest personalities I've ever seen on a cat. And he really loves his brother Grim. The both of them play for hours (btw, neither cat is blood related..."brothers" means really really close friends and companions)
So yeah, those are my boys!
Jan. 21, 2010
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Dead of Winter Carnival, it was alot of fun, and very exciting! The next event that I have in mind is going to be on Saturday night Feb. 20, 10 at Riverview in Phillipsburg, NJ. It's going to be a Gothic Industral Concert night including two bands; Platform One, and The Dosser, and a DJ, DJ ThermaNuke from NYC. I'll be making up a flyer about that soon. Also I'm planning my next big Gothic event in April. The Theme is going to be An Evening of Vaudeville. I hope that's just as exciting as the Carnival was!
Anyways, on to more artsy stuff...I've been doing commissions and professional comic book covers like a crazy person this last month. And finally I get to show a couple of them off. (not the comic book cover though...not till it's published.)
I did a couple of portraits:
I also found some time to do some fantasy art that will be going up for sale soon!
And soon I'm going to be make prints and merchandise out of Underwater Dream, and The Call of Winter's Chill! I can't wait!
Dec. 28, 09
I know I haven't been on here lately, I've been really busy doing commissions for Christmas, which I turned out some really excellent art all in time to get shipped off. I'll probably show those off sometime this week...But what I'm really excited (and a little nervous) about is The Dead of Winter Carnival that I'm throwing it at the Riverview Arts Center, in Phillipsburg, NJ. It's on Saturday Jan. 9, 2010 starting at 7pm till about 2:30am! There's going to be artists and vendors setup, and really good entertainment, and free food and drinks(while it lasts)!It's just $12 at the door!
Riverview Arts Center is located at 68 S. Main St, Phillipsburg, NJ, 08865. And if your interested there's a really inexpensive Quality Inn less then a mile from Riverview, in Easton, PA. It's located at 185 South 3rd Street, Easton, PA 18042.
If anyone has any further Questions please feel free to email me at reyahawk2@yahoo.com.
Oh, and one last thing, I'm going to launch, hopefully the night of the Dead of Winter Carnival, my new website The Gothic Lehigh Valley. It will list goth/industrial event, concerts, shops, cemeteries, art shows, tattoo shops in the Lehigh Valley/Easton, PA area. Keep your eyes pealed here for more information.
Sept. 25, 09
So I got everything finalized for the Gothic Art & Music Festival. Here's the Flier!
I'm still have a little bit of room for artists tables, so if you would like to inquire about one please email me at reyahawk2@yahoo.com.
I just came back from a month long odyssey (or so it seemed). I traveled to Florida for MegaCon, then the next weekend I went to DragonCon in Atlanta, GA, then stayed home for a weekend and then went to Pittsburgh, PA for the Horror Realm Zombie Convention. It was alot of fun, and very tiring, and yes I caught some kind of con plague while I was traveling, which I'm still getting over. It was great getting to meet new people and seeing old friends, and thanks to everyone who came out to see me! I'm going to post my new artwork in a couple of days...I'm starting to do pencil renderings for a book on turn of the century circus freaks, and they are coming out awesome!
August 3, 09
I posted some tasty Original Artwork on Ebay the other day...go have a look-see: The original artwork on Ebay is between $30 and $50! These are highly detailed one of a kind paintings and it would be a shame to let these go without any bids!
July 31, 2009
Announcing the very first...
So far I have booked the White Elephant Burlesque Society and the New York based Gothic band Night Gallery to play at this event. We're currently still looking for artists to setup, although spaces are going fast!
If your an artist, and your body of work would appeal to a Gothic audience, please email me at reyahawk2@yahoo.com. Some things you should know about this event before emailing:
~The space to setup is FREE! The spaces are average 6ft by 3ft. If anyone has a larger display, then please let me know, and I will try to accommodate you.
~This show is for the charity of PRO Riverview Arts Center in Phillipsburg, NJ. All proceeds will go to this non-profit organization to help keep the Art Center building open and running.Click Here for more information!
~The artist is responsible to bring their own display whether it be a table no larger then 6ft, or a backdrop (like gridwall to hang paintings on)
~Setup for the event will be the day of the event from 12pm till 7pm. Breakdown will be either the night of the event from 2:30am till 4am and the next day starting at 12pm till 5pm.
~For directions on how to get to Riverview Center for the Arts Click Here for Google Maps.
July 21, 2009
Big news!! I acquired an art studio!! I've been working out of my tiny cramped apartment for a long time and the last two weeks I've been moving my work space from my living room to my new studio. It's wonderful having my living room actually be a living room for once, and having my work space be separate from my computer that has internet, because I get distracted so easily. My art studio is about eight blocks or so from my apartment, so it's within walking distance.
So upon investigating the building that my studio is in, I found out that there's a huge hall space upstairs, and that the resident artists (that now includes me) are able to put on art shows there...so of course I've always wanted to put on a gothic art show. So without further ado...
Soon I'm going to put up more information on this tomorrow. Including directions, and exhibitors information.
Oh and before I forget...The deadline for the fantasy magazine "Fantastical Enchantments (yes, I changed the name) has been move back till Aug 24, 2009. I had and over whelming response to this, and I want to make the first issue come out when I have the Gothic Art and Music Fest, and possibly hand out special covered copies at the show.
June 23, 2009
So I've wanted to make a magazine that showcases peoples talents, and so I'm going to try to make this a reality...so here goes:
Magazine Title: Fantasy Enchantments
Genre: High Fantasy, New Age, and Myth
Deadline for first issue: July 24, 2009
This would include anything dealing with faeries, gods and goddesses, elves, druids, wiccans, greenmen, Celtic and Norse myths, Greek and Roman myths and anything else that fits into this genre.
Fantasy Enchantments will be published under my business name Avalon Enterprises, and will be 20 pages in comic book format. I plan to publish Fantasy Enchantments as a magazine, four times a year (possibly more then that after it starts selling)
In return for your artwork, and poetry submissions you will receive one copy of the Fantasy Enchantments magazine. Unfortunately I cannot afford to pay the submitters at this time, but as the magazine grows I�m sure that will change.
Art and Poetry submissions:
Please send an email to reyahawk2@yahoo.com with the following (with :submissions� in the title of the email):
Your full name
Your Street Address
Your Email
Your website (if you have one)
A Small Bio (100 words or less)
And whether or not you want your email displayed in the magazine
If it�s poetry that you are sending, it can be attached in either a word file ( .doc) or just attached at the bottom of the email. And has to be able to fit on a single printed page.
If it�s artwork then you can attach it to your email with these regulations: first send me a small image, no larger the 600 pixels across the top, so I can see what it is that you�re submitting. Then after receiving an email from me saying that you were selected for the issue you can email me a larger version of the image. The larger version of the image must be at least 300 dpi and no bigger then 8.5� x 11��and my mailbox can only hold attachments that are smaller then 10megabytes, so please keep that in mind. (usually image attachment should be within the range of 3 and 6 megs) And only one artwork per email.
If you don�t have digital files you can email me and I�ll write back with my street address so you can send me copies. (DO NOT send in originals!! Make sure that they are copies!)
You can submit as many times as you want, but because the magazine is only 20 pages, I can only accept two submissions from each person per magazine. That means either 2 submissions of artwork, two submissions of poetry, or one of each. If you submit more then two then I might hold some submissions for the next issue.
Copyrights:
You hold the copyright to your own artwork/poetry. This magazine is just a way to advertise what you do. By submitting you are giving me one time copyright use to print your artwork/poetry in my magazine. But you still hold the copyrights.
June 16, 2009
I just posted a bunch of things last night on Fuzzb.com and now I'm trying to get stationery made. Click here to see the examples of stationery. If I can get some companies to look at them, maybe I'll get them produced!
June 14, 2009
Hey look what I just finished!
Also, I just joined FuzzB.com...it's a new auction site...well, sort of. It's more like Ebay, Etsy, Myspace, Live Journal, Youtube, and Twitter all rolled into one...it's Great! Click Here to goto my profile selling page!
June 11, 2009
Big Update for this website!! I'm done with putting on the new merchandise that I have created! I'm so excited, because now is this not only an artist website that shows off my work, but I just entered into the online shopping experience that is the internet. You can purchase just about everything that I have for sale! (except my new age products, I don't have most of them up yet...but give it time, this website is always expanding)
So now that I'm done with this part of my website, I can concentrate on other things, like making more artwork!...Oh, and talk about artwork, for some reason my painting Darkness Is An Angel never got it's own page in my Gallery of watercolors, so now that's been fixed too!
May 23, 2009
I just posted two of my Original Artworks on Ebay! Go check them out!
May 22, 2009
Well, I just finished up 90% of my website...I still have to create merchandise and post it on here, but now it will be a lot easier to do, then the system I had. I also posted my licensors, a usage policy and a fact section so you can learn more about me. So please even if you've been here before, go look around there's a lot of new stuff!
I posted three auctions on Ebay this week, please go check them out if you have a chance to.
I've been hard at work yet again. I've painted two new pieces. The Autumn Fae was for my Mom for Mother's Day and her Birthday, and the landscape is first of a series that I'm doing for Just Around the Corner Art Gallery.
I also added more Shows that I'm setting up at under Shows & Cons. So please go look around!
April 29, 2009
I just came back from Pittsburgh, I setup at the Steelcity Con and had a blast. Thanks to everyone who came out to see me at this comic con! I've recently been hard at work, doing paintings for my next fairy art book...it should be out by late summer. Here's some of what I've been working on:
