Wednesday, November 18, 2009

FAiRY TaLeS revisited

Look at the Fairy Tales ... brought back to life on these very old book pages...where their stories have been locked away behind a cover for too long. Look at the original paintings I created directly onto pages from an antique storybook ~ there is new life in these old familiar stories as you look at my interpretations of these charming characters.

King of the Fairies - PRESS PLAY WHILE YOU VISIT
Also available: hand embellished (colored pencil & ink) prints of many of the same works and others...








joyfully,
~ katey D

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

I will remember (each of) you [veteran's day 09]






sarah mclachlan - i will remember you
DID YOU KNOW?
…that the American Battle Monuments Commission administers, operates, and maintains 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil. Presently there are 124,909 U.S. war dead interred at these cemeteries, 30,921 of World War I, 93,238 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War. Additionally 6,177 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City and Corozal American Cemeteries.

(all info taken from AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
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AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
2,289 of our military dead
ARDENNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,329 of our military dead / 462 missing
BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,410 of our military dead / 498 missing
BROOKWOOD AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
468 of our military dead / 563 missing
CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
3,812 of our military dead / 5,127 mssing
EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,255 of our military dead / 424 missing
FLANDERS FIELD AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
368 of our military dead / 43 missing
FLORENCE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,402 of our military dead / 1,409 missing
HENRI-CHAPELLE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
7,992 of our military dead / 450 missing
ORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
10,489 of our military dead / 444 missing

LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
5,076 of our military dead / 371 missing
MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
17,202 of our military dead / 36,285 missing
MEUSE-ARGONNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
14,246 of our military dead / 954 missing
NETHERLANDS AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
8,301 of our military dead / 1,722 missing
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
9,387 of our military dead /1,557 missing
NORTH AFRICA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
2,841 of our military / 3,724 missing
OISE-AISNE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
6,012 of our military dead / 241 missing
RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
861 of our military dead / 294 missing
SICILY-ROME AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
7,861 of our military dead / 3,095 missing
SOMME AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
1,844 of our military dead / 333 missing
ST. MIHIEL AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
4,153 of our military dead / 284 missing
SURESNES AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL
1,541 of our military dead / 974 missing


My previous posts pertaining to VETERAN’S DAY/WW II can be seen by visiting this post in honor of my Dad
My Dad. My Veteran

Meanwhile - thank you for allowing me a break in my "normal" art posting. Please look around my blog and be sure to enter my ART Give-Away contest a couple of posts below :)

~Katey

Monday, November 09, 2009

Blackbird singing in the dead of night





Carly Simon

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I was a consultant on a reclamation project in Willoughby, Ohio several years back - where a pathetic old building was being given new life and now serves as a Bed and Breakfast. A few of the walls had to be moved/removed and I was able to reclaim some original 1884 framing lumber. Remember when 2x4 actually meant 2” x 4” ? (me neither ha ha) - At one time dimensional lumber was actually the dimension it was referred to! I have taken a few actual 2x4 boards that were unable to be used any other way in the lengths at hand - and I salvaged them into chubby chunks to paint on. Some of them still reveal ghosts of where the plaster and lathe attached to them.They are rough, have nail holes, scars, and fabulous character. Check them out in my ETSY shop!

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~katey

Be sure to visit my previous blog post for a chance to win ...

Killer Queen - domino pendant GIVE AWAY

Friday, November 06, 2009

Killer Queen - domino pendant GIVE AWAY

" She keeps Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette"







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Here we go again art friends!

ANOTHER
DOMINO
GIVE-AWAY...

Plain and simple - just leave a comment and check back in two weeks.
I am giving away this altered art domino pendant titled:
Killer Queen

I will put all the posters (spammers will not be included) into a "hat" and pull out a winner at random.

The winner will be contacted via their blog for a mailing addy.

I would appreciate any visits to my ETSY shops while you're out looking around ... that'd be swell.


For altered art, paintings, funky jewelry includings gobs of domino pendants - visit BLUEYEDUCKSTUDIOS

For one of a kind amazing photogrpahy (great Christmas giftees for the men in your life) - visit DRIFTSTUDIOS

For artisan scarves and funky textile gadgets - visit
DUCKPUDDLE


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About my domino pendants...
Size: 1" x 2" pendant on a white 18" suede cord with clasps
Type: Exceptional DOMINO ART PENDANT NECKLACE
Mixed media (painting, collage, glaze effects)
Ingredients: domino, acrylic paints (many many many layers), antique crackle medium, glazes, collage image, ric rac ribbon/or lace, findings, metallic paint, and love

I have taken an actual game piece domino (not a bead or craft store domino) and created a very textural and lush finish with multiple paint layers, crackle medium and various glazes. There is a rich and glorious textural depth to my handpainting. The collaged image is from a collection created by the "Land of Enchantment" (an amazing artist! see her link to the left). I have added details along the edges and all the dots are painted with metallic leaf. The back side is as pretty as the front - so the pendant is reversible!




~xokatey

all Your promises are true

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When the new day begins
Lord, Your mercies are new again
How my heart overflows with thanks to my King
When the night closes in
I'm so grateful You are my Friend
You said that You'd never leave and Lord I believe -- Lord, I believe

All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord,
Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do
Your promises are true

When the new day begins
Lord, Your mercies are new again
How my heart overflows with thanks to my King
When the night closes in I'm so grateful You are my Friend
You said that You'd never leave and Lord I believe -- Lord, I believe



All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do Your promises are true
They are comfort and healing
Strength for the journey
Hope for the hopeless
Gladness for mourning
Life and salvation
Power and victory
Lord, I believe, Lord I believe

They are comfort and healing
Strength for the journey
Hope for the hopeless
Gladness for mourning
Life and salvation
Power and victory
Lord, I believe, Lord I believe

All your promises are true
I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do.
All your promises are true; I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do...(I know You will do)
All your promises are true I will lift up my eyes to You
For You're all that I need
And by faith I receive the wonderful things You will do. (I know You do)
All your promises are true;
I will lift up my eyes to You.
When my heart starts to fail, Lord, Your strength will prevail,
And all You have said You will do Your promises are true...
(Your promises are true)
Your promises are true...
(Oh, I know they're true)
Your promises are true...
(I believe, O Lord)
Your promises are true

~All Your Promises Are True by Shannon Wexelberg

Thursday, November 05, 2009

forgiveness ... again

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I needed to revisit this one...








I hope it puts perspective in your heart today also




~katey




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