Close to the Holidays

We are getting all of our custom orders completed and now we are finalizing our new artwork for our 2 month tour in Florida. I was really happy that our customer liked their custom order of 3 children. They have 2 blonde-haired little girls and they are adopting a new little girl from Africa. They wanted a painting with the 3 girls (not portraits) so the new daughter would feel like she is part of the family. Isn't that great!!!! I will upload the artwork for you who might be out there to see.



Also I completed a commission for Sue in Omaha that was a large 48x60 horizontal landscape with my red roof houses...A satisfied customer is a real pleasure to any of you artists who have ever had to do commission work.



I put many miniature paintings on eBay with very limited success. Last year was a bonanza and I seemed to get some excitement in the bidding. This year most items are not getting bid or they are sold at my lowest price. I appreciate the sales anyway because the eBay customers are a very special group of collectors.



It seemed I had better success last year because I had a lot of mini mini's -- aceo paintings and similar. Also I cleaned out my studio inventory at giveaway prices last year and this year I haven't had time to go through my inventory.



This year I was slower getting items photographed and listed for eBay but all auction items will be completed before Christmas. As we are leaving for Florida, any auction items that might sell I want to get shipped asap. The unsold items I am putting in my store for awhile and if I put them out in Florida to sell, I will just remove them from the store. The paintings I have listed for $24 and $49 I normally sell for $35 and $65 respectively.



All my Christmas shopping done except for 2 or 3 smaller items .... need to return something I purchased that already doesn't work -- a baby toy that doesn't make music when it is supposed to. Fortunately I don't have to mail it out.



This past year has literally flown by and I am excite to see what God has planned for us in 2008. This month we had to have foundation repairs on our house.... $10,000 not including the needed sheetrock repair after they lifted the house. Life is really a challenge but God is still in the midst of the challenges.



I hope you have had a wonderful year and are in good health. Let's look forward to the exciting and joyful times ahead in 2008. God bless you richly.

p.s. If you get a chance, look at our new website (long overdue) at www.contemporarypictures.com