venita | May 7, 2009
With all the excitement around the election and volunteering to support it, after everything was over, I wanted to carry on the hope it instilled. And as all of us have watched the world financial system meltdown and listen to all the on-going job loss statistics and business closures, I realized how thankful I am [...]
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venita | November 16, 2008
This is my first time posting to Sunday Postcard Art. I found the site several months ago, but just never could get it together. So I was bound and determined to post this weekend. And although it is late on Sunday, I am going to do it. I loved the idea of a hat [...]
Category: Beginnings, collage, mixed media |
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Tags: Asian, collage, Sunday Postcard
venita | June 17, 2008
This week is the big week!! James Judd and Son Vineyard starts bottling their two newest wines. They are a Tempranillo and a Cabernet Sauvignon. Why am I talking about this? Well last year during the Castro Street Fair, James (the son) and his partner stopped in my booth. They took a business card and left. [...]
Category: Beginnings, Commissions, collage |
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Tags: collage, Vintage Image, Wine
venita | June 15, 2008
Now that I have a blog, I want to participate in some “challenges.” So, with that said, I have been working this week to submit an image to Mixed Media Monday. I first discovered the site via an article in Artful Blogging by Somerset Studio Summer 2008 issue. There are several cool articles in their [...]
Category: Beginnings, Digital Collage, Mixed Media Monday, collage |
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Tags: collage, Digital, Our Lady Guadalupe
venita | June 10, 2008
I just received an e-mail from Sarah Fishburn. They have advertising space in the July issue of Pasticcio. I am going to go for it. It drops in July and is a great time to advertise my new website. I think I may try to fit a note in about the Santa Fe show in [...]
Category: Beginnings, Starting Up an Art Business, collage |
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Tags: collage, Marketing, Mexican, Our Lady Guadalupe
venita | June 5, 2008
Today was the big day! My kind friend, Janet Morris, hosted a Virtual Launch party for me at work. Here’s how it worked. We did a virtual meeting and she invited friends and co-workers through out the US to attend at their local sites. So there were folks from Boise, California, Colorado, Vancouver, WA and [...]
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Tags: Buddha, collage, Religious, serene
venita | June 4, 2008
This has been a two year journey. I realized last weekend that two years ago this month a business venture blew up in my face. And I was devastated and felt like a complete failure. It would take me six months to finally get back in control of my own destiny and to get focused [...]
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Tags: Add new tag, African American, Black, buttons, children, collage, multimedia, Vintage
venita | May 28, 2008
In the summer of 2006, I sat on my front porch and had a wonderful heartfelt conversation with my great friend Kelly Kilmer. As we talked about where I wanted to go in this life, I shared about my recent business heart break and my art and how I wanted to evolve my art to [...]
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Tags: copper, etching, Frida, metal, mixed media