Art for the day

(c) Betty Refour - Untitled #10 - Mixed Media on Canvas

This is a 3 x 4 inch painting that I did using texture gel and acrylics on canvas. It's available for sale on Artbyus. This would be great for a gift or to keep for yourself.

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(c) Betty Refour - Acrylics on Wood

This is a piece I did for Artomat. If you are not familiar with artomat then you are in for a treat. These are vend ready pieces of art that are sold in refurbished cigarette machines in the US and abroad. It's another great and inexpensive way to collect art. All of the art is the size of a pack of cigarettes. They are usually done on wood blocks like mine was but they can be done on just about anything as long as the work of art will fit inside a box. There are all types of art in these machines and the most exciting part, to me anyway, is that you don't know what you're getting until it comes out of the machine. There are over 500 artists from around the world participating in this ten year old project. Take a look at their website to find a location near you and to see what you might find in one of these machines. If your city is artomatless I suggest you contact your local officials and demand a machine be installed immediately!

This project is great exposure for artists. Someone saw the pieces I did on my website and contacted me to do a commission. I'm almost done with their painting so I'll be sure and post it when I'm finished. I'll also post my next batch of artomats when I'm done.

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(c) Rose Refour - Round and Round - Ink on Paper

This is an ACEO that my sister Rose did. It's available for sale on eBay with a portion of the proceeds going to the Autism Society of America.

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(c) Betty Refour - Untitled - 2007

The original painting was done using acrylics on canvas. This image is available as a print from Imagekind.

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Tapestry #4 (c) Betty Refour - 2007

The original painting was done using acrylics on canvas. It's available as a print from Imagekind.

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(c) Betty Refour - Wide Open Spaces - 2007 - Ink on Paper

This is another ACEO that I did. I've been doing a lot of these lately. The only other art I'm working on are three commissions. I'll be sure to show those when they're done. You can find this ACEO in my eBay store.

Be sure and stop by my note card blog and take part in our contest plus find info about contests from other bloggers. Have a great week everybody, thanks for stopping by.

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Landscape 2 (c) Betty Refour - 2007 Ink on Paper

This is another ACEO that I did. It's available in my eBay store.

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Landscape - (c) Betty Refour - 2007 - Ink on Paper

I haven't been able to paint much lately. Our roof was damaged during all the rain here and the basement and utility room flooded. We've have repairmen working on the damage but I'm just like a child with company. I hover around and ask questions and probably drive them crazy. I have done some ACEO's though and this is one of them. You can find some of the ones I did in my eBay shop. If you are unfamiliar with ACEO it stands for Art Cards Editions and Originals. These are small pieces of art 2.5 x 3.5 inches - the size of a trading card. They are considered an affordable way to collect art and they are traded and collected around the world.

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Deal Of The Day

I will occasionally offer Special Discounts on my art and notecards to my readers. Today's deal is 10% off on orders of $10.00 or more from Noteworthy Crafts. This discount will automatically be calculated so there's no need for codes. For additional savings visit our Special Offers page.

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Art Show

I wasn't sure what to expect from my show Friday night because I really don't know very many people here. I've only been selling and marketing my work here for less than a year, I had been in the DFW area before. But when I got there there were already people there!

I am always so ill prepared with digital cameras. You would think by now that I would remember to bring additional batteries but that was not the case. I had fully intended to bring my film camera too but of course I forgot that too. I got three shots and then the camera died:(
The turnout was great - I sold two pieces and got a commission (yeah). Thanks again Shelly for having me.

My work will be there until September 2nd for anyone who would like to see it. L.JiElle is located at 2924 Paseo in the Paseo Arts District in Oklahoma City. Have a great day everybody, thanks for stopping by.

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Ok so this morning I got ready, synced up my Ipod, gathered my art and headed over to L.JiElle. When I got there I found out that the current artist had not been able to get by to collect his art yet. The owner informed me that they would hang my art, so I Got A Reprieve:) I'm not sure why I was stressing over the installation but I was.

My show Seeing Red will open tomorrow. Opening reception is Friday July 6th from 6 - 10 pm. The show runs until September 2nd. L.JiElle is a salon and gallery located at 2924 Paseo in of course the Paseo Arts District. I will post more photos after the reception. If you've never been out to the Paseo it is quite a treat and the gallery walk is every first Friday from 6 - 10pm and every first Saturday from 12 - 6pm. Everything is open during this time and all of the businesses support local artists so there is a lot of art to see. Thanks Shelly for inviting me to show my work at your beautiful salon.

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© Betty Refour - Tapestry #5 - Acrylic on 4 x 5 inch Canvas

© Betty Refour - Making Connections - Acrylics on 5 x 5 inch Canvas

 

Making Connections and Tapestry #5 will be part of the group show Small Works Small Wonders. The show will be held at Gallery One located at 2927 Paseo in the Paseo Arts District. Small Works Small Wonders will open on July 6th and run through July 29th. Opening reception is July 6th from 6 - 8pm. There are many many wonderful pieces that will be included in this show all 13 x 9 inches or less, so please do stop by.

Tomorrow I hang my solo show and that should be very interesting. I've given direction on how I wanted things done before but I've never hung one myself. I'll have photos later in the week.

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