Art For The Day

©Melissa Earley

South Carolina artist Melissa Earley has been an art-o-artist for about five years and during that time her pieces have been in machines all over the country. She has heard from several buyers one of her favorites being a dad who told her how excited his kids were to put their tokens in and chose her work, and how they'd shown all their friends at school.

Melissa is known primarily as a bead artist so she's happy to get recognition for her paintings. You can see more of her work at http://www.melissaearley.com/.

Thanks Melissa for taking the time to talk to me and thanks everybody for stopping by.

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©Rosetta Bentz

Rosetta Bentz has been an Art-o-artist since 2003. Her Art-o-mat "Portraits of Humanity" are her doodles of life and she loves creating them. Rosetta says "No two are ever alike and each one is individually drawn. They are all different and they all have similar qualities to them. Just like real people. We are all different, but made up of the same stuff. And, to me, they are androgenous. Not quite male and not quite female. They are very different from my paintings. I paint/draw/create from feelings and memories that compel me to move forward. I very rarely copy or try to imitate. I work full time at a day job, I work full time as an artist and I work full time promoting/marketing my work. I regularly exhibit mostly in the Tri-state area. I enjoy being a part of AOM. I love it that little pieces of me/my work are scattered throughout the country in very interesting places. I have gotten emails from people that bought my work, appreciate and enjoy having it and tell me so."

Rosetta shares a studio in Long Island City, NY with her husband who is also an artist. You can see more of her work by visiting The Bentz Sudio.com. Her art-o-mat pieces are currently located in the Michigan Art-o-mat.

Thanks Rosetta for taking the time to talk to me and thanks everybody for stopping by.

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©Rose Refour - Acrylic on Canvas - Untitled - 2007

This past Wednesday was Rose's birthday. We took the day off and went shopping in the morning. We stopped and had lunch and then went to have her ears pierced. She did not have pierced ears and has been wanting to have them pierced so she could wear my diamond earrings no less. After that we did more shopping and then came home and she gave herself a manicure. The program she attends gave her a party and she got more presents. I think she had a great birthday.

Have a great week everybody, thanks for stopping by.

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©Camilla Bostrom

Gothenburg, Swedan artist Camilla Bostrom has been an art-o-artist for a year. She also does product and Fashion Design. You can see more of her work by visiting the following sites:

www.scebno1.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/scebno1
www.oiidesign.se
www.freshfish.se
www.fashionway.se
http://www.metalmanproject.com
http://www.hdk.gu.se/examina/exa06/pd0cambo1.shtml

Thanks Camilla for taking the time to talk to me and thanks to everyone for stopping by.

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©Christel Weixelman

Christel is originally from Alaska but now resides in Seattle. She's been an art-o-artist for a year and a half and her pieces are currently in the Michigan Art-o-mat.

I like the retro feel that this piece has to it. You can see more of her work on her Myspace page, her blog, or her website. To learn more about Art-o-mat, visit artomat.org.

Thanks Christel for taking the time to talk to me and thanks everybody for stopping by.

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©Rose Refour

Have a safe and Happy Halloween everybody.

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©Della Nohl

Della is a photographer currentlyy living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. While on a six month camping trip in the south and southwest Della wrote once sometimes twice a week to her friend JoEllen about her adventures. Della had a habit of starting but not keeping up with travel journals so this way she had a record of her travels. Once she arrived in Wisconsin she borrowed the letters from JoEllen, made copies of them and put them together in book form.

She was already familiar with Art-o-mat from living in New York and when her husband spotted a machine in their local library he suggested that she submit her Camp Letters to the project. They were thrilled when she was accepted. That was in 2004. Since then her pieces have been in several machines around the country including the Michigan Art-o-mat where I got mine.

Della is always excited to hear from buyers and the most frequently asked questions are "Can I Open The Envelope?" and "Is There A Letter Inside?". The answer to both of those is "yes".

Since she is fortunate enough to have a machine nearby, Della makes a point of purchasing pieces to give to family and friends as gifts to spread the word about Art-o-mat.

If you would like to see additional samples of Della's photography you can visit the American Indian Artists website at www.amerinda.org. She's listed under both name and discipline in the NAAR (Native American Artists Roster) and also as stills photographer for the feature film "The Reawakening."

Thanks Della for taking the time to talk to me and thanks to everyone for stopping by.

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©Elin Waterston

I am so intrigued by the ideas that my fellow art-o-artists come up with for their art-o-mat pieces. Remember these items have to either fit into a box, or be done on wood the size of a pack of cigarettes.

Elin Waterston has been an art-o-artist since 2005. Her pieces can be found in the Michigan Art-o-mat as well as in the machine in Hawaii. She enjoys hearing from buyers to find out where her pieces end up and has had the opportunity to swap art with some 40 plus art-o-artists.

You can read more about Elin's art-o-mat adventures by visiting her blog and see more of her work on her website. Thanks Elin for taking the time to talk to me.

Have a great day everybody, thanks for stopping by.

To learn more about Art-o-mat visit artomat.org

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©Betty Refour - Encounters - 2007

Rose and I have been very busy. We have lots going but hopefully we'll get caught up soon. One of these days I plan to finish showing the pieces I got from my fellow Artomat artists.

We went fishing last week with the Day Program that Rose attends. As far as I know that was her first time to fish but she won the prize for catching the most fish. She caught three. She was no where near as excited about it as everyone else was. She also was asked to design Halloween cards for someone as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas ones. I'll be sure and post those sometime.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.