We have a winner!

Yes, I know I said a winner would be announced yesterday, but I was otherwise occupied ...

So! this morning is the time to draw the name for the Tree Hugger Bookmark.

Thank you all for your fun art disaster and werewolf (!) stories.

Since it's my draw I can make my own rules,

so I put in all your names twice.

So without further delay,

THE WINNER IS ... (drum roll here) ...

Kim!

I'm thrilled that it was your name that I pulled out of my favourite fuchsia hat, Kim!

You need to know that it was your sweet giving spirit that was one of the reasons

I started thinking in the first place, about leaving my Tree Hugger Bookmarks

out there in the big wide world.

I hope that you and everyone else who happens to come along

and pick one of these bookmarks up, will be blessed in some small way by receiving one.

Oh, and Kim I love your Spring Walkabout Apil 13th post photos of you with your art ~

hope you don't mind that I snatched the photo here to announce your win.

It made me smile, when I saw the photo of you literally hugging a tree,

but I liked the photo here because of your beautiful smile.

One other thing ... the New York fine art chair is completed ~ yay!

It's being delivered tomorrow to its new home.

Before it leaves my house,

I will take photos and share them with all my lovely readers.

Re-purposing, Disasters AND a Giveaway

As many of you know, I'm always re-purposing and recycling materials of all sorts in my mixed media art. All the fine art chairs I've painted so far, are 2nd hand or gently used, if you prefer that term. I've been painting over the past month on my latest chair. It's a commission with a New York City theme ~ more about that adventure later. Because I've been working almost exclusively on this chair, I needed a little break. I felt I needed to do something completely different.

This is what I made. They are hand drawn bookmarks with pretty fibres ~ I call them Tree Hugger Bookmarks. They are all made out of pre-used cardboard. I am leaving them here and there in my travels for some unsuspecting person who comes along and happens to discover them. I hope whoever happens to discover them will enjoy using them.

About my New York chair. I have a funny story for you about something happened earlier today as I was painting. I had a major paint explosion! There I was, peacefully painting my chair, when I unexpectedly lost my balance. It has been said by some that I'm unbalanced, but this was ridiculous! Off balance, I knocked my water and paint brushes over, then my foot came down on some red paint and the tube exploded all over ~ all over the kitchen floor, table, drop cloth, my arm, shirt, apron and foot. This could explain why some artists actually have studios to paint in!

In honour of the "amazing" paint day I've had, I am going to have a giveaway. I will send the winner one of my Tree Hugger Bookmarks. Just leave me a comment. I'll make a draw from all the names of everyone who leaves a comment. Tell me about one of your art disasters, and I'll put your name in the hat two times! Let's give it until Sunday to make the draw. I wish you better luck than I have had today. Isn't that photo of my foot scary?