A Pearl Of A Trade

[marybu...@juno.com]

Greetings Gentle People:

      Is it HOT where you are?   It is very hot up here in Maine - which is very unusual for us, but I love it!! 

Got my vegetable garden planted, my flowers are blooming and my head is exploding with ideas - life is good.

 

      I am in the final stages of a portrait commission of a really nice guy that lives in Hawaii.  He found me through my eBay listings - after purchasing one of my paintings, he contacted me and wanted to trade a portrait for a beautiful black pearl necklace (he owns a jewelry store that specializes in black pearls).  It was a generous offer and a big challenge.  Painting a portrait under the best of circumstances is difficult - but painting a portrait without ever actually seeing the person up close and personal is really extremely difficult.  Normally, I like to work from life and  from my own photographs of the subject from different angles.  When you have to paint a portrait from a photograph supplied by the subject or family members, it presents a whole set of difficulties.  A photograph will "flatten" the features of a face and will alter the colors and bone structure by washing out the shadows. 

 

But I wanted to try since he is such a wonderful customer.  Below  is the portrait up to this point.  I am still tweaking it here and there but it should be ready to send off soon for my black pearl necklace.   A great way to do business, don't you think?    Have you ever traded your art for something?  Let me hear your stories.

 

 A warm welcome to new collector Liat from New York who purchased "Beach Babies" from eBay.

 

Please take a few minutes to check out my blogs:

 http://mainelymary.blogspot.com   reveals flaming toilet projectiles and

 http://thehavenofrest.blogspot.com  where a beautiful poem from 1883 is presented.

 

Peace and sunshine to one and all

 

Mary 

 

Invite your friends to join at

   
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Figurative-Realm-of-Mary-Bullock

Here is the link for my Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6791195

 

T-shirts, note cards, prints and other gifts with my paintings on
them are available at http://www.cafepress.com/marybullock

 

DON'T FORGET MY EBAY AUCTIONS!!! -  I have posted quite a few paintings this week
- just go to ebay.com and type in "Bullock Art Original" (I'm still working on the link)

 

 

http://www.marybullock.com
http://thehavenofrest.blogspot.com
http://mainelymary.blogspot.com

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