Friday, January 31, 2014

ALASKA + HAWAII: USA Map-Drawings

I've just finished the last two states in the USA - HAWAII and ALASKA! That means I've just finished all 50 State Map-Drawings! HERE IS THE USA -https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693 
Each drawing features the state tree and a quintessential or common small house type found in-state, layered over the state's borders and topography, and highways.  You choose the location of a small red heart or house - where's special to you? Available in 8x10 Prints and Postcards. https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693 
ALASKA (Juneau hearted)
Look at the topography!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/177707988/alaska-map-8x10-print
ALASKA (Juneau hearted) 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177707988/alaska-map-8x10-print
ALASKA (Juneau hearted) 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177707988/alaska-map-8x10-print
ALASKA (Anchorage hearted) 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177718099/alaska-state-map-postcard
HAWAII (Honolulu hearted)
bungalow on the big island! (your choice)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177706128/hawaii-map-8x10-print
HAWAII (Honolulu hearted)
bungalow on stilts in the Pacific! (your choice)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177706128/hawaii-map-8x10-print
HAWAII (Honolulu hearted)
bungalow on the big island! (your choice)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177706128/hawaii-map-8x10-print
HAWAII (Honolulu hearted)
bungalow on the big island! (your choice)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/177715263/hawaii-state-map-postcard
You know how every USA Map clips Alaske and Hawaii out of their habitats and plops them in odd boxes off the coast of California?  Perhaps you wondered about the true distance and size of these outlying states like I did?  Check it out --
(wow!) 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The NORTH ATLANTIC STATES: USA Map-Drawings

I've just finished the "North Atlantic" States Map-Drawings! 
A combination of the Mid-Atlantic and New England, if you will....
Each drawing features the state tree and a quintessential or common small house type found in-state, layered over the state's borders and topography, and highways.  You choose the location of a small red heart or house - where's special to you? Available in 8x10 Prints and Postcards. https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693
MAINE (Portland hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/167618115/maine-map-8x10-print
NEW HAMPSHIRE (Manchester hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176866829/new-hampshire-map-8x10-print
VERMONT (Middlebury hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176860636/vermont-map-8x10-print
MASSACHUSETTS (Boston & Cape Cod hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176895385/massachusetts-map-8x10-print
RHODE ISLAND (Providence & Newport hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176863387/rhode-island-map-8x10-print
CONNECTICUT (New Haven, Danbury & Hartford hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176827647/connecticut-map-8x10-print
NEW YORK (Rochester hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175343429/new-york-map-8x10-print
NEW JERSEY (Jersey City hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176886046/new-jersey-map-8x10-print
PENNSYLVANIA (Harrisburg hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176002703/pennsylvania-state-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176001477/pennsylvania-map-8x10-print
DELAWARE (Wilmington hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176860523/delaware-map-8x10-print
https://www.etsy.com/listing/176852418/delaware-state-map-postcard
MARYLAND (Annapolis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/174987890/maryland-map-8x10-print
I'm reading about the North Atlantic [Warren Boeschenstein's Historic American Towns along the Atlantic Coast] while drawing this series. While I have an open love for the South and the Mid-Atlantic is my home, I have a secret love for the Northeast. It's 'secret' because I've only traveled north of New York once. My girlfriends and I rambled up the coast as far as Acadia. Perhaps it was the tragedy of forgetting to bring my camera on this trip, but my desire to return to these rugged beaches, mom and pop shops and inns, and quiet, cozy towns and farms has been ripening for years now...Hope to visit north again soon - when the winter is over!

Find All of the NORTH ATLANTIC Print and Postcards HERE.

Monday, January 27, 2014

gathered shop in Front Royal VA [My "Meet A Maker" Day!]

I spent a cold, blustery Saturday at gathered, a shop in downtown Front Royal Virginia showcasing art and craft of over 50 regional artisans.  Owner Cadyn Speziale featured my work and an interview about my process and aspirations this month:
http://gatheredshop.com/the-artists.html.
I really enjoyed Cadyn's questions. Component to the "Featured Artist" post is an in-store "Meet A Maker" event. So, I got to hang out with Cadyn and meet some really wonderful Front Royal residents. Made my Day.
For the occasion, I brought a new Virginia State Map Print featuring Front Royal icons, the Main Street clock and gazebo, with the city marked with a small red heart on the topographical map-drawing of the state - available as Prints and Postcards. Also, some sweet Custom LOVE SHACK Prints  with couple's initials fresh for Valentine's Day. As well as Front Royal E. Main Street Prints and Postcards...and other VIRGINIA Prints and Postcards, including Virginia Tech and University of Virginia. You can find them at gathered!
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
This is Cadyn Speziale. This is the face of an inspired, optimistic, hard-working, genuine, exceedingly kind and multi-talented artist entrepreneur, and friend. This is the face of gathered.
You'll first be impressed by gathered's fantastic signboard on East Main Street in Front Royal, just east of the Courthouse. Hang a right down Church Street. gathered is just off the main street, for now...
You'll find over 50 regional artisans (most from Virginia) represented at gathered. Here are block-printed pillows by Horse and Hare, sculptural branch candles by The Painted Branch, and hand-crafted - printed leather wallets and notebooks by In Blue.
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
State journals by Prints and Printcess. House & Twister metal sculpture by John Urbanski IV.
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
Ceramics by Red Hand Gallery.
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
Small Prints and Notecards by Horse and Hare, Print Stitch & Paste, Golden Haze and Turn-of-the-Centuries. On the wall, Angel Roost's Quilts!
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
Illustrative note cards and small Prints by Zoe Tilley Poster.
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
Be sure to linger over the glass display case where you'll find Cadyn's own exquisite beaded cuff bracelets and collar necklaces. I've never seen anything so brilliant and love to see how Cadyn designs and stitches tiny glass beads together to create wearable fine art. The gems of gathered!
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
The gems of gathered, Cadyn's beaded cuffs and collars!
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
The gems of gathered, Cadyn's beaded cuffs and necklaces!
Visit gathered in Front Royal or shop online: http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html
Good night, gathered. The new window display features a Front Royal Streetscape Print and University of Virginia Print by Turn-of-the-Centuries, as well as Vintage Motorbike postcards. Also, sculptural branch candles by The Painted Branch and hand-felted finger puppets by Petit Felts.
Visit gathered in Front Royal. You're in for a treat.
 or shop online: 
http://gatheredshop.com/the-shop.html

Friday, January 24, 2014

The MIDWESTERN STATES: USA Map-Drawings

I've just finished the Midwest States Map-Drawings! 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693
Each drawing features the state tree and a quintessential or common small house type found in-state, layered over the state's borders and topography, and highways.  You choose the location of a small red heart or house - where's special to you? Available in 8x10 Prints and Postcards. https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693 
NORTH DAKOTA (Bismarck hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175427540/north-dakota-state-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175437387/north-dakota-map-8x10-print
SOUTH DAKOTA (Sioux Falls hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175428788/south-dakota-map-8x10-print
NEBRASKA (Lincoln hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175332462/nebraska-map-8x10-print
KANSAS (Salina hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175078626/kansas-map-8x10-print
MISSOURI (St. Louis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/167590391/missouri-map-8x10-print
IOWA (Des Moines & Iowa City hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/174833122/iowa-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/174842599/iowa-map-8x10-print
IOWA (Des Moines hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175089662/iowa-map-american-gothic-8x10-print
IOWA (Des Moines hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175089662/iowa-map-american-gothic-8x10-print
MINNESOTA (Minneapolis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175237348/minnesota-map-8x10-print
WISCONSIN (Appleton & Madison hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/167529475/wisconsin-map-8x10-print
ILLINOIS (Springfield hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175879040/illinois-state-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175878948/illinois-map-8x10-print
INDIANA (Indianapolis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175890937/indiana-map-8x10-print
OHIO (Cincinnatti & Columbus hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175988160/ohio-map-8x10-print
I loved drawing the Midwest as I thought of my own origins and my family's German and Swiss farmers. Come to the Heartland! 

Find All of the MIDWEST Print and Postcards HERE.