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Cyber Monday Deal!! Good through the 18th!!

In honor of "Cyber Monday" and the Christmas Season, I am offering a 25% discount on all my prints on FAA. This discount only comes off what I make on the print, and not the material cost (Only FAA can discount on their end) Good through th e 18th, which is the FAA deadline for Christmas shipping!! Good on anything in my shop, no limit to how many times you use the code!! Here is the code!!  VTUFJE    http://shana-rowe.artistwebsites.com/

Being Thankful

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  This time of year really gets one thinking about what is most important in life. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, a time to get together with family, and count your blessings. This month I decided that each day I would post something I am thankful for on Facebook. Some days were more challenging than others because I have been so busy lately, but I feel that is one of the reasons that made this exercise so important. No matter what is going on in life, I feel there is always something to be thankful for. I have been very blessed, and know that know matter how hard life seems at the time, there is always someone out there who has it harder.  "Thanksgiving Dinner" © Shana L Rowe Jackson 2011    There is something to be said for having a positive outlook on life. Negativity gets you no where. When you are stuck in a negative state of mind, you can't see beyond your own fears and dismay, and often miss out on opportunities. Nothing bad can come from a positive attitude. Ev

Fall is here!! New work and inspirations!!

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I have to say Autumn is my most favorite season of the year!! The gorgeous leaves, no humidity, even temperatures. The colors are wonderful, the smells are intoxicating. Pumpkins, Candy, Apples, I love everything about this season.  This year I have been particularly inspired. From Halloween, to fallen leaves, here are a few of my newest fall paintings done this year, and there are more on the way!!! "Free as Autumn Leaves" "Trick or treat?" "Fallen from Grace" "Morning after Autumn rain" "Pumpkin Palooza" "Life is Golden" Here are a few of my old favorites inspired by fall!! "Self Portrait 2" 2011 "New England Drive" 2011 "When October Comes" 2012 "I'll be the teachers pet for sure!!" 2012 "What's for dinner?" 2012 "I want THAT one Mom!!" 2012 "Thanksgiving Dinner" 2011

Top 10 tedious things I'm forced to do as an artist.

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"Caution:Artist at Play" 10"x10" Acrylic     Art, in itself is fun. It is it's own rewarding adventure from day to day, it's relaxing, and therapeutic. I absolutely love being an artist!! It's also a lot of work. I'm not just talking about challenging myself to be better at my craft, reading and learning, pushing myself, experimenting, and the years of work and personal growth. That is a factor but I consider that to be the fun side of art. What I am talking about is the menial things that most people don't think about when getting into art. The things behind the craft to make it possible. There are a lot of things going on behind the scenes, and not all of them are fun. Here is my list of top 10 tedious things that I do for my art, in no particular order as they are all in the same boat in my eyes. 10. Cleaning my brushes. This is a simple task, but it bores me to no end. It can also be time consuming depending on what medium I have been

Holiday Work

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Since August is here and there are no holidays to speak of this month I thought it would be fun to celebrate the holidays that are fast around the corner. I love the holidays, and each one has it's own special traditions. I also love doing holiday themed work!! Here are a few of my favorite paintings representing my favorite holidays. Hopefully this will help get you in the spirit to celebrate the upcoming holidays!! My favorite holidays to paint in order of where they fall in a calendar year- New Year's Eve/Day- Valentines Day- St. Patrick's Day- Easter- Independence Day- Halloween-  Thanksgiving-  Christmas-  

New Work

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  I have been in the throws of inspiration this lately, and have created SIX new pictures since last week. One was a landscape strait from imagination, the next was inspired by a photo my husbands friend let me use,  then a heartwarming photo of my dog Max, a sketch of my cat Puff and the other two were additions to my "Revival Series" I think I pretty much covered every medium this week. :)   On Tuesday the 9th I had the opportunity to paint with a local painting group called the Tuesday group. It was nice to paint with others for once, and after we took sometime to critique, which was a really nice change for me and I learned a lot. I didn't really know what I wanted to paint, so the night before I did a quick landscape sketch from my head, and that's what I ended up doing. It's called "Daisy Lane" it's 11"x14" acrylic. I finished most of it there, then did a couple updates that were brought up during critique when I got home. I can'