Welcome to my website, where you'll find self-instructional materials in the form of design packets and books
for classic Decorative Painting in oils,and delicate,
heirloom-quality
fabric painting on lovely linens.
Discover an extensive selection of beautiful paintable "linens and lace" that are perfect, too, for machine embroidery. Favorite brushes, and countless other items to enhance your painting experience are also available.
I hope you'll enjoy browsing the sections featuring antique postcards and other vintage ephemera, and the huge stationary collection of greeting cards, notepads, stickers and other reproduction paper goods
One of my favorite artists is Catherine Klein, who was born in Prussia in 1861 and became widely known as "the" rose painter in the 1890's. Her exquisite work was widely circulated because it appeared in print form on postcards, calendars, gift books, etc. This was during the "heyday" of such items, and they are highly collectable today. You'll often find these vintage items for sale on this site. Popular here, too, are the "C. Klein Series" and "Treasures From Yesteryear Series"which are compilations of reprints of many of these antique ephemera, mainly Catherine Klein designs. These books are great studies for china painters and decorative artists. I recently copied a favorite little still life from the cover of the C. Klein Series, Vol. 8 book and thought you might like to see it. Her work was mainly watercolor and my copy is oils, but I tried to replicate the "looser" style that watercolor permitted (not an easy thing for this "tight" artist <grin>). I'll be teaching this in November, 2009 at Painter's Paradise.
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This wonderful little purse or pocket notepad is the perfect stocking stuffer for your artist friends.
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