Pin Hop - 40+ Pattern Designers Work on One Pinterest Board

It's been quite some time since I have posted, and this event is well  worth getting me out of my reclusive ways and back on my blog!

An event is taking place this Saturday organized by a talented group of pattern designers and cyber-friends of mine. Some of you may recall the blog-hop back in January, it was a huge success, but with a lot of designers taking part it can take a while to get through all of the blog posts! So some of our group's creative minds came up with idea of the Pin Hop idea! The intention is to make the HOP experience more enjoyable, so you aren't having to read through 100+ blog posts to see all of the beautiful patterns.  Instead you can see them all on one board via Pinterest.

The Pin Hop will go " live" today, Saturday the 15th of June (it's Sat in London so I'm posting now). You can click on any of the designs on the PinHop Pinterest board and these will take you to each designers blog so you can see their full mini collection and find out a little bit about each of them

Here's the link again!  http://pinterest.com/fndnewdesigners/pin-hop-june-2013/

Pink with Mint Scrolls

The pin hop was organized by Tina Olsson / FYLLAYTA!  Loads of help from Gill Eggleston!

Though I am not contributing designs to this PinHop, I am excited and will be online with a cuppa in the morning having a look to see what lovely designs everyone has created!

Have fun everyone!

Lulu and Company

Here is my last commission of 2012, Lulu is the buff colored greyhound with the fab ears, Sasha is the little wire-haired chihuahua, and Max is the very people-friendly photogenic cat on the couch, with Mouse, the peach cat in the picture on the table. The other little picture on the table is of Lulu in her element, running on the beach. Ange and Hersh are avid animal lovers and have been active in Senior Dog Rescue and other local causes. Two of the sweetest people I've ever met, a joy to paint for.

Little White Book

Well...did you enjoy the blog-hop?? Hope So!

It was a success, lots of traffic and lots of positive feedback, which is always great!

Anyway.....

Have you all seen that little logo, the simple white one just to the right of the blog?
Right below my Newsletter Subscription box?

Yes, that's the one...

click on it!...it will take you to a resource called The Little White Book of Surface Pattern Designers ... it is an AMAZING collection of designers, in a compact little white book of awesomeness. 

Not only are you provided with over 80 pages of eye candy designs, but details of HOW to contact us, should you want to commission designs or offer a freelance opportunity. 

Here is a sneak preview of my lovely page!

Check it out!!

Let's Fly! - Blog Hop 2013

You are probably visiting from the talented Anneline Sophia Designs blog!  Welcome! I am honored to be a part of this wonderful group of surface pattern designers and I hope you enjoy the hop!

My goals for this year are to incorporate more pattern design into my paintings, and more painting into my pattern design! I will be creating a full portfolio of designs and a new body of paintings to take on the road in the late summer and fall.

My inspiration for these "Let's Fly" Themed designs is that suspended in time place that I occupy while traveling...especially on long trips. Being out of my regular routine gives me a fresh perspective on everything, what's important to me, what can be let go off. Travel also introduces me to so much new beauty and inspiration. I love looking at the earth from the airplane, seeing new contours that I've never seen before, and when coming home, seeing the lovely familiar shapes that are my home. These are the inspirations for the print pattern "Aerial View".

For my Bird Collage pattern I took inspiration from my polymer clay collage. I love the pattern beside pattern, the quilt-y feeling of cutting and piecing the clay to make my collage. This year I will be teaching polymer clay collage for the first time!  I tried to capture the pieced and quilt-like feeling here in this pattern.

and one more, same birds, different treatment.

Thank you for stopping by! From my blog you will be heading to the scrumptious designs of Leska Hamaty. Enjoy!
The Blog Hop starts here if you want to go to the beginning!

Let's Fly!

A new year full of creativity and opportunity is upon us and I am kicking it off by participating in a mega blog hop* of surface pattern designers from around the world. Believe Creative Studio of The Netherlands is curating the event, which will include an amazing array of work from almost 50 international surface design artists. We will be showing off a mini collection created just for the occasion, inspired by a theme worthy of jump starting the new year: Let's Fly! Also we, the designers, will also be making use of Pantone's 2013 color of the year, emerald. The grand tour of surface pattern design begins Thursday, January 10 at 14:00h GMT (EST:9:00) (NY), starting with the beautiful work of Gill Eggleston at Pattern Addict, and runs through Sunday, January 13.

*BLOG HOP: A promotional event in which multiple bloggers post about a related theme during a specified time frame and link to each others blogs so that readers can "hop" from one to the next. Blog hops often include giveaways and other special rewards for those who subscribe to a participant's blog, Tweet about it, or help promote it in some way.

Happy New Year!!!

I don't know about you, but I am so relieved it is 2013. I'm ready to get to work (I "work" all the time, but I feel extra inspired!), I have some fresh new ideas for paintings and patterns, and I have a project with two other artists that I will be working on throughout the year that I'm really excited about!
Wishing you all (my six followers and anyone else who happens by) a wonderful new year full of opportunity and blessings.

2013 Calendars

New This Year!!! CALENDARS!
I'm selling these calendars of custom paintings of cats and dogs that I have done over the years. I've probably painted over 300 portraits, and so it was difficult to select just twenty four. Twelve for my Cat Calendar, and twelve for my Dog Calendar! You can also purchase them at Teal Gallery, a brick and mortar location for the holiday in downtown Corvallis, Oregon.
Here are some samples from the Cat Calendar. I will post some dog portraits later this week.

The paintings in these calendars are all one-of-a-kind, custom paintings. I create a colorful treasure to remember your companion animal friend(s) and the decade or so that they occupy in your life. If you are interested in commissioning a painting of your creatures, please drop me an email, or call me. Please have a look at my website www.tasmanstudio.com to see other custom dog and cat paintings, read about the commission process, and see a sample price list.