Click to Give, and you can WIN from me!!

What do we all wish for Christmas? Peace and Happiness for all, I would think, I do.... but how can you have peace and happiness on an empty stomach? I found this great site, http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1
where you click the button, and sponsors donate food to people all over the world who can't feed themselves... we can help... just click, it's free!!
Click as many times as you want, and then leave a comment on this post and enter the draw for my GIVE AWAY of "Breathe", a handprinted etching on mulberry paper! It is signed and numbered Artist/Proof I,
it measures 5.5" x 6.5" ( 13 cm x 17 cm)and comes to you on a piece of backing in a cellophane sleeve! All I ask, is that you click, first on the link above, and then on the button!
I don't have a deadline for this give away, the draw takes place when 50 people have clicked the button..... so please, spread the word... for you to win...Share..... in the true spirit of the holidays ahead! The very warmest and best wishes for this Christmas from Mariann

A new bag!!

Screen printed a whole gang of my organic cotton tote bags for the shops I work with here in Singapore...... it's really fun, also print some small etchings on them, just with the etching inks, that is actually very washable once you have ironed it properly, and of course, a bag does not get washed as often as a t-shirt for example, although the t-shirts I have printed for myself with etchings, wash just fine for lots of washes before they fade!
Have a gang of the bags for sale in my etsy shops, and also sell them as blanks if you wanted to get some for a bit of fun!
Printmaking is SUPER!!! :o) Mariann

Christmas Card Give Away - THE BIG DRAW!!

OK......the draw is done and the winner is....... param param param!!
Drumroll..... Congratulations to Melanie!!!! You have won the 2 handprinted Christmas cards!!!

Please get in touch, so I can mail them to you asap!!

Congratulations!! All the best, Mariann

Fergus

Fergus
Originally uploaded by yoborobo

Pam makes dolls taht are just to die for..... not only are they funny, and creative, and cute and all that, for some reason they call to something a bit deeper and darker as well..... Fergus is a great example of that!
Thanks Pam, for bringing them!

carrying on with my series of white canvases..... I have just prepared a really big canvas today, 1.60 m x 1.60 m..... am taking some photos to follow the painting process through...... I put a figure in... must be me, sitting there on the bank of the river, pensive..
thinking about art OF COURSE! Have a great Monday!! Mariann

Christmas Card Give Away

Still 6 days left to the DRAW.... just leave a comment (anything will do)and you are part of the 15th of November Christmas Card Give Away Draw.

book and pigeon

book and pigeon
Originally uploaded by B A Y S A L

this is lovely..... part of my "Gret stuff I found on Flickr " collection..... so simple.....

Back to printing!!!

Finally got back in the printing room on Friday... and did my new plates!! They are really supposed to be done chine cole (ok, I am not French!!), but never mind...., inked them up and have to say... I am happy..... am very slowly, turtle pace actually, going in a new direction..... FUN!!!!
They'll be on etsy in a short while!

There is good and bad in a average morning!!

I so enjoy painting these new canvases.... love playing around with the whites.... white is such a gorgeous "coluor" and it is fun exploring it... seeing that I am usually so colour dense!

First time for me today... putting the hangers on a small (luckily) Conversations with the moon painting I stuck the screwdriver right through the canvas.... JIHAAA... that is the first time and I'll tell you.... grrrr, the last time too!!! this is why the phillips screwdriver was invented!

Hey ho hey ho...to the printroom I go!! I'll soon post the new small etchings I brought with me back from Spain.... exciting to print them!
Take care...have a good day! Keep out of the way of screwdrivers! Mariann

Same old cheese getting smelly?????

just have a little Sunday question for you....... have been thinking...and as you know... that's always dangerous....... when you work as an artist making a living, you end up doing quite a bit of work that is relatively similar.......work that is readily recognisable as your work.... or in art speak, "you have a voice" .... but what does that do to creativity???? More of a musing, than a question, really, but very curious what you think??? Would you not be more wildly creative and artistic if every painting differed totally from the next??
Pleas, write and let me know what you think.....

Thank you so much for your comments.... all of them very reassuring...:o) which is so kind of you..... this is a subject often discussed amongst the group of artists I know..... still no answer though... guess it's a hen and egg question!

:o)))) Mariann

Green Door Print Exchange, United Kingdom

So Excited...... I received my 8 prints from the Green Door Print Exchange.... they are all wonderful, so I would just love to give a big thanks to the organisers of Green Door, and also to the printmakers who participated, and really , a big thanks to: Elisabeth Dupond , Marcel Poirier , Joanne Ernsten , Allison Kline , Ivan Frew , Amy Fox , Samuel Gratton and David Bigelow for the super prints I got..... they will all be framed and hung in my studio...... it is great fun taking part in print exchanges, I love it, the small format.... so tricky for me, the feeling that you could do something that is not "you"....... can't believe though, in the housemove here in Sing, I have "mislaid" the print I did for the exchange... oh well.... it'll turn up.... I am sure..... hmmmmm. If you want to addd your name to the list for next years print exchange.... go to www.ipe2009.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk there you can also see all the print that took part.... and check out their drawing fun for all..... entries should be in by 4th of November.

scaredy cat

scaredy cat
Originally uploaded by sarap47

How funny is this...... Looks like watercolour, just love all the "people" in it, your average day in the park where I live in Singapore........

Christmas card Give Away from Mariann

CHRISTMAS CARD GIVE AWAY
2 handprinted etchings.....a cute little mouse angel with a garland of hearts and an angel with harp.
They both come with an envelope, and are blank inside.
Just post a comment and they could be yours.... draw on the 15th of November, please remember to check back to see if you are the lucky winner!
How super with so many of you entering the draw...... tell your friends.... !!!

Fun, this, give way, thing....... Don't really know why... so sign up whilst i am still on a roll here! Warm greetings from Mariann

Princessday...THE BIG DRAW!!!!

Tiihii...well, not so big, actually I could have used a thimble for the 5 little pieces of paper...
but SO VERY WELCOME TO THE 5 OF YOU! And the winner is.........throom throom throom.....(drumroll, silly...could you not hear it?)
The wiiiinnnner iiiiiis: ANNETTE!!!! Congratulations.......!!!
Please send me an e-mail on mariann@artcanbefun.com with your snail mail address and your print will be in the post asap!

This weekend I post the new give away.... how about something to do with Christmas? A couple of pretty handprinted cards maybe???

NOW CLOSED - GIVE AWAY ON PRINCESS DAY!!! Forms of Address-Princess

Forms of Address-Princess
Originally uploaded by Mariann Johansen Ellis

Aren't we all, princesses at heart, and alright, I am sure there is a prince or two out there as well...... but sorry girls, one of them is married to me!

To celebrate Princess Day (my invention) I am giving away a reproduction of this pen and ink drawing on dictionary paper, you can see it (how big, what kind of paper etc) and more at my www.oneline.etsy.com shop. Just send me a comment on this blog post, adding your name to the give away, the draw is 15th of October, so please remember to come back and see if you won!

all the best and GOOD LUCK! Princess Mariann

the Lorry

the Lorry
Originally uploaded by Mariann Johansen Ellis

all my big prints....... are now for sale direct from me...... have a look at my website to see all of them..... big Sunday heart to all of you! Mariann

Guest artist at http://www.fishingartworks.com/

Guest artist at http://www.fishingartworks.com/
Originally uploaded by Mariann Johansen Ellis

Thank you so much... Jim Roszel, for featuring me as your guestartist on www.fishingartworks.com/
I love fish.... as does Jim... and if you have something in common, life is great!

How to donate to Charity.... great tip for bloggers....

http://www.hotelscombined.com/Charity.aspx very kindly donate to your charity of choice if you mention
their link on your blog...... so let's all go ahead and do that......
because every dollar for a good cause is a dollar for a good cause!

Day Tripper, an original painting by Mariann Johansen-Ellis

Day Tripper, an original painting by Mariann Johansen-Ellis
Originally uploaded by Mariann Johansen Ellis

Daytripper raised 7.500 S$ for the Charity Room to Read, www.roomtoread.org at the party with auction to celebrate the opening of their Singapore office! All in all they raised over a 1.000.000 S$, CONGRATULATIONS! I makes me so happy to have contributed in a very small way to such a worthwhile goal, education for girls and libraries... fantastic, and keep up the good work!
You cna also help, go to their website.... and donate, every dollar counts!

Conversations with the Moon XIIII

Conversations with the Moon XIIII
Originally uploaded by Mariann Johansen Ellis

This came out very Japanese with the design on the planets..... but then the colour range is very suited for that.... I am still in full swing of this series, it'll be interesting to see when it is finished..... just love painting the spheres, and the trees.... and adding the stuff that makes it glitter.... I love glitter! :o)
Oh...acrylic on canvas..... go to my website to see the whole series:
www.MariannJohansen-Ellis.com