Hand-made ART Cards for Sale or Mail-Order

I have been making my own Art Cards for a few years now and they are becoming more and more popular.  I actually enjoy making them myself.  It is a bit time consuming but well worth the effort.  The process is simple:  I use a high-quality, acid-free card stock, usually an ivory colour with a deckled (torn) edge and envelope to match. The paper has a distinctive texture which is lovely to write on.  I use printed images of my paintings and then hand-sign each card with the Painting title and my signature.  The inside of the card is blank.
I have thought about having them printed professionally but it takes away from the handmade and personal element of this product and I find that the quality  is superior compared to what you would get from a printer.

If anyone would like to order my cards, locally they can be purchased in Faro Yukon at the Discovery Store and in Whitehorse they are available at Yukon Artists At Work on 120 Industrial Road.  To mail order the cards, I will send an order with a minimum of 6 cards for $38.00 shipping included.
*International Orders please E-mail me.

A Few Samples

Mail Order Selection

You can choose from these images to make up an order of 6:

Little Salmon Lake, Yukon 

Anvil Range, Faro Yukon 

Rose Mountain, Faro Yukon

Swim Lakes Trail, Faro Yukon

Spring Break Up, Yukon River

Aurora Borealis, Yukon

 Pond on the Robert Campbell Hwy, Yukon

Dragon Lake, Yukon

Midnight Sun, Yukon River

Fisheye Lake, Faro Yukon

Sunset: Little Salmon Lake, Yukon

Ross River, Yukon Watercolour Workshop

About three weeks ago, in Ross I had the pleasure of doing some art work with a small and great group of people. We used oil pastel and watercolour to create a scene with Aspens in Fall.  Masking fluid was used as well to maintain the Aspen trees and pencil,  and ink was used for detailing the trees.  The oil pastel and masking fluid "resist" the watercolour making it fun to put washes on. I would like to thank Kitty Sperling and Yasmine Djabri for making this workshop possible through funding provided by:

 Yukon College, Ross River Campus.

Some beautiful samples are shown below:

It always amazes me and gives me such a great feeling to see the finished works!

Workshop  Participants

Yukon River

Original Acrylic, 10x12

SpringBreak Up

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I have painted this particular scene on a 24x36 canvas.as well  Our winters are so long in the Yukon, it is nice to paint a warm sun melting  the cold ice. Break-up is quite a process;  I have seen ice on the lakes right up to June and the flowers are blooming right along side it. 

This piece was painted in memory of a local named Dot Rogers, she had such a sunny warm personality, everyone loved her. I thought of her the whole time I was painting this work. She passed away after her battle with liver cancer a few years ago. The painting was donated to a benefit fundraiser to help raise money for those who need treatments for cancer etc.  in other cities to offset their expenses. 

Commission for Copper Ridge Facility Completed!

Kinnickinnick Kastle

Original Acrylic 

16x20

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Four Paintings involving 4 flowers/plants are now completed; each painting will be put in a room named for the theme. This painting was especially difficult because of the confusion about what kinnickkinnick actually is.  It is listed as Bearberry and Kinnickinnick in lots of books but really they are two totally different plants.  For those more scientifc they are arctous rubra and arcotostaphylus uva ursi. The kinnickinnick stays green all year round (it does get a bit browny orange around the edges) and bearberry when the frost hits turns a brilliant red.  This is what I was hoping to do for this painting - hopes dashed.  I have posted another painting I did with bearberry from my 100 Paintings in a 100 days Collection so you can see both plants. I love the bright red against the volcanic rock. 

Yukon Bearberry and LIchen

Fireweed Festival, Demonstration Painting.

4x4 Acrylic on Canvas

Workshop and some of the attendee's paintings below.

Everlasting Meadow, Numero 3, Copper Ridge Commission

16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

Fireweed, Yarrow and Fox Tail

a Yukon Meadow in Summertime
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Dandelion Painting, Number 2 in Copper Ridge Commission

Original 16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

Dandelion Den

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My oldest son said that when he looked at this painting it reminded him of the Sound of Music "The hills are alive"  haha!

This was not my most exciting subject choice for a painting but I actually really enjoyed it and, just for the record, Dandelions are not as easy to paint as they look! 

Commissioned Work - Bluebells

BlueBell Bluff

Orignal Acrylic on Canvas

16x20

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This painting is one of four that are a commission from the Residents and Staff

 of  Copper Ridge Place in Whitehorse.

Next I will be painting, Dandelion Den,  Everlasting Meadow and Kinnickinnick Kastle.

All named  for themed rooms of the facility.

Community Mural Project - Faro Yukon

Planning and Design of this mural began in mid July when Recreation Staff put out requests to the community for submissions of "What Faro Means to You"

When all the ideas were submitted, Tonya Freake and I set about taking all the ideas and  and incorporating them into this design.  The drawing was projected on the wall and on August 21st to 25th, painting began in earnest. 

Many people came and went from the rec centre to help complete the mural it was a great community effort  

The completed mural

 Tonya Freake, Jackie Irvine,  Camille Unrau

Christine

Tonya

You missed a spot

Work of Art in Progress

Off to France

 South Canol Autumn

Original 5x7 Acrylic 

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I have painted this scene before but larger and vertically on the canvas. It is a gift for Vincent, a nice young man from France, who is working with my daughter at the Blind Creek Salmon Weir near Faro. So, unfortunately I am not "off to France"  but this painting will be in the near future.

Fireweed is in Full-Bloom

That's what inspired this little painting!  It will be time to paint the fall colours soon. First Nation's lore says: " Winter comes 6 weeks after the fireweed blooms

Hope that's not so

Klondike River Valley, Yukon

Original 6x8, Acrylic on Canvas
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Little Salmon from the Robert Campbell Highway

Little Salmon Lake Sunset

6"x8", Original Acrylic on Canvas

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I have not been painting much lately as I have been working on a community mural with the local recreation centre.  I then have a commission to do for Copper Ridge Place in Whitehorse. In the last week it seems that my sunsets have been what people want so I thought I would do another one.  I love doing them as well. 

Watercolour, Storm Clouds over Little Salmon

Size:  11x14

Wet on Wet Watercolour painted on 300 lbs Arches cold pressed watercolour paper.

After picking up my watercolours at the plein air festival - I would like to do some more watercolours.  This was so much fun!

Plein Air Festival Whitehorse: Images & Thoughts

 The festival involved 12 artists each day and there were three artists at each location for 5 days. Each day we moved to one of these four sites and painted for 5 hours.
 The Taylor House
 The Visitor Information Park
 Yukon Arts Centre

S.S. Klondike   All sites are in the City of Whitehorse

The show for all pieces produced during the week are at Yukon Artists @ Work and will be up until the end of July.  

I enjoyed the experience and painted subject matter that I would not normally paint.  The weather was pretty cold and windy on some days but otherwise it was a great week.

Ken Anderson Sculpture Studies, Yukon Visitor Information Centre, 

Acrylic 10x 14  (above) & Watercolour 5x7(below)

Taylor House Studies :
Acrylic  Above: 5x5 (Sold)Middle: 5x7 Below: 5x5 (Sold)

Bela Simo Sculpture Study
Watercolour and Graphite
8x10

Jerry Kortello Sculpture Study
8x8

Yukon Artist @ Work, Day 1 Plein Air Festival

Sculpture Garden, Yukon Arts Centre

Plein Air, Orignal Acrylic

8x8

Sculpture Bela Simo

5x7 Original Watercolour

Sculpture Garden: Doug Smarch

5x7 Original Watercolour

Aspens, Fall colours

Aspens at Far-End of Fish Eye Lake /2

Original Acrylic

6x8 inches

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I had a lots of red orange and yellow left over on my palette and did not want

to waste it so I did this aspen painting.

Large Works: Original Mixed Media of Quivering Aspens

Autumn Quivering Aspens at Magundy

Original Mixed Media

3feet x4feet

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I was so frustrated when I painted this picture I worked it a lot because it was such a big space to work on after doing these tiny canvases.  I am now working on a four feet by four feet canvas.  I like alla prima painting but it doesn't work when the paintings are this big! Part of the challenge is when I start, I do not want to stop until done and  the meals don't get cooked ! It is such a joy to paint !

Three recent works - Painted at Magundy

Yukon Fireweed

Original 5x5

Acrylic

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Most of my time is being spent out at Magundy River where I have been enjoying some  time at home.  Life is so simple there, I enjoy the solitude and peace.

The river is rising fast as the last of the spring thaw has started to come down out of the high mountains.  It is raining heavily  tonight and the river will probably  overflow it's banks. On my walks I have been picking the immature fireweed for a salad.

I wanted to paint some summery paintings and these were the result.

Wild Roses

Original 6x6

Acrylic

Haines, Alaska

Original 6x8

Acrylic

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Pelly River from the Dena Cho Trail

Orignal Acrylic

11x14 inches

Photo Credit Jasmine Djabri

*this painting was STOLEN 

from the gallery in mid December 2012
Please call YAAW Gallery in Whitehorse if you ever see it
1-867-393-4848

Long Stemmed Rose

Long Stemmed Rose

4"x4", Orignal Acrylic

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I love painting these little flower paintings, I plan to paint a whole series of them in the weeks to come, wild and domesticated.