Never a dull momment...

We are currently in the middle of redoing the whole upstairs of our 0ld farmhouse. So our lives as usual, in a state of flux. To top the whole thing off, my husband had six dump trucks full of dirt delivered and dumped into our backyard. Of course, it has been raining for three weeks straight.

I am going crazy.

But alas, I have my work to keep me sane. My store is now up and running. However, I haven't gotten all of the links and the files ready. All of the pieces are available to purchase 8 x 10 direct from me but, most can be made into larger prints in a variety of ways at the AFA link. The digital file downloads should all be available by the end of June.

And it continues...

the craziness ensues. I am working on my web store this week. I should have the whole thing up and running by next week. I can't wait to get back to drawing. I miss it terribly. The good thing is that I am coming up with a lot of new ideas for future drawings. Summer will be here soon and I will have the time to start some new paintings. For a preview on the design of the new store and how it works click on www.cvincent.homestead.com/links.html

I am so busy ...

Life is really crazy here. I am working feverishly to get my store up and running. It is going to be different than any other artist site I have ever seen. Original art will be available as well as prints directly from me and digital files will be available for download for your own personal use.

Ideally I hope to someday I will be able to spend my days just drawing and creating instead of using so much of my time working on my website and marketing plan. I have so many ideas coming to me all the time and I am looking forward to having the time to see them to fruition. I have also come up with a low cost yet very effective marketing plan.

Hopefully some day soon my business will work more seamlessly.

Visit to Franklin, PA...

I have been out of my studio for a few days because of a trip to Franklin, PA. My husband had a job interview there and I decided to tag along. We dropped the kids at Mom's on the way so we had a whole day to ourselves. The interview went very well. I sat in the car outside for two hours waiting for it to be over. Don't ask me how he talks me into doing stuff like that. I was dead set against it when we set off but, somehow I found myself sitting there anyway. I asked him if he has some sort of mind control over me and he said that if he did he would not waste it on making me sit in a car by myself for two hours. That is probably true.

The downtown of Franklin is beautiful. It is one of the few Main streets in America that seems to be thriving. Not just thriving there is something more. It is warm, small town yet important. Not at all what I had thought is was for all these years. I hope Mike does get the job so I can return. It gave me a lot of new ideas for drawings. The cycle of life kind of thing. Life is all about cycles inside cycles.

Well Brandi?

I found a quiet place in time

Right now I am sitting alone in my kitchen. There is a very weird sound in the air. It is my fingers hitting the keys of my laptop. I can't remember the last time I heard that sound. Through the constant whining of my kids ... and husband, the noise of the tv and humming of household appliances, the little sounds get lost. The keys form a melody now. One of my most favorite things to listen to is the noise my pencil makes as it sails across the surface of my drawing paper. Different colors make different sounds. It must be because of the softness of the lead but, they do. Of course to be honest, my truly favorite thing to listen to... although it happens about as often as an eclipse of the sun...is the sounds of my three children together playing happily. I have heard it a couple of times, although my husband doesn't believe me.
This week I am working on my store at my website. I will start making a few pieces ready for download for $5.00 or you can order a signed piece for $10.00 plus shipping. Tomorrow I am going to start a drawing of a nest with three eggs in it at nightfall. Brandi, if you read this call me and I will actually believe you read this weekly.

Rough week

Well the flu bug found us after all. It seems like I always get sick this time of year. I will be back next week with some really great pieces.

Another fun week ...

This is a piece that I actually started last summer. I found it filed away as I was moving my studio from upstairs to downstairs. I fought the move for a while but, it has worked out wonderfully. I have found a way to put my laptop on cabinet that I keep my supplies in right next to my treadmill so I actually be online on treadmill. I am a happy girl.





This piece is a huge cupcake. I am really into cupcakes lately. We have this awesome bakery in Camp Hill PA called the Pennsylvania bakery. It is like a piece of Heaven in there. It is like walking into Willie Wonka's Chocolate factory. The pastries are little works of art.


This next week I will list the Cupcake or the Poppies on Ebay on Sunday. Drop me an email at let me know which one to list.

Next week I will be working on a Teddy Bear and wagon scene from the fifties.
Have a great week!
Blessings,
Kori