Monday, October 17, 2011

A nice Red Bubble surprise!

My recent small waterlily painting has just won a challenge on Red Bubble in the Aquatic and Hydrangea group.  This fun painting has also received three features in the past two weeks on that same site. Thank you, Red Bubble :-)

This 8" X 8" watercolor is on paper adhered to a cradled wood panel and then varnished. I am presently offering for sale online unframed - its edges are painted black and it can be displayed as is. However, I think it would look fabulous in a black floater frame...if I decide to go that route, I will probably remove it from my online gallery because of the extra shipping weight.

How do you feel about shipping framed paintings?
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11 comments:

  1. RH CarpenterOctober 18, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Congratulations, Christiane! Beautiful water lily. I would think mailing unframed work is better for the artist - less weight, less shipping cost and potential problems in shipping (breakage, etc.).

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  2. norapaints@blogspot.comOctober 18, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    Congrats Christiane, it is a beautiful painting.

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  3. Christiane KingsleyOctober 18, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Thank you, Rhonda. It's great to hear from you! I would never consider mailing a painting framed under glass, but even without glass, I agree that just the weight would be a great negative. I get a framer to attach the floating frames...it's not something I can put on and remove easily like a metal frame for watercolors... I will have to decide if I want to keep some paintings for shows only and not for online sales.

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  4. Christiane KingsleyOctober 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Thank you, Nora. It is small and simple, but gave me a lot of pleasure painting it.

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  5. mollie jonesOctober 18, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Congrats, Christiane...you know I'm never surprised at all these honors you keep stacking up. You're such a wonderful artist...always love your delicate florals...and it looks like everybody else does too...

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  6. Kathy CousartOctober 18, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Beautiful and major congratulations. Love the flower and can tell you had fun painting it:)

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  7. Laura LeederOctober 18, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Congratulations Christiane!

    I would think that shipping unframed art is easier to package for transport and more cost effective.

    Have a great week,

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  8. irinapicturesOctober 18, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    My warmest congratulations, Christiane!

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  9. Christiane KingsleyOctober 18, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    Mollie, you are always so sweet and generous that you make me blush:-) Those "honors" are really minuscule int the art world:-)

    Kathy, thank you! It was one of those paintings that paints itself.

    Laura, great to hear from you! I think that I will stay away completely from shipping framed paintings.

    Irina, thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment. It's much appreciated.

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  10. Theresa PadenOctober 18, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Congratulations Christiane! It's a very beautiful painting and it certainly deserved to win!

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  11. Christiane KingsleyOctober 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    Thank you so much, Theresa!The important thing is that I really, really enjoyed painting this.

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