Faux Bois and the Queenies, some new prints....

 Good Friday almost! I love when the weekend rolls around. It is getting so cold outside. Im starting to become really sentimental. That is what happens to me when it gets cold. Don't know if it some kind of coping mechanism for the death of winter, not sure but don't be alarmed if I start to sound like a sap in these winter months. Just getting it out there so no one feels uncomfortable:) 

Faux Bois(woodgrain) is so classic and is so in and is so nice to say. This Faux Bois is a print of an original linocut. We also took the original lino and we placed it on an original watercolor background. I like the variation. Right now I am into blowing up an image really big. This faux Bois would look cool blown up big! That is what I like about making these prints. We can make them really big or really small. 

The Queenie's(flowers and pods print) are my fav. I am going to blow up a Queenie into a 20x30 for my house and hang it over my grandmother's vintage sea foam green record cabinet. I want to get a thin brass frame to put my Queenie in. This would also look nice grouped with the faux Bois(woodgrain) or I think the Goldenrod(look in our shop) would pair nicely with it too. This is a print of an original watercolor. I went into making this watercolor thinking, make it neutral. Obviously it is not just a neutral. I love neutral but for some reason it is hard for me to create. I don't know if there is some sort of internal melancholy trying to be neutral or dark and the internal optimist is trying to go bright, it is hard to go straight up neutral when I paint but I'm working on it. 

  

All things Bright and Beautiful(and dark and neutral too),

Sallie Jane Studios

 Ethiopia on my mind...Art for a good cause.

    What a way to start a new blog. So much is on my mind and heart I don't know where to begin. So we started Sallie Jane(named after both of our baby girls, awww) about a month ago. We both have a constant need to be creative and we love art and we love to create art, so there it is in a nut shell! Maybe I will catch ya'll up on our life later, right now I am so excited I am about to burst! 

    I am about to burst because I just met my Ethiopian 1 year old nephew Isaiah for the first time! My sister and brother in law have been in the adoption process for two years. It has been very long and draining, I cannot believe this process is almost over, so thankful for that. Seeing him finally make it home was completely magical, truly. 

    Through the adoption process I have been profoundly moved it has spoken volumes to me. This process has painted a beautiful picture of a family who will go to the ends of the earth for a child that has been abandoned. A child that is precious but was left alone. They are showing this child exactly what he should always know, we wanted you as OUR child, you are OUR child, you were made to be in OUR family and we will do anything under the sun to get you to us. 

    We want to help out people any chance we can. We are always looking for stories that strike a chord in our heart. Periodically we want to produce a series of prints that will be dedicated to a certain cause. We are selling these two Ethiopian inspired prints, 50% of the proceeds will go to Kidmia(kidmia.org). Kidmia's vision is to see orphaned Ethiopian children released from poverty and to be reunited or placed with loving, Christian Ethiopian families. Their hope is that the children will become constructive and productive citizens of their country and that they will enjoy their life in their country to the fullest(You can purchase these from our ETSY shop). I personally think the vintage Ethiopian flag would look so cute in a nursery or child's room. I mean how cool would it be to have a whole wall of art that was purchased to help out the world! 

                                                

                                 Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards Men!!! 

                                                   Sallie Jane Studios

Labels: ethiopia, kidmia, linocut, orphans, pen and ink, watercolor