Guest Blogged by Steve Viele
Many thanks to Joan, who came through for the Silent Auctions with some wonderful contributions of her artwork. (Many thanks to Peg C. as well, for her beautiful Fractal Art contributions which we are selling, rather than auctioning).
What we and Joan are offering for auction are giclee reproductions of some of her work: “The Three Witches” and several other pieces, some of which ex-AG Ashcroft would have draped. I understand that giclee is a method of reproduction that is quite popular now and gives a quality that simulates the original and can be printed on different kinds of canvases (at least I know that her “The Three Witches” is printed on water color paper).
Because this is a fundraiser and because we will have certain costs to get the pieces to anyone who wins the auctions, we will have to ask for a minimum bid of $100 for any of these pieces. I believe there can only be one winner for each piece but we can certainly ask Joan whether more than one giclee of a given piece can be produced if an item is particularly popular.
The auction for each of these pieces is officially open. To make it a silent auction, bidders will need to place their bid by e-mail (please include at least your first name or an appropriate pseudonym) to BradBlogathonFundraiser@yahoo.com (or click here). The auctions on all items will close at noon Pacific Daylight Time (that’s 3pm Eastern Daylight Time) on Wednesday July 13th. The winners (if there is at least a minimum bid on any or all of the items) will be posted on BradBlog by about 3pm PDT (6pm EDT) and will also receive an e-mail notification.
Check Joan’s pieces out. They are all worthy of your bids but please also remember this is a fundraiser and it is also Brad’s Birthday next week. Maybe someone wants to buy one of the pieces for Brad!!!
Oh it’s up! Cool beans!
To answer your question, Steve: yes, multiple copies can be made of any of the images, if people begin just beating down the blogdoors wanting to purchase them lol!
Hey! Get ’em while they’re hot, people! It’s for Brad, so that he can keep saving the world!… or at least poke a few holes in the gigantic blanket of LIES that has descended on our government & our media & a good portion of our population!
Ok, Joan will shut up now.
Thank you Steve & Torqued & of course Brad for being incredible people. :o)
Hi, Joan!
Nice work! I used to be a draughtsman/illustrator until my presbyopia made it awfully difficult. Your figure studies have that most difficult-to-achieve quality, a real feeling of weight. Great stuff!
Thanks for the kind words, Peg!
I was a bit worried because it took a long time for my post to come up. I hope people are not having trouble getting through & giving up! Maybe it’s just my computer, which I think is from the Truman era…
Come on, all you hordes, I know you’re out there! Please buy something from the Brad Store…Conyers’ Ohio report is there, plus a music CD about Ohio & lots of other good stuff!
Donate for Democracy! Bucks for the Bradblog!
What’s presbyopia?
Joan #4 – it’s what happens to our eyesight as we grow older. "Presbyopia is an age-associated progressive loss of the focusing power of the lens. This results in difficulty seeing objects close-up."
I just want to say your work is exceptional! Thank you for offering it for the Blogathon.
I’m sure you noticed the boils on your witches look just like the one gee-duhbya had during the 2000 sElection debacle.
That’s a scary one – where would I hang it? Oh yes, I know, the computer room – to keep me energized in this fight for justice and removal of criminals from our government.
Thanks for fielding that, Kira! Joan, BradBlog is v-e-e-ry slow tonight for me too. ‘Course I have slow dialup slow it’s always fun; but tonight, it took over ten minutes for the home page to come up!
Thank you so much, Kira.
Yeah I seem to remember dubya did have a growth of some kind…his true witchy nature attempting to emerge??? Oh my gosh! Apologies to good witches everywhere!
I had never heard of that vision problem, but it sounds like I may have it. Can’t see close anymore, which is annoying because I really like drawing the figure from life.
Wait…Peg, you’re the fractals…they are spectacular!!
Sorry, more than my eyes are dim tonight, I’m afraid!
Goodnight, friends.
Much love to you all,
~Joan