Not a catch-all post, but a photo of a spider web I discovered hanging off the edge of evergreen branches, like a net ready to catch anything that passed by:

Maybe that explains where all those squirrels got off to. Kidding!

(If you’re viewing this blog entry in a reader or in facebook, make sure you click the thumbnail or you probably won’t see the delicate spider web amid all the green.)

I just created and sent out a new Art of FoxVox Shop Newsletter, and thought I’d post the highlights here as well.

First, I have a new Celtic design called “Celtic Crescents”! Celtic Crescents is a stylized design with off-center moon-shapes imbedded inside each other, detailed with metallic-look gold, copper orange, and silver grey spirals and Celtic knotwork, each crescent held attached with screws. Each crescent represents a design of an ancient Celtic torc or metal necklace.  So there are ancient elements with a bit of contemporary flair and just a bare hint of steampunk style! (That would be the screws – heh.)  Click here or on one of the sample tees or gifts below to see all Celtic Crescent t-shirts, SIGG bottles, ornaments, tile boxes, greeting cards, and more!

You can decorate your wall with a fine art print, either framed or unframed, of ‘Celtic Crescents’, to add a little Celtic flair and color to any room. Prints come in sizes from 8″x8″ up to 36″x36″, and are available on many different kinds of papers, and canvas as well! Click here or on the framed image below to see a more detailed image and also to order your print via Imagekind.com.

I also have a number of great coupons you can use when buying t-shirt and gift items in my shop – check out the schedule of savings:

Now through August 21: Free Shipping on orders of $40 or more! Use coupon code SHIP4LABR at checkout.

August 23 – 26: Save 20% on all tees! Use coupon code STYLINB2S at checkout.

September 1 – 3: Save 20% on orders of $50 or more. Use coupon code SITGUESS at checkout.

(Note: these coupons apply to t-shirt and gift items that go through the cafepress.com checkout. They do not apply to fine art prints purchases made through my gallery at Imagekind.)

So that pretty much covers the basics from the newsletter! If you’d like to see the actual newsletter, just click here and if you’re ready to go shopping, click here!

Years ago I found a cool copper mug with a brass stamp of the Aztec/Mayan calendar on it – this is a close up of the calendar relief on that mug. Just felt like taking a macro photo of it! Dramatic story, no?

(Click the image above for a larger view, and to get a goldish print for your wall – heh.)

This is the little guy I caught peering in at me while I was doing dishes the other day. Or maybe he was just making his way up the side of the house and happened to take a rest on the window screen. Either way, I’m glad he stayed long enough for me to go outside and get a few shots. Love the wavey look in the lower half – maybe there is such a thing as a crimper for snakes.

And a closeup head shot, quite glamorous:

I caught a photo of one of our turtles vogue-ing the other day! Well, okay, as close to vogue-ing that she was ever going to get, being a turtle and all, which basically amounts to looking up instead of plunging off the rock into the water at the first sign of movement – LOL:

You can’t tell from the angle of her head, which is hiding the stripes, but she’s actually a red-eared slider, and about 15 years old now, with a shell that’s about 9 inches long. The other turtle is the same age, but doesn’t like getting her photo taken, apparently. *grin*

Dawning Colors is actually three separate 11″x14″ acrylic paintings, although they are a set, as you can see here:

The funny thing is that I started with the middle one, just playing with gradients. (When a friend came over and he saw the painting on the table in low light, he thought it looked like an interesting slab of smooth wood – funny!) But then I started another gradient and it worked so well with the first one, that I kept going until I had the three you see – Voilà!  Dawning Colors!

These three paintings, as shown together in the image above, are available as a vertical triptych print (the originals are hanging on the wall above my nightstand in the bedroom at the moment) by clicking here.

Thanks for looking!

We have at least one huge gray squirrel that loves to eat at our bird feeder, so the other day I just put a trail of seed along the railing on our deck  as a special treat for him. It didn’t take long at all for HGS (huge gray squirrel) to show up, but his technique made me laugh. He flattened himself on the deck rail and squinched himself along on his belly, sucking up seed as he went:

It’s too bad that most stone statues, especially angels, are mostly seen just in cemeteries now. But they’re still very striking, nonetheless.

I especially liked the sleeping angel – loved the way the top wing curved around and the edge reflected the sun.

Down the road, there’s a house with this star on the side of their garage. The colors and look just felt so ‘folk art’ – I hope the photo captured the feel adequately!

Click on the image above for some Star Americana wall prints, framed or unframed. (without my copyright mark of course)

I also thought this star looked very Fourth of July ish on t-shirts and buttons and other keepsakes:

Click on any of the sample products to see the full ‘Star Americana’ line of cool stuff.

And thanks for looking – hope you have a great Independence Day next week!

Poppy flowers represented in hard granite… would ‘juxtaposition’ be an apt word here?

Anyway, I liked this part of the carving so much I made it a fine art print – click on the image to see a zoom or purchase, etc.

I also put elements of it on things like buttons, cards, keepsake boxes – a little gothic flavor with non-gothicky things:

Click an image above to see all the ‘Stone Poppies’ stuff – including tote bags, journals, hats, polo shirts, etc.