How to Submit Your Shop for Our Mini Features...

Wanna submit your shop for a Mini Feature?

Our Mini Features highlight one of our favourite items from your shop along with a brief synopsis of what you sell as shown below.

Here's how to submit your shop and get featured:

1 } Convo me HERE with your a link to your Etsy store.

2 } Pick 1-4 of your favourite items your shop so we can consider them for the feature.
3 } Include a link to your shop so we can link it to your feature.

4 } Follow this blog for special consideration...and if you mention that you follow us, we'll link to your blog as well.

5} If you'd like to do a give-a-way with your feature, please let us know. We will promote your shop more than just on this blog feature, which will bring more traffic to your shop.

 
I will contact you via Etsy convo when you are chosen for a feature. These features will be ongoing along with our other full artist features that include an interview and give-a-way.


Convo us HERE  with submissions and/or questions...Look forward to hearing from you!

xxx
Raven

You're Invited....Spring 2010 Brewery Artwalk - April 17th & 18th

 
We're excited to tell you about our open gallery and shop during the upcoming Brewery Artwalk in downtown Los Angeles.

Downtown Los Angeles Brewery Artwalk

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2010

638 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles 90031

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 Please join us in viewing work from the following artists...

Mike Pedersen, fine art photographer... 
My new collection of work entitled "Los Angeles"...a collection of urban landscapes dedicated to and inspired by our ever-changing "City of Angels". From desolate urban scenery brought about by declining fortunes in the late 1960s to beautiful imagery of a re-surging metropolis, the show exhibits emotion and hope through texture, mood and composition. http://Mikiep.com

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Dirty Pretty Things by Patricia Lucas...
Yummy long-lasting soy candles, luxurious all-natural dead sea salt bath soaks, unique handmade greeting cards, original paintings, art prints and more! "Our new all-natural bath soaks are quite possibly the most luxurious and rejuvenating ever!" http://VeryDirtyPrettyThings.com
Enter the give-a-way here.

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lllustrations by MikieP...  

SUPER fun and whimsical illustrations inspired by childhood treasures and super heros. "I remember having SuperMan PJs and cutting the feet off of them so I could run around the house. Then laying in front of a fan acting as if I were ssssoarrrring through the air on the way to my next caper. What fun thinking I could fly!" http://Mikiep.etsy.com

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Hollis Hart, painter and illustrator...
We are excited to show the wonderfully whimsical work of Hollis Hart, who is new to our gallery. "Something that interests me a lot is what happens when you put a utensil of any sort into the hands of a kid.  Their only goal is to put down what they see in their mind’s eye." www.artbyhollishart.com

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Downtown Los Angeles Brewery Artwalk

Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th, 2010

638 Moulton Avenue, Los Angeles 90031

{directly across from Barbara's Bistro and the main parking lot}
Our hours: 10 AM - 7 PM {both days}

The Brewery is the world's largest art colony with over 300 artists and arts-related businesses. Located where the 5 & 10 freeways meet in downtown Los Angeles, The Brewery Arts Colony is an live-work Artist Studio and Gallery Complex, converted from the industrial buildings of the former Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery and Bottling Plant. The Brewery Artwalk is a twice yearly event that is FREE and open to the public, where artists and galleries open their doors to the public.  Whether you are an art collector or an admirer of art, you'll be sure to find unique art and handmade gifts.  

Enjoy an exciting FREE afternoon in the heart of LA’s art scene… Come to the Brewery Artwalk!

CASH ONLY

For a private appointment, preferred purchasing or more information:
Serpentine Republic, Artist Reps: 323.397.5599

Give-a-way...LUCKY YOU!

Lucky YOU!

Mikiep is giving away what he is calling "The MOTHER of All Give-a-ways" to one very lucky winner...and honestly this IS a big one with a very generous prize worth approximately $150-$200!

"The prize is something so cool that you might want sit down...But, first. close the doors and the windows because you may not want anyone else to hear about this."

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As a prize, illustrator Mikiep is giving away a CUSTOM illustration featuring YOU as your most favourite super hero in a childhood memory that you treasure most!
Wow, right??
Oh, and if you choose, you can also include yer significant other, mabie one of yer kids, the family pet and pretty much anyone else you'd like to have in it, within reason...

Go to his blog HERE to find out all the details and enter...



Contest ends July 11th and you can enter DAILY, so why are you still here reading?...Go now!
But, come back here when yer done entering and let me know that you did ...and I'll see to it that you get an extra 3 entries in the contest.

Good luck!!

Last Chance Entry...

This is your last chance to win this hauntingly beautiful print by Mike Pedersen!


Mike has graciously offered to give away a printer's copy of his new work entitled "Seventeen" as a sincere "Thank you" to everyone who has shown support for his work.

What a sweetheart to give such a gift as this is a fine quality print ready for framing. We have ours framed and over the mantel in the living room right now and it's just absolutely stunning!

Entries MUST be received by midnight PST Sat., April 12th.

So, if you haven't entered yet, click here to go to the original post and enter right this very minute. Be sure to read over what entry entails, make sure you leave a viable way for me to contact you and then cross your pretty little fingers and toes that I draw your name out of a hat as the winner.

DPT Spotlight: Photography by Mikiep

Update:

Congratulations! OAKMONSTER is the winner of the "Seventeen" printer's copy of the original Mike Pedersen fine art print contest! Thanks so much to everyone who entered...and be sure to check out this week's give-a-way by Kat Roman!

LA-based photographer Mike Pedersen translates and transforms unconventional subject matter most would describe as ugly, industrial, neglected or bizarre in a manner that gives pleasure to the mind and senses...and this is the very reason that I fell in love with his work. Using a Speed Graflex camera from the 1950’s and Polaroid Type 55, a negative / positive film, Mikie takes photographs interpreting a conscious arrangement of colors, forms, movements and other graphic elements. He then deliberately damages and mutates the negatives with sandpaper, steel wool, a hammer or other odd objects. After scanning the images into his computer, he creates and builds layer upon layer, reconstructing the new image into an aesthetic success.

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Don't miss his upcoming show "Deciduous" which takes place next weekend here in downtown Los Angeles. Please see the end of this feature for more information, directions and YOUR chance to win one of his fabulously haunting pieces of work. YAY!

Spotlight Feature: Mike Pedersen

* Tell us a bit about yourself... My name is Mike Pedersen aka Mikiep. While most men over the age of 38 really wouldn’t like to be referred to as “Mikie”, it’s just stuck for me. Growing up with a father and an uncle who had the first names of Mike and Michael, it was just natural for me to be Mikie. Luckily, I wasn’t my nephew [another Michael…he got the nickname “Mickey” instead. : )

* What inspires you? Where do your ideas come from? My ideas come in 2 parts. First the photography aspect…I love to document landscapes, so I love going on trips with my beautiful wife where we just drive, drive, drive and find great shots along the way. I zone off and watch the vistas go by like they are on a TV. When my hawk-eyed wife or I see something we like, we do a little pit stop and I click click away. Sometimes when we drive long-distance, it can take 8 hours for us to go only 100 miles during the daylight hours because we stop so many times. Then during the dark hours, we put the pedal to the metal and go 700-800 miles straight to our destination. Luckily, my trusty better half keeps me happy and awake, armed with lots of caffeine and entertainment. I let the photos sit until one jumps out at me and then I start the digital part of the process. Being a darkroom fixer junkie and having idols such as Ansel Adams, Avedon and Salgado, I love seeing black and white images with subtle tones. I age my pictures by compositing layers upon layers to obtain depth and texture. My pictures build themselves inside my head…some flow freely and some I fight with and put away until later.

* Apart from creating things, what do you do for fun? I love spending time with my wife, traveling, going to flea markets, watching movies or snuggling up on the couch to watch HGTV or the cooking channel…yes, ladies, I can cook. : )

* What has been your most memorable moment selling your art? After buying my first Epson 9600 and printing the first print, I was ecstatic to be able to sell anything…but that first print turned out to be one of the first prints I sold for $500.

* Any advice for fellow artists... When you can see the finished product in your head, you have to shut out the rest of the world and all of it’s influences and to be able to create art that comes from your heart. In the beginning for me, my work sure didn’t look like it does now. Technique and personal style really is a growing process. Your art will grow and change with what is happening inside of you. Stay Inspired.

*Any upcoming shows or projects? I actually have a show coming up next weekend April 5th & 6th at the Brewery in downtown Los Angeles. It’s an Artwalk where we, along with other artists in the complex, open our studio to the public and usually thousands of people walk through looking at and buying art. This show is called “Deciduous” and it contains tree images that I took over the past several years. I love taking photographs of trees because no two trees are alike. They each seem to have their own personality. I guess I have a love for trees because they take me back to my youth where my Sunday afternoons as a little boy were spent climbing trees or laying under them letting the shadows dance around on my face. Trees create shapes and sounds all their own as each branch moves…Truly fascinating and peaceful.

Website: http://mikiep.com
Etsy Shop: http://mikiep.etsy.com
Blog: http://mikiep.blogspot.com

Sales, Bookings or Press contact:
Patricia at Serpentine Republic AR - 323.397.5599

Upcoming Exhibition:

"Deciduous" Exhibition of Fine Art Photography -
Brewery Artwalk, Los Angeles 2008
620 Moulton Avenue, Studio 209, Los Angeles CA 90031

• Saturday, April 5 [11am-6pm]
  
• Sunday, April 6 [11am-6pm]

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Enter this week's Give-a-way!!

This week's give-a-way is a super special treat and I am so happy to be able to offer it to you!

Mikiep is giving away a printer's copy of his limited edition "Seventeen" print from his upcoming show "Deciduous". Image size is 15.5"x 29"... printed on a 16.50"x30" sheet of Archival watercolor paper with border for framing. This print will be signed by Mikiep and is a $200 value!


How to Enter...
Take a look on Mikie's website www.mikiep.com or in his Etsy shop and
leave a comment here regarding your favourite photograph or illustration!
NOTE: If your favourite photograph or illustration is not part of your comment, your entry will be disqualified...sorry, but yes, it's true.

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This contest has been extended and now be 2 weeks long since I won't have a chance to do an artist feature this weekend due to our art show..., meaning the deadline for this contest is now to be until the very last most littlest minute and second of Saturday, April 12th, 2008, PST.
This contest is open to everyone around the globe, but please leave a viable way for us to contact you. Duplicate entries will be deleted. The winner's name will be drawn out of a hat...the good ole' fashioned way to do things.

Best of luck to you, My Pretties!