My Favorite Etsyans - Roberta Collier-Morales

ACEO CARD Digital Mixed Media MerKingdom Maid With Crystal Staff

Original giclee mixed media hand-embellished print
Copyright (c) 2009 Roberta Collier-Morales

Starting this week I'm going to promote some of my favorite Etsy sellers here on the FAB (Fine Art Blog). This seller was a student in the workshop my husband and I taught back in May: Make a Living Selling Your Artwork Online. Roberta Collier-Morales recently set up shop on Etsy selling her original mixed media ACEO cards. Roberta has been an illustrator for several years and is starting her career as on online seller of her artwork. Please visit Roberta's Etsy shop.

Quote of the Day
"The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart." --John Welwood

Embellished Giclee Prints

Red Leaves and Shadows

Original 24" x 36" x 1.5" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylic paints on gallery-wrapped canvas
Reproduced as a giclee print

This painting is one I did a couple of years ago which my broker in the UK selected from my portfolio. He has ordered embellished giclee prints of my work for a high-end condo development project in Portugal that he's working on.

My local printer--Denver Digital--is using Ultrachrome K3 inks on artist's canvas, and I'm embellishing the prints with Liquitex and Golden acrylic paints. Most of my time for the past two weeks has been spent on the embellishing work, but I have also managed to produce some new originals for sale.

My hope is to expand my business to include giclee reproduction sales to interior designers and architects. I use high-resolution TIFFs taken with a Canon PowerShot Pro 1 camera at 300 dpi for prints.

I currently sell my reproductions of my work on artistrising.com, which also includes art.com and allposters.com. You may do a keyword search for my work using Patty Baker on all three sites. There is also a link to my work on Artist Rising on the top right of my blog page, and my web site.