Good News Thread - Share Your Good News Here

My last thread was hijacked and sent to a page not found.

I have closed instead of fixing so that Support can see it and sort out the person doing the coding on the threads.

So, please add your good news here :))))

If you were the last on the other thread please repeat here :)

An image of this painting will soon be gracing the labels of specialist Italian bakery products in Sydney, Australia. Special thanks to FAA and Google's search engine! When the business owner searched "Ancient Mills", my painting came up on the first page and grabbed his attention.

Congratulations, Therese!

Did he agree to pay for it?

How many loaves did you settle on?

Hey, this thread is working again - great!
Barbara, hi and thanks very much for the congrats!
Beth, yes we've come to a mutually acceptable arrangement. Advice from the forum is very much appreciated!
Haha, Joshua - not that kind of bread - lol!

How fantastic Therese..congratulations...great image, great outcome!

I sold a large print today!

Wow Therese how proud you must be. I remember the excitement I felt when The committee for Camp Creative (summer school for the arts in Bellingen NSW) asked if the could put my painting on the cover of their brochure which went Australia wide as well as their web page for 2010.

I sold this one a couple of days ago

Thanks very much for the congrats, Viv & Carol! That's a might splendid gum tree and rooster, Carol! What a wonderful achievement! So, congrats to you too!!

And also to you, Krista May - I'm very happy for you on your sale. Fingers crossed that there'll be many more to come for us all :)

We have so much awesomeness going on... A couple weeks ago, we were awarded "Best in Show" at DigiTech 2012 in Tallahassee, FL. We've also been nominated as "Best Illustrator" of 2011 by the Steampunk Chronicle and we'll find out on Tuesday if we won!


(Our display at DigiTech 2012)

We've also just gotten confirmation about a few more shows accepting our work, bringing our show total over 30. ^_^

Plus the two parts of MANDEM (Moco & Maize) are celebrating our 15th anniversary on May 1st!

Hey I got a Sale
http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=a2d4e1172960719d180d3ed204be4899

Congrat's everybody....

I was astounded today to find five of my images featured in our Group....Crave Colour.....quite a coup.....and thanks Valerie Rakes, admin.

Agapanthus Wildflower
Red Centre Mars
Night In The City
My Garden
Shopping In Red

I woke up this morning and the cable guy was here when he said he would be. Does that count?

Roflol

I'm just about to call the dishwasher guy.....what's the betting next week earliest,lol,lol......dishpan hands, that's me!!!

David that is a winner I am sure. Vivian nah to the dishpan hands, just let 'em stack up and go paint! lot more fun

Congratulations everyone :)

Yesterday, I learned that I received a grant from the local arts council (Kamloops Arts Council). I am very excited as it will be used towards purchasing art supply kits for local children that are part of a charity that I am working with. We are planning to exhibit some of the pieces the children create with these kits in their own group show next year. Waiting to hear back from the two art supply companies I put donation requests into for this project as well; fingers crossed. This will be so much fun; can't wait to see what the kids come up with and to view their show :)

Edit: Here's a link about the show for those interested: BKR Made With Love Project

Had shingles last week and it hurt like hell... But I did a new painting.. and entered it in a local show.

And I made a sale..

And now I am back to work and feel better.:)

I got this painting accepted into the 72 Northwest Watercolor Society International Show that will be held in the Seattle Design Center in Seattle, Washington. A difficult show to get into. I was one of 80 accepted out of 400 entries.

What fantastic news from everyone! That's what I love to see :))

Commissioned and completed last night! Buyer wanted pink blue and green

I have 2 bouts of good news :D

I sold a print a couple of days ago

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=df52135dcb9e59e567ecd170273aabaa

and one of my sons (my youngest) is getting married next month....time sure flies *sigh*

Trilled, I got back from a walk on the beach to fine Ive made a sale to an Australian buyer.

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=69500da79fbef69843e23612eba7fcf8

my granddaughter has an abstract artist as artist in residence at her school this week. he kicked off the week with a slide presentation of 'famous' abstract artists.
one of my paintings was in the group and he announced my name.
so that's not the good news..the good news is that my sweetheart munchkin announced that i was her gramma!

My good news is that I discovered FAA about two months ago and it's so entertaining that I'm not painting that much these days. Congrats to all of you who are successful in selling your work. I enjoy a lot of the talent I'm seeing on FAA.

My good news is that I discovered FAA about two months ago and it's so entertaining that I'm not painting that much these days. Congrats to all of you who are successful in selling your work. I enjoy a lot of the talent I'm seeing on FAA.

The Aug. edition of Trains Magazine came yesterday and this was the photograph they used.

We've had a ban on perch fishing in Lake Michigan (Chicago area) as the fish were being depleted by commercial fishing...BUT this July....


I fished for perch in this area some 55 years ago.

My photo won the Young Photographers Contest! Thank you to all who voted for it and for the promotions!

Made it to the final round in the photo contest held by the Zoological Society of London

http://www.zsl.org/about-us/zsl-animal-photography-prize



Winners announced in July.

I earned Top Rated Seller On Ebay, not art related but I sell Premium Organic and Kosher Spices from around the world! here is a link to my profile there:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/bombayspicecompany

I went to the baseball stadium in Baltimore (Orioles Vs Tampa Bay Rays) 6-27-14 and caught my first foul ball! I had my Nikon D600 with a 70-300mm zoom lens in my right hand but I was able to catch the ball with my left hand (jumping to assure the guy next to me didn't steal it from me). I had told myself the night before that if I got a shot at getting a ball, I would use my hat to catch it. All that went out the window during the moment as my little league experience automatically took over. The ball hit the concrete in another section behind me first, and bounced high and into my section with a good deal of spin on it. I couldn't believe it finally happened (1st half of the first inning). Thanks to the Rays Right Fielder, Kevin Kiermaier for the treat.

I ordered some brazing rods on line, they arrived today, now I can continue with my Ant sculpture series.

Now celebrating my 5 year anniversary of being a paid member here at Fine Art America !! Joined on July 4th, 2009 only 3 months after retirement and forming my own business.

It has been a truly enjoyable experience making new friends, learning much about art, and being able to share my work with people all over the world! My sales have increased each year providing me with an additional income to buy new equipment and help pay some of my travel expenses so I can take more photographs.

The creativity and talent found here is amazing and very inspiring !

Many thanks to Sean, Abbie and the entire staff at FAA !!

Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday, July 8) and until July 31, I will be having a solo exhibit "New Jersey Places and Things." at the East Brunswick Public Library. The activities coordinator saw my work here and invited me to do the exhibit. So thanks, FAA for giving me a place to show my work so it can be seen and appreciated by others.

This image was licensed for use on the back cover of the book "Indian Summer" for the UK edition. If anyone spots it, please let me know!

http://www.arcangel.com/search?s=EF-00091

This image of the scared woman was recently rights managed licensed for use in "Mysterious Ways" magazine, USA.



http://www.arcangel.com/search?s=EF-00029

Also this week. Got my first payout from Amazon (Create Space) for royalties on my book "the Quotable Westie" -- took about a year and half to sell enough books to reach the payout threshold.





Still haven't found a better solution for publishing an affordable print on demand photo book. Create Space is really designed more for text and Blurb is so expensive.

Bought the most up to date Canon 70-200 lens and the latest 1.4 tele-extender. Yes the lens is a bit heavy but it focuses extremely fast!! Thinking about also getting the 2x extender. With my Canon 7D (crop factor of 1.6) that would put me in the 500mm range. Yaye!

Hello Beautiful Artists,
I have been away for awhile. Hope you all are doing well! =)
I just wanted to share with you a LIVE BROADCAST of me
and 3 other artists on FOX2 News this morning. We painted
LIVE in their studio to gain exposure for the Let Them Eat Art
celebration in honor of Bastille Day! The artists paint LIVE at
business locations throughout the city. Anywho, take a gander
if you'd like:
http://fox2now.com/2014/07/11/let-them-eat-art-2/

The July edition of Eye on Fine Art Photography is now out featuring my cover design and original photography. See below.

Re-sharing for those that may have missed it previously. I wasn't even aware that I was listed on the 2014 Toast of Music City Awards Best Local Artist (Visual).

Nice to be nominated and a complete surprise and would be nice if they would let one know they are listed.

If you are so inclined feel free to vote once a day until the 22nd, for Photo Captures by Jeffery under the Best Local Artist (Visual) category.

http://toastofmusiccity.com/vote/people-places/local-visual-artist

In just a couple of weeks the book I co-authored will be hitting the book shelves across the US. Here is my blog post about it http://darice-machel-mcguire.artistwebsites.com/blogs/my-book-will-soon-be-out.html

Here is the link to Walter Foster Publishing featuring the book http://www.walterfoster.com/books/Art-of-Painting-in-Acrylic/9781600583827

Here is a link to Amazon for a more in depth view of the book and a special pre order promotion http://www.amazon.com/Art-Painting-Acrylic-techniques-acrylic-step/dp/1600583822

Oh, one more exciting bit of info, one of my featured paintings is on the cover. It's the colorful mountain scene on the upper right side.

My good news is the service call for a malfunctioning hot water heater didn't cost me anything today....yeah yeah for me!!

My photograph Ice Cold Milk was photograph of the day on the Smithsonian homepage. Sadly no money.

A song I wrote the lyrics on, is going to be played on live radio. Q-71 out of LA Calif.

I got my 9th Picture-of-the-Day at NASA's Earth Sciences site. :))

http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2014/07/thunderstorm-on-the-plains-of-illinois.html

My squirrel photograph was licensed by Hallmark Cards for a second time for a new design concept. Cheers!

I have been having a great week...my family and I just returned safely (key word here!) home after a two-week vacation in Scotland and Italy. I have been editing the photos and it's like reliving the trip all over again. So many beautiful images! If I am lucky they will translate into sales, but even if they don't, the experience was priceless. : )

Finished my application for the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, and it processed correctly the first time! That"s a first. Usually I have to correct mistakes. Feel's great to git 'er done!

Feel free to open a new separate post for now for each good news. Well done to you all