CMZ Art Licensing

CMZart Bookmarks coming soon...

I have listed this bookmark in my

Rustic Goth Etsy Shop

but I will also be listing this bookmark...

along with a number of

CMZ Art bookmarks

in my

CMZ Art Zibbet Shop.

Art Print for Charity

I had been thinking for 'some time'

that I wanted to start doing some art prints

especially for charity.

Every year I do a painting and

send it to Chicago

to be auctioned off to help folks in the

Midwest..who are having

problems with housing, food and utilities.

(I was going to post a link to the event...

and

unfortunately there is a problem with the site I went to

and I ended up with a virus on my computer.

Took me ALL afternoon to get my computer

virus free...

not cool.)

So...I'm not including a link to that site.

Proceeds from the sale of my print

'Resting'

on Imagekind

goes to an Art for Cancer

charity

to help cancer patients purchase items not

covered by insurance and other resources.

(I know from personal experience what many of these

out of pocket expenses are.)

I decided I would create an original digital illustration

every month...

especially for charitable giving..

with a portion of the sales from each of the

'charity' prints

going to a pre-specified charity.

The print shown above is titled...

"Sorry is the Saddest Word"

it is the January print..

and for as long as the print is offered..

each time one of these prints sell..

half of the proceeds will be donated

to the

Red Cross.

So...I've been thinking..

...I really miss just painting

whatever the heck I feel like painting.

It's been over a year since I last

painted anything similar to the pieces in the picture...

mostly because I've pretty much lost my studio.

But..I've decided that I'm going to cover the dining room table..

at least on occasion..

and paint some fun and 'free' abstract pieces.

Course...I'll need to order some canvas first...

but soon...

I just need to figure out where to

put them.

There Must Be An Easier Way

I've got a website ... or should I say...

a domain and a host

that have sat around pretty much

wasted for almost a year.

So..I decided that I would

create a website for CMZ Art

and for

Rustic Goth

and put them as 'sub-domains'

since I've purchased the domain and pay monthly

for the host...

...there really has to be a 'better way'...

I am not at all happy with the

site builder I've used for

 CMZ Art...

I really can't do what I want to do with it..

heck..

I really can't do much of anything with it.

And I can't even get the Rustic Goth

site to publish.

It's about time for the domain to

expire..hopefully it won't automatically renew through

my PayPal...and I'm not even sure where to go to

make sure it doesn't.

I've cancelled the host subscription...hopefully this will

take care of the domain renewal as well.

It looks like I'll be spending a few weeks doing

lots of research

to figure this all out.

I'm thinking I'll build a site on one

of those free sitebuilders

to get familiar with it before I pay for a new domain

and hosting...

we'll just have to see.

Free Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

I made this desktop calendar

to put on my computer..

it always seems like I'm looking for a calendar...when I'm

working on the computer.

If you'd like this calendar..

leave a comment and I'll email

you one.

Actually...I'll email you both sizes...

I made two and decided

that I wanted this one...so I could still see

the calendar AND my desktop icons.

The other one covers the

entire screen.

Digital downloads coming to my Zibbet shop.

As I go through my EBSQ Portfolio

I am choosing some

select pieces

to offer as 'digital downloads'

that others can use in the creation

of their own art.

Here are a few pieces I've decided

I am going to offer.

They will be soon listed in my

CMZ Art Zibbet Shop.

I'll write a post as soon as

I have several downloads available.

Too much snow!!

It seems like it has snowed a LOT

since the beginning of December.

The snow started the week-end of our last show..

and we've received a bunch of it since then...

I'm not sure how many feet total..but I'm ready for

the snow to be over until next year...

and I'm talking 2011.

It hasn't snowed as much as the top photo..

but they did have to bring a plow engine to clear the railroad

tracks...I guess they haven't had to

do that here in Lincoln for quite some time.