art and craft festival | Karen Tashkovski

Blue Mandala, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2001, $200 — Blue Mandala, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2001, $200

Dark Magic, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Dark Magic, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Another day of packaging art! I had framed about six of the 18″ x 24″ watercolors several years ago. Two are hanging up in my home. I sold one to a friend from high school and the others are stored in the teeny closet in my second bedroom. To get to them, you have to open a little munchkin door. It’s very cute and one of the reasons I fell in love with my little bungalow.

Happy Tears, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Happy Tears, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

The rest of the paintings are here – I finally packaged them, labelled and titled them, and they are ready to be sold. If I don’t sell them at the Craft & Craft event, I might put them on my Shopify.com site. I love that people will finally get to see them/buy them/enjoy them!

Royalty, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Royalty, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Paradigm Shift, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2001, $200 — Paradigm Shift, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2001, $200

Paradox, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Paradox, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

In addition to these pieces, I readied a gazillion more paintings in sizes 14″ x 20″, 12″ x 16″ and 9″ x 12″. I will add them into this blog soon. I am just so tired right now! Sorta kinda giddy-tired, like I’ve fallen into a magical world and don’t want to escape giddy-tired.

Sky Creature, 18" x 24", 2001, $200 — Sky Creature, 18″ x 24″, 2001, $200

Tunnel, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Tunnel, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Lifeline, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Lifeline, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

I went on a bunch of errands this morning – to school to borrow my favorite yardstick and the table mat, to the vet for Pablo’s “wellness visit”, to do my walk-about at Green Lakes, to Empire Vision to get my sunglasses fixed, and a bunch of other things. I’ve been working on this art business since…I want to say 2:00 pm and now it is after 11:00 and I’m not finished.

Heaven Sent, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Heaven Sent, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Riches, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Riches, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Feathering, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Feathering, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

I really need to wrap this all up and put everything away. Am having guests over this weekend and the dining room table looks like the aftermath of a tornado at the moment.

Rainbow Trail, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Rainbow Trail, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Magma, 18" x 24", watercolor, 2002, $200 — Magma, 18″ x 24″, watercolor, 2002, $200

Aside from the mess though, I am in love with life right now. Things seem to be happening in the way I have always wanted them to happen. I’m grateful to my old self for having a giant prolific period because I have all of this work to share now in a time where a blog post is possible. I’m grateful that I have a reason to prepare this work and it isn’t going to sit inside a veritable tomb any longer.