Etsy shop

Over the past few weeks, I've been working hard, and steadily, at getting my online presence up to date with all of my new work. It takes a lot of time and effort, but it's also fun and exciting to be putting more time into the promotional angle.

As part of this effort, I've re-stocked my Etsy shop with new artwork and prints. I still have a number of things to add to it, but for now, I feel it's in a ready-enough state to share! I'm also currently offering free shipping, and will continue to do so from now until Christmas. This means, if you're interested in sending something elsewhere as a gift, I will happily do so on your behalf at no charge. I'll even gift-wrap it inside the packaging, upon request!

The link to the shop is here:

http://edenbee.etsy.com

Hope you enjoy! If you have an suggestions or recommendations, those are appreciated as well. Thanks for checking it out!

Also, my sale for charity is still on, with many pieces available at reduced prices. Scroll down to the next blog post to read all the details.

Art Sale for Charity: feeding the hungry through Second Harvest

Back in May, I put together a sale of some of my artwork at reduced prices, with partial proceeds to charity. The sale was a success, and through people's purchases, over $300 was donated to the international Red Cross.

I've decided, as we head into the winter weather, to put together another sale. This time, 30% of sales will be donated to Second Harvest, an organization that works in Toronto to divert perfectly good surplus fresh food from restaurants, stores, and markets -- food that would otherwise go to landfill -- to feed those in need. (Learn more here.)

Each of the paintings below is included in this sale, with 30% of their price going to this charity. I will also, between now and the end of November, donate 15% of any regularly-priced purchase from my website, including prints, to this cause. It's a great opportunity to pick up a piece as an early holiday gift, and to do some good for those in need at the same time.

The sale will run from now until the end of November.

Mister Fox

Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 18"

Regular price: $680

Charity sale price: $450 SOLD

(A note on this piece: inspired by the English folk tale "Mister Fox," which is a variation on the story of Bluebeard... there is a tiny murder scene taking place in window of the manor house.)

One of the Crowd

Acrylic and modelling paste on 1.5" deep gallery canvas, 10" x 48"

Regular price: $800

Charity sale price: $450

Circus Monkey

Mixed media (with gold metallic leaf) on canvas, 24" x 30"

Regular price: $550

Charity sale price: $300 SOLD

Hand-embossed metal, 8" x 10" x 1.5" deep

Regular price: $120

Charity sale price: $70

Hand-embossed metal, 8" x 10" x 1.5" deep

Regular price: $120

Charity sale price: $70

Hand-embossed metal, 8" x 10" x 1.5" deep

Regular price: $120

Charity sale price: $70

Contact me here or at eden(at)edenbachelder.com for inquiries or to make a purchase. Thanks for your support!

Masks

A full sampling of all the masks so far! Some have sold, some are on hold, but all of them are available, as I am happy to recreate any of them as a commission, and can have them ready within a few days.

Bird Mask

Metallic blue-black finish

$65

(Original sold)

Bird Mask

Matte black finish

$65

(Original sold)

Bird Mask

Two-toned red finish

$65

(Original sold)

Cthulhu mask

Green and silver semi-gloss finish

$80

Cthulhu mask

Matte black and greenish silver finish

$80

Cthulhu mask

Blue and silver semi-gloss finish

$80

(Original sold)

Cthulhu mask

Matte maroon and purple semi-metallic finish

$80

(Original sold)

Cthulhu mask

Unpainted, natural leather finish

$65

(Original sold)

Blogged!

Hey, neato! I found out yesterday that I got featured on a Lovecraft-related blog, Propnomicon. It features all manner of Old-One-related objects, art, and curiosities. One of my Cthulhu masks appeared there! Swell!

Link is here: http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2011/10/leather-cthulhu-mask.html

Upcoming event: The Bazaar of the Bizarre

It's back, and I'm back there too! The Bazaar of the Bizarre returns this upcoming Sunday, October 23rd. Click on the image below for all the main details:

You can also add yourself to the Facebook event, to keep it on your radar.

I have a LOT of new work, and news, for this particular bazaar. I will be offering a selection of the work on canvas that many of you now know me for, as well as some work in completely new media. The short list:

-New original paintings on paper, almost all under $100 each
-NEW! Original handmade, completely wearable masks! Each on

e is one-of-a-kind, and has been designed, hand-molded from high quality leather, and hand-painted. See below for my Cthulhu-inspired design!
-Original works on canvas at special prices. At this event only, select canvases will be offered at 20-30% off of their original prices as listed on my website.
-Signed, matted, ready-to-frame prints of many of my original pieces.

I won't spoil all the surprises by posting everything here, but here some examples of new paintings, and one of the new (completely wearable!) masks:

...And much more to come on show day! Hope to see you there.

-Eden

Gentleminotaurs Prefer Blondes

Better late than never, I suppose? Here, nearly a year later... I bring you...

The post with the actual, final, finished, lettered version. (Posted with permission of the author, the lovely and talented Alison Kooistra! With lettering by the also lovely and also talented KT Smith!)

Art by me, from last spring/summer/fall thereabouts. Please enjoy, and if you did (or didn't), please leave us some feedback! Many thanks!

-Eden

Figure Drawing

Last week, I attended the first figure drawing class I'd been to in... okay, I'll fess up. It had been years.

I had figure drawing as a regular, several-times-a-week thing all through my fine art program at university, but have since been focusing more on drawing from my head than from reference. Lately I've felt like I've been maxing out on that, though. I really can't progress without turning back to live reference, and so... back I go!

I have a couple of dozens of sketches from the evening, in varying styles, and done to varying degrees of completion. This one, however, stands out as my favourite drawing of the evening. The accuracy isn't all there, by any means, but... there's a moodiness and line quality in it that's lacking in a lot of my more literal and accurate pieces. I think the bizarre angle of the model lent itself to a more abstracted approach, and often when that happens, good things can come about. Not overthinking what I'm doing, either, tends to have lovelier results... much of the time.