New Fine Art Lithographs available of Glamouorous Harbor - CSI Miami inspired - by Carol Labashosky

These fine art prints are available in regular tone or color-fused which is an extra burst of added hue. The limited edition lithographs are signed by me, the artist, and there are 20 of 25 remaining. Click the link below for more information. The orginal fine art acrylic painting is hanging in Louisville, Block Party Handmade Boutique Gallery, 560 S. 4rth Street.

 

Glamourous Harbor Fine Art Lithograph 12 x 12 inches

Vintage handmade fine art Christmas cards bring festive greetings

Louisville's South Fourth Street "Miracle on 4th Street" event, open to the public, will be held on Friday, Dec. 13 from 5-9 p.m. at Block Party Handmade Boutique. I will be featuring fine art and holiday greeting cards on sale with a 15 percent discount. Also,  Artist Lisel Long will hold a reception with her paintings. Block Party Handmade Boutique will host a fashion show and an unveiling of a creative window display to round out the evening. Hope to see you at 560 South Fourth Street in Louisville on Friday. Participating shops on South Fourth Street will be open for Christmas celebrations, too.



Thoroughbred racehorses are featured in vintage festive Kentucky greeting cards by Artist Carol Labashosky will be on sale at Block Party Handmade Boutique.

Louisville Folk Artist Karen Abney showcases Day of the Day handmade art

 

In conjunction with South 4th Street Day of the Dead celebration, Artist Karen Abney has created new art associated with the holiday as seen below.  Abney has been producing, showing and selling her hand-made art pieces for more than 30 years. Her latest body of work, titled “Inner Landscapes” is a conglomeration of her favorite things: found objects, Mexican Milagros and odd containers. Her interest in Mexican Milagros led to this Day of the Dead exhibition.

Fascinated with Mexican culture and particularly the use of iconic religious items in their art,

Karen Abney has crafted these whimsical art pieces that incorporate a “gringo’s” view of the

style and beauty associated with Dios de los Muertos. Each piece is hand stitched and lovingly assembled. I have this piece sitting on my desk.

Her art is on display at Block Party Handmade Boutique, 560 S. 4th Street, Louisville where the co-op artists also have erected ceremonial Dio de los Muertos alters.

 

After placing a photo of my mother on the alter for Friday, Nov. 1, I felt comforted. It is a way to honor her in the present because her gravesite is in Wisconsin where I seldom get to visit. She - Roberta - was a spanish teacher and would have been able to tell me all about the day and its meaning. In this fashion of participating in an actual celebration, I can learn and mum would be pleased

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The story behind the fine art painting, White Chapel's Revenge

By nature, the story of Jack the Ripper evokes chilling thoughts and a shudder. We imagine him, as a stealthy serial killer stalking women up and down the dark streets of Whitechapel. While creating this painting, I imagined how it would be for those troubled souls who fell victim to this fiend, to have had a chance to change their fate and the past, and escape The Ripper.

The colors and eerie movements of the four people - three women and Jack the Ripper - represents an unearthly "switching backthe clock" so the characters could somehow create a different ending, eluding the criminal.

This acrylic artwork I painted is titled White Chapel's Revenge, and it is on display at Block Party Handmade Boutiqu, 560 S. 4th St., Louisville, for the season. The colors are just as they appear here, somewhat of a hellish orange inferno with a dark black and gray contrast.

 The women have alluded The Ripper this time as they go back to rectify the past. From left to right are the three women who will reclaim their lives from Jack the Ripper, who is left behind beneath the street light.

Creativity lies within us all - a blog post for Block Party Handmade Boutique

Greetings!

To encourage and inspire creativity, I've penned a blog post to share with you. Thank you for your past and continued support of Scrapboarding and Barking Dog Enterprises. Please feel free to forward or post the story.

Creativity lies with us all by Carol Labashosky