the mincing mockingbird

L.A. based artist, The Mincing Mockingbird, creates colorful bird paintings - each one with more personality than the next. We're happy to offer a large selection of 8"x10" signed prints of his paintings in the shop. Our second shipment just arrived (the first batch sold out), so come by and meet the birds!

chet and dot

chet and dot (a little company out of portland, or) makes the cutest hand sewn plushies. this sweet bunny is one of many available at the shop just in time for easter.

easter "tweets"

It's a little early (since easter is on April 12th this year), but these are so adorable i had to post them now. These chicks are the newest edition to the shop. I found them on Etsy - they are handmade in Provo, UT from recycled baby sweaters and fabrics. They have a velcro opening at the base, so I filled them with candy and made up cute little tags for them. I only have a baker's dozen, so come in and get them while you can!

new print

Since I'm in the spirit of spring, I created a new art print today. It's a mixed media/print method print that combines giclee (digital) and gocco (screen printing). I've reused some of my calendar graphics creating a background of semi-transparent branches. The foreground is a silhouette created from a photo I took along Alligator Alley in Florida last month. A pretty black bird posed for me on an old swamp tree.

I printed a limited run of 50 prints available here.

spring is coming...

This time of year I start aching for spring. Sunday was a dreary, dark and rainy day. Since there was little traffic at the shop, I spent the day plastering the store window with bright panels of yellow and orange paper. It may not be spring outside yet, but it certainly is at the shop.