Sheesh! Opening an online store is WORK!

Sheesh! Opening an online store is WORK!

OK – so now I know what the owner of a new store feels like on the first day of business – hopeful, anxious, exhausted … and thinking that maybe 8-5 isn’t so bad after all.   Terror aside, we have “opened the doors” of…

Art vs. Commerce

Art vs. Commerce

I’ve only been involved in the fine arts side of the creative world a few years, but I caught on pretty quickly that some artists are uncomfortable taking their art beyond its original form for commercial purposes.   Sometimes the hesitation is because of the…

Beekeepers’ Conventions

Beekeepers’ Conventions

Since my first attempt at a bee-related drawing “Overload,” didn’t please me, I tried again. I grabbed a piece of copy paper, pulled out the grade school colored pencils that I had in an old art box, and started doodling.   Keep in mind, I…

Overload

Overload

“Overload” was my first drawing related to the world of insects. At the time, my husband was a fairly new beekeeper, and he was looking for something to donate to the auction at his first beekeeper’s convention. For some reason – who knows why –…