Weekend Recap: The artist
Lately my weekends have been filled with trips to art stores to pick up canvas & paint.
Why you may ask? Well it turns out that Jon known to most of you as my lovely handy man husband has had an artist hiding inside of him all along. I think working with me on design projects woke something up in Jon and now he can’t turn back. My Christmas gifts this year were many original pieces and he now has decided he wants to open up an etsy shop!
We saw that there was a market for budget friendly original canvas wrapped artwork and voila a collaboration was born. I pick out the color stories and he gets to design this time.
Here are some sneak peeks of what we have been working on:
Sorry for the fuzzy pictures. I was running out the door this morning so iphone pictures was the only thing on hand.
Can’t wait till we open up shop! Now we just need someone to design an etsy banner & logo. Do you have any recommendations?
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
Definitely an artist…gorgeous!! Can’t wait for the etsy shop ~
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this idea!!! And I know a certain someone wouldn’t mind getting an original piece of art work for her bday! haha! Love this first one especially!
Oh my goodness, John rocks. These are great.
Lovely! I cannot wait to see them in full, and do let us know when the etsy opens.
Love the paintings! What size canvas has he been using? Any idea on the price point yet? I need something fun and colorful over my couch and some of these would be perfect!
uh oh. watch our world. a new artist is on the scene. love them. xo
awesome!
oh my gosh, those are gorgeous! love that style of painting. can’t wait to see ’em all.
Oh, How exciting. I love the color choices. Sounds like fun. I just had my blog done by http://www.house09.com/ and I am loving her. I’m sure she would do a fantastic job for your shop. Good luck!
A handyman and an artist? You may be the luckiest designer (wife) alive! 😉
Very true Traci! The icing on the cake would be if was a web programmer as well!
Beautiful! How cool that your husband has an artistic side, and that he wants to “go for it.” Awesome!!
Congrats Jon for finding your inner Van Gogh. What beautiful work.
Can’t wait for the Etsy shop to open up. Let me know who you pick to design your Etsy banner. I’m in the process of opening up shop as well.
Fanatastic work Jon – what a talented hubby! KG
Great work! My boyfriend is a fantastic graphic/web designer if you need some logo/banner help!
good stuff…looking forward to seeing more…
these are fantastic!!! i just bought myself a canvas & some paint this weekend! can’t wait for the shop to open!
Love them!!! Yay for John…. If only my bf were 1/2 as handy or an artist haha 🙂 Can’t wait for the etsy opening!
How about Front Porch Studio!
My husband has designed some fabulous websites and promotional materials. Check out our church website!
How wonderful! Go Jon! I especially love the first one! 🙂
Very nice! I like those 🙂
sooo nice.
it reminds me of corkscrews and canvas or cocktails and canvas.
great ideas…
Nice! I love the first one especially!
I like the first one the best. What is that type of painting called? I looks like pats or pads of paint which is a very unrefined explination of what I see.
Has your husband opened his Etsy shop yet? I am loving these paintings.
I just discovered your blog this weekend. I am enjoying it!