Digital Collage
This is my new effort with Photoshop and Digital Collage. This is another effort to focus on using this site and integrating my work. On this work I have taken poetry I have written and combined it with butterflies and a single flower together with layer coloring to create this design. 
BUTTERFLY
Sale of Paintings
These works were created in 1990 and 1992. They are gouache works and were built for use in my licensing program. They have been sitting in my flat file archives for quite some time until my client discovered my site. Everything has been in such a state of transition this year that I wonder how he managed to find me. I use to paint images like these for a trade show I did in Los Angeles twice a year for 10 years during the 80s. I sold about 40 or 50 original paintings to retailers for their shops or personal collections every year and I sold many prints of the works which I created for the trade show. Miracle, in 2009 this client who has collected my works found my site and now these two cat works have a home.
CREATIF LICENSING
CREATIF LICENSING CORPORATION
31 Old Town Crossing
Mt. Kisco, New York 10549
tel 914-241-6211
Now, I must start rearranging this site a bit and this time really start painting again.
Working Material for Shops
HOL259 THE FROG AND THE GHOST
HOL138 PARTY TIME (three little witches)
This last design, HOL138, was completely re-done for this shoe design. Some of the designs are easily adapted while others require much more time and sometimes the use of other designs which will coordinate with the look. Both of these come from the MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN PORTFOLIO. I build coordinating products and apparel to go with the main design. This image is in progress. The products will be in HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
HOL138 PARTY TIME (three little witches)
Halloween Images
HOL220 JACK PUMPKIN
This day has not been quite what I had in mind but it is Monday. This image is one I have selected for Halloween products such as tote bags, tiles, cards, and the like all to be coordinated with shoes. I had a very successful morning and crated all in great time and PHOTOSHOP CS3 obliged by crashing when I pressed SAVE @#@$#%#@@# I did however get some t-shirts and the shoes but the real work was lost. So when I get a better attitude, I will done it over and all will be well. The shoes will be in SHOES DU JOUR when they come down the product approval line which should be in about 24 hours. The apparel and other products will be in HALLOWEEN NIGHT tomorrow.
Just Had a Crash
I am trying to learn how to put the site into Google’s verification system. I thought that I had already done this but perhaps I placed the code in a wrong place and nothing has been going on for all this while.
The Gallery blogs are running successfully. Now, it is this brain strain trying to string them all together and get the material out where it will do some good. You know, a trout line!
ACTIVATING HALLOWEEN
This is the month which I turn on the OCTOBER 31 and CHRISTMAS PIZZAZZ blogs. Today I have entered a rundown of a design, HOL210, which was edited for cards, products, apparel and shoes. The name I gave to the design is THERE SHE GOES and it is also available for purchase. Putting this all together and making it work with all the links has been interesting for me but a challenge for the materials to be done properly. I have the Gallery entries, which are the works available for sale, all down pat but the regular blogs are still presenting their problems.
This is the program: I post the works available for purchase in the AM, Tweet them and Tweet a picture of the image. That takes about 15 minutes. Next I must work on some design for products (this can take more than I like but until I am more proficient, it will take time) and upload to the shop(s).
Because I have not only the Halloween shop, HALLOWEEN NIGHT, but a Christmas shop, CHRISTMAS DEPOT, and a rustic lodge, COBBLY NOB, an exotic wild animal skin shop, WILD, and an everyday shop, SHOP DU JOUR, I have my hands full. Working out the system is the challenge and I will get it accomplished. Perhaps some sort of rotation could be accomplished so that I could cover all the shops with new work. Well, now you know why I am running in circles!
GARDEN PATCH WORK DESIGN
My GARDEN PATCH WORK FF427
This design is on cards, gifts and accessories in SHOP DU JOUR.
Shoes to match this design are in SHOES DU JOUR.
DRINKWARE
WORKING THE SYSTEM
CH392 New Christmas art posted in MARY PARK CHRISTMAS GALLERY.
HOL151 MARCHING WITCH New Halloween art posted in MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN GALLERY
HOL 839 FALL New Everyday art posted in GALLERY DU JOUR
I am ironing out the wrinkles in the system I have built to post available art in the three galleries. First the gathering of the images with 30 days worth of postings in file folders. Next to put all necessary information on the image in the file folder so that it is reduced to a copy and paste operation. The addition of the PayPal button does not slow the procedure down too much as I put the necessary HTML code in the folder and put the button code into the folder and it is a simple copy and past operation, too.
The next wrinkle I need to press out is the blog information which will be an everyday thing on the Christmas and Halloween. Putting the information about the products on these blogs is the primary purpose and the linking of the available art with the active shop blogging. The GALLERY DU JOUR covers a much larger area and will have a variety of reflections in the corresponding blogs. To simply this is necessary before I get the process rolling in full. So that is where I am today.
COMPLETED GALLERY SITES
GALLERY DU JOUR
A general gallery of everyday images with a variety of departure.
MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN GALLERY
I am currently filling from now until October 31.
MARY PARKER CHRISTMAS GALLERY
This I am currently filling, also.
Now, I am able to post images which are available for purchase on these galleries. I am using the PayPal Button and it is quite simple as all of the postings are just $100 plus shipping, $12.00. This is all on target for it opens the door for me to resume painting...as I wait for the butterfly!
POSTING CHRISTMAS ILLUSTRATIONS
I am posting my Christmas illustrations which are available for purchase in MARY PARKER CHRISTMAS GALLERY on Blogger. Each image that is posted here will be available with the PayPal Button for $100 plus shipping. Today was the first posting and it went off great; however, when I went to claim the blog on Technorati - wala - it says I have an invalid URL. Always something. That will just have to wait to investigate.
I have also been posting the MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN GALLERY with available Halloween images and good old Technorati says that URL is just fine. Great.
Both of these Art Galleries will have daily postings of original illustrations from my portfolio. Images which are larger than these will be posted in an eBay store. That project is in the works but I need to get the everyday images up and operating in GALLERY DU JOUR. I have no idea if Technorati will acknowledge the URL which Blogger assigns me or not.
Newly posted CH574 in MARY PARKER CHRISTMAS GALLERY of available illustrations
AVAILABLE Paintings/Illustrations
These are my first postings for Halloween:
HOL107 SCARECROW 
HOL150 LITTLE WITCH
Now, I have to do the same gathering, linking and posting to get the Christmas and du Jour paintings/illustrations available for purchase.
COUNTDOWN 'till July
I have created a method of shipping which covers, the insurance, the materials, the PayPal charges and the mileages which I must make to be sure that the paintings/illustrations are in the right hands at either the UPS or the Post Office. These images will be offered for $100 plus $12 shipping.
This is the copy of the sales receipt which I have created to verify the sale and the image. It provides the design number, date, size, medium and in the case of the Mary Parker pseudonym, a pencil signature of mine, Edith on the illustration. I will indicate what the design was used for or licensed for if those records are in existence.
Site Completed
My blog sites are all lined up and ready to start using. My shops are ready for me to start adding more products. And my original art in my standing portfolio is ready to open for sale.
Now, I will begin to build the shoes to match the designs which I have put in the shops and organize my day for PAINTING once more. I cannot believe that I am ready within just breaths of doing what I do best. Ah, but to attract the ‘butterfly’ and to feel the need once more. Waiting for that moment is the best. Of course I wonder if I will ever be able to render things as I did... but that is natural, I’ve read. Oh, well now to activate the various things I have built.
The Flame Azalea
Just a sample of what beauty surrounds me when I wait for the ‘butterfly’.
PS: The ‘butterfly’ is my way of describing the moment when something moves inside you and you know you will paint.
Activity is just around the corner
EDITH’S GALLERY DU JOUR is for the work which I have in these shops: SHOP DU JOUR, COBBLY NOB, WILD
I have created a blog for these shops called PAINTING DU JOUR and I blog the new work and designs available in these three different shops.
EDITH’S GALLERY DU JOUR for available paintings
MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN GALLERY is for the work which I have in my Halloween shop: HALLOWEEN NIGHT
I have created a Halloween blog for this portion of my work called OCTOBER 31 and it is active from July through October.
My MARY PARKER HALLOWEEN GALLERY of available illustrations
MARY PARKER CHRISTMAS GALLERY is for the work which I have in my shop CHRISTMAS DEPOT.
I have created a Christmas blog for this area of work called CHRISTMAS PIZZAZZ and it is active from July through December.
MARY PARKER CHRISTMAS GALLERY of available illustrations
It had been a real challenge for me to put all of this together and try to organize it where people can look through the various places. Now, that I have this home base site, perhaps, I will be able to resume painting and get on with the excitement of the canvas.
My current project for this site is to create a links page. I have had the pleasure (and much delight) for GREENBRIER VALLEY RESORTS AND REAL ESTATE to put me on their links page. I find their site a splendid place with real links to this wonderful place where I live. Laurie Contois who is the Owner/Broker of Greenbrier has been just wonderful to do this and it is greatly appreciated. My own links page is in the works and I shall return the favor.
Preparing Site for Work
35,000 Year Old Sculpture
I read about this in Art Knowledge News. The following is a direct quote from the article:
© 2009 - Art Knowledge News
Thursday, 14 May 2009
I am so fascinated by these discoveries and at the obvious link to modern man. Who are we, really? 35,000 years ago someone made a sculpture and it appears to have a loop on the back for possibly slipping a cord into so that it might be suspended or worn. And we continue to make images....
Original Art Work
FeedBurner
Twitter is now Returned to Blog
Return to Work
I need to put a few more things together on this site to make it more efficient and directive to my plan. I hope to get those snippets in place today.
KNOX MAC
THANKS, BRIAN JACOBUS
Things are working at last. I should have done this from the start then so much time and effort and ultimately money would not have been lost and it was a lesson which I had already learned and applied without hesitation. When doing things differently or creating something new, it doesn’t mean that one should ignore the knowledge one has gained under different circumstances.
LOST MY FRIEND, PEPPER
This is not a good day for me. My friend, Pepper, a little dog with a lot of courage and a faithful companion (even when I was a pain in the -----) and who was with me for 16.5 years lost his battle to live forever. I just miss him and it has only be a few hours. I love dogs, you see. I need their companionship. In my heart always.
PEPPER
1993 - 2009
COBBLY NOB
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AUTUMN WILDLIFE
Rendered in Gouache, Patch Design
Deer, Fox, Loon, Saw-Whet Owls
Northern Woods
FRIDAY Updat on Shops
These are the shops with a better appearance:
CHRISTMAS DEPOT - HALLOWEEN NIGHT - WILD - SHOP DU JOUR - COBBLY NOB
I might say, and with great delight, that I have now installed the new RapidWeaver 4.2.2 . No matter how little one may know about HTML or CSS or the web, this beautiful program allows people like me to put their work on line and to begin to learn as they grow. And today, I am going to get the ‘payloom’ plug in from YOURHEAD/YABDAB and start the process of placing my original works for sale.
FALL IMAGES
BIRD DOGS FALL HUNT
Gouache Patch Design
THANKSGIVING TURKEY
Gouache
Two more images for prints on ImageKind. The hunt image is called a patch design and has small focus points over the painting. There are quail, pheasant, and a little rabbit. Oh, yes, a rabbit. Now, let’s see if those dogs hold their point! HA HA The elaborate turkey is a Thanksgiving gobbler and he is centered in a field of pumpkins with a border of fall leaves and cornucopia.
Images for PRINTS
I love bunnies and I love them to have tea in the images of my mind; but as they say, that ain’t all there is, Babe! I am currently putting rustic hunt images into my Gallery in ImageKind. The pictures below are an example of the work I am preparing for ImageKind. Although, ImageKind is a great place for prints, I am preparing to sell all the images in my portfolio and these are among the group which I will be posting in a short while. So if you are interested in the Rustic Woods Collection, as a potential buyer or just for curiosity, I would love to hear from you. 
WILDLIFE IN FALL
Gouache
Painted in 1995 and presented for licensing. Taken from the Rustic Woods Collection.
LODGE FISH CAMP
Gouache
This painting was done in 2002 and is in the Rustic Woods Collection.
TEA TIME
TEA TIME
Gouache
Available as a card in A La Mode
This image was painted in about 1987. I did not know to make transparencies of my images at that time. Transparencies were the only way to save images which were used for reproduction purposes. As a result the only thing I have today is a transparency of a print! ARG Yes, I scanned in the print when I got my Epson Expression 1640 XL in 2000 but without extensive work the image was only good as an example. I used it as one of my cards during the 80’s and as a print when I created my card and print line at that time. When I started going to the SURTEX in 1990/91 I presented the original image and sold it. There ya go — gone forever. So to try and rework the scan was a rather tedious adventure that has taken me several days. I am not sure that it is as it should be yet because I am not really all that knowledgeable in Photoshop; however, I went over most of it, 98% of it, and this is the result. I reworked it at 200 and 300% of the original. Here is the way it looks from the scan of the print.
SCAN FROM OLD PRINT, TEA TIME
Untouched
SpringTime
SPRINGTIME
Pen and Ink with Gouache Coloring
Patch Design
My learning curve is a nightmare; is a steady companion; is a ball and chain.... And I could go on and on about the problem. Well, I am taking this image and have placed it for cards in A LA MODE.It looks great. But trying to learn all of this and produce is not what I am accustom to having to contend with. Ah, but now I can always know that I have a very close GRIPE that will be with me for a long time. Company. Yes, company to keep me obsessively pressing against the limitation that not knowing BEANS about computers and how they work until one day when I just glide over the process and do it all right the first time.
Now, for the Twitter thing. I have the idea. I see what is happening. I love the mix. I have found a number of people with whom I have something in common and a beaucoup of them who are like the fish in the ocean. There are unreal numbers of guys involved with marketing and they are the ones who seem to be using the program most successfully not attaching to someone they find interesting but to anyone who’s game. Well, that is what it’s about, isn’t it? I, too, need to reach a large mass of people who do stuff on line. I am selling. Well, I am if I could get my ducks all in a row. So as soon as I reconfigure the widget to go on this site, that will be on less duck to worry about. I am making sales by default on CafePress and I need to get in there and make things move. The Twitter is now an access to more people and I think I will follow the guys who are gaining followers by the hundreds.
Still have to get the ducks lined up!
Exercise #2 Painting
This is going to be interesting. I have to do a minimum of 50 of these warmups before I reach the place I feel like I will be able say that I am painting once more. This is like having been on the desert for 4 years and you’ve just reached the sand dune that is looking more like the oasis. I’ll be glad when I reach the oasis.
Big People Take Time
BRUSH IN PAINT
Getting Ready for New Program
I have watched Karin Jurick’s work and she is my inspiration. Her recent posting of “In Like a Lion” is the closest point to where my mind is and I need to baptize myself once more in the movement of paint. The boldness of stroke and color specks directly to my heart.