Marjorie Pesek Fine Art

I had a busy week last week and a very gratifying one! Last Monday I had an all day open house with Martha Richter who creates fine handcrafted jewelry and is a long time family friend, at at a beautiful home in Naples. We had a good, enthusiastic crowd visit us that day. It was a lot of holiday fun. See Martha's website: www.martharichterltd.com

I then held a 2 day workshop at the Art League of Bonita Springs Tuesday and Wednesday. I always love these workshops! We all got to know each other and, because they are also artists with their own style, we all shared our own unique artwork with each other. The women who attended where so enthusiastic about learning my technique. At times they got a bit frustrated once they discovered the patience that is required to complete a Layered Imagery (Paper Mosaic) piece. But I was determined that they leave there proud of their piece they where creating. I think I succeeded because we were all smiles and hugs at the end of the class. I congratulate them for their hard work and good spirit. It is alway hard to end a class because we feel like it has just begun. It never seems like enough time. We all wanted to stay all day but it is easy to forget, while engrossed in the creative process, that we all had a busy schedule for the rest of the day.

Ordering a MPFA print

Then select a mat (by the way all these options are listed on the left side). The outer mat is "mat 1" and the best selection is "white/cream" then select the inner mat "add a mat" and choose "rococo cream".

I selected this combination in mat and frame because of the traditional look but there are many other options that may have a more modern look. The mat should not be any bigger then the frame because because the proportion will look odd. I selected the mat with this frame because the inner lining matches well with the beads around the frame.

The "glazing" option is a bit confusing. It really means what kind of glass do you want. So I think you should select "uv protection acrylic" so the art will never fade from sunlight or artificial lighting.

Then go to "check out" and you will have your framed golden retriever print mailed to you.

If you want it delivered by Christmas, please oder by Dec 14 for ground delivery or Dec 17 for a 2 day delivery.

I have many other images available so please take the same steps for ordering a different print as I just explained with the golden retriever.

Ordering a MPFA print

The next step is to choose a size and I recommend the medium size. Then choose a paper and the best would be "ultrasmooth fine art". Then select a frame and I think the best choice for this piece is the "distressed black with gold bead".

Ordering a MPFA print

I would like to show you how to order a framed print from my my website www.marjoriepesek.com. I am recommending a favorite piece of mine and the steps to how order the print framed. The first step is select this image of the golden retriever. Then select the second "custom" button.

Marjorie Pesek Fine Art

This is very exciting that my artwork is one of the featured artists today on the Imagekind home page! This site has thousands of artists who are members so I am thrilled they select me out of so many especially at Christmas time!

Marjorie Pesek Fine Art

I am so excited about this piece! I was so worried that the "collage" of the floating images would look messy. But here we go--they look great! The balloon and hand on the actual cover of the magazine will be a bit tilted to the left by the art director for a visual effect so I need to adjust the cloud line to tilt in that direction and some of the floating images behind the balloon should also shift a bit. I plan to get the final art to Futures tomorrow. I hope you like it as much as I do. As an illustrator I need to portray a story and I believe this is telling one.

Marjorie Pesek Fine Art

I have been hired by Futures Magazine, an international financial trade magazine, to create a cover about the 2010 economic outlook and the interest rate being held down at zero percent. This is the third cover I have created for them and it is always a great creative process.

The first photo is a bit hard to see but it is the final sketch of many for the concept of the cover art. The first idea was to have Bernanke holding down a balloon but this, with the big hand, was decided to be the better choice. Keep in mind that I need to allow room for the "Futures" heading on top. The next 2 photos I am slowly developing the concept. The blue stripe across the ballon is going to be a banner with the headline for this issue.

The final piece will have a bunch of international currencies and other symbols representing our economy blowing around and being sucked into the bottom of the balloon.

At this stage it looks a bit weird but it will all come together in the end and make a lot more sense.

I'll keep you updated in the next two days on the last few steps to completing this piece and next month, when this issue is published, I will show you how the cover actually looks at the newsstands!