The Cotner Collection

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A Simple Life

As we head into the traditional (at least around my neck of the woods) month of Winter Holiday gift-giving, I want a simple life–free to use my imagination and creativity without the hustle and bustle of early rising to write, edit, create artwork, run my online business, keep up with my blog and social media posts, and attempt to otherwise stay sane. So, my “Wishful Christmas Card to Santa” will read something like this:

 

 

Please visit my online shop for some great, unique gifts.

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Writing Isn’t All I Do

Besides my Celtic murder mystery, poetry, and my book of short stories, I’ve managed over the last 40+ years to stay busy creating art. Actually, I’ve been doing some sort of art since I was old enough to hold a crayon but that’s too many years ago now for me to even think about.

It’s been a time-consuming challenge, but I’ve finally opened my online storefront to showcase selected pieces of my artwork on various items including mugs, notebooks, drinkware, clothing, and notebooks, just to name a few. And, since we are nearing the Autumn holidays of Halloween, Day of the Dead, and Día de los Muertos, I would be remiss not to mention many of my motifs concerning these holidays are available for purchase. Come by and take a look.

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Merry Christmas And Happy Winter Holidays!

Happy Holidays colorized Pen and Ink copyright noticed

I have worked in many artistic media including oils, chalk, pencil, charcoal, watercolor, stone carving and other three-dimensional sculpture over the years but the most relaxing for me is the simple pencil sketch that morphs into rendering in other media. This card is an example.

This Happy Holiday greeting is from a pencil sketch I did while doodling in 1989. It soon became a black and white pen and ink rendering. I later inked it with color and used it as a Christmas card. Five years later, I digitized it, added snowflakes, shrunk the image, printed multiple copies and used them as name-cards on holiday gifts. The image eventually made it onto a poster advertising my holiday art displays and is part of The Cotner Collection Poster series. Here’s a version once again as a holiday greeting.

Have a safe, warm and joyous Winter Season and may all your celebrations this season bring you joy