Posts Tagged ‘etsy’

Just finished a mini series of 3 paintings. They are all approximately 4″ x 4″. And here they are…

“Poet Laureate”
$30, plus shipping
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“I’m Beaked”
$30, plus shipping
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“I Eat Coyote”
$30, plus shipping
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The term “series” is used loosely here. In this case it basically means I used the same colors for all three pieces, so they match each other. If I really wanted to nerd out I could make up a story to tie the three paintings together. Something like…

The poet befriended a man that eats coyotes and together they went bird hunting. The coyote eater showed the snobby poet the beauty and pleasure of hunting your own prey to feed your family with. And you know, it really says a lot about American society and how the majority of people are too lazy to befriend others face to face and that we prefer buying cooked chickens at Costco as opposed of shooting down birds on our own for dinner. Something like that.

I made a couple of new “mini-paintings” this weekend. They are both 4″ x 4″ and $30, plus shipping.

“Time To Skip Town”
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“Trifecta”
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Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

Yes, still addicted to owls over here. These three are the latest. All of them are available to purchase from my etsy shop.

“Mr. Rager”
4″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping
To purchase, please order online.

“Sing Me A Sonnet”
4″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping
To purchase, please order online.

“I Eat Mice”
4″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping
To purchase, please order online.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

“Sleepers”
5″ x 7″ – mixed media on wood, signed on back
$65, plus shipping
If you would like to purchase this painting please order online.

I’m still super into the white ink on dark colored backgrounds. Fun stuff.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I can’t seem to shake this owl obsession. They’re fun to paint. Here are my three newest owls.

A few years ago I started painting on pages torn out of a 1964 cookbook I found in my parents garage. I thought I had used all the pages, but was pretty stoked to find one unpainted a few nights ago.

“Owls Like Biscuits”
6″ x 9″ – mixed media on vintage cookbook page
$30, plus shipping – order online

“Mint Green Owl”
4″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
SOLD

“Pink Owl”
4″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping – order online

If you’d like to see all the available original work I have at the moment please check out my etsy shop.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

“Dirty Laundry”
11″ x 14″ – mixed media on wood, signed on back
$200, plus shipping
If you would like to purchase this painting please order online.

It’s true. I painted some of this at the laundromat while four loads of dirty clothes spun around in washing machines.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I am having a love affair with this white ink! It’s so nice to be able to use black in the background. I painted this little night owl this afternoon. Isn’t the internet awesome? A person can make a painting, photograph it and upload it to the internet for sale all in a matter of minutes. Well, the actual painting part takes more than “minutes”, but once that’s done the rest of it goes pretty fast.

This painting is called “Night Owl” and is 4″ x 4″, acrylic and ink on wood with resin coating. It’s available in my etsy shop for $30.

Hoot hoot!
- Jeff

“Off My Meds”
5″ x 7″ limited edition print on wood, signed and numbered on the back
$50, plus shipping

I drew this using Adobe Ideas for iPad.

I’d get more in depth about this, but I currently have a weak wifi connection and am trying to post something before midnight (which is 10 minutes away) to meet my “blog a day” goal.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

As a thank you to all of you for your continued support I am offering HALF OFF on all items in my etsy shop. Yes, all items!

The shop was down to 99 items yesterday so I relisted a bunch of stuff and also added 18 totally brand new items that have never been seen before in the shop. Here is the newest of the newbies.

“King Octopi”
8″ x 8″ – limited edition print of 50, signed and numbered on the back.
$80, plus shipping
To order, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/115804803/print-king-octopi-8×8-limited-edition-of

King Octopi is my newest painting so I’m pretty stoked on it. The original is out of my hands and is available to purchase at Lumen Gallery.

Happy shopping!
- Jeff

Back in October I wrote about my love for Haida Art. Soon after, I bought a round piece of wood from Home Depot with the intention of making my own Haida inspired painting. Since I’m now in my thirties it’s no secret that when it comes to finishing projects without a deadline I suck. The motivation just isn’t there the way it used to be. For that reason, it took me about eight months to finish my first Haida inspired painting.

As luck would have it, it only took about five minutes to sell the painting. This sort of thing doesn’t always happen for me, but a collector had seen the painting in its unfinished state when they visited the gallery in January. She called dibs on it, so as soon as I finished it I sent her an email with the finished painting before I posted it online to sell. The timing was just right. She bought it as a Father’s Day present for her brother. (Thanks, Inez!)

After it sold I posted it online (facebook, flickr, instagram, twitter, etc.) and received a lot of great feedback. A few people even asked to buy it. I had to let them know that it had sold, but that I’ll make some more in a similar style. And here they are.

I painted these at the same time. While one had wet paint drying on it I would work on the other. This is pretty common among painters, so this back and forth went on until I finally finished. I’m happy to say it took a lot less time than eight months to finish these.

“The Shaman”
18″ diameter – mixed media on wood
$400, plus shipping
to order please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/103892010/original-the-shaman

“The Fighter”
18″ diameter – mixed media on wood
$400, plus shipping
to order please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/103891768/original-the-fighter

I’m pretty stoked with how these came out. I hope you enjoy them too.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

Yesterday I painted six new ACEO‘s. These were all done with black acrylic ink over a spray painted background.

“Attitude Owl
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96815474/original-aceo-attitude-owl

“Prince Octopi”
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96816163/original-aceo-prince-octopi

“I’m Healthy”
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96815658/original-aceo-im-healthy

“Small Squirrel”
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96816720/original-aceo-small-squirrel

“Ante Up”
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96816843/original-aceo-ante-up

“Another Bird”
$15, plus shipping – available online at http://www.etsy.com/listing/96816590/original-aceo-another-bird

By definition ACEO’s are small. They have to be 2.5″ x 3.5″ to qualify as a true ACEO. I think it’s super fun to make these small paintings. If you are looking for something larger you can see all of my available originals at http://www.etsy.com/shop/jeffclaassen?section_id=5058508.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

These are part of my recent “spray paint and ink on paper” kick.

“Max”
4″ x 6″ – spray paint and ink on paper
$18, plus shipping
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“Not The Dentist”
4″ x 6″ – spray paint and ink on paper
$18, plus shipping
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“Little Henry”
sold

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff