Thoughts Run Molten

Thoughts Run Molten

This Memory-Palace so smoulders -
that her thoughts run molten down her scalp and neck and shoulders.

Another Meluseena image, now in the store

A somewhat Stellar giveaway...

Above is a picture of my framed postcard The Peckish Moon :D

While it works beautifully as intended - to write little notes on the reverse of and post out to your secret lovers, dear friends or paste ransom notes onto - pick up a whimsical frame, such as the one I got for myself here from a local homeware store, and you have yourself a very cute small print to brighten up dull corners in your home.

It's easy and inexpensive to become an art collector with places like Etsy that allow illustrators and creators to get in touch with their audience on a personal level. Or you could even make a very swish-looking gift for someone, frame a postcard or small standard-sized print in homeware frames and to give it away to a friend to make it their first collection piece, or add to a growing one...

.... speaking of giving stuff away...!!!

I may have thought up a fairly forward display method for my postcards here... putting them in a frame is hardly reinventing the wheel... :P but tell me, what's your favourite way to display art?

Pick a piece from my shop and let me know, or tell me how you already decorate. Anyone can be an art collector.. and coming from a treasure-hunted, I'll confirm that it's addicting!

Any especially creative ideas? How do show off art around your house, or if you don't, why not and tell me all about it.

Leave me the answer in a comment below - no right or wrong answers, but if you have pictures or want to explain in detail please do so. The winner will receive...

A precious, signed and dated Brewing Stars With Ursa Minor Giclee print!

The print comes mounted as in the picture above to the lucky winner :)
It's in a 5"X7" mount and is ready to fit into any standard frame, so homing it will be easy!

My archival prints are printed inhouse on a professional printed and they're very fine, high-grade creations in inks guaranteed against fading for at least 100 years. So they're quite a little investment and I'm happy to be able to offer one free to you guys who are so dear to follow my art! Giclee prints are the more collectable older posh cousins of regular matte or lustre prints. Though both are beautiful, the giclee are more resistant to age and sun. Also the ones I offer come ready-mounted to fit standard frames! :D

 

.... and look how dapper these mounted luxury prints look framed! This sample photo houses my Moth and Moon archival print.

Giveaway rules:

1) One comment per person please!
2) Giveaway entries until: Wednesday 25th January at 12pm (GMT)
3) Giveaway question: In case you are a skimmer, it's above in BOLD! Read and answer :)

Winner will be picked by a random number generator from the comments.
Share this giveaway in your circles I'll be sending you <3 for sharing Meluseena love :)


Good luck! :)

All mounted up...!

I'm rolling out a brand new section of Meluseena, and here's where I talk about it first...

 

Finally, mounted and ready-to-frame archival prints will be available at my store :)

These are deluxe gicleé prints - archival ink on archival paper, thicker than normal prints and signed on the reverse by me. They're precious prints that will not fade and are resistant to water damage.. but what's more they're very detailed, beautifully colour-saturated, extremely accurate reproductions.

These prints will come mounted on matting, (or passepartout), ready to pop into standard frames removing the headache and hassle that framing custom prints can sometimes be.

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Want a special gicleé print of my artwork that you don't see offered in my store's Luxury print section? Just ask, I'll have one done for you especially at no extra cost :)

Through a Mirror, darkly...

Shop is back up - and just been upgraded! Lot's of ideas in store for Meluseena this year.

Lots of new designs like the one above of my latest piece 'Brewing Stars with Ursa Minor'!

I'm quite immodestly smug about my new packaging because I think it's super-cute. Also the fact that it's all designed and put-together in-house in my studio makes me that bit more pleased.

I love any excuse to faff around with papers and scissors and dream up new packaging. In fact I'm starting to mistrust my motives for wanting to launch new designs.. mhmmm..!

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I have a special offer in Meluseena at the moment - Four mirrors for the price of three, mirror designs of your choice

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Hope you had great end-of-year celebrations if you enjoy that kind of thing ;)

My 2012 is lining up to be quite busy - buckling down to finish a book cover in the coming days, then a new illustration project on the horizon, not to mention a couple of entirely new comic venture that I'll be lifting the secrecy off of in the coming days....

.. and oh roller derby. Lot's of that! ;)

Brewing Stars with Little Bear

Brewing Stars with Little Bear, digital painting

After a skate down the milky way, it's time for some hanging out with Ursa Minor, making star stew on a cloud. Stewing them nice and long is what makes them all tender and glowey. They smell like this chocolate chestnut stew that's famous in Malta where I come from, but doesn't really have an english name. To give you an idea though, it smells like warm winters indoors.

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:) Revamping Meluseea for 2012 in the lull between Christmas and New Year's. It's been a mild winter so far here in Ireland, and in most other places I hear.

Have a great New Year's weekend if you celebrate it! :)
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