PinkPaws Artwork is finally here

The last time I updated my blog, the trees I could see through my office window were frost-covered, and snow was scouring my windowpane. This morning, the trees are bathed in the misty green of new leaf buds, and I can hear robins twittering to the morning. What a difference a couple of months make.

The reason for my absense as of late, is that my new website and line of artwork for kids (and kids-at-heart) is finally 'live'. You can have a look at PinkPaws.ca. A few years ago, I began creating these little watercolors, full of happy people walking fuzzy dogs, big pink hippos, and skunk-moms bathing their skunk-babies in clawfoot tubs. They weren't high-minded, intricate artistic extravaganzas; just fun little picture-stories I'd doodle when my brain needed some relieve from work, housecleaning and responsibility.

Well, you know what happened? Folks loved them. The first time I showed them at my painting group's yearly show, they were a hit. I sold a bunch, which was a great surprise, but what really caught my attention was seeing how people would react to them. Some laughed right out loud. Others would smile and get a far-off look in their eyes, like they were remembering a happy time. And the kids – the kids loved them. I think our youngest art-buyer was all of 6 (she negotiated a loan for the purchase at an excellent rate from her mother).

It felt great to see everyone's free-spirited delight with the work. So I kept painting, and my customers kept buying. Finally, creating PinkPaws.ca seemed like a great way to offer my work to even more folks. You'll find a great selection of prints there – birth announcements, signs for the kid's bedroom doors, and art that's just-for-fun. Because they're prints, they're at a family-friendly price (great for gifting). And they're sized perfectly for scrapbooking, or easy off-the-shelf framing.

Many thanks go out to my web programmer/designer/guru, Michael Fleming. If you'd like to check out his expertise, visit him at www.ehmjay.com. You'll be glad you did. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my blatant self-promotion. I really appreciate your time.

~ Cheryl