Gibberings
Dad told me never to use XTREE when he wasn’t in the room.
January 5, 2009 ~ 09:56:48 PM * -08:00ST
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Log # 239
New on Etsy: the City
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7657653
This is a print from an original oil painting, now in the collection of Angel Ceballos.
I wish I had grown up here, in the City.
Printed on matte heavyweight paper, 8.5 x 11″ with room for framing.
Signed and numbered by the artist.
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Eliza Gauger on October 31st, 2007 ~ 12:33:18 AM
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Log # 235
Status of Art Objects
Lisette (I’m Sorry, You Have the Right Number): Sold
Afterglow (a Stroll): Sold (prints available)
Shine: Sold
Eye Hurty Kids #1 (Xartreuse) is up as an ACEO on Etsy. More to follow.
I have not touched the Vacuum-Traffic Controller in far too long, but that’s the next original that will be completed, probably. That or the Cardiographer, which hasn’t had any status pictures in a while.
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Eliza Gauger on October 29th, 2007 ~ 02:18:57 PM
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Log # 234
New on Etsy: Shine
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7600667
12 x 12″
oil on canvas
Shine is a thick, decadent painting on a deep, solid frame. Cool gold, blue-black, and jewel-like chartreuse tumble across her demon skin. In low light, she seems to glow.
This was the penultimate piece in the Bee Commission, a years-long toil involving dozens of abandoned projects, and a not insubstantial number of completed ones. After I finished this incredibly grueling painting for my client and presented it to him, I realized it wasn’t really what he had been asking for in the first place. So the final Bee Commission piece came shortly thereafter, and made everyone happy. I was left with Shine, which I am now ready to sell.
This is titled “shine” in relation to a magnetic poem with the line:
shine beneath the honey garden
and watch the sea for me
A painstakingly-rendered oil painting, created over the span of a year, Shine underwent multiple incarnations in various colors and configurations. Progress photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliza/sets/72157594183395035/
I know that original paintings can be pricy. I am more than willing to discuss multiple payments over time, and entertain offers.
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Eliza Gauger on October 26th, 2007 ~ 11:56:51 PM
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Log # 230
New on Etsy: Bat Smax!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7585364
This is a print of an original oil painting which is not for sale.
The story of the Bat Smax cereal mascot is a fun one. I was hanging out with a friend who is a comics artist. I drew a wee bat in my sketchbook, zoomingly loopily. My friend redrew the bat so that it was smoother, more cartoonish and rounded. And I painted his sketch.
And this is why I can’t sell the damned thing, because it belongs to both of us.
This print is a few cents more expensive than the others because it uses an incredible amount of ink. Look at all that nice soft blackness!
He will be crunchily printed onto 8.5 x 11″ heavyweight matte archival paper, signed, numbered, and shipped in a tough envelope.
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Eliza Gauger on October 25th, 2007 ~ 02:25:16 PM
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Log # 226
New on Etsy: Toxine
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7565107
“I attended a large comprehensive in Notting Hill. Staring at my book, flushed and intent, I’d discern, not a line of algebra or a spelling exercise, but a confusion of limbs lit by a shaft of light from the eaves. Dressed for her first ball, her blood-red gown was emblematic of her martyrdom. The lips too, and fingernails long as a mandarin’s, were incarnadined, so her body seemed one sensuous wound. But her eyes were not those of a victim. They were murderous. Green, and made of a luminous enamel, they glowed catlike in the gloom. She smelled of cat, her perfume the musty, electric scent of damp streets and brief couplings. A choker, half-obscured by inky locks, proclaimed her name. It would appear in my school books, on my desktop, on playground walls; and I would taste it upon my tongue as I ran home each evening to the sanctuary of the attic, to the hours between supper and bed. Toxine, Toxine, Toxine.”
“Toxine” by Richard Calder: http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/i/toxine/
Printed on deliciously thick and fluffy archival matte paper with jewel-toned inks, hermetically sealed in cardboard, signed, numbered, shipped with a hand-crafted artist trading card.
8.5 x 11″
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Eliza Gauger on October 24th, 2007 ~ 04:09:18 AM
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Log # 225
I Should Have Done This Years Ago
I have sold something, or multiple things, every single day that my Etsy store has been active, with the exception of Sunday. This includes two original paintings, Afterglow (of which I am now selling prints) and Lisette, which is going all the way to Norway.
My friend Mikeatron has been on Etsy forever, and seemingly doing well for himself (damn you, Mike! Why didn’t you tell me?!). His work is a fantastic mythology of breakfast foods, astronauts, crudity and joy.
Really the only problem I’m having now is that I’m selling paintings faster than I can paint them. It’s getting so I have pieces in my actual possession for maybe a week before they’re off on adventures without me. It’s a glorious problem to have, do not get me wrong, but perhaps the next piece I finish will actually hang on my wall, secretly, just for me to enjoy. At least for a little while.
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Eliza Gauger on October 23rd, 2007 ~ 12:13:43 AM
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Log # 224
New on Etsy: Mourner Models a Monocle
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7551287
The Mourners are an elite sect of guardians-for-hire. Installed next to the recently-deceased by bereaved families, these stylish women watch for signs of reanimation in the corpse. The usual vigil lasts three days, during which the Mourners are not seen to eat, drink, sleep, or stir. At the first groan, burble or blink, the bedside valkyrie looses her kukri and beheads the beast.
Digital illustration from steampunk horror RPG, Unhallowed Metropolis. www.newdarkage.net
Printed on heavyweight, archival, matte paper. Signed and numbered by the artist.
8.5 x 11″
Model is Nicci Vega.
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Eliza Gauger on October 22nd, 2007 ~ 11:28:43 PM
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Log # 222
New on Etsy: Unhallowed Metropolis’ Whores
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7537608
The Metropolis has much to offer those gentlemen (and ladies, and not-so-gentle men) who can brave the back-alleys and boudoirs. Every conceivable pleasure and perversion is on the table (or under it). You need only reach out, and pay.
Models: Malaria, San, Wendy
Photographer: Robert Brown (original photograph)
This scintillating photograph of Unhallowed’s three grimy graces is lovingly sneezed onto pure white archival paper, then signed and numbered and delivered to you by a soft breeze.
All shipments include a unique, handcrafted 2.5 x 3.5″ art trading card.
8.5 x 11″
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Eliza Gauger on October 22nd, 2007 ~ 01:25:58 AM
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Log # 221
New on Etsy: Noble
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7537498
This is a detail shot. Full view is available in the sidebar.
Why yes, that IS a wee feathered kitten in her hand. This was an illustration for a roleplaying game based on all sorts of girly fantasy norms, including, but not limited to, flying cats. Sometimes one must compromise one’s principles, in the freelance art life.
Try to forget all that, and appreciate this lady for her impeccable draping, plumed helmet, and alluring posture.
Printed on marshmallow-smooth matte white paper, signed and numbered, and shipped in a heavy-duty, bendproof cardboard envelope. Complimentary hand-drawn and numbered artist trading card included with every shipment!
8.5 x 11″
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Eliza Gauger on October 22nd, 2007 ~ 12:49:19 AM
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Log # 220
New on Etsy: Unhallowed Metropolis’ Psychic
(detail of full-length portrait)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7525082
A Victorian vogue for occultism has deepened into a reliable background hum in the Metropolis, and practitioners of the ghostly arts are commonplace.
Printed on powder-smooth matte white archival sheets, then signed, numbered, and mailed in a protective prepuce.
A hand-drawn ACEO is included with every purchase! See previous art cards sent in Etsy orders here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliza/sets/72157602578102357/
8.5 x 11″
