100th Sale on the Art Shop and an artwork image sale subsequently :-)

It has been a long wait, as they say before a great joy of 100th sale. I will inform you all about the customer and her own joys in her own words very soon. In the meantime, I really feel that my father is getting to live beyond his lifetime via the energy being passed on from one thing to other, from his soul to his artworks and through his artworks to the buyers that deeply connect with his artwork.

As part of celebration of this 100th sale, I shipped the artwork via courier and not regular post at my own expenses. Hopefully buyer C H Howell has by now received it or is soon to get it much earlier than expected.

I am also getting to improve my shipping options further depending upon the type of artwork whether it is canvas or paper based or something else. The type of artwork will decide the best suggested shipping option from my side. Of course buyer can override it if for e.g. it gets too expense for him or her to pay courier charges and is ok with regular post which is more time taking plus at the risk of - for paper based artworks- being not handled 100% carefully by regular post option. Of course from my side the shipping quality will be equal in both cases, regular as well as courier, just that each mode offers different pros and cons.

Lastly, there has been 101 th sale as well which was a sale of downloadable image of the artwork by a yoga institute owner, Mary Bruce, in the US. She has used it for her website http://www.marybruce.com/parayoga-invocation.html and I am thrilled about it She has also given due credits to the artist - Chintaman Rudra- my father and my artshop. 

Artist's corner- Shilpa Mehta

At Creations- The Art Shop, we are a small cohesive team with artistic interests and I would like to introduce you to Shilpa Mehta, who in her own words describes herself as -

"I'm a freelance artist. I've developed this very skill during school days. I chose engineering as my career option. Have been doing great in this field but, missed the creative work done during school time. As I realized my passion, I started working as a freelance artist. I believe life is a canvas and emotions are the paint. In the very light I paint what my heart says.

I admire Indian beauty and culture. My paintings are inspired by religion, traditions and nature. You will see mercy of god, emotions of women, beauty of nature simply made using different techniques of art. Looking for appreciation and suggestion".

I see unique extravaganza of colors and figures and features in her art.

Folk art as what it means to me

To me it is just simple and beautiful form of art, or rather simple and hence beautiful form of art. Be it from anywhere across the world, folk art cherishes simple things, simple joys that life brings to us, such as countryside, nature, love, friendship, freedom, cheerfulness, animals, villages, children, especially human beings are in simplified form from what I have seen. What I mean by this is, human beings may not carry ALL the expressions or all the body parts, but just some strokes that depict the forms. Still they carry unbelievably strong messages.

Like what my father portreyed in this picture (original painting)



it depicts simple scene where in the girl is setting this bird free. I love it for its simplicity, I am sure you also will.

For exact artwork specs, visit http://www.etsy.com/listing/63387780/i-set-you-free-original-handmade

For more works, visit my shop home page at

http://www.creations1000.etsy.com

Thanks for reading my blog post.

Shadow Photography

Watch out for this beautiful work on the shop, fine art shadow photography.

Black and White Buddha Art

Here is recent exclusive art by my dad, an illustration of Buddha in meditative pose. Hope you will like it as I like it too. Great art piece for those who love black and white, and it would look even more exclusive with framing. We provide framing option as well at reasonable costs. See the details of the listing at http://www.etsy.com/listing/68830652/black-and-white-buddha-sketch

Feedbacks that boost morale - etsy art shop

Recently I had a sale on my online art shop, Creations-The Art Shop. It is Buddha in meditation, an abstract artwork, totally beautiful and very simple, created by my dad. Here is the link to original artwork http://www.etsy.com/transaction/40426356

I sincerely appreciate all the buyer feedbacks that boost my morale to do better. Here is the one by etsy user 'lavern1516' at http://www.etsy.com/people/creations1000/feedback?ref=ls_feedback

I have reprints (reproductions) of the same artwork available on the online shop. Happy shopping and exploring.

Give Water This Christmas

Wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New year. Today my work (Water Hunt In the Midst of Shoratges) has been listed in a very thoughtful treasury 'Give water this Christmas' , locate it at www.etsy.com/treasury/4d123825b93f6d91ec6f38de/give-water

I took this photograph when had visited a beautiful farm house of friend of mine.

This treasury has been inspited by http://calebdanielle.blogspot.com/2010/12/water.html and has been created by sisandbro (http://sisandbro.etsy.com ). I am really glad I am part of this initiative of saving water and such key global resources, this Christmas of different kind.

Happy holidays!!

How To Maximize Benefits of Yoga - 1

As I revise my learnings in Yoga, and also introduce Om and Yoga series on my etsy shop, let me start adding few things on this topic. When one does any Yoga posture, there could be different ways to do each step along with breathing. For e.g.

Option A: One may do more number of yoga postures in certain time interval
Option B: One may do a certain posture for longer duration, thus total number of repeats in a given time interval being lesser than in option A.

So which one is better? Option B. In this quality matters most, doing each yoga exercise with quality, holding for longer time gives better results and most benefits of the same.

All in during the time, one needs to continue normal breathing.

Featured On Etsy Treasury Again- With My Photophraphy Print Listing

Visit the etsy treasury "Colours of love" which lasts for two more days. My artwork- straberries fresh from the farms- has been featured in it. It's a photography print available in various sizes.

Treasury link follows as is:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=95137

The item featured is as follows:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39566986

If you like it, or think your friends/family would like it, do share the link with them as well.

Happy After Long Time

Well, there are some touching moments, as one follows his or her creative pursuits. I just thought of sharing with you, a small moment of joys as I list new photography artworks by friend of mine- Sri. I do know, for past 13 years while we have been friends, that it has been his dream to do become professional photographer. And his style of work motivates me as well do work hard towards betterment of my online etsy shop. When I shared with him the links from this blog and his artwork listings on my shop, he replied with following sentences- " I am happy after long time" and "I feel I am doing something useful". Well even I have been happy to put forward to you all, his works, created with yet another passion for art.

Artist's Corner- Sriraman C R

Dear Readers, please extend warm welcome to my buddy Sriraman (short name- Sri , as seen in the photograph) who is joining my etsy shop - Creations-The Art Shop as freelance artist, in a mutually benefitial partnership. I could have written a lot about him as an artist, all I can say is his photography work amazes me. And I hope it will continue to amaze you as well. I am so delighted to start listing his artworks on Creations- The Art Shop (my etsy shop http://creations1000.etsy.com/ ). Watch out, for his photography work is getting listed soon...

More about Sri, in his own words..Read on.

"Everyone is an artist in some way or the other. Only the degree varies. Some are born artists, some develop it during their lifetime and there are some who have an artistic instinct.

I probably fit in the last category where I purely go by my instincts to create artworks and my passion for photography allows me to do this.

It was my schooling years in Kolkata, India, when I used to watch keenly a family photographer friend of ours take photos of functions and that got me interested in photography from my early age. But I had to wait for a long time after that before I could own a camera and start clicking. And I had to wait a few more years after that, before I fell in love with the SLRs and now the digital ones.

I am the happiest when I am clicking and always strive to get that 'perfect shot' in whatever subject I shoot. Sometimes I win, sometimes I don't and that's what I love about this art. To sum it up, photography and I are inseparable. "

Me and Etsy

Well I started my etsy shop in Feb 09. It has been 10 months by now and time flies so fast. Looking back in time, I realize that I have indeed come a long way. Learned so much from so many etsians in some way or the other and I have grown on creative as well as business path. Originally started with just the idea of giving a platform for my father's paintings from his exhibition in Sydney, now I myself have fallen in love with handmade artifacts, arts and crafts, as well as supplies for making those things. And I am glad to see Etsy supports all of these. Not that I did not love handmade arts and crafts earlier, however I must say my passion for arts and crafts is regenerated. With help of my father, by now I am looking at providing painting-PRINTS at lower costs than original ones, I am also looking at providing beautiful and exciting supplies for art and craft projects. I have also re-learned few things about "making" creations as well. Couldn't have been happier. Must say, I thank all my buyers, people who have added me as favourites, etsians who have helped me with shop improvements and suggestions. I also thank my friend from the US, Taru for introducing me to etsy in first place. Well I want to grow my online shop for sure, while making the customer happy through simple little ways, and I am ready to research further on providing new exciting product lines, better customer support and well priced items as always. Stay tuned at "Creations- The Art Shop".

Introducing Dashing Miniature Lord Ganesha

I am very excited to introduce this new series of miniature clay made Lord Ganesha. Have a look for yourself at the following link:


http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34183494

I am hereby attaching the image as well of the new listing on ths shop. I can imagine variety of uses of this little wonder. You can use it in art and craft items such as 3 D paintings, you can use it in home usage art/crafts such as traditional wall hangings. You can get it framed just like that as well. Or if you have spiritual belief in lord Ganesh (Ganesha), you can also carry it in your purse or bag. Finally you can use it for gifting your loved ones. This supply item can really be used in many creations that you heart seeks to make.