Some of my Wild Horses now listed on Ebay !

Win the Auction and possibly get an awesome deal on some of my wild horse art; all the while supporting the successful adoption of Wild Horses.

"Friends"5 by 7 inches Watercolor
Available on Ebay
LLMartin Wild Horses

Adopting wild horses is part of the solution.
 ~Linda Martin
Mid-Atlantic Wild Horse Project.

Where the money goes?  To help offset the costs of getting the word out about wild horses offered for adoption in the Mid Atlantic Region and thus keeping more of them out of  Long Term Holding.  Maintaining and Keeping updated the support resources available to adopters in the Mid-Atlantic. And to help us put together a Wild Horse Curriculum to educate about wild horse behavior, range issues and management, and safe and natural training methods appropriate for a wild horse and successful adoptions.

What the Mid-Atlantic Wild Horse project is not: 
We are not an adoption agency for wild horses
We are not a home for abused or neglected horses
What the Mid-Atlantic Wild Horse Project is : We are part of the Adult Education Initiative for  the New World Puppets Inc, a 501c3 non-profit Arts and Humanities School, under their the Endeavor Institute of Virgina.

Shirley's Books LLC : First Animation

Last night I began work on a  video advertising project for  a new online business.  Shirley's Books LLC just begain selling online on Amazon over the summer. They sell new, slightly used , very used and vintage books of every kind. As Shirley says: Books, Books, Books!The first thing I have to do for it before making the stills is to create several graphics that will give the video flavor and uniqueness as well as run through the entire video. The graphics will also be animated gifs that Shirley's Books LLC can use in their blog and website.

These first graphics are cartoons that had to be rendered from scratch by hand, scanned, colored through one of my programs then animated. Here is the first:

This process from start to finished stills and this sample gif took about 4 to 5 hours. I have to say while the process is a bit long with this type of animation, I get really excited to watch the results when its all put together. This is just another amazing part of the entire creative process I love.

If you would be interested in a simple 5 frame gif animation please contact me via etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/57596093/custom-animated-gif-for-blog-or-website

Where Have I been?

Well Well how time does fly. Ive been painting. Ive been negotiating. Ive been printing stuff.. and Ive been printing stuff... did I mention Ive been printing stuff? and yes Ive been working on finishing the up grading of the website..which I was suppose to have finished Back in February. Now its important that I finish the Upgrade before July 1, because all sorts of changes are about to happen.
I hired a wonderful assistant 6 weeks ago. She is amazing. she knows all sorts of stuff and is game for nearly anything with in reason. Its really motavational to work with some one that driven and creative. She is also about as nuts as I am, in a good way of course. I wont go into details but I will say to her credit she has an excellent sense of adventure when problem solving a delemmia. Its a very good trait! She is an absolute treasure and I am very lucky to have her.

Having said that She and I are rushing to get the new space ready before July 1. I will be opening my new dealer venue at The Country Shoppes at Culpeper as soon as we can get the instilation infrastructure in place and move the Art work in. Ive got about 3000 paintings in several locationsin storage, now I gotta sell them. My assistant is just as motivated as I am about getting the work out where it can be seen.

Our first Publicised event will be July 19th in Culpeper. She and I are looking into at least one event a month from September until Christmas. In additon to Original Art we will also be offering for sale Greeting Card Gift sets and Open Edition Fine Art Reproductions from Original Paintings . You will be able to see both in the WWW.LLMartin.COM web site Gift Shop in a few days. Watch this space to see when the updating is complete.

In addtion to all this work I am also still painting a couple of nights a week during the Lakeland Outpouring. Im very busy right now so I havent had time to list the new paintings. But one painting I made into an ACEO/ ARt Trading Card and offered it on Ebay this past week. It didnt sell but I got 78 hits. I put a breif history of the Outpouring and the meaning of the symbolism on the card. Interesting that no one emailed me. Too busy I suppse. Stil....

I also have some digital images from my studio. It will be a (pardon the pun) work in progress for quite a while. Especially since I am activly creating art while trying to organize it. To look at my desk you might think that organization is the least of my priorities. I will put up some of those pictures too ... and very soon.

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well until next time... (waves) God give you more of Himself In Blessings, Knowledge, And Peace.

Drink in the Freshness of the Holy Spirit

Drink In the Holy Spirit

9"x12" Acrylic Polymer On Watercolor Paper

Originial $300. Signed Reproductions on Demand $25

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Painting for May 7, 2008

Lakeland Revival.

Something was differnt tonight. Like there was some sort of sadness and struggle going on. Todd seemed to be struggling and moving in his own effort. The worship time was different too. It was vintage I-hop Kansas City. We delight in the Lord when we praise him.. the music seemed to be about what we could get from God, not what we should give to him..

Grant it we cant give much .. because we dont have much to give .. except praise....

I will praise you O Lord from early morning, I will recount your excellent greatness, The stars and moon were crafted by your hands. The sun, the sky the sea. Each of my thoughts will turn to you and all you have done in your mercy and grace.

I am but a tiny spot on a small speck and yet your thoughts are with me, your hand guides me with your favor. I reach out to you, My God, my King ,Lord of Everything; Humbly I cry out to you to fill me with more of yourself so that I will not depart from you but will willingly cling to the God who loves me and is my everything.

Thank-you Jesus.

So many changes so little time!

Well for the last three months I have been selling art trading cards on eBay. Amazing stuff. I am selling mostly little tiny 3.5 by 2.5 miniature original watercolors and highly collectable. Mostly rabbits and farm animals. But mostly rabbits. I have a new wonderful computer too. Thank you to God and all the people that made that possible!

This past week I have been organizing and setting up my eBay store. This cute little rabbit is one of the first listings I put up.

"Bunny"

8" by 10"

acrylic polymer with a polymer semi-gloss finish on canvas board. He is ready to frame. I think he photographs awsome but in real life he is just too cute!

He is $120.00 plus shipping&Handling and insurance

click here eBay to see more of my eBay things.