It's sleeting in Philadelphia today and I'm curled up inside, jewelling away to get ready for my holiday shows. I'm ready for a little mental vacation. How about you? If you're starting to feel frazzled with holiday preparation, kick back with me for a few minutes and visit Mary Hamilton's ETSY shop Dream ON http://dreamon.etsy.com. Mary lives in Florida, studied art in college and keeps refining her eye and her technical skills by continued study with fine artists she respects. In her shop you'll find original watercolors, prints and greeting card reproductions of her paintings.
Heading this article are Mary's "Gulf Shores" notescards, a reproduction of her painting of that name. Snow white dunes with gently waving sea oats overlook the Gulf. These come in a set of six cards packaged in a plastic case and wrapped with a gold band. Perfect for a gift.
Next is one of the cards from Mary's Florida Visions series, a set of six different painting reproduction notecards. In the Florida Visions set are birds, charming beach scenes and landscape images of the Everglades.
Mary also has many quirky animal images in her shop. Above is "Road Trip" an original watercolor from Mary's "Cage Free" series of "ridiculous roostahs." The painting is 11" x 15" and is painted on Arches 140 lb. watercolor paper. 
Next is the whimsical "Power Nap," a print of a mixed media collage. Paper is 8 1/2" x 11" card stock and the image size is 10 1/4 " x 4 3/4".Mary also writes about art and artists on her blog "Dreams About Art" http://dreamsaboutart.blogspot.com/. She's a member of the "90 Features in 90 Days Challenge." Stop by and read her reflections on the artists and artisans of ETSY.com.
