Something Fishy

I want to cull some of my art and t-shirt designs, but what to cull? / This is where you can help. Have a look at my stuff and tell me what is your favourite and least favourite. I will then listen to the voice of the people and cull those pieces you deem unworthy. Thanks for your support / Jayson

1. / Thank you to fabulous Flowers Group for featuring my artwork “Poppy”. / 2. / Thank you to the Dandenongs Group for featuring my artworks “Under The fairy Tree Forest 2” and “Little Tree Frog”. / 3. / Thank you to Country Victoria Group for featuring “Old School House 2002” and “Nilma North, Victoria, Australia”. / 4. / Thank you to #1 Artists of Redbubble Group for featuring “Katie and Ada”. / and / Finally / 5. / Thank you to Pets Are Us Group for featuring “Katie and Ada”. Thank you and so very much appreciated.

A week and a half ago I was forced to take a leave of absence due to a hernia of the stomach which is due to heavy lifting at work. A doctor gave me a profile that restricted me from doing any kind of work, other then sitting in a chair. So now I am sitting home out of work. I need a operation to fix the hernia, but I have to wait for two week until My company’s insurance investigates, and finds it to be work related. Then when they are done their investigation, then I can set up the operation. In the mean time I am not allowed to make any money,to support my self. So please pray that God will help all involved to come to a quick conclusion. Pray that I will be able to get this operation soon as possible , and recover quickly. And that I will get taken back to work. Pray that I will be able to meet my financial needs. Pray for peace of mine while I go through these troubled waters. I thank you for holding me up in prayer , For I don’t know how I will make it unless the hand of God will provide. Stephen J. Vattimo 11/6/2009

I thought this might amuse you all. After all the lovely comments you have been making recently regarding my work, I just thought I should illustrate that I too, make mistakes! It concerns a specific work of mine but applies to all of them and describes a situation most professionals, be they painters or photographers will probably have encountered themselves. / You might remember / this design / You might also remember me telling you it took a fair while to paint that background? / Well, guess what? I just found out from the zoologist in Switzerland who vets all the WWF artwork, that it is the WRONG location! It shows volcanic Polynesia, not the coral islands of the Maldives! Okay, they sent me the ref pic that showed this scene, but didn’t say ‘Don’t use this background’ and so, I did, simply because it looked so dramatic. It did cross my mind, however. that it was possibly not correct, but did it anyway for the heck of it! What I SHOULD have done was Google ‘Maldives/Images’ and looked for this specific location and I soon would have realised that The Maldives looked nothing like that photo…but I didn’t! Anyway, at least he loved the whales, if not the volcanoes!!! / Cautionary tale or what? / Anyway, I will now strip out thosevolcanoes and paint a coral atoll instead! Now, before RB came into my life (and changed it in SO MANY amazing ways) I might have been a bit miffed at my own stupidity, but now I realise that although technically incorrect, in respect of The Maldives, the art is still valid and therefore I can leave it for sale on RB simply as a pleasing image. In any event, I’m sure Melon-Headed Whales are seen all over the Southern Hemisphere and so it’s quite possible they are seen off Polynesia as they appear in my artwork, So I suppose it could almost be a ‘collector’s item’ and may make it more saleable! I will correct the art over the weekend and post it here when finished for you to see just how wrong I got it!