Christmas Gifts & Grateful for Good Health

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I am grateful for you, my supporters, my family and my health!!!  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, just how you wanted it to be.  This year, instead of going to Boston to see my husband's family, we stayed home per the request of our college freshman.  He said he needed to stay home and "rest." It was just the five of us as my parents are getting old before their time and it is just too much for them to travel.  

My parents' health makes me want to stay active and healthy.  I want to be like fashion designer, Zandra Rhodes, 79, still doing shows and pop ups or my 99 year old watercolor teacher, Naomi Brotherton. She would still be painting if she did not have those clouds floating around in her eyes.  She is a spitfire and I can't tell you so inspiring.  Based on her and all of the other artists I know from the Artisan's Studio Gallery and Southwestern Watercolor Society, painting is good for your health!  Stay active, stay active, stay active!

Texas Fiji House

In true Liana Yarckin form, when I received my son's text on Tuesday night saying that he had officially been accepted as a member to the fraternity he wanted to join, 2 hours before he was to arrive home, I immediately thought what can I make for him to celebrate his joy.  My 6th grader had some good ideas, too.  I did this pen and ink which is now available as a print here.  I will also put another option without '19 on the website in the next few days.  And of course, I am more than happy to draw or paint any other house, too!

Highland Park Tree Lighting

The pecan tree in Highland Park is no longer.  This year will be the first year of the sister tree to be used for the annual neighborhood tradition.  I cannot remember who suggested I paint this tree.  It was indeed a challenge.  To paint a tree at night, yet, glowing with lights.  Especially, when I don't use a lot of darks in my paintings.  It took me out of my comfort zone and now I am glad I did it.  The original hangs in a collector's home, but, prints and greeting cards can be purchased here.  Makes a great gift for your neighbors!

I have two shows left this season.  If you are in the area, please come by and see me!  I would love to see you!!!

December 5 - ABPA Annual Home Tour 

December 14 - Serena & Lily 

4430 Mckinney Ave.

MaryBeth's 

4719 W. Lovers Lane

I have so much to be grateful for!  MaryBeth's, a woman's clothing boutique that has been in Dallas for 26 years loves my work!!!!  She has purchased several of my scarves and paintings and has ordered special paintings just to carry in her shop!  Please make sure to visit her store and mention how excited and blessed I feel to have someone like her to buy and sell my work.  Her shop is light and airy with a beautiful collection of art, gifts and of course, a carefully curated collection of women's clothing.

Serena & Lily

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Art in the Home

I am LOVING these gold watercolor and gold leaf paintings.  I hung one in my dining room, wow!  Totally refreshed and added sophistication to the room.  Maybe I will paint a large icelandic poppies in gold for moi!!!!  Paintings are available direct from me or check out what I have at The Write Invite at 4425 Lovers Lane.  Saturday is the last day to shop.  Go buy something so I don't have to pack it up!!!!! Lol!  I have small ones at the show, too.  Those can make a great gift, too!

Admiral Butterfly

36x36

Mixed media on canvas

You have to see this piece in person to appreciate the detail.  I had to lighten the photo and lost the detail in the background and the butterfly wings.  Using papers I made, acrylic and gold leaf, this butterfly came to life.  I am pleased with the texture and details of this painting.  I had been imagining this for some time.  Creating it was a freeing experience as I had freedom to move my body with large brush strokes, working both on an easel and the floor.  It turns out working on the floor is more natural to me.  Then playing with the papers I made and moving them around on the painting to determine what felt right.  Again, the background is much more detailed than how it looks in the photo.  You can see this at 4425 Lovers Lane - The Write Invite Pop up.

Liana Yarckin's San Miguel Scarf

A friend sent this photo to me.  She happened to be at a meeting and someone was wearing my San Miguel Scarf.  My friend was so excited to see my scarf she made the fashionista pose for a photo.

Don't forget to come see me at the Annual Nexus Holiday Bazaar.  I will have new scarves!!!!  November 16.  Did you know that scarves are the thing this season??  Get one for yourself and for the women in your life!!!!  

Liana Yarckin Art is going Gold!!!!

15x15 Gold Butterfly by Liana Yarckin

15x15 Gold Bee by Liana Yarckin

15x15 Gold Dragonfly by Liana Yarckin

Happy Friday!  Hope you are having a fall!  September was a nice little break for me and now I am in full swing of preparing for art shows.  

Right now I have a list of things to paint that I am painting with a set of deliciously glittery metallic paints in 6 different shades of gold to silver.  An artist friend surprised me with them.  First, I used them delicately over non-metallic paint on butterfly wings.  Then, recently, a client said she would like a butterfly but her colors are just gold and white.  Knowing I would not get much depth or varying shades of value, I thought about how could I make a gold butterfly interesting.  I added gold leaf!  Gold leaf, the bane of my existence.  It is such a tedious process which requires an enormous amount of patience from me.  However, I am finding it almost meditative. The photos do not do it justice because of the reflective nature.  The paper is always reflecting cool blue even though it is warm white and if you take the photo straight on, the gold sometimes reflects the darks in front of it.  

Anyway, they must have translated somehow on my instagram.  After posting the butterfly, I immediately received a commission for a bee.  While painting the bee, I painted a dragonfly since I have been seeing so many dragonflies wherever I am outside. All framed in a 20x20" mat gold frame.

I am soooooooo excited and honored that the Partners Card asked Liana Yarckin Artist to be a retailer!!!!!!!!  The Partners Card is an amazing fundraiser.  You buy the card for $70, this money goes directly to The Family Place.  With the Partners Card you get 20% off of participating stores from October 25-November 3. Everyone wins!  Great time to get Christmas gifts and something for your self without feeling guilty!!!!

If you need a Partners Card, please buy from me!  As a retailer, I need to sell cards.  

It is super easy.  Just go online to www.partnerscard.com

pick Buy Card

fill out the form

****the last box is RETAILER, select Liana Yarckin Artist in the "L's"

it is so important to pick my name so I get credit.

Thank you, thank you!!!!!!

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Upcoming Shows

The Write Invite Annual Pop-up

October 10-19

Nexus Annual Gift Show

November 16

ABPA Home Tour

December 5

First Ever Art SALE

My first ever SALE is happening right now!

22x30 watercolor with gold leaf 

framed with a mat and modern white frame

28x36 finished size

Find something to give, to give to your spouse, your parent, your bestie who lives far away, your aunt & uncle's anniversary, your friend who has a beach house and hosted you, your child who is moving into their first apartment or dorm!  Give art!!!!

I did not get to photograph everything.  There were just too many pieces.  But, to see the collection that I put together on the website, pleased me.  I have several pieces that together, can make up a gallery wall.  Even if you are not in the market for art, take a look at the collection.  Oh, if you see something you like, I may have a piece to go with it.  I didn't get several of my aspen tree paintings on the website.

Thank you to those that participated in the early access portion of the sale.  I was thrilled to have new collectors who found me on social media as well as my always loyal regulars visit and find a special piece that sung to them!!!  All of those pieces have been wrapped and shipped to their new homes. 

Print on canvas

 If you are sending someone off to college, take a look at my prints here.  Perfect for the dorm, printed on canvas or metal in any size at affordable prices.  I was elated that my son asked if he could have one for his dorm!!!!!

Print on pillow

Some of my prints have been printed on pillows and sent as a surprise gift! The dragonfly was printed on a pillow along with the butterfly on this site for a pair of pillows. The "Texas Star" has been printed on metal and pillows and shipped to schools around the country.  

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Catch the SALE before it ends!

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End of Summer Art Sale

Happy Summer!!!!  I never thought that I would EVER have a sale.  I had heard on one of the Artists Helping Artists by Leslie Saeta interviews that art does not need to go on sale.  It is not like art goes out of style.  And I have also been influenced by the decluttering trend, recently, too.  One of my friends told me she likes to bless someone else with the clothes she no longer wants and to make room in her closet for new pieces.  

That last idea combined with my latest instagram post (July 27, 2019) made me want to have a sale and put as much of my art out there into the world.  Make room in my studio for new inventory, new paintings, maybe even in a different style.  I am not sure about another medium as I just LOVE the experience of painting in watercolor.  My latest instagram post made me have an epiphany that I am sooooooo excited about.  

While it had seemed that I had gone off into the scarf business and making jackets and not painting, it turns out that my paintings are out in the world being displayed on the backs of my collectors!!!  Without seeming arrogant, this makes me so happy to know that my two love paintings, in particular, are being seen by so many people.  I hope when people see these jackets with "love" painted that maybe it will influence them to be loving to their fellow brother and sister and act with grace.  Of course, I absolutely love my other scarf designs on the jackets, too.  Hopefully, those images bring a smile and some beauty to those that see them.  From the pink peony painting to the dogwood tree painting and then customizing each jacket with my collectors wishes, each jacket is a unique piece of art.

That inspired me to share my works on paper at a sale price so that they can go out into the world and be seen by others and even given as gifts. If you want to have early viewing of the sale items, please send me your email address.  I don't sell or share my contacts and I only send out 2 emails a year, plus this one about the sale.  

Butterfly Kaliedoscope VII

Original watercolor

Love Jacket & Butterfly Kaliedoscope VII

Jacket walking around in Taos

New One & Only

Hope Butterfly Jacket 

If anyone is out there reading this, let me know by commenting here or via my facebook or instagram site.  I am always surprised to find out who reads my blog.  Sometimes it is a friend of a friend or someone from the other side of the world!

P.S. Don't forget to let me know if you want early viewing of sale items.  I will email the special code 2 days in advance of posting on my social media. Send me your email address here.

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Summer Watercolor Update

Texas Visual Arts Show

Happy Summer!!! Hope you are spending your time doing the things you never get to do during the busy school year.  Whether you have kids or not, I think summer just slows down in general.  I can tell when I drive on the roads, there is less traffic, if I go into a store, less people and in Dallas, the heat probably keeps everyone inside!  

I intend to use my time exploring by doing an art journal.  My idea is to start every morning with a 20 minute art journaling exercise.  Using mixed media and a small size, I am going to literally just play with different mediums and see what happens.  I may post some on instagram, but, I really don’t want to have that pressure on me when I am trying to be open and truly explore without judging or criticizing myself.  

The big news - to my very big surprise, my painting, “Another Day in Delhi,” came in 2nd place in the Texas Visual Arts Members Show.  I truly was stunned and it was a great surprise. Can’t wait to spend my prize money on new art supplies!!! 

More big news - I am so looking forward to being at Bandana Aspen during the Aspen Art Festival!!! Make sure to come see me if you are there or send your friends to say hello!

 

San Miguel Scarf

My latest scarf design was created by the influence of my travel mates!  On a recent trip to San Miguel, my travel mates noticed me sketching.  Three of them suggested I make a scarf from my sketches. The design includes 5 iconic San Miguel images.  All can be seen on my instagram.

Where to Shop Liana Yarckin Watercolors

Rutherford’s on Lovers Lane

All of my scarves plus swimsuit cover-ups! 

Body Bar - 4514Travis Walk

Love themed art and gift items 

The Interior on Inwood

Original art 

Cerulean Gallery

Original art 

Direct on my website or Contact me

The most fulfilling part of my craft as an artist is my connection with you! Whether it is a comment, a purchase or a commission, my interaction with you completes my artistic being. Let’s work together on your one of a kind piece!

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Addicted to Dogwoods & Flowers!

8x10 poppies

Addicted to Dogwoods

Happy Spring!!!  I hope you were greeted with fabulous blossoms and the bright green of new growth, not to mention the glow of the Japanese maples.

Someone who just met me said that I should be proud of starting a career at my age.  She had just learned about my scarves and shows that I was doing.  But, I know I wouldn't be doing these shows if it was not for all of you.  Some of you have known me when I just started painting and the thought of selling a painting was not even in my head.  Now at age 51, I find that painting and doing shows makes me feel alive!!!  When I got my gig at Stanley Korshak, I felt like I was out of college landing the best job ever.  I will tell you that high lasted months!!!  And what keeps me going is my relationship with all of you.  I am touched when I hear the different ways my art has had an effect on you. Having my shows and being surrounded by people that are happy for me and giving off good vibes is how I want to spend my time. The shows & social media take me out of the studio, out of solitude and puts me in the world. 

With that said, I am honored that Elizabeth W and Texas Madre want to host me!!!!!

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Get your LOVE on!!!!

Celebrate yourself, your honey, your bestie with LOVE!!!  

I am continuing with my "Walking in Love" series.  Newest to the collection are the "Loves Me" scarves which debuted at Stanley Korshak.  I came to the "Loves me" scarf design when working on a painting of loves me, loves me not flowers.  I had painted "loves me all over the page and now it was time to paint "loves me not." I could not bring myself to paint those words.  I put the painting aside for days. I thought and thought about getting the courage to do the next step, which was write "love me not."  I remembered being young and picking the petals off of the flower, counting ahead to see what was the outcome going to be.  How could I change it so that the game would end with "loves me." And then that is when it occurred to me, that this painting was my game.  I had the license to make the game the way I wanted.  So it was a "loves me" painting.  

We all have the license to choose what kind of day we are going to have, what kind of life we are going to have.  I choose to find love and joy in myself, in others and even in the things around me. It has become such a habit that sometimes I surprise myself when I can say a positive thing about an overcast day!  I hope you can choose and experience love and joy.  And if you want to spread the love and joy with a gift or need a Valentine gift...

  

Quality Prints

Which one is the original? 

I am so pleased with the quality of this art print. Many times my clients need a print(s) of the original.  Prints are affordable and great for gifts. You can get them in any size and on just about anything from paper to canvas to even a phone case. My most popular watercolors and the "Love" paintings are available in prints on my website at great prices! 

Exciting News! My silk scarves are at: 

Brenda Schoenfeld Now

3911 Oaklawn Avenue

Check out her showroom, it is full of new and unique gifts!

Brenda is crazy about my "Loves Me" scarves!

This Saturday come see me at: 

BodyBar

4514 Travis St.

Travis Walk

9:00-noon

I will have a collection of shelf size originals, scarves and gift cards.

 The Liana Yarckin "Loves Me" scarves available in 3 colors

because every petal on your flower is a "loves me" petal!

These are perfect for yourself or for your galentine!

For the love of your life, what about a custom watercolor of your home, vacation home, his boat, your ranch, your favorite ski spot, the place you proposed....

to see more samples like this, click here. 

Get the original "Loves Me" painting or another painting from the "Walking in Love" series at Cerulean Gallery.

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