Last Chance to see Rhonda Hancocks Work on Display until Sept. 30th.

I just thought I would post a reminder about stopping in if you are in the area to see Rhonda Hancock's wonderful work. It's on display until the end of September and then we will have our next artist installing their work. More on them soon, right now this is Rhonda's spotlight! Rhonda's watercolors look great in our store and her versitile choice of subjects is a topic of many conversations when visitors view her work. She has told me that she finds it a challenge to take on something new and figure out how to portray it in her medium. I have enjoyed getting to know her and her work over the past two months.

New Work this week at Spirit of the Hand Gallery

We are very excited to have our newest artists work now here! Actually, there is another box on the way, but so far we have these really terriffic clouds, pumpkins, a flamingo, penguin, smiling shark, and flowerpot. These are sure to make your day, they are bright, fun and very unique. Artist, T. Oliver Kopian, orginally a "neighbor" of ours from Ybor City (Tampa area) recently relocated to NY, but I still remember stumbling upon his studio and thinking it was such a great place and I can't imagine how much fun it must be to come up with these crazy creatures.

A bit about these artist and his work:

Each piece is painstakingly hand crafted from start to finish in a unique patented process known as Rubber Plush®.

The finished product is a cross between paper mache, molded rubber and a stuffed animal. All aspects of the process are done by hand... from the original sculpting and molding, to hand stuffing, and ultimately airbrush and detail painting. All pieces are signed and dated, and limited editions are also numbered.

We have pink & blue clouds...Oh and there is a gray one! I thought it was too funny not to add to the display.

A comment by a customer as we were hanging up these interesting little creatures..."Perfect for a baby's room!" These creatures will bring out the kid in you when you see them, there definately is no age limit for enjoying. This type of art knows no bounds when it comes to delighting the heart and tickling the funnybone! Visit us soon to see for these creatures for yourself!

Keep in mind as holiday gift buying approaches...

This holiday season purchase 3 more American made holiday gifts from a local shop or gallery. You can save Main Street, small local businesses and our creative communities! When you shop at a national chain or big box dollars are transferred our of the community in just a few hours. When you shop local 68 cents of every dollar get recycled back into your community. Buy American made and every penny of every dollar stays right here! Fixing our economy is up to each of us think about the impact you can make by pledging to do this and encouraging your friends to do so as well. We are not saying to boycott big box stores a & chain retailers. But, if you take the time to look at what your local businesses have to offer and can also do some of your purchasing there it will make a big difference in your local economy, local job market and the overall American economy. I borrowed this from http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=282844230312&ref=mf & this terrific principal's creator is Cinda Baxter read about this on http://www.the350project.net/home.html