Jan's Geo-Glow Blog

Sunday, June 9, 2013

More of my art on Fine Art America

The pictures look stunning on this new (to me) P.O.D. site. I especially love the metal print - what a concept! One of these days I will have to save up enough to buy one. But which of my pictures will I choose? Decisions, decisions! I've added more since yesterday: several of my classics and a new space painting ~

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Expanding my P.O.D. options with Fine Art America

I took the plunge and signed up with Fine Art America today; it was recommended by some Zazzle friends. Here is my first artwork for sale:

Thanks for looking!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Got Feng Shui? A Bit About the Ba-Gua

Painted Ba-Gua canvas print with custom background

by TheElementalHome

The Ba-gua, or Eight Directions, is one the more fundamental concepts in Feng Shui and all of the Chinese arts. This colorful design is my painterly interpretation of the Feng Shui Ba-Gua, which is said to have developed from divinatory practices using tortoise shells. I find it fascinating that he wisdom encoded in the Ba-Gua became the foundation for all of the Chinese arts - and it began with a tortoiseshell:

Turtle Ba-Gua Mouse Pads by TheElementalHome

I used a variety of real-life and digital painting techniques to create these stunning images, with a classic arrangement of the trigrams and color choices guided by the Black Hat School of Feng Shui. These are just two of the products in my Feng Shui-inspired Zazzle store, TheElementalHome*, which I opened earlier this year -- thereby fulfilling my dream of combining my artwork with my passion for Feng Shui. Do check it out! And read more about the Traditional Bagua plus the Black Hat version in the article at the link. It's one of the superlative articles I've been writing for SFGate.com in my new gig as a writer for DemandMedia.