Vermont Landscape Oil Painting Posters and Pillows Available

Yesterday I posted links to canvas prints that are now available of my two large Vermont landscape paintings. I've had lots of people show interest in these images but many don't have the extra cash for a canvas print or an original piece of art. So I now have poster prints available at a much more affordable price of about $20 for posters that are roughly 30"x 15".

http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_poster-228449868142840144?rf=238344308620390165

http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_poster-228883102036149465?rf=238344308620390165

I also tried a product for fun and actually ended up liking it quit a bit. I put both paintings on a double sided pillow.

http://www.zazzle.com/double_landscape_pillow_front_and_back_designs-189445286317668791?rf=238344308620390165 

Canvas Prints of my new Original Landscapes

Over the past seven months I painted two new large landscape paintings. As of today those paintings are now available to purchase as high quality canvas prints in my online store. The original art isn't yet ready for purchase but will likely be available sometime soon. The links are below.

http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_from_burke_mountain_canvas_print-192531746874324310?rf=238344308620390165

http://www.zazzle.com/willoughby_lake_westmore_vermont_oil_painting_canvas-192140012953529503?rf=238344308620390165

  

Children's Book Character Designs

         Part of the fun of each new book is designing characters but its also extremely time consuming and can be hard to really develop each character as much as one would like. Doing a book series enables me to delve in a bit deeper with each new book to develop the characters a bit further than the first book.

         For the second book in the silas series we get to find out what this energetic granny wears to work, or what does she wear on a  fun day with the grandkids? The book also introduces some new characters. Below I've posted some of my color samples and the final chosen samples.
The first book in the series is available for purchase at www.thesilasseries.com

 

Wine and Art Snowcase

   I don't get a chance to do a lot in terms of meeting the public with my art much these days so when I do it's all the better.  This past weekend I was at a local show with my landscapes and decided to bring some of my books along as well. As usual with these events, I didn't make a bunch of sales but I did meet a couple of people who may hire me for small gigs down the road. I also had the opportunity to talk with many of the other artists and got some great tips and advice. In particular I was happy that I'm finally starting to figure out a setup that isn't extremely hard to put together and looks pretty good compared to past events.

IF Twisted

Here's my illustration for this weeks illustration Friday topic "Twisted". It's from the teen chapter book " The Silver Shuttle" By Jennifer Fell-Hayes

Vermont Oil and Watercolor Landscape Paintings and Illustrations for Sale

I recently updated my Etsy store with a ton of new Vermont landscapes, watercolor and oil as well as a few of my illustrations that I own the rights to. You'lle also find some digital prints of my art. Please have a look and find something great for your walls! https://www.etsy.com/shop/matthewgauvin?ref=si_shop

New Books Available now

           In the new year I received my copies of the cobblestone magazine I illustrated this past year, along with the two new books recently published, "Big Ole Striped Silas" and "Brave Roger, Little Mumps and Me". I'm extremely happy with all of the products but particularly pleasantly surprised and happy with both of the books. Both are my first on glossy paper and make all the difference in the world. The Silas book is available for purchase on www.thesilasseries.com  and the "brave Roger . . ." book is only available on my personal website in a few days. www.matthewgauvin.com