One World One Heart Giveaway

By now you have probably been to a few blogs and know most of the rules for this giveaway. According to the OWOH blog, please leave a comment ONLY on this post if you want to be considered for the giveaway. If you leave a comment on any other post, it will be appreciated, but won't count toward the giveaway. On Feb 12, I will use a random generator to announce four lucky winners for five pieces I will be giving away.

Each winner will be notified by e-mail by me with the subject line "OWOH winner on my blog." You will not be expected to check back to see if you have won, because I will notify you. In order to do that, though, you must leave your e-mail address. Since it will be visible, please write it using the words dot and com instead of the actual address. (My e-mail address is hfsolutions at juno dot com)That way it will be harder for hackers to steal it. Do not just leave your blog address and expect me to track down your e-mail address from it. I must have your e-mail address or I will remove your name/number and put the random generator to work again.

Please contact me within 7 days after I notify you, or no later than Feb 19. If I don't hear from you by Feb 19, I will remove your name/number and once again go to the random generator.

You do NOT need to have a blog to sign up for my giveaway. You can even sign in as "anonymous." You only need to leave your e-mail address. Your comment will automatically post.

There is only one request that I have that is not part of the OWOH rules. If you leave a comment and have a blog, I would like to get your permission to link to your blog if it's something I think my readers will appreciate. If you don't want me to link to your blog, that's fine, too. Just let me know in your comment. It will NOT affect your chances of winning. I always ask people if I can link to their blog, never just posting theirs without confirmation. By leaving a comment, you are giving me permission to add your blog link to mine, unless you tell me otherwise. After all, the idea of this giveaway is to connect to like minded artists.

Thank you for stopping by, joining in the fun, and leaving a comment. Please feel free to look around. I post art every day, so there is plenty to see. And finally, good luck.

Number 4: This mixed media piece is called The Wig. The background is made from squares cut from various book pages, then covered in gold and green fluid acrylics. A book image, button, key, and wire complete the materials list. This piece measures 5 X 7 not including the wire hanger.

Number 3: Shoe fetish is an 8 X 10 collage on heavy substrate. The background is made from various book pages cut in 2" squares. All shoe images are from various magazines.

Number 2: Da Vinci's Garden (one side), Hopes and Dreams (one side). This mixed media piece began with a Reader's Digest Condensed Book cover. The front background was left as inspiration for Da Vinci's Garden. Various papers were used to make the flowers and all images are those painted by Da Vinci.

The inside cover was covered with vintage sheet music to become the reverse side of the piece. To that I stamped the birds and the words. Then I added magazine images which I distressed with sandpaper. I show these two pieces, meant to be hung together, without their wire hanger. It was easier to put them on the scanner without a hanger. They will come to the winner with hangers.

Number 1: Write your own Destiny, an assemblage made using an uncut eye glass, wire, pen nib, old book spine, over a gesso and paper lace base. This piece will come to the winner in a black and gold frame. The spine and book ends of the Readers Digest Book I used in the piece above, are what I used for this piece.

Remember your comment only counts in the giveaway if you post your comment to this blog entry. You are also welcome to let me know which piece you like best.

Again, thank you for stopping by.