Kismet: Artwork of Constance Stotzer

For all of those who couldn't make it to the show, I wanted to be able to post pictures for you to be able to check it out! Enjoy!

It was the most amazing experience to see so many of my friends and family come out to celebrate with me. I loved being able to spend quality time catching up with all of you! Thank you for believing in me! 

If you have the opportunity, please go and check it out in person! 

Kismet will be up till April 26th, 2013. 

Blackbird Studios

1551 S. Commerce Street Ste. A

Las Vegas, NV 89102

(702) 782-0319

Preview Thursday Sales from Kismet

All these lovelies found new homes last night! Wahoo! Thank you!

Kismet: Artwork of Constance Stotzer Opening Weekend

I want to say thank you to all my friends and family who made it out to see my show and to all of you that have been so supportive of my efforts! I am truly humbled and grateful for all the love and support that you have shown me! Thank you so much for all the encouragement and heart felt messages!!!! Words can not express how much all of this means to me and how much you mean to me!

Thank you for giving me the confidence to continue moving forward and continue living my dream!!!

Warmest regards,

Constance

PS. More pictures to come of the First Friday activities today!

Society6.com Print Updates

I treated myself to a new scanner the other day and it is AWESOME! With my new capabilities I am slowly updating all my images. This means that I am slowly purging and cleaning up the images I offer through the Society6 website. Make sure to check in frequently, because they are always offering free shipping deals. Some of the current prints will no longer be offered after April. I will make sure to post last chance offers before taking them down.

Thanks for the support and for checking in.

Updating Portfolio Website

As I am making so much new work that is different from what I have done in the past, I am slowly updating all my websites. The website, Carbonmade.com,  I use to display my portfolio has been seeing some love recently. Please stop by and check it out!

Vine: Video App from iTunes

I decided to jump on the Vine video band wagon and joined this social media site. (Like so many other artists I've been seeing do it.) So often people are asking the "how" stuff is made in regards to my artwork and this gives a small peek into the life of an artist and can help answer the "how". Vine is an app offered on iTunes that is free. It offers you the opportunity to follow, like, and comment on the short videos people post.

If you're interested in seeing an example or want to follow me, click the picture below!

More videos coming soon!

It's Official!

My show was just listed on the Blackbird Studios' web site and calendar! Very exciting!

Kismet: Artwork by Constance Stotzer at Blackbird Studios

Please join me in celebrating my debut solo show!

Blackbird Studios

1551 S. Commerce Street Ste. A

Las Vegas, NV 89102

(702) 782-0319

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I want to thank Clean Design LV for the amazing work on the flyers for the show!

Featured Artist!

I am honored to say that Artistworks on Instagram featured me as an artist on his site! I am featured along side of some of my favorite artists I look up to and are inspired by. To be considered good enough to be in a feature next to them is such an amazing compliment! I'm so excited for the exposure as well! So many people follow Artistworks and will have the opportunity to stop and check out my art too! I am over the moon right now! Thank you!

500 Followers on Instagram!!

I want to thank all of you for the support, love, and encouragement! It means the world to me!  am frantically trying to get my work together for my show. So I am going back under my rock where I hide out making stuff. :)

Best wishes!

Constance

Art and Evolution

I have been making and creating work at a break neck pace for the last few months. It is all consuming trying to keep up with deadlines. My eye is on the prize right now. I am still working on pieces for my solo show for April. Which if you don't know is right around the corner. . . (panic is setting in).

I have to confess that I keep changing my mind, theme, ideas, materials and technique. I start a series of paintings and decide I'm over it. Then I start on a new tangent and am over the whole idea after to long drawings. sigh. How am I going to have a show when it is all so eclectic?!

The gallery owner fell in love with the two pencils drawings I submitted for the last group show and asked if I'd do a solo show. I have been all over the place with style and ideas with creating more of them. I've been frustrated with going from too literal to too cartoony and either way feeling I am losing the aesthetic value of what I am trying to portray in my art. As I'm sure most artists can relate.

I am and have been my worst enemy through this whole process. 

Constantly Constance

I spent most of this past weekend beating my head against a brick wall. Wasting too much time on drawings I didn't care for. Then lightning struck! Growing inside me was a feeling I could do better and that my pencil drawings were lacking. So I decided to take a shot at drawing a more realistic person with the colored pencils. I decided to draw myself (mostly) as a character in one of my concept drawings. When I was all done, I was shocked and amazed!!! I had NO idea I was that good. To be honest, I felt I was leagues away from being this good and why I chose to be lazy and draw the more cartoony style I had grown accustomed to. It is still a work in progress, but it gives me great confidence in knowing I have stepped it up a notch and that I really am that good.

I have so much to do before my show, but I finally feel like I have work that is gallery worthy. I am excited and look forward to the opportunity to show everyone what I am capable of! 

Speaking of evolution. . .

I thought you'd get a kick out of seeing the evolutionary practice of art making as it is flubbed, messed up, and redone, again, and again, and again. My drawings are not coming out anywhere near what I had originally envisioned, but I am liking the path they are taking and riding it out. So here is the transformation of my current project as I originally drew it to what it looks like as of now (though I'm still working on it).

Flyers and announcements are coming soon!!!! 

"Kismet" artwork by Constance Stotzer 

at Blackbird Studios April 5th - 26th.

Hint Mint Holiday Contest Results

There I was sitting at the airport, waiting to board my plane for home. When I decided to check my messages, as you do while waiting and waiting and waiting. Low and behold, I had a message informing me that I had won the daily Hint Mint contest. I was glowing! I was so excited that I felt I was flying even before boarding my plane! I called my family to let them know the exciting news and then did a couple happy dances before heading home! It was such an amazing feeling when I was able to share my story and successes with my family at dinner that night. Being able to see how the pride in my parents' faces was a priceless moment and one I will not soon forget.

What else did I win? Since I was day 22's winner of the Hint Mint holiday art contest. Hint Mint posted my art and social media links on their Facebook page which is great exposure. Each winner chosen receives a set of 3 MINI Audrey Kawasaki's Artist Series tin plates (3.5"x3.5" and unsigned). Very exciting!!!!

Thank you to Hint Mint for the opportunity to showcase so many amazing artists and their work!!! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to shine. Thank you for helping confirm that I do have the ability to compete with other amazing artists out there.

Thank you!

Constance

New to the Society6.com Shop!!!

Society6.com has been updating their inventory and expanding the merchandise items they sell to include not just art prints, but also stationary, pillows and phone cases! Stop by and check out all the new goodies! Here are a couple of the latest items with my art on them!

I love the winter owl pillow. So stinking cute! What a great idea for a nursery!

Winter Owl

Girl Without Hands: based on Grimm fairy tale

Ornament Time Again!

Not as furiously as I was last year, but I am hard at work in my studio making ornaments for the holidays. Please stop by my Etsy shop and check out all my little darlings! I'm also taking orders, if interested please contact me!

Thank you for all the support!

I'm hoping to make enough money for all the yarn I have recently purchased. eek! 

Holiday Preparedness

Sorry I haven't written in awhile. Life has been CRAZY lately. Which isn't surprising since it is that time of year again. I am been busy with work and have had limited time to work on my art, but have been sneaking it in here and there. I am still plugging along with my Grimm series and can't wait to show you more once the show is up and running in December.

I have begun the holiday ornaments and ACEOs this weekend, since I was feeling on behind. I tried to make stationary, but the order got botched and I am dealing with the clean up now. (le sigh)

I haven't had time to write much in the way of blogging, but I do want to make sure you know that now that I transformed my Tumblr account into an art journal I post there more often. Instagram makes it really easy to post pictures of my art updates via multiple social media sites.

This is the first of the dated holiday ornaments to come out. I have already sold one and need to finish the other four of this design. Check out my Esty shop for more details! 

Thank you for all your support and patience!

Birthday Coupon Code

To celebrate my birthday, I am offering a 20% off code for my Etsy shop. 

Use code 

BIRTHDAY07

This code is only good for today and tomorrow!

Thanks for celebrating with me!

Wrap it in a Bow and Seal it with a Kiss

Over the last few months I have been collecting little goodies, such as washi tape, twine, corner and hole punches. Why? Well, I have been wanting to package my art better for Etsy and holiday sales. It's very hard to merchandise and market when my art work is so eclectic. I am hoping to hone in on a voice and theme this summer while I begin my Christmas in July workshop extravaganza. (fingers crossed)  Here is a taste of what I have been procrastinating with today. I'd love to know what you think!

I'd love it if someone would purchase something from my Etsy shop so I could send one of these beauties to them. (sigh)

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Thank you,

Clay Arts Vegas - Swag

Clay Arts Vegas (CAV) is the ceramic studio that I do the web design for as well as assist with the social media sites and run the online store. I regretfully had to step down as a cofounder, but am still extremely involved with supporting the growing business. I am proud to have been apart of Clay Arts Vegas inception and look forward to seeing it flourish in the Arts District here in Las Vegas.

I am proud to announce that CAV just got in the coolest swag merchandise! I bought a tank top yesterday and am loving it! Please show your support by purchasing a t-shirt or tank top from our online store or stopping by lay Arts Vegas if you're in the Las Vegas area.

I am wearing mine and ready to get dirty with some clay! 

Thom, Founder of Clay Arts Vegas is rocking his swag!

New Products Offered at Society6.com

I recently found out that stationary is now offered at society6.com where I sell my prints. You can now purchase notecards with envelopes! So much fun! I sent out two hand written cards yesterday! If anyone is interested in becoming pen pals just let me know!

You can always access my shop by clicking the tab "My Prints" at the top of the page.

New Look!

With all the work I have been doing to the Clay Arts Vegas website and all that I have learned in the mean time has made me feel my social media sites are little lacking. I decided to do some spring cleaning to my blog and give it the much needed update it deserved. "So fresh and so clean, clean!" I had so much fun creating a new header as well!

I don't know if you feel the same way, but a fresh coat of paint, a good cleaning, or a little reorganizing always make me feel rejuvenated and refreshed. I was feeling quite claustrophobic in my office studio and decided it was time to gut and redo. My office is organized now and more open with the new furniture arrangement. I don't feel like a am buried in a clutter cave anymore!

I am saving the redesign of my art portfolio site for this summer. I would like to make new art for the site as well. New site and new work is a lot of time, love, and energy and I hope I will be able to accomplish this fete. With the ceramic studio taking so much of my time currently and the horizon seems filled with more of the same, I can only hope.

I'd love to hear your feedback and thoughts on the redesign!