Carpe Diem Papers is an illustrated life. My paintings & cards have a childlike innocence, imaginative color palette, a sweetness and a fondness for the little things in our journey that make us happy. Making someone’s mailbox happy makes me happy. Send mail. Write x’s and o’s. Buy good stamps. Tell someone hello, thinking of you through the mail. You don’t need a reason.
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Jessica Lee Findleton’s modern, empowering art has a relaxed, yet whimsical view that reflects her emotional and dream-filled personal story.Jessica Lee is an Ashland, Oregon based mixed media artist. Her collage paintings incorporate re-purposed and ecological materials delivering deep color, textures and layered assemblages. She finds inspiration in the nature of petals, branches, feathers, botanicals and the ocean.
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Wendy Gell is best known for her sumptuous costume jewelry, particularly her “wristy” (a wide, bejewelled cuff bracelet), which has been worn by movie stars, supermodels and television personalities. Wendy and her jewelry have been featured on the Oprah Show and numerous fashion magazine covers. Wendy is also a painter and creates mixed media collage pieces encrusted with jewels and found objects, which she calls “Gelastic Art.” Most recently, her passion has shifted to a collage series entitled, “Mandalas with the Masters.”
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Under the wing of “Lefty” Dimaggio, Curtis Keeler was given scrap wood, guidance and a few tools to build with as a youth. A 30+ year career in carpentry evolved into a second career designing and building cabinets and furniture pieces with the accent on primitives. He is a veteran trained as a Photographic Interpretor/Cartographer and served in Viet Nam. Widely recognized as a Master Carpenter/Craftsman, Curtis has worked on projects for Clint Eastwood, Paul Anka, Doris Day, the “Doc” Ricketts family, and The Whaling House in Monterey. Curtis currently paints daily.
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Watercolors have been my creative source since the 1980s. I love exploring the endless possibilities this medium offers. Passionate about painting nature in my colorful, loose and interpretive style, I’m never at a loss for inspiration. My art hangs in collections in Koln, Bachingen and Reinsdorf, Germany; Krems and Vienna, Austria; Ryd, Sweden; Wales, UK, and many states throughout the U.S. I am a Watercolor Society of Oregon member.
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A self-taught artist whose evocative style is accomplished with acrylics, inks, metallics and pigments. Pegi’s paintings are in private collections in Switzerland, Australia and throughout the US, and were featured in the 2009 edition of “International Contemporary Masters.” Her work is often available at many galleries and artisans’ markets all along the West coast.
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