Colorful Sunset

This is a small image that we had printed, the colors on this sunset were astonishing and Michelle had fun finding a frame and mat to match the picture. I actually like it so much that would like to see it in a bigger format. I may still do it but in the meantime we offer this one.

Colorful Sunset
Image captured by: Michelle Duckworth
Frame Size: 10 X 12
Image Size: 5 X 7
Brown/Burgandy Frame
Purple Mat
$25.00 + shipping & handling
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Flowers

Special featured image captured by Jennifer Melo.

When in California my daughter in law saw this bed of flowers and captured the image. Now, I am far from being a flower expert but the little purple flowers look like Israel flowers, and the yellow like daisies. I'll appreciate for those of you flower experts out there to comment and steer me in the right direction.

Bottom line is that flowers are just too beautiful and too powerful when given to a woman, oh yes they are. Life savers in many cases I would say. So here is my interpretation of a bouquet that won't require water and that won't die any time soon.


Flowers
Southern California
Image captured by: Jennifer Melo
Frame Size: 14 X 18
Image Size: 11 X 14
Silver Frame
Off White Mat
$45.00 + shipping & handling
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Alto

This is just one cool image. "Alto" or stop not only applies for cars making stops at intersections but it can also be applied to a very diverse amount of situations. Stop drinking when you think you had enough. Stop texting while driving, as my daughter says, texting while driving is the equivalent to drinking and driving for teens. Stop when you hear the word "No", no means no. Stop, think and then act.

Why in Spanish? Because Michelle captured this image in Mexico.


Alto
Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Image captured by: Michelle Duckworth
Frame Size: 14 X 18
Image Size: 11 X 14
Brown Frame
Light Yellow Mat
$45.00 + shipping & handling
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Father and Son

My son and grandson.
Image captured by Jennifer.

We did this portrait for my daughter in law as a "Thank You" for hosting an exhibition at her house. This image was actually captured by her and she sent it to us so we could have a copy of it. When Michelle and I started discussing which picture to do for her as a gift we knew this one was the best choice.

We had it enlarged to an 11 X 14 size and put it in a very simple yet pretty frame that didn't require a border as the frame had it's own. As you look at this image the first thing that will grab you is the father and son image but upon looking deeper and beyond the obvious you'll see that the only background is the sea. That massive monster that if you look close enough seems to be coming at them as if it was a tidal weave.

As I mentioned in the previous post when we presented her with it, she couldn't help but cry as she said it is her favorite picture. You know what, this is a favorite of ours as well.

Exhibition at Jen and Juan's

The photo exhibition pretty much didn't happen as planned or expected but it happened and that's what counts. We got to Jen and Juan's house and immediately started setting up the the frames for exhibition. Our folding table has proven to be very handy, we also used her dinning room table and hutch.

As in our previous show, we served mini sandwiches, rits with cheese, lemonade, and this time I made a killer green salsa which was eaten with chips until there was no salsa left. The salsa was a hit. As a matter of fact if the frames don't sell I may just start a salsa business and see how that goes. But so far we are just beginning and the frames seem to be moving slowly but surely.


Jennifer, our host sent us some jpegs and offered them to us. She said "Use them or not, it's up to you". Well see the frame with the flowers, that was one of them and as you can see it looks pretty awesome. I think we need some more floral images. Thanks Jennifer for sending them to us.

The gathering turned out to be all family and so it turned into a pool party. We just kept watching all the guys out in the pool giving us a diving show and waiting to be judged. We are in the middle of June and the water was cold, very unusual for this time of year in Phoenix. No, I'm not complaining, Mother Nature is actually giving us a break this year and we are loving it.


The Rocky Point Sunset was our most expensive frame at $50.00 and we wanted to keep things at that price range or under but we couldn't resist and we did the one right on top of it. We still don't know what the price will be but that frame came out so nice we fell it will sell at around the $70.00 mark. The image of "Morty" on the right bottom corner was sold.


"The Cuernavaca Cathedral" image (left bottom corner, "Chuck and DC" (right bottom corner), and the set of "Jardin Borda" images displayed in the center all were sold too.


Here is another big frame, this one was the favorite of more than one during the exhibit. Too bad the economy is affecting everybody otherwise I guarantee you this one would have been gone.

Jennifer was our host and we presented her with a frame of an image she had privided to us. We decided to frame it and give it to her as a toke of our appreciation for holding the exhibition at her house. She couldn't help or stop the tears rolled out of her eyes. In the end we did have a nice Sunday with all the family having good fun.


Thanks Jennifer.

Jose's Business Cards

Again, thanks to the talent of our new partner Nikki my business cards were ready today, just in time for Sundays exhibition. I think they came out really nice. Thank you Nikki you rock!

Coming Expo on Sunday

Image from our first exhibit.

Well in two more days our second Photo Exhibition will take place at my daughter in law's house. I few people have confirmed that they'll be there so I'm excited. Now it's time to get the inventory together, make sure it's priced just right, and hope that at least a few frames sell.

We have about 20 pieces we will be displaying such as "Jardin Borda", "The Old Lady", "Rocky Point Sunset", And "Rocks in the Ocean" another great Rocky Point image. Some of them I have already featured here and some will be posted shortly, they are all very nice pieces.

As an experiment Michelle got some 12 X 18 images and we framed a couple of them and they came out beautifully. The frames are quite big at 18 X 24 and highlight the images just right. We really don't want to get into the expensive side as we feel that the $50.00 maximum price was ideal for us to start but these two frames will give people more ideas of what we offer to them.

By the same token we went down in size and did three 8 X 10 images on 11 X 14 frames for a more conservative price. We hope we have something for everybody and I truly hope to sell a few of them.

I'll let you know how it went on Sunday. Wish us luck.

Welcome to the Team Nikki

This is the invitation to our second Photo Exhibition designed by the newest member to our team. Nichole Duckworth.

Yes, my daughter Nikki has join the team and is jumping on the band wagon. Nikki's talents are of the graphic design kind. To date she has designed our logo, our business cards, our exhibit invitations and is the provider of the vector art images as well. She will join Michelle and I as a full partner as soon as she graduates from the Phoenix Art Institute in about two or three weeks. I am excited to have her on board and I am sure between the three of us we'll come up with many great and exciting images.

Right now we are planning our second photo exhibition, my son and his wife will gracefully be the hosts. In our first exhibit we had about 12 available frames for sale and three for display only. Our goal was to have at least 20 for our second one and we have met that goal thanks to the profits from previous sales.

This is a learning adventure in process and we are having fun doing it. As always I encourage you to leave us comments on what you see here, your suggestions and critiques are always welcomed too.

Morty

Morty
Las Vegas Nevada
Image captured by: Michelle Duckworth
Frame Size: 11 X 14
Image Size: 8 X 10
Black Frame
Black Mat
$30.00 + shipping & handling
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Why Morty? Ever since I watched the 1993 movie "Undercover Blues" with Dannis Quaid and Kathleen Turner we refer to "muerte" as "morty". I wish I could get into the details of the movie plot but suffice it to say that the hard core killer in the movie called himself "muerte" and the two government agents (Quaid and Turner) kept pronouncing it "morty". Funny movie! Matter of fact it's time to rent it again to laugh about it again.

Michelle captured this image in Las Vegas during her honey moon. I believe this is at the Treasure Island hotel. When Michelle sent the picture to be enlarged I told her, "Who is going to buy that?" Well, guess what, as soon as my other daughter saw it she said, "That is for me, please put it in a frame". Go figure!

Rocky Point Sunset

Rocky Point Sunset
Puerto Penasco, Mexico
Image captured by: Jose Melo
Frame Size: 16 X 20
Image Size: 11 X 14
Brown Frame
Off white Mat
$45.00 + shipping & handling
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From Phoenix it's a quick 3 1/2 hour drive to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point) in Mexico. I was told that the sunsets there are magnificent so the one time I visited I just had to witness one. We actually waited about an hour before for the sun to finally set down but it was totally worth the wait. I kept clicking the trigger as the sun gradually disappeared over the ocean.

To this day this is one of my favorite sunset captures, and trust me I have many. The restaurant shows mostly as a silhouette adding to the image's drama.