don't eat the holly sale

I have been reading the book Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart and to celebrate the holiday season I am offering 15% off my original woodcuts until the 15th of December (enter promo code "donteattheholly") when checking out. And please, don't let pets and kids eat holly berries. They are slightly toxic to adults and very toxic to little ones.

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Studio Sale December 1st-2nd

Come over come over! 4 artists having a studio sale at my place December 1-2 noon-6pm. Feel free to send an email if you have any questions! Happy Holly.

Postcard designed by the incredible Jason Edwards! Thanks Jase! He will be at the studio sale as well.

fall day at Westhaven Farm

I love fall days, and, running into unexpected events in a field during a morning walk which included billy goats in a van, garlic scape pesto and house plants from Africa. Thank you Ithaca!

Billy in a van! Actually there were 4 billy's and two humans!

Shady Poodle

Guest house?

Melon cask

Play farm

Plywood and peaches

Pie Party!

Coring Cortlands

juicy!

flinging

dressing up

final prodcut

and a gorgeous fall day for the ceremony

My sweetie and I made 8 pies for a friends wedding over the weekend. Here are some progress shots pies and one of the most beautiful fall weddings.

I found Instagram!

Oopsies new addictive social media alert...I am just loving instagram! Follow @jpopstudios if you want to see what I am up to with pics, so far there has been floor sanding and staining, many poodles and plants!

Insatiable Winged Lions---Kings of Coral

From the beginning...

This massive (34x48") lionfish woodcut was started in Venice, Italy and finished in Ithaca, NY. The title is, "Insatiable Winged Lions---Kings of Coral" The latin name for lionfish is Pterois volitans which means "winged fin" so it totally fits the Venetian reference. I had no idea when I went to Venice to make a lionfish woodcut that it would actually make sense.

These fish are wreaking havoc on reefs and small fish populations from the Caribbean to as far north as Massachusetts. A few amazing statistics about the fishes appetites, their stomachs can stretch 30x in size and one large lionfish was recorded eating 20 small fishes in a 30 minute period. Our best hope for population control now seems to be serving lionfish on dinner plates. The only thing with a more insatiable appetite is a human.

 

Til the end! Lionfish finally finished!

Lionfish almost done!

I started this piece in Venice, Italy and am almost done with it! Whoo hooo...2 giant woodcuts will be part of the JPOP repertoire very shortly...

Lions of Venice!

Lion woodcut in Venice almost finished!

A "real" lion in Venice.

Water Hyacinths in progress

Invasive plants will soon be part of my repertoire, starting with a pale purple beauty, the Water Hyacinth. They were originally introduced as a decorative plant and unfortunately are still being sold commercially. When I googled "water hyacinth pond plant" I found numerous stores who would sell me one, which is quite dangerous. Many nursery's sell invasive plants that are pretty leaving it up to the consumer to know what they are getting themselves into. Water Hyacinth's are one of the fastest growing plants known to man, they can double their population in 2 weeks! EEK! Stay far away from these beauties, because once you have them, good luck getting rid of em'