All the Artists
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Paris Bottman has been entertaining us with her whimsical characters for over 25 years. Her 'dressed animal' career began with a series of handmade and porcelain figures and proceeded to the current colored pencil drawings and watercolors. Paris delights in bringing a smile to our faces with her creations. She lives and works in Salt Lake City. |
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Portland artist Laini Taylor created a wonderful hand made line of home decor ornaments called Lamp Ladies. "I first started calling these whimsical ornaments Lamp ladies because I liked hanging them from my desk lamp for inspiration while I worked on my art and writing?, says Laini, "but they can bring whimsy to any number of places, not just lamps!" |
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Maren Schaffner lives with her gang of cats (8 at the moment), and 2 dogs in an old farmhouse in a windswept area between the North Sea and the Baltic. The North German country side with it's wind and weather provide her with great inspiration. Exhibitions of her paintings enjoy enormous popularity in Germany and abroad. |
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Once Upon a Card's vivid, playful photography invites you into a captivating world of whimsy, romance, and sophisticated humor. |
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Wild Indigo is a line of greeting cards that utilizes photographic images from the past, altered to accentuate the warm feeling of familiarity. Founded by artists Debbie Gehman and Kirsten Soderlind, the line is now in the hands of Brett Elzey |
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Simon Drew creates a wonderful world of images using verbal and visual puns that delight and amuse all of us. Well known throughout the United Kingdom, Simon is gifted with a fine sense of fun and a creative imagination. In spite of drawing at every opportunity, Simon and his wife Caroline find time to run a very popular art and craft gallery in Dartmouth, Devon. |
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Ivy Fife is a native of western Colorado. Her first “real” job was with a major greeting card company in the Midwest (yes, that one.) She worked there for nearly 20 years before returning to the mountains with her husband and three daughters. She now draws and writes from her home in Montrose, CO. |
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What do you get when you pair a hip, award-winning artist with a sassy, hormonally-challenged writer? The answer is the new Broad Appeal line of cards and other gift items. |
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A graduate of the Art Institute of Seattle, Alicia Tormey has been creating whimsical images since she was old enough to hold a crayon. Most of Alicia's work features fanciful and harlequin imagery is reminiscent of carnivals of the past. Her work ranges from the realism of her watercolor illustrations such as "Dragonfly" to the more whimsical "Party Hat" as well as her signature shoe collection. |
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Sue Jenkins presents the Lucky Chair line of blank notecards and invitations - a fresh new line featuring home inspired images that speak to the poetry of everyday things. |
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David uses a unique torn paper collage style to produce his unique cards combining the art with a terse haiku message. The line is title Ancient Roscoe Haiku. His Kustom Karma line features manipulated, found artwork couple with tongue-in-cheek, glib messages. |
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Born and raised in the San Franscisco Bay area, Barbara did not begin her artistic career until 1980 when her three children were grown. A fully self-taught artist, Barbara Olsen has achieved an international reputation with a style that combines shimmering colors, a unique sense of design, and the artful skills of a storyteller. |
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Masha D'yans is a Boston based artist who emigrated with her famliy to America from St. Petersburg, Russia at age 14. After graduating from New York City's prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement of Scince and Art, and working as a designer and art director she has created her own line of wonderful greeting cards. |
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Beth’s new holiday cards are based on the wonderfully simple images found on her line of handmade ceramics. They are 5” x 7” with die cut windows, and feature Beth’s art in full color on both sides. These charming cards come individually sleeved with a color string and button envelope. |
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Tracy Kunzler is a talented writer living in Virginia Beach. A part of the Broad Appeal collection, she is now on her own with Reel Life. |
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