Not long ago, someone sent me a rather pedestrian greeting card ~ blue background, thin scratchy black lines representing a "clothesline" with triangular, computer-painted banner flags flapping in the breeze and a bird sitting on top, warbling musical notes.
Now I would never disparage another artist's work, but in all honesty, I could have done better in my sleep. So, encouraged to contact Trader Joe's (exclusive distributor of the line) I was directed to a person with the company that decides what new artwork may be included in good old Trader Joe's exclusively distributed greeting cards.
What you see below is just a smidgen of samples that were submitted ~ everything from acrylic paintings to watercolor to pen & ink to an actual greeting card to a hand-painted t-shirt ~ in total, over 100 different samples of my work. Her response? "Do you have any more finished pieces of work that I can see?"
Say what?? Am I applying to the Metropolitan Museum of Art or some rinky-dink greeting card design house that apparently has zero vision when it comes to what attracts the human eye? Granted, my line of greeting cards with Paramount was in the early 80s, and computer graphics have managed to grind real artwork into dust since then, but gimme a break ~ 100+ samples, and she wants to see more??
Here are just a few submitted to Miss Persnickety ~ you tell me if you see a greeting card in the bunch. And if you do, let old Trader Joe know. Or if you happen to be in need of unique artwork, just call on me.
Although, my facebook friend Doug Laby, who knows my cantankerous side very well, did ask: "What kind of cards are you going to make? GO TO HELL or DON'T BOTHER ME?"
Hey, anything's possible!
