I am pleased to announce that Forest and Fin hand-printed tees are now on sale at Vivo Boutique in downtown Annapolis. Womens’ osprey shirts and mens’ sea turtle designs can be purchased there in an assortment of colors for $28. Vivo is a cute little boutique that features “regional artists, emerging independent designers, and products by companies committed to making the world a better place.”

If you are in the area, please stop by and check out it out. You will not be disappointed!

Vivo! 6 Fleet St. Annapolis, MD 21401    10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

In the meantime, I decided to make one of my panels available for purchase as a slightly smaller print through Society6. The print is 17 x 17 inches (excluding the 2 in. white border) and costs $36.40. It is printed on heavy art paper and looks great in a frame.

Please visit the Lara Neece Art Studio on Society6 for full details and for purchasing.

Thanks!

My sea turtle design was just accepted for voting and consideration at Infectious.com – a company that creates adhesive art products for iPhones, laptops, walls and cars. They choose new designs based on community voting and feedback. Please visit this link and, if you like it, vote for me:

http://www.infectious.com/voting/forestandfin/sea-turtle-blues/6501
Thanks for your support!

I was going to wait until the new year to reveal this bit of news, but I’m pretty darn excited about it, so here goes… I have a brand new blog set up at www.forestandfin.com. I’ve migrated my old posts over and the site is now fully functional. Minus any unforeseen glitches (let me know if you find any!), all is ready for you to check out. Cruise on over to see what it’s all about, and don’t forget to subscribe to the new feed, if you want to stay up-to-date. I will continue to operate Lara Neece Art as a portfolio site for my artwork. I will still be updating this blog with any important announcements concerning new artwork and upcoming exhibitions, but I will be revamping it over the next few weeks, so expect some construction time and a whole new layout and design. Out with the old and in with the new, just in time for the new year! Check out Forest and Fin for the documentation of my daily life, the joys and frustrations of working as an artist while living and traveling on a ‘37 sailboat. Happy Holidays!

south that is. Now that I am officially out of my studio (and it’s actually getting cold), I’m devoting my attention and labors towards the boat to help Brian get her ready to sail again. Right now, he is still sanding and painting the deck, but once that is done, we will need to put all the hardware back on, get the mainsail repaired, get the engine running smoothly, clean, and get organized. We’ll be heading to Hilton Head Island in a few weeks, where we will be able to get hauled out for a few last projects (such as replacing the sea cocks and installing a holding tank – fun right? – and having a mounting system built for the wind generator and solar panel). And then, once that is all finished, we will set sail and begin the great adventure of navigating our way to the FL Keys and on to Central America.

In the meantime, I have an announcement to make: I just delivered my wood panels and t-shirts for exhibition at the Filling Station Gallery in Bluffton, SC. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link for the gallery right now as they are currently revamping their website, but if you are living on or visiting Hilton Head Island please pop in and check it out. The gallery is located on Calhoun Street, and if you make it over there this weekend, you might even catch the Christmas parade. You can check out the last two panels I finished up before I moved out of the studio last weekend. They are pictured below and are already up on the gallery page. I literally finished the big one the last night in between trips to load the car.

I also spent several days printing t-shirts before I left my press and ink supplies at my parents’ house in VA over Thanksgiving. The Young family “sweatshop” helped me iron and take inventory in Hilton Head this week. I’m contemplating selling some of them through the blog to help fund the trip. Anyone interested in buying a one-of-a-kind, hand-printed, Forest & Fin tee? The mens’ sea turtle design is printed on various color tees (but mainly blue and gray), and the womens’ osprey design is printed on two colors, black and teal fitted tees (designs pictured below). Please leave a comment or contact me if you are interested in purchasing one; if there is enough interest, I will look into setting something up. Also, here are some pictures of the most recent panels and current boat project.