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New Orleans Snowman Christmas Cards

Some years ago I painted my old Mr Bingle from Maison Blanche and made that painting into a Christmas cards. When I listed it for sale on the web I got a nasty letter from a lawyer for Dillard's who bought Maison Blanche and kept the rights to "Mr Bingle" ©. Seems I could not market my painting using the words" Mr. Bingle". However the painting is mine and the card created from my painting is mine so it is just a snowman now and sold here on the web.

NOLa Snowman Card Postcards by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Little Snowman Christmas Tree Ornament by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Snowman Christmas Card by figstreetstudio
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Seems anyone can register anything now days and stop artists from painting things. I wonder what would have happened during the old days, I guess we would have a lot less paintings around.

If a snowman card is not your thing I have a lot more art on cards here- http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/cards

Here is anothe New Orleans Snowman on one of my ornaments-

More New Orleans ornaments sold here- http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/397833

here is a link to all of the New Orleans Snowman Christmas designs on all products http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/7295138

Even though I say "Not Mr. Bingle" a New Orleans snowman someone complained to Cafe Press and Cafe Press removed all my New Orleans Snowman designs. Seems whoever it is feels if it is a New Orleans Snowman it infringes on "Mr. Bingle" so I guess we will never have a New orleans Snowman if one image can exclude all others in that line.

I will paint now as many New Orleans Snowmen as I have time to do and offer them all for sale, not Mr. Bingle.

Older New Orleans Snowman, Mr Bangle, Happy Hol... by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Snowman Adult by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Christmas Snowman by figstreetstudio
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Comical Aprons

Fig Street Studio sells comical aprons on the web at http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/aprons

Comical designs from alligators to Zydeco music, crawfish, and Mardi Gras. Take a look at the Lobster and Road Kill Cafe Aprons at Fig Street Studio.

Pie Lady by figstreetstudio
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Gooseberry Wine by figstreetstudio
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Art On Postage Stamps From Fig Street Studio

Unique art on postage stamps. New Orleans artist JK Schwehm sells art on postage stamps on the web at his Zazzle shop, http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/stamps

Fig Street Studio Matisse Style Stamps by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Art On Greeting Cards

New Orleans artist JK Schwehm sells his art on greeting cards on the web at http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/cards

Unique paintings and graphic designs on cards some with matching postage stamps. The cards can be personalized and customized on the web. Add in names, logo, or sentiments right on the web page. Many cards to choose from and sales help rebuild.

Blues Singer by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Canal St Snow 1885 by figstreetstudio
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Black Cat Christmas Snow by figstreetstudio
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Jackson Square Seasons Greetings Two by figstreetstudio
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The Palm Tree and Lion at City Park

In 1974 when I was a Probation Officer at Juvenile Court in New Orleans I saw an elderly man collecting seeds from the many beautiful palm trees along Loyola Ave by the Civil Courts Building. He told me he planted the seeds in empty coffee cans and grew them for sale. He was correct because I followed his advice and had many palm trees to plant in my yard. New Orleans has many beautiful palms and they make the landscape very interesting. I purposely painted the the palm tree behind the lion in the above painting because with the moon the painting looked like another place not New Orleans City Park. The park has some unique and beautiful spots that could be found in Europe .

Last November while visiting the park I decided to collect some seeds from that big beautiful palm tree near the Peristyle. I wasn’t sure why. I had already collected seeds from palm trees on Magazine St and they were sprouting. This weekend I was in city park and discovered to make room for “improvements” that big beautiful palm tree was cut down and laying ready to be cut up into pieces. Now I know why I stopped to collect the seeds. I will not only have a beautiful palm tree but one from the big palm tree that once stood majestically near the Peristyle in City Park making my painting even more cherished.

Piano and Chair

Once when I lived on Fig Street my neighbor was trying to give away an old piano. It wasn’t easy because they are so heavy and costly to repair no one wanted to bother with it. She was telling me all about it and I said I’ll take it. All I had were the electronic keyboards, it would be nice to have an old piano. Well I quickly learned why no one wanted to bother. I got it to the front sidewalk and had to call for help. My son and several of his friends arrived and we pushed it to my front steps then rested as going up was not easy. We made it up and set it inside with my old chair in the living room. A friend is a piano tuner and he came buy to tell me the poor old piano was too old and worn to bother tuning. So what, I couldn’t play well either so we were a perfect match.

I usually paint on a painting table that was set up across the room from the old piano and chair. One day I was painting the Mississippi Queen River Boat with a lot of detail and had to rest. As I looked off to rest my eyes I saw the old piano and chair with my shoes on the floor. To me it looked just like something Van Gogh would paint. He painted his room, chairs, shoes, almost anything that sat still. So I quickly sketched it onto an old piece of paper sitting on the table I used to clean off white paint from my brush, not thinking I would actually finish it. As I sketched then painted it started looking good until I began to shake. If I do not stop to eat I begin to shake from some sort of sugar problem. I finished the painting but was a little upset with the squiggley and shaking lines in it. I put it on the side went to eat and basically forgot about it. As I cleaned up the painting table from the original riverboat painting I saw the Old Piano and Chair so I put it in a cheap frame but did not hang it up. My son saw it and said he thought it was fine and the squiggley lines did make it look Van Gogh like. Maybe Van Gogh had a sugar problem? A friend stop by once and said it was her favorite. So I never really know what a painting would do or how it would affect someone. Mostly I paint for the fun of doing it. Oh, the Old Piano is no more we finally gave it away too, so I am glad I took a rest from painting that day and did the Old Piano and Chair.

The Blue Dachshund

I have a friend who loves Weiner Dogs so I developed "The Blue Dachshund" that also comes in many other colors for note cards, shirts, and Christmas Cards. This year I added two Valentine Cards of the Blue Dachshund . See them at both at my Cafe Press and Zazzle Stores on the web. As I come up with more places for the Blue Dachshund to show up I'll add them into the ones already available so stop back next month to see more designs. I have a comical one where he is the horse under Andrew Jackson.

Christmas Ornament History

German settlers in Pennsylvania are said to have started the Christmas tree tradition in the USA..
The Christmas tree was popular in parts of Europe for a long time before coming to America.. In England Queen Victoria made Christmas trees fashionable by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841. The first Christmas tree to appear in the White House was erected in 1856 by President Franklin Pierce.
Christmas ornaments to decorate the tree were imported from Germany and Christmas tree popularity was in full swing the U.S by the 1900's. Some people made their own ornaments out of fruits and paper. Each Christmas I design new Christmas ornaments to add to the many already available at my Fig Street Art Studio store on the web.
This Christmas I have created several new designs and some using classic Christmas images. Stop in the store on the web or locally at Bucktown Pharmacy to see them. See the many New Orleans centered ornaments and Christmas cards sold at the Cafe Press, Fig Street Studio store.