27 May, 2011
Ottawa giveaway alert: poppy love
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Fishbowl patrons|Giveaways and product reviews|Ottawa
ETA: Thanks for your entries everyone, but we have a winner!
I’m especially happy to post this giveaway. Not only is it about art (and I love art) but the prizing has been generously donated by longtime patron Alison Fowler. I thought you might also be interested to know that she’s a mother of two, a Fishbowl reader, and I consider her a friend as well. Double happiness.
For the record, here’s a photo I snapped of her awhile ago:
I am not obliged to say this, but I am a big fan of Alison’s art. She has a real connection to the natural environment around her and it shows. We have one of her paintings (pictured here) hanging in our dining room right across from where I sit. I’ve been looking at that thing since September 2008, and you know what? I see something new in it every day. I never tire of the scene.
Alison is known for her poppies. They are deeply passionate and colourful, painted with bold strokes that give them an especially distinctive texture that makes you want to reach out and pet them. They are little red bursts of happiness.
This giveaway is for one original 6″ x 6″ acrylic/resin poppy painting on wood panel. Here it is! (ETA, I uploaded the wrong photo. Sorry. This is the right one. I promise.)
It looks like a tiny universe inside there, doesn’t it?
I would be terribly remiss if I didn’t mention that Alison is going to be at the New Art Festival in the Glebe on June 4 and 5. If you like this painting, and the others on her site (here’s an album of Fowler’s flowers for example) well, this is the event for you. The NAF is a MUST if you (a) like art (b) want to buy art or (c) all of the above. I’ve purchased a number of great pieces from the NAF. I really like buying directly from the artist. (Which is the coolest part of NAF if you ask me.) Admission is free, and it’s a very fun and friendly event… an extremely non-intimidating place to buy art. I urge you to check it out. If you swing by her booth, please tell her you read about it here. :)
Anyway, yes, let’s get on with it!
If you’d like to win this painting:
- Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but …
- … the winner will have to pick up their prize at Alison’s booth at the New Art Festival. She’ll be at #12 Central Pathway. Look at the map of the park to see where I mean. If you can’t make it, arrangements can be made to pick it up at her studio. She’s located at 1395-B Wellington Street West, just one block east of Island Park Drive. It’s a cool place. REALLY COOL.
- If you can’t post your comment because you’re behind a firewall at work (or whatever), you can email it to me for posting at andrea at quietfish dot com (Please note, I cannot be responsible if your entry is misdirected or gets stuck in my Spam folder!)
- This is not a requirement of entry, but you might be interested to know that Alison is on Facebook and Twitter too.
- One entry per person please! We want lots of people to have the opportunity to win. Good karma goes to those who tweet or post about this on your FB. Seriously, it increases your odds of winning!! ;)
- I will do a random draw using Random.org at noon EST on Friday June 3, 2011.
That’s it! Thank you Alison, for providing something so beautiful and cheerful for this giveaway. Over to you Fishies! Good luck!
