Anatomy and Art

Well it’s been an interesting week, between the new phone contracts and some new endeavors I’ve been pushing through to facilitate taking payments from people.  I am literally fried with new passwords, paranoia, and learning how all these new tricks work.  I’ve been terrified for days of all the ways I might be handing over the keys to my bank account or credit to what forces may be in these here wily internets.  It’s been a real leap of faith.  But the functionality I’m getting for that leap is certainly promising.

Up from last week, I am once again connected on the go.  Yes, I finally rejoined the ranks of cell phone owners.  And not only have I reconnected to a mobile network, but I’ve upgraded substantially into a modern smart phone.  I picked up the iPhone 4, recently marked down with the new release of the iPhone 4s.  It’s amazing.  There is still so much I haven’t figured out on it yet, but already I am amazed at everything that I can do.  And over the weekend I signed up for an account with Square.  Square is a company that is quickly making a name for itself amongst merchants.  Basically, you sign up, and they send you a credit card reader in the mail that connects to your smartphone and allows you to run a credit card via your phone.  You have to connect it to your bank account, but then you have the ability to directly deposit money from a card into your account with just your phone and that little plastic piece.  The only fees are a small percentage that gets taken from each transaction, and it’s about the same as you see for larger credit card readers like businesses use.  It’s really a pretty sweet deal.

And then today I also set up a PayPal account so that I can sell pieces online.  With all the hassle I’ve been experiencing with the post office out here, I finally let my fears of direct 3rd party involvement in my bank account go by the wayside.  So now, if you see something of mine here that you would like to purchase (other than the Cafe Press site that is), you can do so with an online payment directly to me.  All I will need is your email address to send an invoice, and your mailing address where I can send your purchase.  Pretty neat, eh?

So it only seems fitting that I should follow that all up by highlighting a few pieces that are presently available for purchase…

If you’re looking for prints, I still have just a couple left from a very limited edition printing I ran on “Red Woman.”  The painting itself is no longer available, but the individual prints sell for $100 each, plus shipping if you’re not in the area to pick it up.)  They are done with archival quality ink and paper, and there were only six made in total.

I have also been considering making prints of the blood vessel scene if anyone is interested.  I don’t anticipate making a limited run out of these so I would have to charge a little less.  If someone is interested, let me know and we can talk sizing and prices.

If an original painting is more your thing, I still have several of those available.  You can peruse them all at my gallery page, and any individual image will let you know when you click on it if it is still available.  But while I’m doing this, let me highlight a couple that I know to be available right now…

Of course, there is still the most recent, “Feel,” which is a 6″x6″ acrylic on canvas piece.

I also have “Tom Tips His Hat,” which is another small acrylic on canvas piece, 6″x9″

Or, if you are interested in my larger work, the two biggest pieces I have at present are “Scream,” which measures 24″x30″,

and “The Fall,” which measures 40″x30″

There are plenty more up on the gallery site, but sometimes I think it’s easier to just see a few at a time.  And if you are interested in making an offer on a piece, or asking for me to name a price, I can always be reached either in the comments here, or by email – sara(at)anatomyandart(dot)com.

I am all revved up and ready to make things happen!