In between serving customers at Peppercorn Gallery in Richmond, I started drawing and painting a little wombat taking shelter from the rain under its raincoat.
It was a beautiful, blue-sky day for the entire market today. No wind! Yay!
My first visitors were two ladies from Sydney. They purchased three tote bags: âHair Accessoriesâ, âDouble Date IIIâ and âSalamanca Freshâ. Another lady purchased a Salamanca Fresh tote bag as a gift for her aunt.
“Rising Above It” I think that the word ‘unfurl’ that I wrote in circles makes such a nice pattern
Two sisters from Perth, WA, deliberated and deliberated until they settled on âSpanish Eyes (Red)â and âThe Supremesâ prints.
Spanish Eyes (Red)
Another set of sisters, but these were young children with their parents, purchased âPoppy Fieldsâ and a whimsical Cup of Tea print.
A cup of Tea
A lady, visiting from Germany, purchased âUnwindingâ. She is a biologist and studies frogs.
Unwinding
I met a Canadian at the market too. Sheâs visiting a sick girlfriend for six weeks. She bought a wombat print and a small original emu painting of two emus in a bright orange kitchen.
Time for me to pack my suitcase. I wonât be at the market for the next few weeks.
A Melbournian couple, visiting a family member living in Tasmania, purchased a âBunk Bedsâ print.
Bunk Beds
I had an 11-year-old peruse the stall and then he went and got his family. He bought a âSilent Discoâ print with his own money (I gave him a hefty discount).
Fairy Penguins enjoying a Silent Disco
A young couple from Sydney bought a âLovebirdsâ print and another couple from Sydney purchased a small original sitting wombat painting. They also purchased a âHanging Outâ and âThe Three Amigosâ print. One is going to the UK. She hadnât decided which one of the two she was going to keep.
The Three Amigos II
Another original painting of a wombat, this one with a flower, is heading to the Central Coast, NSW.
An original painting of Collingwood AFL emu supporters is going to New York, USA. Iâm not sure if they picked up on the football theme. There were a lot of people in the stall when they were making the purchase and I didnât realise that they were American until they told me it was going back to New York with them as they were leaving the stall.
Magpies
Somebody came into the stall and asked if I had any prints with a frog and were very happy to see âKiss Me Pleaseâ. A lady who overheard this question said sheâll give it a try and asked if I had a print of a bat. Unfortunately, not. I canât imagine that a painting of a bat would appeal to many people (lol). I’m glad that bats have fans though. Every animal is important.
Kiss Me Please
The new greeting card “Buddy Pals” went quickly along with prints, originals, tote bags and pouches. It was a hectic day and full-on trying to keep up with the restocking and serving customers.
The first customers of the day had just returned from doing the Overland Track. https://www.taswalkingco.com.au/overland-track/ . They are visiting Tasmania from Rock Hampton, Queensland. They purchased âGoldilocks and the 20 Penguinsâ, âHammock Lifeâ, âMeet Me at the Gateâ and âMaggie & Maggieâ prints.
“Goldilocks and the 20 Penguins”
“Hammock Life”
“Meet Me at the Gate”
A framed small original painting of a cute, seated wombat was purchased for a grandsonâs bedroom on the Gold Coast.
A âHanging Outâ print is going to make its home in Melbourne with a lady from France, who has been living in Australia for ten years and is a French teacher.
“Hanging Out”
A young lady from Winnipeg, Canada, who is spending a year in Australia, bought some A-5 sized prints. Another young lady bought an A-5 sized print titled âEmu Boogieâ for her piano playing sister that lives in New Zealand.
“Emu boogie!”
A lady from Arizona, USA, bought a âLazy Daysâ tote bag. Sheâs visiting her son. Sheâs originally from Australia and has been living in United States for 20 years.
A couple from Sydney purchased my newest print of my original painting titled, âMaggie & Maggieâ and a âTu-whit and Tu-whooâ print.
“Maggie & Maggie” my newest addition to the PJ Paintings collection. This print is squarish in dimensions and pairs up well with “Meet Me at the Gate” with the same dimensions. Quality prints are available at: https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds?page=1
Three girlfriends discussed which emu they were on the âSalamanca Freshâ tote bag and bought one to use at the market. It went very well with her Australian designed, and made, colourful dress.
The fun and colourful “Salamanca Fresh” tote bag
Another couple ladies bought some cards, prints and an original painting of a platypus looking at a fish. I don’t have a photo of the Platypus painting but it was similar to this one except that they were looking at a fish instead of a turtle.
original platypus painting
Another small original painting sold too, which I titled “The Owl Look”.
“The Owl Look”
Thanks for visiting. Now to recuperate for next week (lol).
Until then, take care, and thanks for visiting my blog,
It was a drizzly and breezy day, which was better than rainy and windy. đ
My very first visitors to the stall purchased two large âSalamanca Freshâ tote bags and a âLazy Daysâ cushion, gifts for friends and one tote bag for her.
A couple from Melbourne, who have a large pencil original drawing of twelve birds in their dining room and on their bookcase beside this picture, they have a collection of small black & white original pictures of birds. They bought my little fairy penguin drawing to join this collection. They saw Fairy Penguins on Bruny Island. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-20/how-to-see-little-penguins-in-tasmania/8197000 That is where I saw them for the first time but I reckon the best place to see them is at Stanley. That is a stand-out memory for me.
A quick Artline pen sketch of a Fairy Penguin
A lady, who used to live in Vancouver, living in Australia now, bought four small prints from the wombat in hammocks in series for her grandchildâs bedroom.
Grandparents from Ireland, visiting their son and family who lives in Deloraine, Tasmania, bought âFamily Outingâ. It is her sonâs family with the three children in the back.
“Family Outing”
Some young people from Netherlands bought some greeting cards, some French men visited the stall and then some Belgians stopped in. I donât often meet Belgians at the market. I heard them speaking French and asked them where they were from. Theyâve been in Australia for 2.5 years and are flying back to Belgium in two weeks. Her favourite bird is the kookaburra so âSitting on the Fenceâ will soon be embarking on a long trip to Belgium.
“Sitting on the Fence”
A sister bought a âSuspendedâ print for her brother and new baby and a young couple, down just for the weekend from Melbourne, purchased âBunk Bedsâ and âSpiky Bunk Bedsâ.
My painting of echidnas in hammocks, titled “Spiky Bunk Beds”
A few originals have found new homes too: an urban sketch of a house in New Town, a Monarch butterfly, a moose, a whale on a spouting boat and âSpottedâ. âSpottedâ was purchased by a couple from the Blue Mountains, NSW https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/blue-mountains-national-park . Their daughter lives close by and there are magpies that visit her every day for a feed. She just loves watching the antics that the birds get up to.
“Spotted”
A lady from Pennsylvania, USA bought a âHelping Handsâ and a wombat print. She has family that lives in Tasmania. She told me that she bought prints from me last time she was here and that visitors to her house frequently compliment and ask where she got the artwork from.
My very first visitors to the stall purchased a âSuspendedâ (a humpback whale) and âAfternoon Siestaâ print, followed by a young couple from Sydney, buying a âHanging Outâ print. Â
“Afternoon Siesta”
A couple, who came to Tasmania from Geelong via the ferry, chose a âBunk Bedsâ print. Another person chose âLost Worldsâ for herself and âBunk Bedsâ for a work colleague who cared for an orphaned wombat that spent its days at the office and was allowed to run around early in the morning before they were open to the public. The wombatâs name was Nigel.
Bunk Beds
Lost Worlds, which has the Tasmanian thylacines, lost to our world but their presence still felt, embedded in the foreground of the painting.
A young man, visiting Tasmania from about 2 hours drive south of Sydney, bought a print of the oldest convict-built bridge in Australia titled âRichmond Bridge, Tasmaniaâ. https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/hobart/richmond-bridge.html
Richmond Bridge, Tasmania
An expectant mother from Sydney, purchased âMeet Me at the Gateâ for her grandmother who loves Superb Fairy-wrens and an Enchanted Forest greeting card for her mother.
Meet Me at the Gate
A lady from Geelong, NSW, bought a âHammock Lifeâ print. Her son and her used to watch platypus in the river close to their house. He passed away and she said now sheâs obsessive about platypus. She told me that sheâs going to hang âHammock Lifeâ in her kitchen.
Hammock Life
The original painting titled âA Flair for Struttingâ was purchased by a man from Moonah, Hobart. Â I have actually recently sold five original strutting emu paintings: âEarthyâ and another one at Peppercorn Gallery in Richmond, two website orders: âTaking the Fish for a Walkâ and âTiger and Iâ, Â (www.pjpaintings.com) and now at Salamanca Market, âA Flair for Struttingâ.
A Flair for Strutting
A couple, she was originally from Turkey and has been in Australia for two years and got married here, now living on the Central Coast, NSW, purchased âPoppy Fields (Yellow)â and âLeafy Decorumâ prints. They had already bought some of my prints from Tiger ina Papera Gallery https://www.facebook.com/TigerInaPaperaUniqueWoodcraftsalamancagallery/ during the week. They want to move to Tasmania. Heâs an electrician and sheâs a yoga teacher. They are travelling to the north of the state to help them decide where in Tasmania they want to move to.
Yellow Poppy Fields
A lady bought a large âHelping Handsâ zip pouch for her friendâs 50th birthday, who is also a quirky artist she told me.
Another lady bought a âSalamanca Saturdaysâ and âSalamanca Freshâ cushion covers to post to the USA⌠and then it was packing up and a cup of tea time.
Salamanca Saturdays cushion cover
Salamanca Fresh cushion cover
Thanks for visiting and I hope that the upcoming week goes well for you.
Hobart put on another perfect market weather day on Saturday.
My very first visitor was from Cairns, Queensland. She bought a greeting card. Soon after, I had a couple visiting from Toronto, Canada. Their daughter had their first two grandchildren during COVID, now 14 months and two months old. They bought an A-3 sized print of âHanging Outâ for Audrey, the two-month-old and said that hopefully that will help her sleep more (lol). Another âHanging Outâ print is going to make its home in Townsville, Queensland.
A âLazy Daysâ and âHome among the Gum Treesâ print is heading to Newcastle, New South Wales (NSW). A young girl, from the Hunter Valley https://www.winecountry.com.au/plan/history , which is very close to Newcastle, bought a small âHouse Sharingâ print with her own money. (I gave her a discount. I always do when children spend their own hard-earned money. I think it is something quite honouring that from all the things on display at a market that they choose to buy a piece of art).
House Sharing
Another couple visiting from Canada visited and purchased âSitting on the Fenceâ. They are from Newfoundland. The university there has an exchange program with the University of Tasmania, which their daughter took the opportunity of this arrangement to study in Australia. Long flights are now an integral part of their lives because she met her Tasmanian partner and has made her life here.
A gentleman, attending a conference in Tasmania and working in some golfing while heâs here, purchased three prints: âFriendship Refreshes the Soulâ, âHammock Lifeâ, and I think the third one was âSupportive Nestworksâ for his friend who lives in NSW. His friend’s house was destroyed by fire and these prints are going to be his house-warming gift. He will be moving into his new house in about three weeks. His friend told me that he is a great fan of my art. He definitely is as he has bought eight of my prints over the past few years and will now be getting three more!
“Friendship Refreshes the Soul”
“Supportive Nestworks” a painting of a wombat and the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote providing each other support
I also sold this small original painting, painted on Khadi paper made from recycled cotton rags.
“Having a Whale of a Time”
Thanks for visiting and I hope that the upcoming week is a gentle one for you.
Today was perfect market weather, and it was a long weekend in Tasmania, Eight Hours Day, known as Labour Day in the other states of Australia.
My very first visitor purchased a âSalamanca Freshâ print, and my second visitor, both from Melbourne, bought a âHammock Lifeâ and a âThunderâ print. Thunder is for her sister, who loves elephants.
Two ladies from Canberra bought âHair Accessoriesâ. They love black cockatoos and they told me that since the fires a lot more have moved into their neighbourhood. Another two ladies, from Sydney, bought âThe Bunâ for their mother, who also loves black cockatoos.
“The Bun”
A lady from Brisbane purchased âThe Three Amigos IIâ print and a little original painting of a rather messy looking echidna that I painted.
The Three Amigos II
A young lady from Sydney, who works at a bird rescue centre and has 17 birds at home that she is currently caring for (she showed me photos of her latest rescued birds, a pigeon and lots of young magpies), purchased the very first âMorning Melodyâ A-4 sized print. She also bought âEnchanted Forest Iâ and âEnchanted Forest IIâ prints.
“Enchanted Forest I”
“Enchanted Forest II”
A lady from Brisbane, bought a âWhat the Devil?!â tote bag for her daughter-in-law, who volunteers fortnightly at an animal rescue shelter.
“What the Devil!?!”
A nurse from the UK, who is working in Australia for six months and then returning to the UK, purchased âHouse Sharingâ.
“House Sharing”
A couple from Sydney purchased âSpanish Eyes (Red)â and âFamily Outingâ.
Family Outing
At the end of the day, two women, who both love magpies, purchased âMaggieâ and âMorning Melodyâ each. One has the magpie birdsong as her ring tone on her phone. She played it for me to hear. It sounds so pretty.
Maggie
Morning Melody
I didnât have any prints of my tomato birds at the market. âš
Tomato Birds from my vegie patch
Thanks for visiting and I hope that your weekend is going well.