It's been a 'Mister Toad's Wild Ride' of a month here at Janet Hill Studio. One of the good things that happened was a lovely little email from Katie over at Matchbook Magazine for a feature article. I've been a big fan of the magazine since it launched at the beginning of the year and almost fell off my chair when I received her email. The only problem was that I would have to be photographed and I'm not exactly photogenic. Fortunately the very patient and lovely Sherry Smith from Keepsake Photography showed up at my door and worked her magic in spite of my constant fussing and motor-mouth chatter and I think the results were excellent. It's a great issue and I can't wait to sit down tonight with a cup of tea and read it from cover to cover. And the cover- isn't it fabulous?!
And while I'm tooting my own horn, I should also mention that I had the pleasure of working with Tiffany & Co recently on some promotional imagery for them. It was a great experience and I hope to have some images to share of the work in the near future.
Alrighty, it's now time to get my head out of the clouds and back to work!
October 3, 2011 | Filed in: Janet Hill,Paintings,Press,Random
I thought I would give an update in regards to our crazy Canada Post situation. It appears that the other night Canada Post locked all of it's workers out in response to the Canada Post union's rotating 24 hour strikes across the country. What this means is that we have no mail system at the moment. As you can imagine this is a terrible thing to happen to small businesses (like mine) who really rely on Canada Post since courier services like UPS are too expensive for shipping small items like prints and most couriers do not insure fine art like original oil paintings. Some items are stuck in the system as they were mailed out before we had knowledge of this, other orders we are holding until this is resolved. Fortunately, it appears that our government is drafting legislation that will allow Canada Post workers to get back to work. However, it will likely take a week before this happens. In short, I sort of feel like the turtle that John and I almost ran over the other day: Slow, cumbersome, and a little ticked off.
We are still accepting orders but have to hold them until next week. We can of course ship out UPS but will have to adjust shipping charges to reflect the price difference. I will likely have some new original work ready by the end of the week and will list it as usual on etsy. By the time they dry this shipping nightmare should be over.
There is some good news though! It appears that the book cover that I did for Molly Birnbaum's book 'Season To Taste' was in the New York Times. They did a feature about Molly and her amazing story about regaining her sense of smell after the accident. True, it wasn't exactly a feature about the book cover, but it was pretty exciting to see it alongside the article. I'm clinging to the small positives right now.
June 16, 2011 | Filed in: Press,Random
A big thank you to Anne over at Annechovie for the sweet profile and interview she did about me. I realize that stating in the event of a fire, that I would take my Kate Spade purses over a family heirloom or photographs probably makes me sound like a terrible person. I'm a little terrible I suppose.....but fashion accessories are important-right?
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW
June 8, 2010 | Filed in: Press,Random
I just thought I would mention that Romantic Homes Magazine featured one of my paintings in their Artworld section in the September issue. It's a very pretty issue full of lots of feminine and beautiful imagery. Makes me want to go shopping....Magazines can be dangerous.
Oh, and I thought I would mention that my print shipment seems to have disappeared- it was supposed to have arrived before the weekend, but the FedEx truck drove by my house this morning and kept driving, so looks like I will have a pretty empty Etsy shop until next week. Oh well.....
Have a great weekend!
August 7, 2009 | Filed in: Press
