Spring Giveaway!!

4/13/2011

Want to win this painting? Great!

First entry: leave a comment below, letting me know one thing you love about spring!
Bonus entries: subscribe to my blog (enter your email address to the right) and heart my etsy shop – each follow or heart counts for one entry! Come back here and leave a separate comment for each. (three possible entries!)

Blue Forest, mixed-media/encaustic on 4' x 5' canvas. Framed in black wood frame. Wire attached on back of frame for hanging. Signed on back of painting.

The giveaway will run for one week; through midnight next Tuesday, April 19.
I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, April 20!

That's all there is to it – good luck!

Mary

47 Comments

Jane Linders link

4/12/2011 11:28:36 pm

My favorite thing about spring is the weather.
Today's forecast: Partly cloudy, chance of flowers.

Chad Williams link

4/12/2011 11:41:26 pm

"You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason." -- Ernest Hemingway

My favorite thing about Spring is the rebirth and presence of teeming life that comes with it. It is the world's way of saying you've gone too long with the cold and slumber, it is time to grow again.

Menucha link

4/12/2011 11:56:36 pm

The gentle breeze that comes with the smell of flowers........... and my birthday (still young enough to enjoy that!)

Rob Miller link

4/13/2011 12:01:14 am

Beginning is marked by the pop of Snowdrops. Maples bud, Forsythia blooms and everything turns green. Hiking the river path is cool and easy. The undergrowth has not yet taken over. Dogs get a free pass with out cocklebur or ticks. No mosquitoes.

StoneLink Designs link

4/13/2011 12:09:55 am

My favorite thing about spring is the color. Here in East TN, the redbuds and dogwood flowers against the bright green grass is overwhelmingly beautiful!

Rachel Martorano link

4/13/2011 12:35:21 am

My favorite part of Spring is all the flowers and trees that begin to bloom!

Rachel Martorano link

4/13/2011 12:37:17 am

I'm a blog follower! :o)

Rachel Martorano link

4/13/2011 12:38:56 am

I've hearted your etsy shop! I love your use of maps!

Allie link

4/13/2011 12:45:51 am

I love all the flowers! :)
What a great giveaway, Mary...love this painting!

dana

4/13/2011 01:37:02 am

Walking my dog in forest park, and fresh veggies and herbs from the farmers market.

Kate Freeman

4/13/2011 01:39:21 am

Field of daffodils
I prayed months for their return
Soft yellow display
Short-lived transition moment
Between snow and summer heat

Anna Leahy link

4/13/2011 02:02:53 am

I love how everyone goes crazy. The winters are so long and cold here in Minnesota, everyone completely flips out when it finally thaws!

Bev Brandt

4/13/2011 02:04:18 am

I love the surprises spring brings. Maybe that's just because I'm a disorganized gardener! I love it when the tulips and daffodils come up or - as it was in one of the school gardens I manage - some spinach survives the winter and tastes VERY good as a right-then-and-there snack as I'm working.

Ramona

4/13/2011 02:12:28 am

I love spring because it is the season that we celebrate the Risen Christ.

Sara Fenton (Twink)

4/13/2011 03:00:36 am

My favorite thing about Spring is it is when I became engaged to the most amazing man in the universe and found out we were going to have a beautiful new baby to add to our family... :)

Emily Ann Selden link

4/13/2011 05:40:39 am

I love the baby birds and budding trees.

Everything is coming back to life. :)

Emily Ann Selden link

4/13/2011 05:43:05 am

I already heart-ed your shop on Etsy! :)

Emily Ann Selden link

4/13/2011 05:44:30 am

Subscribed! :)

4/13/2011 05:56:04 am

subscribed to your blog
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4/13/2011 05:56:47 am

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intl

4/13/2011 05:57:29 am

fresh blooms and plants growing !

Brienna link

4/13/2011 06:07:44 am

Ohhhhh, this is BRILLIANT Mary, you know I'm a big fan ;o)!!!

love,
brienna

Brienna link

4/13/2011 06:08:24 am

I have subscribed to your blog ;o) yippeee, can't wait to hear more!

brienna

Brienna link

4/13/2011 06:09:00 am

AND, I've favorited your shop, fingers crossed... this is my favorite painting, I do hope I win!!!

brienna

Brienna Pruce link

4/13/2011 06:10:02 am

OH and I forgot to say what I love about spring.... (not trying to get a forth entry in or anything, ooops), my favorite thing about spring is.... sunshine!!!!

Aunt Pat

4/13/2011 06:49:44 am

New Life and all the maps you paint show your love of NEW LIFE.

Lundela link

4/13/2011 07:34:06 am

Renewal.

Eridanea link

4/13/2011 07:37:39 am

My favorite about the Spring is the warm and sunny weather, blooming flowers and trees, birds chirping and everything coming to life. :)

Sandy N link

4/13/2011 08:12:38 am

Love the painting and very sweet of you. Off to follow your blog

Lesley Stein link

4/13/2011 11:33:19 am

I miss the season of Spring! In Louisville we have 2 seasons- really hot or really cold. Then about 2 weeks in between that qualify as Spring and Fall!

Phyllis St.Cyr link

4/13/2011 04:02:56 pm

I love the smell of early morning dew on the grass and the feel of the still cool breezes that tingle across my skill. I love the way my cats perch on the windowsill and listen to the birds singing the Song of Spring as day breaks. But my favorite thing about Spring above all the reasons I have stated is the one I keep secret...the secret smile I get seeing my love lean against a flowering tree.

Mary Beth Shaw link

4/13/2011 11:06:05 pm

Spring is a sensory thing for me, especially the smells and sounds. I love hearing the birds outside my window and smelling all the luscious flowers when I walk.....

Kathleen

4/14/2011 12:22:54 am

Hi Mary!
Spring is my favorite time of year to go hiking! All of the spring birds chirping and gorgeous spring wildflowers are covering the forest floor! It is amazing to live in Missouri at this time of year (despite the crazy weather changes. There is so much nature to see!

Kathleen

4/14/2011 12:26:07 am

I just subscribed to your blog!! Your Blue Forest piece is gorgeous!

Heather Haymart link

4/14/2011 12:40:38 am

Spring, for me means that the new year has finally begun even though the calendar disagrees.

Mike link

4/14/2011 03:42:17 am

the luminosity (sp?) of the young spring colors after months of bland

Pam

4/14/2011 03:54:21 am

I love the warm days followed by cool nights.

Veterok. link

4/14/2011 06:16:21 am

One thing I absolutely love about the springtime is the beginning of the garden season! I like digging.

Jody Edwards link

4/14/2011 12:17:36 pm

I love the smell of earth. You can tell that the ground is warming, things are stirring, unfurling.
That is one thing I love about spring!
Cheers,
Jody

Hannah Jackson link

4/14/2011 11:50:53 pm

my favorite thing about spring is seeing all the warm-weather animals come back. our front porch starts teeming with little pink geckos at night, and this year we have ten moth cocoons. they're almost like little wild pets.

Hannah Jackson link

4/14/2011 11:52:49 pm

also followed your blog!

Hannah Jackson link

4/14/2011 11:53:42 pm

also also hearted your shop! (hannahbird on etsy)

Aimee link

4/18/2011 02:46:19 am

WOW what a lovely painting!!! I'd like to ask you about it- is this on a canvas wrapped board. sheet canvas mounted to something else, or stretched canvas?

And my fave thing about spring is the flowers. I LOVE LOVE LOVE flowers (eventhough I have really severe allergies), and we live 6 blocks from our city park, so this time of year the dogs and I get to start walking again, and I take lots of photos of flowers coming up.

Mary C. Nasser link

4/18/2011 03:04:24 am

Good questions, Aimee.
And thank you for the compliment on my painting!

It is acrylic and encaustic (wax) on stretched canvas, and is framed in a black wood frame and ready to hang!!

Best,
Mary

Aimee link

4/18/2011 12:07:05 pm

Wow, I have always been afraid to use wax on stretched canvas. This is truly gorgeous!!!

Mary C. Nasser link

4/18/2011 09:22:26 pm

Thanks, Aimee.

Because it is a small canvas and little wax, it is durable. I like how the framed stretched canvas becomes an object, too, rather than a window.

Best,
Mary

Vicki Bean

4/22/2011 05:46:21 am

I'm so happy to see spring is here. I heard a wise man say that everyone needs hope in their life, and spring represents hope to me.... hope and the possibilities of the new year. I know it sounds schmaltzy but you asked! Love your work!