About Me:My name is Jasmine Becket-Griffith (also sometimes known as Strangeling) - I've been a professional fantasy artist for the past 10 years. I love painting faeries, mermaids, dragons, other fairy themes - gothic, fantasy and more! You may recognize my artwork from http://www.strangeling.com and from stores like Hot Topic, Target, Spencer's, places like that. I love to paint! I live with my husband/assistant Matty, and our cats - Azrael & Mama Wolf - here in Celebration, Florida. I'm 28 years old.
I plan on using my blog here at Enchanted Folk to update whenever I have new artwork, new fun stuff going on in my life, to chat with fans, friends & family, talk about new projects, etc.
To see my new stuff up on eBay, just click here: My eBay store!
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I have a brand new original painting for you - a gorgeous 24"x6" original Mermaid painting (she is lovely!) - ready to hang, and at one penny! In addition I have new ACEO Cards ("Eve Triptych," "Brother Raccoon," "Pale Green Eyes," and "Little Miss Muffet," all up on eBay for a penny!
First off is the new original painting --"Delicate Orchid Mermaid" is the title! A stunning sandy-haired mermaid with penetrating eyes floats languidly amongst some orchids. It's a great size & shape -it truly can be the focus of any room, or tucked away in a narrow niche or or over a window or a door (great shape for that!). This is an ORIGINAL PAINTING - not a print of any kind! It is on GALLERY STYLE CRADLED MASONITE - Matt has added a hanger on the back, so it is READY TO HANG! No frame needed!She's up on eBay starting at ONE PENNY for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Saturday July 11th at 7:44PM Central Time.
Now for the new ACEOs - for more info about ACEO cards, how I make them & what they are (basically tiny hand embellished one of a kind canvas prints, trading card sized and highly collectable), consult the individual auction descriptions - they are each one of a kind, hand-painted with accents by me, the artist, and are awesome! All are each starting at a penny, with no reserve for ten-day auctions ending on the evening of 10-day Saturday July 11th 6:30-6:39PM Central Time:
Hi everyone! New Pacific Trading products for you today! Statues & journals - very exciting! I will have a new update soon with new artwork as well, I just thought in the meantime you may want to check out the new merchandise! To see all of my currently available ORIGINAL paintings - click below (some are ending soon!!): Jasmine's Original Paintings Okay - now on to the new stuff! First off - the new JOURNALS! These journals are gorgeous - almost like a resin statue that is a journal (if that makes sense!). These are made by Pacific Trading and are available NOW on their website (they will ship next month, so get your order in now!). There are five designs - "Fairy Voodoo," "Devilish Fairy," "My Three Kitties," "Bat Wings," and "Mermaid of the Deep". Each journal is hand painted resin on the front, and each comes with a free matching pen for you to write with! Wonderful for journals, address books, spellbooks, etc.! To see the journals, click below: Jasmine's Journals Next are the new STATUES from Pacific Trading. These are very different in one BIG way - they are MUCH larger (more than twice as big) as my other Pacific Trading figurines/ornaments from my Strangeling series. Basically they have taken five of my most popular Strangelings ("Poppy Garden," "The Secret of Notre Dame," "Red Ribbon Fairy," and "Golden Guitar Fairy," - and they have made them twice as tall and have sculpted them with more detail (the wings on "Notre Dame" are a whopping 9" wide, making it one of my largest statues to date). Rather than being the hanging ornaments as in the Strangelings series, these are more along the lines of STATUES that are made to sit on a shelf, or display, or knicknack wall, etc. These are fantastic! You can order them online at Pacific Trading today! They will be shipping out next month, so be sure to get your order in early. Jasmine's BIG Statues from Pacific Trading Also if you are having any problems with links working, etc. simply go to www.pacifictradingonline.com and type JASMINE in the search box on the mid-right hand side of the screen. There are TONS of my products up there now, check it out! They are even cuter in person! The photos aren't great really, but they give you a good idea of how they look And again - I don't make or sell these products myself, these are all made & sold by Pacific Trading. So if you have questions about these items above - don't ask me, instead ask Pacific Trading, please! You can call Pacific Trading toll-free here: 1(800)464-1136 or contact them online here: www.pacifictradingonline.com/contact_us.... And also - I have been working very hard on my Zazzle store - to see all everything just visit: Jasmine's Zazzle Store Specifically I've been adding tons of new Postcards (only $1.70 each): Jasmine's NEW Postcards And new T-Shirts (including designs for Men as well as women - loads of Skulls, Halloween stuff, Green Man, etc.) here: Jasmine's New T-Shirts! Until next time... -Jasmine
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I'm back from the Ozarks, had a great time visiting my family down there. I'm back with my paintbrush in hand though of course and I have TWO brand new original paintings for you - the next two in my "Faces of Faery" series - "Faces of Faery 20" and "Faces of Faery 21"! Both are ready-to-hang and starting at just one penny! In addition I wanted to give you the good news about some of my figurines in the LTD Catalog (my best selling figurines only $5.95 each!) and also some new T-Shirts & POSTCARDS (postcards are only $1.70 each!) up at Zazzle! So - this is a particularly good update for those of you on a budget, or who are bargain-hunting!
First off are the new original paintings - "Faces of Faery 20" and "Faces of Faery 21" are the titles - number twenty and twenty-one - in my painting series called "Faces of Faery". Each is an ORIGINAL PAINTING (not a print of any kind). Faces of Faery all feature beautiful faery-inspired creatures, these are no exception. The great thing about my "Faces of Faery" series of paintings is that they are all the same size and are intended to hang beautifully in a group as well as on their own - for example they make fabulous groupings of several paintings together Like all Faces of Faery each is 6"x6" on a 2" deep cradled masonite panel that is READY TO HANG and needs no frame
"Faces of Faery 20" features a rather sad/worried fairy girl with hair the colour of straw, and hazel eyes. She is so beautiful! She's up on eBay starting at ONE PENNY for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Thursday, July 9th at 5:29PM Central Time. You can see her below:
"Faces of Faery 21" features a very cute fairy girl with a kinda grumpy expression OBVIOUSLY up to some mischief! She has dark hair with brilliant red stripes in it, and startlingly blue eyes. What a cutie! She's up on eBay starting at ONE PENNY for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Thursday, July 9th at 7:00PM Central Time. You can see her below:
To see all of my currently available original paintings (including Faces of Faery 19, Golden Mermaid, and my magnificent folding altarpiece painting - Eve Triptych, click below:
Next up - four of my best selling statues - "Fairy Voodoo," "My Three Kitties," "Devilish Fairy," and "Skull Stealer" - from my Strangeling Fairies series made by Pacific Trading - are now available from the wonderful LTD Catalog! And they're only $5.95 each! An unbelievable bargain - if you are looking to round out your collection or just START your collection, you can't do it cheaper than this - yes, $5.95 each for the official figurines.
They are on the LTD Catalog website below to order online:
Or you can order through the mail from the LTD Catalog - Harvest Edition 2009, page 13 - (you can request a free catalog on that website above) or you can call them and order over the phone - (847) 295-5532
Okay! New Zazzle stuff T-shirts and POSTCARDS! To see all my shirts, postcards, and other Zazzle stuff, visit my Zazzle store here (scroll down and use the toolbar on the left to choose product lines - Shirts, Mousepads, Skateboards, Greeting Cards, all that fun stuff and browse!):
I've been publishing some of my paintings on Zazzle as postcards. This is especially for all of you who have been asking for more inexpensive options to display & collect my paintings. Well here you go - one postcard only costs $1.70! They're well made too, very nice. You can frame them as pictures or even just send them in the mail as regular postcards. You can't beat $1.70! When looking at the postcards for some reason it often defaults to a quantity of 8 - just change the quantity to "1" or however many you'd like to order, hehe - you don't have to order 8. I have several postcards up there now and will be adding TONS more in the weeks & months to come. To see all of my currently available Zazzle postcards (only $1.70) - click below:
And again, I promise to add many more postcards soon. I'm happy to be able to offer these at such a great price - hope this helps you all out a little =) =)
Next are the new T-Shirts - again - ALL MY SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE IN BABY SIZES UP TO 6X ADULTS! You can also select them in ANY style (such as hoodie, tanktop, t-shirt, baby onesie, etc.) and ANY colour (they look BEST either in the dark colours shown or on white though, I think) - just be sure to click on the "Select a Different Shirt Style" link by the sizing options - customize it just how you like it! Again - this is true for ALL my shirts. Even if it shows an XS female wearing that painting on a black shirt, you can still go to "Select a Different Shirt Size" and get in in a size 6X Men's white T-Shirt, makes no difference.
Enjoy! I'll have a lot of other new stuff soon - Matt is working on some fantastic new custom picture frames for me, I have other new original paintings in the works - new Sale prints & canvases will be up soon, and more merchandise as well, so stay tuned!
I have a brand new original painting for you - the next in my "Faces of Faery" series - "Faces of Faery 19"! She's ready-to-hang and starting at just one penny!
Also just a quick head's up - I'm on my way to a family reunion camping down in the Ozarks this weekend, I'll be back day after tomorrow (Sunday). So if you email me or place an order, I'll be getting back to you on Sunday rather than Saturday. No big deal, just thought I'd let everybody know =)
In addition I have some new T-Shirts available! "Mermaid Eclipse" and "Alice in Absinthe".
First off is the new original painting - "Faces of Faery 19" is the title - number NINETEEN (the nineteenth one) in my new painting series called "Faces of Faery". This is an ORIGINAL PAINTING (not a print of any kind). This is the 19th in the series. Faces of Faery all feature beautiful faery-inspired creatures, and she is no exception. Her eyes are amazing - glittering hints of yellow peer out from her mysterious green complexion! As I'm currently visiting my family here in the Sunflower State (Kansas), I thought I'd put a sunflower in there too, hehe. The great thing about my "Faces of Faery" series of paintings is that they are all the same size and are intended to hang beautifully in a group as well as on their own - for example they make fabulous groupings of several paintings together Like all Faces of Faery she is 6"x6" on a 2" deep cradled masonite panel that is READY TO HANG and needs no frame. She's up on eBay starting at ONE PENNY for a 7-day auction ending the evening of Thursday, July 2nd at 7:00PM Central Time. You can see her below:
Okay! New T-shirts! Also - I must add - Zazzle is currently running a free shipping promo anywhere on the planted with NO minimum. Just enter the code enter JUNESHIPFREE for free shipping anywhere on the planet, with no minimum order! ALL MY SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE IN BABY SIZES UP TO 6X ADULTS! You can also select them in ANY style (such as hoodie, tanktop, t-shirt, baby onesie, etc.) and ANY colour - just be sure to click on the "Select a Different Shirt Style" link by the sizing options - customize it just how you like it! Again - this is true for ALL my shirts. Even if it shows an XS female wearing that painting on a black shirt, you can still go to "Select a Different Shirt Size" and get in in a size 6X Men's white T-Shirt, makes no difference.
I have a brand new original painting for you - a GORGEOUS Golden Mermaid - ready-to-hang and starting at just one penny! In addition I have some new T-Shirts available! (Pssst - new T-shirts include "Eve Triptych" and "Red Riding Hood in Autumn" and "Mildew"!).
First off is the new original painting - "Golden Mermaid" is the title - such a delicately beautiful painting - I love her so much. She looks a little sad - she needs a hug! Subtle pinks, violets and turquoises reflect in the sea around her - an approaching (or is it departing?) storm in the distance..... This really is a stunning piece - it truly can be the focus of any room. This is an ORIGINAL PAINTING - not a print of any kind! It is on WOOD CRADLED MASONITE - Matt has added a hanger on the back, so it is READY TO HANG! No frame needed! Of course you can always add a frame if you want (if it's gallery profile, as this is 2" thick!), but she looks awesome by herself too. I've painted the wooden sides a glossy black, so it looks pretty sharp. Rather large in size - 20" wide by 16" high - she's up on eBay starting at ONE PENNY for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Saturday July 4th at 7:53 PM Central TimeTime. - PLEASE NOTE (folks in the US mostly) - this is the evening of the Fourth of July, so if you're going to be out watching fireworks, be sure to get your bids in early so you don't miss out on your Mermaid!
Okay! New T-shirts! Also - I must add - Zazzle is currently running a free shipping promo anywhere on the planted with NO minimum. Just enter the code enter JUNESHIPFREE for free shipping anywhere on the planet, with no minimum order! ALL MY SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE IN BABY SIZES UP TO 6X ADULTS! You can also select them in ANY style (such as hoodie, tanktop, t-shirt, baby onesie, etc.) and ANY colour - just be sure to click on the "Select a Different Shirt Style" link by the sizing options - customize it just how you like it! Again - this is true for ALL my shirts. Even if it shows an XS female wearing that painting on a black shirt, you can still go to "Select a Different Shirt Size" and get in in a size 6X Men's white T-Shirt, makes no difference. To see all my shirts and other Zazzle stuff, visit my Zazzle store here:
Hi Jasmine! Most of my portfolio consists of fairy paintings and other fantasy creatures. A dream of mine is that they one day make it in a book or at least sell in a gallery. I love the colors in your art and the exaggerated features in your characters (especially their faces!). Your art is lovely!
I love your art! Those eyes are marvelous in every painting! you are an inspiration! I was feeling kinda down in the dumps an then when I went to Powell's books store here in Portland I came across your work, Ive always been a fan! Thank you for brightening my day.
Thought I would let you know that my son bought me your wonderful book on Gothic Art this weekend. This has really cheered me up as I have been in a dark place due to family problems. I now feel inspired to start painting again, your blogs are always so inspiring!
Thank you for sharing your talent with us all on EF.
Hi, Jasmine. From looking at your books that I got at FaerieCon I gather that you are quite partial to frogs. I think they're kind of neat, too. Two frog questions for you:
Have you all - in your travels - come across Frog City in South Louisiana just a little west of Lafayette? I was passing through there recently and it occurred to me you would probably like it. Check out this link www.exploratorium.edu/fro...
Have you ever driven at night just south of Gainesville with your windows open? As you head south out of Gainsesville on the interstate the hiway dips down into a low area which is swampy on both sides of the road and at night the frog chorus is deafening. Try it sometime.
Well, I just ran across your "Cretaceous Mermaid" ... need I say "WOW!" That is really neat - exactly what I mean by getting the beauty and enchantment of fossil creatures into the visual arts so that more people can appreciate them. Very well done, dear. Chipster
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hi Jasmine,
punkfaeryyou are my absolute favourite artist!!! your work is amazing :)
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