From the Archives: Art for Leanin' Tree

Mostly copied from bad snapshots, these are early
Leanin' Tree cards from the late 70s and 80s

My first card for Leanin' Tree, published in 1980

Pigments of My Imagination: The Fun Stuff

Newsletter: Humor illustration
Beginning in school and for over 40 years
my humor art has remained both the most popular
and most widely published as greeting cards,
as products, in books and magazines
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A sneak peek at the latest...

Original Paintings Available

Two Original Paintings
"Wrong Number" and "Old Coot"

Both published as Leanin' Tree cards

are now available

"Wrong Number"

16"x20" Oil on Canvas

Framed and Signed

For details, see
"Wrong Number" Original

"Old Coot"

8"x10" Acrylic Painting
Framed and Signed

For details, see

"Old Coot" Original

"Old Coot" Leanin' Tree card art

An acrylic painting done in 93, "Old Coot" 

enjoyed life as a greeting card for Leanin' Tree
Now available as a canvas or paper print

To see details, available sizes, go to

http://nate-owens.artistwebsites.com/featured/old-coot-nate-owens.html

A Leanin' Tree favorite - on Shirts

A long-time favorite on my Leanin' Tree cards, 

I put this one in the shop as a t-shirt

Check it out at Pigments of My Imagination

 

Just added...

It's more tasty if ya chew it...
art done in the style I've done on Leanin' Tree greeting cards since 1980
(A "collectible"?) Just added to the shop,
check back tomorrow if you don't see it.
http://www.zazzle.com/nateowens

Figurines and the China connection....

Going to China and working with sculptors to design figurines was quite an experience. Visit this page for details and photos"The China Connection"

In April of 2007 I traveled to Shenzhen, China on behalf of a company that contacted me wanting to make figurines based on some of my characters appearing on greeting cards and gift products. I'm also designing new items for product lines that they currently produce.

I worked with the sculptors - an extremely talented crew who created clay models based on sketches I did and my direction. These were cast and painted and turned out very nicely.

What made this even more interesting is the sculptors spoke no English and I don't speak Mandarin. With the help of an interperter who was there sometimes and my handy sketch pad we did pretty well.


It was my first trip to China. The food was great, and the people warm and friendly. An adventure that I will look forward to again when the opportunity arises.

At right is (as said in the photo) me and Helen. She was indispensible and made the whole thing come together the right way. Thanks, Helen.