Janet Bray Art

Watercolor and acrylic paintings of the natural world www.janetbray.com

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If you have ever lost a loved one, you know the holidays can be especially difficult. Whether it’s a lost pet or a beloved sister, mother, brother or cousin, holiday gatherings and memories around traditions can make the losses more poignant.

Holiday ornaments help provide that touch of the loved one during these painful moments. They aren’t just for Christmas trees or any one specific holiday. Ornaments can be hung from holders like this one, or from cup hooks, jewelry trees, or simply hung from a pretty ribbon in a window.

Each portrait ornament is painted on a four-inch round, half-inch thick, ceramic bisque-finished round ornament. They are substantial and relatively durable (though definitely still breakable). After painting, they are sealed to reduce the effects of time and wear on the acrylic. I still recommend you store and display them with care.

I hand paint every ornament from a photo you provide me, or from various reference photos I already have, if you cannot provide me with one. Pets are $50 each, and humans are $100 each. I can do other custom ornaments for $50-75 depending on the subject.

If you are interested in a portrait ornament, email me at [email protected].

Browse through some of the other – primarily parrot – portrait ornaments below:

  Memories for the Holidays If you have ever lost a loved one, you know the holidays can be especially difficult. Whether it's a lost pet or a beloved sister, mother, brother or cousin, holiday gatherings and memories around traditions can make the losses more poignant.

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Now you can collect the 5×7 prints I have available in a gorgeous, leatherbound coffee table book. Select up to 20 of my prints to place inside, each of them held in place with corners that make them easy to remove and frame, and replace when you want to change your theme.  Additional pages are available for $5 each.

 This is a beautiful way to showcase your favorites, and add new ones inexpensively. Its beautiful tooling and handcrafted cover makes a statement on your coffee table.

Each print is labeled by the artist.

Fill it with botanical, food, landscape, photos, whatever you like, up to twenty different images.

Professional looking corners and a small three ring binder style closure makes it easy to add and remove, reorder or frame the 5×7 prints inside.

Beautiful accents really make the difference with this lovely coffee table book.

Interested? Click here to buy this one of a kind Janet Bray Art Coffee Table Book https://www.etsy.com/listing/527410532/handcrafted-leather-portfolio-with-up-to

This leather coffee table book of Janet Bray prints will make you want to fill it fast! Now you can collect the 5x7 prints I have available in a gorgeous, leatherbound coffee table book.

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"Eleanora" is an expression of the warm and compassionate nature of elephants. The vastness of the three foot by four foot canvas begged to be filled with something large... imposing... the African elephant fits that bill. I love the beautiful, gentle nature of these beasts, and putting her to canvas brought me great catharsis. Original acrylic on canvas available. Prints available too. Visit www.janetbray.com to purchase. #janetbrayart #elephant #africanelephant #safariseries #safari #instaelephant #africanart #africa #wildlifeart #wildlife #acrylicpainting #artforsale #avlart #avlartist #asheville #instaart #ashevilleart #avl #art #artfido

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Obvious Questions 101: Where do you get your inspiration?

Obvious Questions 101: Where do you get your inspiration?

Artists get asked the same questions a lot. The idea is that you want to be able to understand how we can live in the same world as you and see things differently enough to make something beautiful where you saw mundane. You want us to package it up so that you can see the shape and nature of this gift.

I hate to burst your bubble (#sorrynotsorry, popping bubbles is fun) but that’s not an actual…

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How to Help Without Buying Art

How to Help Without Buying Art

Do you want to support me, but have a houseful of my art already? Perhaps you are more into abstracts, dark pieces, or just don’t have room for my work?

Most artists have a difficult time making a living. We all need benefactors of all types in order to achieve our goals. Art is a community project, and if you don’t have artistic talent, you can support it in many ways:

Buy original or prints…

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Abandoned my Chores acrylic landscape on canvasboard by Janet Bray Buy for $100 on etsy 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/194389586/abandoned-my-chores-acrylic-landscape-on

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Life As An Artist

What's it like to be inside an artist's mind?

It can be sometimes difficult for non artists to understand why we often sacrifice so much to be an artist. After all, our lives are rarely stable without outside employment, and yet we have to have resources to buy art supplies. Almost never does the cost of a painting cover the costs and time involved. Not to mention the years of experience that went into creating the composition, technique,…

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What 25 pounds of tomatoes look like after processing into marinara sauce. #homestead #canning #cooking #preserving #homesteading #tomatoes #harvest #preservethebounty #urbangardenersrep

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Work in progress, acrylics

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Custom #petportrait #ornament, "Gracie"

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A Sun #conure on a sun conure #feather... #featherart #birds #conures #sunconures #pets #parrotart #avl #avlart #avlartist #janetbrayart #janetbray

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Thought I would try my hand at #featherart .. my #africangrey #parrot Ziggy on one of her #feathers #avlart #avlartist #acrylics #janetbrayart #janetbray #africangreyofinstagram #birdsofinstagram #birdlovers

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A saucy #citroncrestedcockatoo at #parrotmountain in Tennessee. #cockatoo #crest #parrot #birdsofinstagram #parrotsofinstagram #cockatoosofinstagram

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My first public showing at Biltmore coffee traders. on Hendersonville Road in #Asheville #NorthCarolina. super nice people excellent coffee great taste in art. #avlart #avlartist #watercolor #paintings #avlart #Biltmore #newartist #smokymountains #blueridge #blueridgearts #golocal #ashevilleblog #janetbray #janetbrayart

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My first public showing at Biltmore coffee traders. on Hendersonville Road in #Asheville #NorthCarolina. super nice people excellent coffee great taste in art. #avlart #avlartist #watercolor #paintings #avlart #Biltmore #newartist #smokymountains #blueridge #blueridgearts #golocal #ashevilleblog #janetbray #janetbrayart

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Custom #upcycled #barnwood frames came in today for my #wildflower #paintings. I love them. #Rustic and #natural looking. The paintings are available for purchase, with or without the frames, on my #etsy store at janetbrayart.etsy.com