Commission your single subject Drawing for International and US Buyers
If You have a pet or special animal you like to collect, but you can't seem to win the Drawing at auction.
Well here is your chance!
If you win this auction or Buy-it-now, The Artist draw an original graphite drawing sized at 5x7 inches just for you. You choose the background color, and the animal or the Artist can paint your favorite pet from your photos or digital image.
Background color:
White
Suggested Animals you may choose from the following animal categories:American Farm Animals: Cow Horse Sheep Duck Pig Chicken Goose donkey
Virginia Wildlife: Deer Turkey Rabbit chipmunk Squirrel Bear Possum Raccoon Canadian Goose Song Bird
Pets: Goldfish Dog Cat Rabbit Bird Guinea Pig
(Sorry, NO Exotics)
You may specify breed, color and white markings. The simpler you keep it the faster you receive it.
I am also able to work from your scanned photograph or digital image you provide. Be sure your image is sharp with good contrast and good color.
If you do not specify an animal, The artist will automatically paint the two rabbits of her choosing and in the colors she chooses.
When you have made your choices, email The Artist with the information and/ or the digital image.
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What you are purchasing in this auction:
A One Subject (5 by 7 inches) with simple background
Depicting a single subject or animal of your choice From Photography provided by you
Drawn on #110 Acid Free Card Stock with graphite pencil
Executed and signed by Artist L.L.Martin
Dated with the year painted
Mailed in a protective sleeve
Note: Some people have had trouble emailing photography using Yahoo to email my yahoo account. If this is the case please email me through ebay and consider using a free web-hosting service like web shots or flicker to allow me to view and save your photography.
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Terms of this auction:
No work will be started unless payment is made in advance and Cleared Paypal.
If I do not have an email from you, but your money has cleared Paypal, I will begin work on your rabbit. I like to hear from clients so e-mail me anyway, even if you want a rabbit. If you have Photography please email that to me within 7 days of your payment.
Work will begin on your item once all your info is received. Please do not send me an email requesting information or about your item through my personal email address. Send all inquiries through eBay mail. I cannot always guarantee that your e-mail will be read if sent to my personal account. All photography must be sent through regular email or uploaded to a free photography hosting site like flicker or web-shots. Once you have up loaded your items you can send me a direct link. If you dont feel comfortable putting personal photography on the web contact me through email and I will provide you with a P.O. box to send your photography to.
Please allow 3 weeks for your item to be Completed after you have approved the layout sketch. During the Holiday Season allow 3 to 6 weeks unless stated by the artist. The Artist will contact you if there are delays.
Once your item has been Drawn I will email you an image of the finished product. They will be mailed upon your approval.
If you win a commissioned order and I have to file for ending fee reimbursement because you never completed the sale and/ or it didn't clear paypal, I am not filing it to give you a mark against your trader name. I am filing to get a refund of the charges eBay assesses me because you bid on the item and won it. I only do this if I don't hear from a bidder and they don't pay in full with in 2 weeks of auction or their payment doesn't go through and they don't correct the situation with in 21 days of auction end. If you bid on Any of my items, I expect payment from Paypal's instant payment. If you have money in your Paypal account it goes right through. My suggestion is: don't bid, if you dont have the money in your Paypal account and cleared first. It will make everyone's life easier. ( I would rather be painting instead of writing collection emails)
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About the Artist: Artist Linda L. Martin makes her home in Remington, Virginia. She has been active in exhibiting in alternative venues since 1979. As an under-graduate of Stetson University in Deland, Florida she focused on watercolor and ceramic sculpture. After College she taught art and general studies in private schools for a number of years after graduation. Linda Martin began painting seriously and full time in 1988. Since 1988 her work has been seen by millions of people passing through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley between Winchester, Virginia and Washington DC. In addition she has work in several corporate and non-profit collections and collectors have purchased her work over the years from 23 states and 13 countries. She generally has a One Woman Show each decade. Her last One Woman Show was an exhibit of Steeplechasing and Fox Hunting paintings in 1995. In 2003 she put together an internet invitation only exhibit entitled Los Lonely Girls: an essay on the struggles of the modern woman. She is in the early stages of a planned retrospective spanning the last 20 years of her work slated for 2008. She loves eBay as an alternative market place in getting her work out to the masses affordably.
Linda Martin's primary focus is companion animals, farm animals and venues and animals associated with Virginia country life. Ms Martin executes a large number of watercolor and acrylic polymer paintings each year.
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Note: The digital image of the original work of art being sold here may view differently in color and intensity on your screen. The Artist and lister is not responsible for mistakes or variations in color due to screen settings. The image to the best of our ability is at the time of upload as close as possible to the actual painting. Most people purchasing work over the internet have commented that LLMartin's work in person is as good or better than they expected when they received it. If you have additional questions about the work contact the artist.
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Linda L. Martin/Judd-Crossman Gallery Online Payment Check-Out Policies
PayPal is the only form of payment I will accept.
Payment must be received with in 7 days of the Monday ending.
My Auctions generally end on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday comprising the weekend.
Shipping
Items will be shipped within 5 working days of payment clearing paypal.
Auctions ending in the same weekend, won by same buyer will be automatically combined for shipping.
Shipping Charges:
Multiple purchased ACEOs/Miniatures:
may be shipped at the same time in the same package (with a combined weight totaling not more than 5oz) 1st item full S&H plus 72 cents per additional ACEO/Miniature, in The USA. Items outside the USA will need a quote at time of the sale.
Other Paintings:
Multiple purchased other paintings may be combined with the highest Item full S&H plus half S&H for each additional Item totaling 5oz shipping weight.
Payment Delays:
Please keep in contact with me through eBay-mail
Please do not bid on other auctions until your payment has cleared paypal.
People who insist bidding without paying will be blocked until payment in full is made.
( If you have questions about this please contact me through email)
Insurance:
Items with a combined total of $20 or more must be insured in the USA No insurance available for those outside the USA.
Items with combined shipping totaling $10.00 or more will be shipped International Priority Mail in all other countries. Otherwise they will be shipped International First Class
Refunds Policy:
The artist doesn’t give refunds under any circumstances.
If your item doesn’t arrive:
If your item doesn’t arrive in 7 days from the date you are notified by email that it has been mailed, please email the artist and let her know so she can start the tracking process. If in tracking the item we don’t find it, the artist will replace it with a similar item of equal quality. Please keep in mind the USPS will not start the tracking process until 14 days from the mailing date have passed. The earlier we start tracking the more likely we can find the missing mail.
If your item is damaged in the mail:
Please Email me within 24 hours of receiving your package. Please return all damaged items in the package in which they were mailed to you. Buyer pays all return shipping to the artist. This is especially important for insured work. I will replace each documented damaged item with a similar piece of art of equal or more value.
If you have further questions about the Artist's Checkout policies please contact her through eBay- Mail
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