Puzzle: Normandy Harbour
Size: 500 pieces, 1 missing
Producer: Puzzle World
Notes: Normandy (French: Normandie, Norman: Nourmaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normand, originally from the word for “northman” in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the English Channel coast of Northern France between Brittany (to the west) and Picardy (to the east) and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands. The continental …
Beading: Lush Forest malachite and Swarovski crystal earrings
Puzzle: Bellingrath Gardens, Alabama
Size: 500 pieces
Producer: MB Puzzle, Little Big Ben series
Notes: Bellingrath Gardens and Home is a 26 ha botanical garden and mansion located on the Fowl River in Theodore, a suburb of Mobile, Alabama. The gardens include a bridal garden, a conservatory, a great lawn, a nature walk, an Oriental garden, a rose garden, a chapel, the Mermaid Pool, Mirror Lake, an observation tower, and a river pavilion where river cruises are provided on …
Beading: Blue Dragonfly Crystal and Turquoise Pewter Earrings
Beading: silver-tone bookmark #25, blue and green
Puzzle: Passage to San Marco by Bob Pejman
Size: 300 pieces
Dimensions: 67cm x 48cm
Producer: Hasbro, EZ Grasp
Painting: photo
Artist: Bob Pejman – “In his works, Pejman creates idyllic, tranquil worlds. “There are no people in my paintings, so you can imagine yourself in the scenes”, explains the artist. “The scenes are already romantic, but my idea is to make them even more so”. In doing so, he pushes the colors to make them more intense and …
Photo: Tree-Web, March 30, 2011
Beading: silver-tone bookmark #24, green, with green drop
Photo: Trees and Plane, March 30, 2011
Photo: Trees-Arms, March 30, 2011
Beading: silver-tone bookmark #23, green and amber, with amber drop
Puzzle: Forest Fisherman by James C. Christensen
Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 40.64cm x 50.8cm
Producer: Ceaco
Painting: photo
Artist: James C. Christensen – Inspired by the world’s myths, fables and tales of imagination, James C. Christensen wants his work to add up to more than a beautiful – if sometimes “curious” looking work of art. Having taught art professionally for over 20 years, he likes to think of the world as his classroom. His hope …
Photo: Sky, River, Rocks, March 30, 2011
Beading: silver-tone bookmark #22, green, with green stone drop
Puzzle: The Great Garibaldi by James C. Christensen
Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 40.64cm x 50.8cm
Producer: Ceaco
Artist: James C. Christensen
Painting: photo
Notes: “Paintings grow out of many things, and this one is from my love of things not being what they seem. The inside scoop is that the Great Garibaldi is the fish (the gold perch is called a “garibaldi”), not the impressive-looking mountebank or the little sycophant. – JCC” [Gallery One site]
Photo: Low Tree, March 30, 2011
Beading: silver-tone bookmark #21, blue and black, with black stone drop
Puzzle: The long road ahead
Size: 750 pieces
Dimensions: 86.36cm x 30.48cm
Producer: Sure-Lox, Panorific series
Notes: When you’ve fallen
on the highway
and you’re lying
in the rain,
and they ask you
how you’re doing
of course you’ll say
you can’t complain –
If you’re squeezed
for information,
that’s when …
Photo: Blue Sky, Branches, March 30, 2011
