Janet Bray Art

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:

 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

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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.

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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:

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