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One of my favorite unsold paintings from 2008, "Lashes & Corkscrews," 5" x 8", acrylic on canvasboard, depicting a tobiano buckskin curly horse, $289. Inquiries to ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com (but read further on how you can get a special deal on this painting!).

Now it's ridiculously easy to browse my painting archives. All you have to do is visit my Etsy store. Etsy has a Shopping Cart (so you can pile it high with purchases from a variety of artists), is integrated with Paypal (although you may still pay by check if you prefer to), and is terribly simple to navigate.

When the week has ended, I will have listed almost 100 of my favorite (UNSOLD!) paintings here, grouped loosely by subject matter. During 2009 I'll update the shop regularly, and add non-Dog-a-Day pieces as a bonus, thus making it easy to search for that perfect gift.

Watch my daily postings for announcements, promotions and discount codes. If you do not receive the Dog-a-Day emails (i.e. my daily postings), visit the project blog for tips on training your email to fetch them.

As a thank you for your past patronage, I'm offering 20% off Etsy Dog-a-Day store purchases made before January 31st, 2009. This offer is valid on Dog-a-Day/paintings on canvasboard both framed and unframed - it does not apply to giclees and gallery stretched canvases and paintings on linen (although I will be happy to combine shipping on all types of items). Use discount code "DOGADAY" during checkout (in the "Message to Seller" section), and wait for a revised invoice that reflects your savings.

Send any questions you might have to me - ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com . I'll be in and out of the studio all week, but I am here, and working my way through your inquiries and emails as I slog through other computer tasks.

Thanks, as always, for looking at - and sharing - my paintings with your friends and family,
Happy New Year!
Kim

Kimberly Kelly SantiniTurtledoveDesigns
websites: www.turtledovedesigns.com & www.paintingadogaday.com
etsy: http://ksantini.etsy.com
346 N Anderson, Lake Orion, MI 48362, USA
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