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Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
28-1/2 x 16-3/8 inches

Dogwood 2009
A.M. Otwell

I haven’t had new work to post lately, so I just wanted to give you a general idea of what I’ve been up to. I’m working on a web site for my parents’ church — just helping them set up something simple that they can maintain themselves. I’m also reading a couple of poetry books and plan to write a review of at least one of them. So my brushes are idle for now, and I haven’t been writing any verse myself. Once I wrap up one or both of these projects, I expect to resume painting and writing poetry. Thank you for your patience!

In other news, I’ve added a YouData ad in the sidebar. Their goal is to revolutionize advertising by paying the viewer (that’s you) directly to look at ads. If you use the link provided in this post to sign up, I’ll get a referral bonus that doesn’t cost you anything. If you log in with the sidebar widget and look at your ads here on my site, you have the option to share a percentage of your earnings with me! So if you like my work but aren’t quite ready to shell out the big bucks for an original painting (or small to medium bucks for a print), please consider throwing a few cents my way — every little bit helps! By the way, I’ve already made a couple of dollars looking at their ads — and they paid me already!

While I wholeheartedly believe in the YouData concept, I’ll be leaving the Amazon ad unobtrusively at the bottom of this page — if you’re buying from Amazon anyway, you can support my projects by clicking through the ad at the bottom.