Hello, and welcome to my store! I have been painting for over 13 years, and continue to try new things with my work. I am a painter, first and foremost, but I am taking my artwork and creating designs on doormats, nightlights, lamps, dishtowels, necklaces/pendants, magnets, furniture and other media in the coming years.

Today is Saturday June 18, 2011. I had a great trip to California in the spring and will have some sketches I did out there added to the site soon for sale. I'm slowly adding some new paintings to the website, and I'm working on a lot of new original artwork-drawings, paintings, collages and sculptures for the rest of the year. I was hoping to travel to Provence this summer, but as everyone probably already knows, art sales are way down because of the economy, so I'm trying to sell what I have and make a few new pieces when I can. As always, I'm selling recycled(and a few brand new) things on eBay that I find at thrift stores, consignment shops and estate sales-to see the treasures I have on eBay, check out my eBay store at http://stores.ebay.com/Beach-House-Colorful. Everyday is different and I am having fun. I also teach eBay classes to anybody who is interested, feel free to contact me for information on that.

With the economic slowdown that has happened, I've decided to wait to have more bundles of doormats made in India from my artwork. I LOVE them, and I think other people do too, and as soon as the economy improves, I will get more made. I sold all of my recent samples and people really want them-what's an artst to do? I'm trying to make the best of the situation and I am so glad that I can sell other treasures on eBay-I would love to sell both wholesale and retail, so if you are a store and you are interested in carrying my artwork, please contact me. Thanks so much!

Mary Ellen Zeman E-mail: maryezeman@aol.com www.maryzemanart.com