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Saltwater Witch Launch Contest

Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne book covers:

I'm giving away 20 signed and numbered limited edition accordion folded prints (signed series of 100).  See the images of the contest art at the bottom of this post. Each comes with a signed info document (see the single green-shaded image below).
 
Here's how to play—it's easy, there are only two steps:
 
1. Do one of these:
 

• Buy a copy of Saltwater Witch, Seaborn or Sea Throne through any of the stores, services, or platforms linked below. 
• Post a review of Saltwater Witch, Seaborn or Sea Throne on any of the stores, services, or platforms linked below.
• Spread the word about any or all the books through your blog, Facebook, or site.

 
2. Let me know:
 
Send me an email or comment here, telling me which of the three things above you did and that you want to be entered into the drawing.  Just say, "I got Saltwater Witch for the Kindle. Enter me in the drawing for a print.", or "I reviewed Seaborn here..." (My email is [email protected])
 
I will draw five names a week for the next four weeks.
 
A few more rules:  you can enter multiple times. For instance, you can enter once for each book, once for each review, once for each spread-the-news post. Unless you win one of the prints, you remain in the pool for the next drawing.

Happy reading!

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Seaborn (Juno Books Print Edition)
Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble
Mysterious Galaxy | Google Books
Alibris | BookFinder | WorldCat

 

Onward and downward!

Click the pics for the full view:

 

 

Seaborn - new work for sale

"Seaborn" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered print, edition of 100

"Seaborn" by Christopher Howard

11 1/2 x 17 1/2. inch edition size on 13 x 19 inch paper

Signed and numbered by the artist on Hahnemuhle archival 100% cotton rag paper

 

Buy "Seaborn" from Amazon.com

She's about to snap

Today's Illustration Friday topic is "Snap" and she's this close to snapping.  This one's titled, "Kassandra 9."  If you're interested in buying a limited edition giclee print, see the info and link below the image.  I started out thinking of finger snapping or snaps--like buttons, but mental snapping is always more fun.

"Kassandra 9" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered print, edition of 100

"Kassandra 9" by Christopher Howard

9 x 6.5 inch edition size on 11 x 8.5 inch paper

Signed and numbered by the artist on Hahnemuhle archival 100% cotton rag paper

Buy "Kassandra 9" from Amazon.com

Limited edition prints

My first five prints went up on Amazon.com last night, priced from $32 - $200.  Four watercolor, one mixed media (watercolor/digital).  I have another set of five going up in about a week.  I copied this page and included the pics because they don't look that great at Amazon with the compression they're using.

"Girl by the Sea" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered giclée print from the original watercolor, edition of 250

"Girl by the Sea", a giclee Print by Christopher Howard

12 x 3.75 inch (304 x 95.25 mm) edition size on 13 x 5.5 inch paper

All Lykeion giclée prints are signed and numbered by the artist on archival paper

Buy "Girl by the Sea" from Amazon.com

Buy "Girl by the Sea" from Amazon.com

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"She is The Sea" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered giclée print, edition of 100

"She is The Sea", a giclee Print by Christopher Howard

12 x 9.4 inch (24 x 31 cm) edition size on 13 x 19 inch paper

All Lykeion giclée prints are signed and numbered by the artist on archival paper

Buy "She is The Sea" from Amazon.com

Buy "She is The Sea" from Amazon.com

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"Aristotle" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered giclée print from the original watercolor, edition of 100

"Aristotle", a giclee Print by Christopher Howard

8 x 12 inch edition size on 13 x 19 inch paper

All Lykeion giclée prints are signed and numbered by the artist on archival paper

Buy "Aristotle" from Amazon.com

Buy "Aristotle" from Amazon.com

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"Red Bear Lake" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered giclée print from the original watercolor, edition of 100

"Red Bear Lake", a giclee Print by Christopher Howard

8 x 5 inch (20 x 13 cm) edition size on 8.5 x 11 inch paper

All Lykeion giclée prints are signed and numbered by the artist on archival paper

Buy "Red Bear Lake" from Amazon.com

Buy "Red Bear Lake" from Amazon.com

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"Phaidra" by Christopher Howard, Giclee, Limited Edition Print

Signed and numbered giclée print from the original watercolor, edition of 100

"Phaidra", a giclee Print by Christopher Howard

5 x 4 inch (127 x 101 mm) edition size on 8.5 x 5.5 inch paper

All Lykeion giclée prints are signed and numbered by the artist on archival paper

Buy "Phaidra" from Amazon.com

Buy "Phaidra" from Amazon.com

My first giclée

This Spring I will begin selling signed and numbered giclée prints of my watercolors and some of my digital format work. 

Giclée (zhee-CLAY) is a high-resolution, high-fidelity art reproduction process that uses eight or more inks for truer color matching and smoother gradients than the four-color CMYK lithographic printing process. 

I have proofs for about ten of my works, but I went ahead and produced a limited edition small format print just to see what the whole thing would be like.

My first is a watercolor, Girl by the Sea, a signed and numbered edition of 250, 12 x 3.75 inches (304 x 95.25 mm) on archival paper (Hahnemühle Natural Art 216 g/m²).  Paper dimensions: 13.25 x 6 inches  Contact me at [email protected] if you want to find out more.   

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