Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

December 22, 2014

A Great Honour

I am a huge, huge fan of Jody Bergsma Designs.  She is an artist located in the Pacific Northwest....Bellingham, WA to be exact...and her work is featured at Ben Franklin Craft Stores up there.  I did a whole colouring book of hers, I have a Sagittarius magnet and also these two stickers on my car.

This one is especially significant as it features PNW animals with Native American/First Nations designs for the wolf, bear and eagle.  I am desperate to replace this sticker because I am going to have to get a new car eventually and I need to have this on whatever new car I get.

Jody did a beautiful illustration of Sasquatch with some other PNW animals and featured it on Facebook.  I was pleased that this was taken seriously and not done as a goof or 'silly' type of picture.  She asked people to submit titles for the picture and the title with the most 'likes' would get a print.  I thought of one right away and I checked the comments to see if anyone else thought of it too.  To my surprise, no one did.  So I typed 'Guardians of the Forest'.  To my utter shock, it got well over 200 likes and my title was selected for Jody's print!  What an honour to title a picture by my fave artist!!!  WOW!!!  

Please be sure to visit her website, Bergsma Gallery Press, to view more of her beautiful and charming works of art.  I'll be framing and hanging it in a place of honour.  Thank you SO MUCH Jody!!!!

12 comments:

  1. How lovely and what a thrill. Quite a Christmas present.

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    1. I know right???? I was so excited. The title seemed so obvious; I was surprised no one else thought of it.

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  2. How awesome is that! I like her work ,but had`t heard of her if it wasn`t through you,phyllis

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    1. If it wasn't for living in Washington I probably wouldn't have heard of her either but her designs just speak to me. Have you liked her page on FB?

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  3. Wow. I can see why you like her art. Nice!

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    1. Thanks! Yes it's the most beautiful artwork I've seen out there these days.

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  4. And congrats on your title getting chosen. What an honor!

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    1. Thank you! It really is a huge honour. I'm so humbled.

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  5. That is an amazing drawing. It feels strong and silent. Your title fts perfectly.

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    1. Thanks. She does such beautiful work, featuring many PNW animals. Her holiday paintings are amazing.

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  6. Love, love, LOVE the first one of these :0)

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    1. The dragon? Yeah I love it too. I have had no luck locating replacements; I even asked Jody and she was gonna look in her stash but she didn't indicate if she ever found them or not. :(

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