Rebirth Butterfly hand carved wood painted in iridescent shades of blue, green, and gold... with sparkly black glitter and copper wire antennae hanger. Artfully finished on both sides for 360 degree viewing!

Approx. 8"W x 6"H.  Zoom for detail.

Adopted :)

Copper Rose & Dragonfly framed in iridescent blue, green, and copper painted frame.  Approx. 9"W x 28"H.

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Under Sea Kisses... dimensional 'underwater' scene of silvery kissy fish (shaped from recycled aluminum cans) swim amidst pearlized oyster shells and copper seagrass.

Approx. 8"H x 14"W.  Zoom for detail.

Custom Art Screen Door for a tomato greenhouse.  Stained dark green and inset with a painted wood carving of vine ripe tomatoes and ladybugs.  This screen door is constructed of cypress and measures 36" wide x 72" tall.  Click photos to zoom.

YOUR custom screen door(s) can be sized for porch, pantry, or cabinet; constructed from a wide choice of materials, art, and stain colors (including wildlife carvings, fired copper panels, etc)!  A portfolio is available for design inspiration and we're delighted to work with you in creating exactly what you desire! 

Contact www.artzyfartzystudio.com for a custom quote.

A beautiful SoWal Sunset painted impressionistically on canvas then photographically echoed in the lenses of rhinestone embellished glossy black carved wood Wayfarer style sunglasses. 

This is a custom creation for cherished friends, inspired by a favorite sunset photograph they snapped on one of their regular visits to SoWal.  Now they can enjoy a beloved Gulf of Mexico sunset even during snowy winters up north!

Thanks 'A' for being an artistic muse!!

14" H x 48"W

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SOLD!  Thx Margo & Corey :)

Next Generation II was created as a prayer for the continuation of the many Sea Turtles that nest on the pristine SoWal beaches along the Emerald Coast of Florida.  Hammered aluminum sea turtles swim out to sea amidst ribbons of crystal clean Gulf Coast waves.


Approx. 27" H x 27" W.
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"Super Sweet 16" 

trio of pop-art portraits for one very beautiful niece!  Happy 16th Birthday C.J.!

8"W x 10"H.

Everlasting... the United Methodist Cross & Eternal Flame is a perfect symbol of honor for my parents 60th wedding anniversary and faith.  Carved wooden cross and fired copper double-flame incorporates a heart symbolizing their love and devotion to God and each other.

16"W x 25"H.  Click photo to zoom on detail.

 

Custom built Hillbilly Shack for a very special and welcoming couple!   GTF and I had lots of fun getting back into the 'home building bidness' with this li'l gem!

ADOPTED!  Thanks SFS!
Moonlight Fleur de Lis is a multi-dimensional painted wood sculpture imbued with the mysterious beauty of moonlit nights.  Shades of metallic blues & silver with touches of lacy black scrolling and gold highlights are over washed with shimmery metallic pearl.  Glass beads and iridescent brilliants evoke Heavenly Dreams! 

29"W x 35"H x 2"D.

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Moonlight Fleur's new home!

SOLD :)  Thanks C & S!  It was such fun meeting you at Big Mama's Gallery Thursday party!
'Old Rugged' Cross of weathered cypress with hammered copper and jute.

18"W x 18"H.  Click to zoom.

Available at Big Mama's Hula Girl Gallery in Grayton Beach, FL

Crosses of Silver Foil Repousse mounted on aged wood plaques.

8"W x 12"H.  Click to zoom on dimensional details.

Available for $65.00 + S/H.

The cross has sold :)

Palm Isle features a single fired copper palm tree growing from an 'island' of hammered copper and oyster shell dunes... framed in rustic weathered wood.

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SOLD :)

On a Wing and a Prayer... hand chased & repousse "motto" banner of recycled aluminum mounted on a wedge of rustic weathered wood. 

Approx 8"L x  1"H.

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Available at Big Mama's Hula Girl Gallery in Grayton Beach, FL.

SOLD Complimentary Pair :)  Thanks M.C! 

Panhandle Palms is a composition of hand chased & repousse copper and tinted aluminum that seems to sway in the gentle coastal breezes of the Florida Panhandle.  Reminiscent of gazing through an old beach cottage's screened window framed in rustic weathered wood.  Ahhh... Life at the beautiful beaches of SoWal's Emerald Coast!

15"W x 31"H.  

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Dragonfly Garden was especially created for & inspired by a particularly gifted gardener! Hand carved and painted wood dragonflies flutter and frolic amidst a ribbon flower garden!

Click on the photos to zoom in on this joyous trio of dressy sparkly dragonflies!  One of the charms of the "screened" ground structure is that your wall color instantly personalizes the piece!

GTF is an Artist and a Fisherman that enjoys making his own fishing lures.  These lures are hand carved of wood for exceptional buoyancy, then handpainted in bright colors, dusted with glitter, and dressed in fringed silicone lure skirts!  GTF has personally proven (in the tradition of fishing greats Ernest Hemingway and Zane Grey) that saltwater fish like Sailfish and Kingfish find these buoyant wooden lures very al*luring ;)

Click photo to zoom in on details.

Individually available for $12.00 each + S/H.

 SOLD :)


Hummingbird of hand carved wood and painted in brilliant jewel tones

Approx. 12"H x 9"W (it's jurassic sized!)

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SOLD :)
Tapestry Fleur de Lis wood carving.

approx. 8"H x 6"W.

click to zoom.

 SOLD!!
Dragonflies & Cattails flutter and sway on metal screening framed in rustic weathered wood.

27"H x 27"W.

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SOLD :)
Antiqued silver foil fleur de lis carving mounted on black wood block.
click photo to zoom.

There's been a Fleur de Lis Frenzy in the Artzy Fartzy Studio!  

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 Cheers!  Now lives at Redd's Fueling Station in Blue Mountain Beach!

Batik covered wood 'martini', garnished with a cherry and floating on a wire grid background.  Frame of reclaimed weathered wood. 

Available for $75.00 + S/H.

Click photo to zoom.

SOLD :)
Sunset Toasts!  Festive batik covered wood applique 'cocktails' on painted canvas ground.  Another beautiful sunset on the beach!

24"H x 36"W.  

Available at Big Mama's Hula Girl Gallery.

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Trio of fired copper turtles.

Individually available for purchase

SOLD :)
Copper sculpted Tree Frog rests on assembled panels of reclaimed pecky cypress wood. 

14"w x 25"h. 

Click photo to zoom. 

 

GTF & the DAme

SOL*y*LUNA
a mixed media union of
Bright Golden SUNshine and
Night Sky's Pearly MOONglow. 


Beads, buttons, baubles, and charms transform the circle of Day and Night into a celestial treasure chest.
Dual functions as either wall mirror or tabletop candelabra.

Let there be Light and Reflection!
Sol*y*Luna created by special request.

(click photo to zoom)

SOLD :)

Peace*Hope*Joy Kissy Lip Fish.  May she bring her new owner all of those things + a li'l bit o' flower child FUNk!  Heartfelt Fat Lipp Kisses of Thanks!!

SOLD :)

Celestial Circle Table... a Reflection on the Heavenly, the 4 Seasons and 4 Elements of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.

Sold :)
Next Generation was created as a prayer for the continuation of the many Sea Turtles that nest on the pristine SoWal beaches along the Emerald Coast of Florida.  Hammered aluminum sea turtles swim out to sea amidst ribbons of crystal clean Gulf Coast waves.
Stop the oil now, before it's too late.

 Approx. 27" H x 27" W.
Click to Zoom.

SOLD :)

NEWS BULLETIN:   

Dragonflies migrate from Florida to Indiana!!!

Lovely Indiana couple provide habitat for rare dragonfly!

SOLD :)

Heartfelt Thanks to whoever adopted the Regeneration Herons from Scavenger's Bazaar on June 3!!
GTF & the DAme will be donating 50% of Patience & Wisdom's proceeds to
AUDUBON's Protect Florida Beaches Fund.

There's Somethin' Mighty Shady goin' on! 

Island View Sunglasses 
SOLD!  Enjoy 'em Amy!

Sunflower Shades 
available for $40 + S/H

Nite Vision
available for $40 + S/H

Chalkboard Wayfarer
SOLD :)

COPPER DRAGONFLY TRIO

found resting amidst the hydrangea leaves!
Two small copper dragonflies add motion to large wood dragonfly overlaid with copper & variegated metallic foil. Click image to zoom in on textural scroll work wing detail. 30"W x 18"H.

Available for purchase.
Not suited for outside exposure.

SOLD :)

Blondy Princess Mermaid started out life as a fiery red head.  Upon hearing that blondes have more fun, she insisted on a flaxen blonde dye job.

Blondy is delighted to have been adopted by a very blonde, very fun, very glamorous real life Princess; and now happily resides in a fabulous seaside penthouse!
Click to zoom.

SOLD :)

"Yes Virginia, dragonflies really do grow bigger in Florida".  

Giant Golden Variegated Foil Dragonfly 

is the single existing specimen of the genus.

30" W x 18" H.

Available for purchase at Scavenger's Bazaar.

Click to zoom.

 

SOLD :)

The Regeneration Herons will be nesting at Scavengers.  GTF & the DAme pledge 50% of Patience & Wisdom's proceeds to
AUDUBON's Protect Florida Beaches Fund.
https://loon.audubon.org/payment/donate/FLAUDPOL.html 

Heron Patience (gold) and Heron Wisdom (silver) honor all the birds, marine and wildlife that have been effected by the Gulf Oil Spill.  Reverse glass & foil paintings on antique windows reclaimed from a cottage in historic DeFuniak Springs, Florida.  The herons are solid black silhouettes (despite glass reflections that seem flecked).
Each:  28" H x 28" W
Click photos to zoom.

Long Live Mother Nature

I'm feeling so sad about all the marine and wild life that are effected by this horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Artzy Fartzy Therapy in work:  a pair of reverse glass painted Herons... meditating on the Heron's ancient universal messages of Wisdom, Patience, and REGENERATION.

SOLD :)

SOLD :)

Cyan Dragonfly has watery iridescent flashes of light.  
18" H x 30" W.
Click image to enlarge.

Fleur-de-Lis Wall Plaque

SOLD!  :)

Fleur-de-Lis Wall Plaque
Raised gold foil & stencil fleur-de-lis mounted on foiled & stenciled wood wall plaque.  8" H x 5" W.

Fleur-de-Lis Shadow Box

ADOPTED ~ THX SFS :)

FLEUR-de-LIS Shadowbox 

Raised gold foiled fleur-de-lis (with scarlet undercoat) framed with a glossy black shadow box, all mounted on framed painted canvas. 

21" H x 17"W

  

Shadow Fleur's New Home

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