www.rossetto-art.com

I have updated my art website and it is finished for the time being. I intended for the site to serve as an easy way to advertise my work and store my portfolio. The main purpose of it, of course, is to solicit more work. So...please check it out and give me feedback: Is it slow to load? Are the images clear? Is it easy to navigate? Do the Header and Style/Colors work? Should I even include the "Figurative/Realistic" or "Graphic Design" galleries (these are more personal/silly stuff)?

With summer coming soon, I am hoping to suppliment my income with a lot of art commissions (as I won't be substitute teaching). My business relies mainly on word of mouth (mostly because I am too lazy and shy to really invest in any advertising tactics) so if any of you out there have friends or colleages looking for custom artwork, please refer them to me! Thanks!!!

Others' Trash is Now My Treasure!

Mom and I went yard selling this morning and I think I really hit the jackpot. I have been excitedly looking for furniture and decorative things for our future home (still waiting to hear from the bank negotiater handling the seller's short-sale process). My aesthetic is sort of "old world", Mediterranean-Tuscan, rustic (reds, yellows, olive greens, black). We found a lot of nice pieces ; I want to paint them to go along with my existing style and color pallete. I am hoping my sister Emily's offer to work her painting/decorating magic when she visits is still on the table; wink wink Em- hope these pics get your juices flowin!

This will probably go in the dining area. I would probably paint it a bronze/dark brown or a deep red/orange. Our dining set is distressed black, but I don't want everything too matchy. The tag for the original price of the cabinet is in the pic above...I got it for $40!

$5 for this cute display cabinet. I have no idea where I will put this (it's fairly big). If there is room I thought it would look so cute in the kitchen holding spices, cookbooks, etc. I want to paint it a rusty red or yellow.

I got this big, heavy dresser mirror for $35 and want to paint it distressed black to match my buffet and dining set we already own. I though it would look good (like they went together) on top of the buffet.

I got these gorgeous candle holders, the basket with leather straps, as well as some books, picture frames, a small clock, and a really cute wall hanging rack (like for hats or towels or anything) for $25 all together.

So my total was about $100 and I am very excited to work on these and make them my own treasures!