French Quarter Water Meter by figstreetstudio
Make custom photo ornaments online
I have many more Christmas ornaments at my shop on the web see
http://www.figstreet.com/studio/ornaments.html
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Unique French Quarter Water Meter Christmas Tree Ornaments
French Quarter Water Meter Christmas Tree Ornaments from Zazzle.com
French Quarter Water Meter by figstreetstudio
Make custom photo ornaments online
I have many more Christmas ornaments at my shop on the web see
http://www.figstreet.com/studio/ornaments.html
French Quarter Water Meter by figstreetstudio
Make custom photo ornaments online
I have many more Christmas ornaments at my shop on the web see
http://www.figstreet.com/studio/ornaments.html
Where YAT with Fleur De Lis Bumper Sticker
Where YAT Fleur Bumper Sticker from Zazzle.com
Yat is a unique dialect of English spoken in the Greater New Orleans Area. The term refers to those people who speak with the Yat accent and dialect of White New Orleanians. The name comes from the common use amongst said people of the greeting, "Where y'at?" (Where you at?), which is a way of asking, "How are you?" The Yat dialect has its influences from Louisiana French and Southern American English, particularly Older Southern American English. While the term Yat is usually reserved specifically for the strongest varieties of the New Orleans dialect, the term often refers specifically to speakers of Yat in some parts of the city and the inner suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yat Dialect
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yat is a unique dialect of English spoken in the Greater New Orleans Area. The term refers to those people who speak with the Yat accent and dialect of White New Orleanians. The name comes from the common use amongst said people of the greeting, "Where y'at?" (Where you at?), which is a way of asking, "How are you?" The Yat dialect has its influences from Louisiana French and Southern American English, particularly Older Southern American English. While the term Yat is usually reserved specifically for the strongest varieties of the New Orleans dialect, the term often refers specifically to speakers of Yat in some parts of the city and the inner suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Fig Street Art Studio Sells Art In Europe
Fig Street Studio sells art and shirts in Europe- http://ht.ly/370IP
Art, prints, cards, invitations, shirts, and more printed and art gifts are sold by Fig Street Studio in its Zazzle Shop on the web. The gifts are sold in all European countries see web page and click the flag of the country to go to that language page to order.
French http://www.zazzle.fr/figstreetstudio
Art, estampes, cartes, invitations, chemises, et plus imprimés et des cadeaux d'art sont vendues par la figure Street Studio dans son Zazzle Shop sur le Web. Les cadeaux sont vendus dans tous les pays européens consulter la page web et cliquez sur le drapeau du pays pour aller à cette page de la langue à l'ordre.
German http://www.zazzle.de/figstreetstudio
Kunst, Drucke, Karten, Einladungen, T-Shirts und vieles mehr gedruckt und Kunst Geschenke sind durch Abb. Street Studio in seiner Zazzle Shop zu finden verkauft. Die Geschenke sind in allen europäischen Ländern verkauft siehe Web-Seite und klicken Sie auf die Flagge des Landes zu dieser Sprache Seite in Ordnung gehen.
Spanish http://www.zazzle.es/figstreetstudio Hacem
Cráneo 2 de la hoja Por figstreetstudio
Ilustraciones, grabados, tarjetas, invitaciones, postales, impresos y más de arte y regalos se venden en la figura estudio de la calle en su Zazzle tienda en la web. Los regalos se venden en todos los países europeos consulte la página web y haga clic en la bandera del país para ir a la página del idioma a la orden.
Art, prints, cards, invitations, shirts, and more printed and art gifts are sold by Fig Street Studio in its Zazzle Shop on the web. The gifts are sold in all European countries see web page and click the flag of the country to go to that language page to order.
French http://www.zazzle.fr/figstreetstudio
Art, estampes, cartes, invitations, chemises, et plus imprimés et des cadeaux d'art sont vendues par la figure Street Studio dans son Zazzle Shop sur le Web. Les cadeaux sont vendus dans tous les pays européens consulter la page web et cliquez sur le drapeau du pays pour aller à cette page de la langue à l'ordre.
German http://www.zazzle.de/figstreetstudio
Kunst, Drucke, Karten, Einladungen, T-Shirts und vieles mehr gedruckt und Kunst Geschenke sind durch Abb. Street Studio in seiner Zazzle Shop zu finden verkauft. Die Geschenke sind in allen europäischen Ländern verkauft siehe Web-Seite und klicken Sie auf die Flagge des Landes zu dieser Sprache Seite in Ordnung gehen.
Spanish http://www.zazzle.es/figstreetstudio Hacem
Cráneo 2 de la hoja Por figstreetstudio
Ilustraciones, grabados, tarjetas, invitaciones, postales, impresos y más de arte y regalos se venden en la figura estudio de la calle en su Zazzle tienda en la web. Los regalos se venden en todos los países europeos consulte la página web y haga clic en la bandera del país para ir a la página del idioma a la orden.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Alligator Gumbo Custom Cajun Invitation from New Orleans
Alligator Gumbo Custom Invitation from Zazzle.com
The rear of card is blank so you can add your text directly on the web and customize the card.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Gumbo T Shirts from Louisiana Arts
New Orleans Gumbo Cooking Champ T Shirts from Zazzle.com
New Orleans Gumbo Cooking Champ by Fig Street.href="http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio*">figstreetstudio
Browse more New T-Shirts
New Orleans Gumbo Cooking Champ by Fig Street.href="http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio*">figstreetstudio
Browse more New T-Shirts
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Chaplain JK Schwehm at wedding courtesy Kristy May Photography, http://ping.fm/Grm1B http://ping.fm/pUOaF
RT @figstreetstudio: Fig Street Art Studio: Streetcar Christmas Cards from Fig Street Studio New Orleans: http://bit.ly/9wYKut via @addthis
Streetcar Christmas Cards from Fig Street Studio New Orleans
Streetcar Christmas Cards from Zazzle.com
New Orleans Canal St Snow 1885 by figstreetstudio
Shop for a different greeting card online at zazzle
New Orleans Canal St Snow 1885 by figstreetstudio
Shop for a different greeting card online at zazzle
Friday, November 05, 2010
New Orleans Spanish Tile Murals
How are the replica Spanish Tile Street Name Murals found in the New Orleans French Quarter made. These are tile duplicates but they also have paper or canvas prints.
Link to a blog entry with details:
Porcelain Christmas Ornaments
Fig Street Art Studio: porcelain art ornaments: http://ht.ly/34XXO
All my art ornaments are now available at my Zazzle Shop see the links below.
All my art ornaments are now available at my Zazzle Shop see the links below.
RT @figstreetstudio: Crawfishing In Lousiana Ditches « Fig Street Art Studio Blog: http://ht.ly/34WQj
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
How Many T-Shirts Do You Own?
As most all of you know not only do I do art, paint in acrylics, I do crazy t-shirts. I started out wanting a few shirts based on ideas I had in the '60's in college. Like my "Star Spangled Banana". I actually silked screen them on a screen I made. Later on my kids and I did shirts using those iron on decals with designs we came up with also based on food. (I wish I could find those 3 shirts now!) Then when I retired the creative juices had time to flow. Not only did I do art for cards, something else I silk screened in college, but the old t-shirt ideas came back and funny designs flowed.I am not sure how many designs I now have but it is a lot.
I have never really counted all the t-shirts I own but I can say I have several dresser draws full and a lot of old ones hidden in a box in the closet. I also have a lot I use as rags after they are too ragged to wear. I am not sure I can even get an accurate count. I think printed t-shirts are an American Cultural Icon. I believe I have seen a book written on the subject too. Which makes me wonder how many t-shirts do you own???
Monday, October 25, 2010
Plan a "Second Line" at your wedding
Plan a "Second Line" at your wedding- http://ht.ly/2Z20m
Today many "Wedding Second Lines" are pre planned with the couple having in hand a special umbrella printed with name and date and napkins preprinted also for the guests. Umbrellas can be found at this link on the web, Second Line Umbrellas, or if you are in New Orleans at Shushans in the French Quarter. Printed napkins can be found here on the web too. Just like "Gumbo", "Blacked Red Fish", and other New Orleans traditions a " Second Line" can be found most anywhere. Just plan it out with umbrellas and white napkins.
Today many "Wedding Second Lines" are pre planned with the couple having in hand a special umbrella printed with name and date and napkins preprinted also for the guests. Umbrellas can be found at this link on the web, Second Line Umbrellas, or if you are in New Orleans at Shushans in the French Quarter. Printed napkins can be found here on the web too. Just like "Gumbo", "Blacked Red Fish", and other New Orleans traditions a " Second Line" can be found most anywhere. Just plan it out with umbrellas and white napkins.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
New Orleans Shotgun House
Shotgun Home, New Orleans on cards- http://ow.ly/1eSjH This too won an award- Today's Best March 06, 2010 from Zazzle. See http://www.zazzle.com/new_orleans_shot_gun_home_card-137710331678659490
From "Wikipedia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_house, Origin of the name of this type of home, said to be from New Orleans but found all over in the South. "Shotgun houses consist of three to five rooms in a row with no hallways. The term "shotgun house", which was in use by 1903 but became more common after about 1940, is often said to come from the saying that one could fire a shotgun through the front door and the pellets would fly cleanly through the house and out the back door (since all the doors are on the same side of the house). "
Monday, April 20, 2009
Misssissippi Queen, Under The Hill in Natchez MS
Natchez is the oldest small town on the Mississippi river. Natchez was the first capital of the Mississippi Territory in 1798. Natchez Under The Hill was a boat landing established for the boats to unload and load. It was a rough spot with bars and boatmen for many years. In 1837 the merchants of the town of Natchez made an effort to clean up the area with the help of a storm finally the rough Under The Hill area tamed down. The Mississippi Queen was built in 1976 and has cruised along the mighty Mississippi river, it has been out of service but scheduled to begin trips again soon. The painting was done from a photo taken while the boat was docked Under the Hill taking on supplies.
The Mississippi Queen River Boat moored at Natchez, Ms under the Hill in 1998, painted by JK Schwehm, New orleans artist. This acrylic painting can be purchased on the web printed on paper or canvas. The original not for sale it also appears on note cards and a book cover. Prints are available at http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Un-Official Symbols of New Orleans
Interest has gained since Hurricane Katrina in two unofficial symbols of New Orleans, the Fleur De Lis and the New Orleans Water Meter Cover, both are things I have used in my art for many years.
The Ford Box Water Meter Cover was designed in 1920 just to be different for water meters used in New Orleans. The designer does not claim ownership of the design and artists for a long time have made it into art, hats, ornaments, and jewelry. There are several other water meter cover designs in New Orleans but the favorite is the Star and Crescent design.
The Fleur de Lis, originally the symbol of the French Kings since Clovis is said to represent a Lilly or the Christian Holy Trinity. The official flag of the City of New Orleans does have three fleur de lis on it and I have the flag on gift items I sell from my web page. In an effort to be different I also took the Water Meter Cover design and adapted it in several ways and colors. The unique styles, rectangular, blue, green, and other adaptations are all sold on various gifts from my web page. Many different Fleur De Lis are also sold on gifts. I believe I am the only one to have the Water Meter Cover on shoes and neckties too. Although as each day passes I notice more and more copies of my designs sold by other places. From clocks, to shoes I have many New Orleans symbols on my web page at http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuba Head: The Cartoon Tube Head Man
Recently friends asked I make a funny face person who goes all over and visits places for a t-shirt series. I devised "Tuba Man" a tube headed face that carries on its head a Tuba. Why you may ask? Well it fits on the head I drew. Have you ever seen a Marching Band? The tuba players look as if they have a Tuba Head. And the head also carries other things nicely, like a fish for Biloxi and chain saws for Friday the 13th. It is all in fun and makes a comical design for shirts, hats, posters, and magnets. All things I sell a lot at Fig Street Studio. Take a look at all the "Tuba Head" cartoon designs at- http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/6466390
Friday, November 07, 2008
Comical UFO Shirt Wins Award
Recently some friends in Ohio e-mailed me they saw a UFO and later on I saw a report on the news about it so I made them a nice design on a shirt and I won an award. See the shirt and award below. I do many comical designs for people and have all of them for sale on the web. The can be seen at my two wed pages www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio and www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio
Hi figstreetstudio,
Congratulations!
Your product, UFO over Ohio, has been selected as one of Today's Best on Zazzle!
This means it will appear on the Zazzle homepage for the rest of today and it will also be added to the Today's Best Awards Showcase. Keep up the great work!
Bask. Glow. The honor is yours to enjoy.
- Zazzle
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Fleur De Lis Ceramic Tile In News
The several fleur de lis designs on tiles offered at Fig Street Art Studio made the news recently at TOPIX. Google has them listed high up in the search engine under 'fleur de lis tile". The many new designs are selling well both on tiles and t-shirts. Stop in and take a look at the at http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/1925039
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Streetcar Painting on Postcard Wins Award
 view product promote online share by email | Congratulations! Your product, Streetcar Postcard, has been selected as one of Today's Best on Zazzle! This means it will appear on the Zazzle homepage for the rest of today and it will also be added to the Todays Best Awards Showcase. Keep up the great work! Bask. Glow. The honor is yours to enjoy. -Zazzle |
Friday, January 11, 2008
Nancy's Portrait
I was busy at Christmas painting things people wanted for Christmas. My daughters wanted a painting of their mother but I used an old school photo of her. I wanted to show Nancy as a happy, healthy person one full of life. It worked well. We gave a print to her parents who enjoyed it very much. Here is a link to it at Zazzle http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/product/239247259509504200
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
New Basin Canal Lighthouse Christmas Card Wins Award
Fig Street Art Studio's "New Basin Canal Lighthouse Christmas Card" has won the Today's Best Design Award.
Red Ribbon
You're in Today's Best!
Hi figstreetstudio,
Congratulations!
Your product, New Basin Canal Lighthouse Christmas Card, has been selected as one of Today's Best on Zazzle!
This means it will appear on the Zazzle homepage for the rest of today and it will also be added to the Todays Best Awards Showcase. Keep up the great work!
Bask. Glow. The honor is yours to enjoy.
-Zazzle
Monday, October 15, 2007
NOLa Christmas Card Award
My NOLa card won an award at Zazzle-
Red Ribbon
You're in Today's Best!
Hi figstreetstudio,
Congratulations!
Your product, NOLa Christmas Card, has been selected as one of Today's Best on Zazzle!
This means it will appear on the Zazzle homepage for the rest of today and it will also be added to the Todays Best Awards Showcase. Keep up the great work!
Bask. Glow. The honor is yours to enjoy.
-Zazzle
Sunday, March 19, 2006
French Quarter Paintings
Many of my paintings are familiar places in the French Quarter. Initially to get inspired I would purchase old used postcards and then go to that spot in the Quarter to see how the place changed over the years. Other than trees growing taller and bushes bigger the buildings have remained the same. I guess due to the work of the preservation groups. I would then take photographs to get the details of the location and go back to the studio and paint from my many pictures. I would then add in the moon and stars in some to make the painting a starry night style of composition. The above French Quarter Balcony was inspired by one of the old postcards and several photos taken in that same spot for many years. Including several of my own. It is used on the cover of a paperback book titled 'Po-Boy' by Alice McDaniel.
Recently I went back to Jackson Square to see what changes Katrina made. Some trees and bushes are gone opening up the view to the Cathedral. As soon as I can get to a studio to paint I will have new angles that were once blocked by trees and bushes. I like the more open view of the buildings that existed in the early 1900's before the trees blocked all the unique views of Jackson Square. Look for some more paintings this time next year as I rebuild or relocate Fig Street Art Studio.
Tags: French Quarter
New Orleans
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Top 10 T-Shirt Shop
Fig Street Studio of New Orleans has be designated one of the top ten t-shirt shops on the web by Cafe Press. See the story at this link. http://www.cafepress.com/shop/wire/
Thanks to all those who frequest the shop and all the customers who ask for personalized designs from those helpful artists at Fig Street Studio. Stop in and see all the famous t-shirts sold in New Orleans and around the world. Fig Street Studio
Monday, February 06, 2006
Old New Orleans Maps
Many Old New Orleans Maps disclose that the lower areas of the city marked 'swamps' were not developed until later. The original old city was built on ridges in the higer elevations. See the maps for sale on this page : http://www.cafepress.com/figstreetstudio/
Tags:Katrina,New Orleans,Maps,Flood
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
