Crystal Neubauer, Artist: Kicking 2019 To The Curb With A Celebration and A Raffle!

A or B?

(Scroll to the bottom of the page to purchase, but be sure to read all the details too!)

You guys (my Facebook and Instagram friends) were such good sports! You voted without any explanation! 

 A or B? I asked. And you responded A. No B. No A. Wait, B! Both! 

I don't blame you. That's how I feel when I look at these two works. Both my art - one in my typical neutral palette and the other in the colors that started making an appearance over the past couple of years. 

Some days you just need a little color in your life. And some days you just want to pull up the blankets, put a fire in the fireplace and nestle down in a cloud of soothing neutrals. 

Here's the deal - last year at just about this time, I was gearing up to hang these two works, along with 6 other pieces, at SOFA Chicago. Hard to believe, but it's been an entire year since I realized one of my biggest dreams as an artist, to see my work hanging at SOFA. 

It's been a heckofa hard year since that time. Nearly the week after the show, life just sort of blew up. I won't rehash it all, but to say, I'm looking forward to 2020. Not as a victim who just made it through, but as a victor! A survivor! 

Older. Wiser. Winner. 

I want the year to go out with a celebration. Kind of like how March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. 2019 thought it could kick my ass, but I'm kicking this year to the curb!

So to help mark the end of this really life changing year, I am raffling off one of the works I created specifically for the show that I dreamed of since my art career began! A celebration commemoration!

Read on, dear friends, to find out how you can own a giclee fine print, vote on which original collage will be raffled off during my upcoming Holiday Open House at the studio - and don't wait to purchase your print, because you get double the chances for all purchases between now and November 15th!

This is a Fine Art Print Sale with a twist! 

This is a Fine Art Print Sale with a twist! Please be sure to read the entire description for details on ship date and contest information. Your purchase is your raffle ticket, but it's also a high quality art print ready for framing. Oh, and it's also a vote! How can one fine art print, be all of those things?

I'm so glad you asked...

First, and most importantly, this is a sale for a museum quality fine art giclee print, shot and produced at a professional fine art printer. The detail this company manages to get from my work never disappoints.

Your choice- two designs available.

Both from original collages that were created for the SOFA Chicago Exposition 2018. One went on to spend some time at an exhibition in California, before making its way back to my studio.

Each collage design will be printed on a high quality archival art paper measuring 9" x 12" including a white border. Archival fine art ink is your assurance that this reproduction will last! It comes hand signed by the artist in a protective sleeve with a sturdy backer, ready for you to frame.

Your print is also your vote!

The contest: When you purchase a print reproduction, I'll be keeping a tally- each print purchase is a vote for that design. The winning design will then become the prize.

There are two tiers in this contest. The prize at the first tier is a 30" x 30" hand embellished/hand finished giclee fine art print reproduction of the winning design, mounted to canvas and ready to hang. The winner will be drawn live at my Holiday Open House on December 7th.

The prize at the second tier is the original work of art of the winning design- either Gentle Wind Whispering or Golden Years. That is to say, the original 30" x 30" work of art with the highest number of print sales will be raffled at the holiday open house, if 100 of these giclee prints are sold. That is a $3000 work of art!

If the minimum is reached, both the original work AND the Giclee reproduction will be awarded. Both drawings will occur the afternoon of my Holiday Open House on December 7th.

So how do you win?

Easy peasy. Your print purchase is also your raffle ticket! Each and every print sold comes with a chance to win. Buy one of each design? Then you get 2 chances to win the original work and 2 chances to win the hand-embellished reproduction! Buy one for every art loving friend and relative on your holiday gift giving list, and increase your chances of winning, while getting all the good feels of the season. The gift that keeps on giving.

The Details:

Shipping: Orders begin shipping the week of November 18th via USPS Priority Mail. If you purchase before November 15th, your art will ship that following week. For orders placed after November 15th, weekly shipments go out each Monday until the contest ends on December 7th.

Winning Design: The winning design will be determined from online print sales, tallied through the first week of December. In the event of a tie, I'll toss a coin.

Drawing: A minimum number* of prints must be sold for the original work of art to be raffled. This will include prints sold during the event where I'll be holding the drawing: The Holiday Open House at my studio on December 7th. In the event that the minimum is not met for the original work, the full sized (30" x 30") reproduction, professionally printed on canvas, hand embellished, hand signed work (of whichever version has sold the most prints) will still be raffled.

During the afternoon of the Holiday Open House, I'll ask one of the studio visitors to draw, which I will video tape and post online with the winning name. In the event that the minimum is not met for the original work, the full sized (30" x 30") reproduction, professionally printed on canvas, hand embellished, hand signed work (of whichever version has sold the most prints) will still be raffled.

*just 100 prints - that's 50 of each design, or any combination of the two.

Double your odds

One chance per print sold to win either the original work, or the hand embellished full size reproduction - BUT purchase before the November 15th deadline and you'll get TWO chances to win with each print purchase!

So here they are. Which design will you choose? (scroll below images to purchase)

A. Gentle Wind Whispering

B. (nothing's gonna touch you) Golden Years
C. Or Both!