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About the Artist:

Denise Fike is playfully sassy, naughty and energetic, incorporating the nuance of naiveté with the seduction of maturity. Girlish at times, painting striped legs with a terrier in tow, she quickly reminds us of her sophistication and love of wearing wide brim hats. It’s fun to watch Denise at work in her studio. She loves what she does; climbing into her painting like putting on a garment. No veneer here. She lets it all hang out. There is immediacy about her imagery; her bold line demanding our attention.

As if revealing three sides of her nature, Denise presents three distinct approaches to her work at Denise Fike Designs: floral, fashion and figure. She loves to draw form, specifically female form. Opacity and palette play a great role in creating the backdrop to her figure work. Despite a monotone genre of sorts, she has the wonderful skill of conveying nuance with no gradation or shading of light. Denise’s transparent and special relationship with her models avails us to intimate visual conversation; we are keenly aware of their essence.

Very much about her materials, nearly twenty years in the wallpaper design and manufacturing industry, Denise incorporates wallpaper with figure in her “fashion” and floral paintings. Weaving figure with rich wallpaper design and patterning, she creates rich textural tapestries. No fanfare here, minimalist even, Denise paints with enamel on canvas, wood and other found materials, preferring a toothless texture to enhance the opacity of her color fields.

Jaebumfangirl was able to review four fashionable cards from Denise Fike Designs. {pictured above}

Wow…just wow! This was my first reaction when the cards arrived at my home. I spent the next hour just admiring each card, placing my fingers on the weaving figure with rich wallpaper design and patterning. As a lover of the arts, I admire the beauty of personal expression, and it is thrilling to see the reflection of the artist’s soul inside each and every card. Although I plan to give these cards to my best friends this upcoming holidays, I actually want to hang them on my wall! Compared to those commercial overproduced cards at the grocery stores, these cards are something more–these cards are art ~

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 ๓●•۰ GIVEAWAY ۰•●๓

Here is a chance to win six fashionable cards from Denise Fike Designs!

{1 winner – the six cards pictured above}

For a chance to win this giveaway, you must:

1. Go to Denise Fike Designs website or Etsy shop, and comment below on what design you adore from their site! (1 entry)

For additional chances to win (leave a separate comment for each entry):

2. ”Like” Denise Fike Designs’s facebook page and Jaebumfangirl’s facebook page. Leave FB name with comment. {you need to follow us both for this one entry} (1 extra entry)

3. Follow Denise Fike Designs on Twitter HERE and Jaebumfangirl’s twitter HERE {you need to follow us both for this one entry} (1 extra entry)

4. Tweet about this giveaway and post your tweet URL in the comments below. You can tweet once a day until the deadline! Just copy the words below and paste it on your twitter. (1 extra entry)

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5.  Blog about the giveaway and post a link to your blog post in the comments below. (2 extra entries)

6. Subscribe to my blog via email on the right sidebar. (2 extra entries)

7. Comment on a non-giveaway post in my blog. Please let me know which post! (ONLY 1 extra entry)

8. Enter any of my other giveaways. {tell me which one! + must be currently running} (extra entry for each you do)

Entries will be accepted until Friday, October 29, 2010, Midnight EST. I will notify the winner the following day! You will have 48 hours to claim your prize or I will have to pick another winner.

Open Worldwide

Winner will be chosen through random.org, so the more entries you have, the more chances of winning! Disclaimer: Jaebumfangirl was not paid for this post. This is not an ad. Product(s) in this review or giveaway was provided by the sponsor to Jaebumfangirl. All opinions and reviews are solely the views of Jaebumfangirl.