American Holiday Artists

Christmas and More, Holiday Art by American Holiday Artists

Now that the last piece of Halloween candy has been consumed, and we're all coming down from a wicked sugar high, we grabbed a cup of tea and settled down to see what our aHa artists are up to.

aHa artist Robin Seeber has an impish new art doll up for auction. This delightfully hand-painted cloth character can be found and bid on here: outsidetheboxprimitives

aHa artist Lynn Bernier's sought after Christmas ornaments are appearing this season on eBay and we encourage all dog lovers to take a peek. Her esquisite handpainted ostrich egg is breathtaking to say the least, to bid: lynnebilly

From up north Ev Scott emailed us that she's introducing her 009 Eldenwood Collection of Christmas vignettes. To view or bid on this remarkable artist's original creations: edentoo

We think aHa artist Dawn Tubbs' newest folk art Christmas Angel a wonderful piece for any holiday decorator's display. To bid:boyhowdieart 

We love when our artists create cross over art-this is when two holidays are represented in one piece. aHa Artist Brandi McKenna's halloween jinglers are ringing in the Holiday season: shesoffherrocker

New and unique from aHa artist Jo James a character doll peeping through her "christmas house". This unique folk art doll can be bid on here: cartbeforethehorse

Last but not least aHa artist/painter Wendy DeWitt's new line of handpainted muslin ornaments caught our eye, to bid on her primitive-inspired santa: golders

About the pictures to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented all rights reserved.

Post created by Suzanne Urban

Mid-Week Post on American Holiday Artists New Work!

Fresh from the studio of Sheryl Parsons is this delightful snowman creation. To bid on this original hand sculpted piece: mothersdreamartworks

Santas abound this time a year for the eager collectors and to find some of the best, check out our artists auctions. aHa artist Dawn Tubbs' folk art inspired character caught our eye, to bid:boyhowdieart

aHa artist Lisa Nelson has another unique art doll up for auction her harvest Thanksgiving doll with little black cat peeking from her apron pocket is a must have, to bid:bucks.county.designs

About the pictures to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented, all rights reserved.

This post created by Suzanne Urban:suzanneurbandesigns

First Post today New Works by American Holiday Artists

We will be posting today and tomorrow the new work up for sale by American Holiday Artists. We hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween! We sure did! Even ran out of candy!

aHa artistJo James in ringing in the Christmas Holiday with this delightful tree folk art-character doll. To bid on Jo's wonderful hand painted cloth piece:cartbeforethehorse

For all ye Santa Collectors, aHa artist Dawn Tubbs is introducing her line of Christmas papermaché characters this season. To bid on this delightful fellow:boyhowdieart

aHa artist Rafael has another fun whimsical shaker creation up for auction, we love his newest snowman with ruffled collar to bid:mytinystudio

And who could resist the lastest by aHa artist Cathering Darling Hostetter? Her painted sheep with christmas flair would be a wonderful foil for anyone looking to add holiday cheer to their home all year round. To bid on this top seller work: pure_art

About the images to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented all rights reserved.

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This post created by Suzanne Urban

How to Buy the Holiday Art by American Holiday Artists

This blog offers weekly links to current aHa artists auctions and ETSY shops where the picture showing their art is available for purchase.

Collectors may note that aHa artists blog links in the left side column. We encourage our viewers to click on the links to view the work of our artists members that they feature on their blogs. All live links are in color and underlined-just click away!

If you're seeking something in particular from a certain artist member please feel free to contact them via their eBay or ETSY shop site, or their blog. aHa artists are busy in their studios, but they'd be happy to help you and most of our artists take commissions. To view more aHa holiday art on eBay type in "aHa" and select the ARTS category, all aHa art auctions will come up.

This week we have a wonderful selection offered by our artists on eBay.

aHa Artist Dawn Tubb's work was recently highlighted in Celebrate365 Magazine. Here we found another unique pumpkin head paperclay sculpt by this whimsical artist. To bid or view:boyhowdieart

We love the new halloween prints aHa artist Catherine Darling has up for auction. We're proud of this published artist's accomplishments. Kudo's to Catherine who's work was featured in SmartMoney magazine. To bid or purchase this top rated art seller's work:pure_art

We love snowmen and especially how aHa folk artist Jo James envisions them! We spotted this happy dancing handpainted snow-fellow in one of her current auctions:cartbeforethehorse

aHa artist Shirley Kelley's wonderfully inspired creations never cease to amaze us. This ghostly art doll is perfect for the Holiday collector's display. We love this artist's character's facial expressions: To bid: skellytonartdesigns

aHa artist Brandi McKenna has turned some of her delightful grinning lantern designs in to shakers. We love this jolly duo, to bid:shesoffherrocker

Popular aHa artist Nancy Malay's delightful little witch won favor with the editor of Celebrate365 and she has with us as well to bid:victorian*whimsies

Are you a dog breed fan and especially of the Sheltie breed? Talented aHa artist Lynn Bernier sells her handpainted ornaments during this season and we loved her newest with swaroski crystal accents. To bid:Lynnbilly

aHa artist Karen Michael's lovely victorian lady art doll with peppermint swirl nose would be a special piece for any Christmas collector enthusiast's home. To bid on this original handpainted cloth doll:kazoriginals

And oh how we love Wendy DeWitt's newest papermache and handpainted cloth art doll! This winsome little Christmas elf-girl caught our editors eye, to bid: golders

Over on ETSY our aHa artists are filling their gallery stores with plenty of goodies. We really liked artist Sylvia Anderson's handsculpted pumpkin box to purchase:SylviaAndersonEtc.

aHa artist Kim Owen's unique snowman sculpted from paper clay really endeared us to this folk artist's work. To purchase: folkartfromtheheart

And how could anyone pass up a Carrie Murtha original? This little black cat character popping up in a vintage clock case is perfect for the collector seeking a little humor in their collection, to buy: thesnippets

aHa prim artist Sheryl Parson's Santas are a favorite collectible of ours. We spotted her folk art inspired santa ornament in her etsyshop, to purchase: MothersDreamArtWorks

All work represented on this site is: ©2009 by artists represented, all rights reserved.

This post created by Suzanne Urban

Her work may be purchased at:suzanneartist

Newest Holiday Art by American Holiday Artists

Here in Connecticut we feel like we're not only going to have a White Christmas, but a white Halloween. We've noticed quite a few of our artists are thinking ahead to the pending winter months too. We'd like to share what goodies we've found this week.

aHa artist Karen Michael's newest piece is this primitive folk art inspired snowman character, his outfit made from vintage scraps preserved by Karen't family. To view the auction:kazoriginals

aHa artist Shannon Martinez's newest peddlar witch doll bearing a miniature sculpted pumpkin is ready for display: hybriddawn

aHa artist Sheryl Parson's gourd creations are finding favor with many collectors, her hand sculpted paper clay dracula gourd character holding out the candy bowl for young goblins is up for auction:mothersdreamartworks

aHa artist Linda Quintero's handpainted pumpkin wall doll cat is ready to adorn your own wall: anotherlinda

aHa artist Pamela Lynch's unique pumpkin head cloth-art doll would be a wonderful year round prop for the avid Halloween collector: 1morelookback

aHa artist Linda Bernier has arrived for the holiday season with her highly sought after-handpainted Bichon ornaments to view: lynnbilly

We so loved aHa artist Jo James newest line of Christmas figuratives. This delightful Cat character caught our eye: cartbeforethehorse

We're always inspired to find aHa artist Debbie Burnham's delightful art dolls on the auction block and this day of the dead inspired beauty comes with her own hand sculpted mask: bhivecottage

aHa holiday painter

Catherine Darling has been visiting the 3-dimentional world, and we love her humorous skeleton character and knew you would too: pure_art

aHa artist Wendy deWitt has also ventured into the art doll world, and we love her primitive pumpkinhead art doll: golders

aHa artist and needlefelter C. Stowers has taken a break from her popular line of miniature felted dogs to create this fun mini-black cat: coraldee

We so enjoy aHa artist Sylvia Anderson's whimsical paintings, her newest on ETSY:
sylviaandersonEtc

aHa artist Valerie Ashley has turned her beautiful ceramic leaf designs into ornaments, we loved this beautiful design:ElsysianFields

We invite our viewers to search "AHA" or "aHa" on ETSY and "aHa" on eBay in the Handmade and Art category respectively to view more art by our talented members.

About the images to left of post:©2009 by artists represented all rights reserved. This post created by Suzanne Urban: www.smirkinggoddess.com

Unique Original Art by American Holiday Artists

This morning we found fresh originals on eBay created for you by the talented artist members of American Holiday Artists.

 First we have aHa art Brandi McKenna with a new kind of lantern design, we invite you to take a look at her auction, this papermaché black maine coon character lantern would be a deliciously wicked addition to the Halloween Collector's home:shesoffherrocker

aHa artist "sweet B" known for her originals relating to all things candy, has placed one of her whimsical character candy containers on eBay: sweet*b*: 

Noted collage aHa artist Nancy Malay has returned with a wonderful sculpted papermaché figurine reminiscent of Halloween days go by: victorian*whimsies

aHa artist and painter Lisa Nelson has returned with one of her unique handpainted ornaments, we spotted this grinning character and had to share: bucks.county.designs

We loved the Autumn flavor of aHa artist Wendy DeWitt's newest art doll, handpainted with button jointed limbs: golders

Another Halloween inspired hand sculpted Halloween figurine by aHa artist Dawn Tubbs has arrived on the scene: boyhowdieart 

aHa gourd artist Candace Navarette's newest primitive inspired witch with soft autumn inspired tones caught our eye too: howlingmoondesigns

Talented aHa artist Linda Quintero has surprised us with a Halloween inspired painting, we love her style and take on all things halloween: anotherlinda

aHa doll artist Pamela Lynch has returned with another nattily dressed creation, we coveted the details this artist puts in all her costumed characters:1morelookback

We spied another primtive folk art ornament by aHa artist Jo James-love her black cat gazing wistfully at the viewer:cartbeforethehorse

About the images to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented. Do view more art by aHa artists type in "aha" and select the "ART" category on eBay or type in "AHATeam" or "AHA" on ETSY.

Congratulations to all of our members who are represented in this month's Halloween edition of Celebrate365. Thank you Connie Porcher editor.

Today's posts to aHa blog by Suzanne Urban.

Halloween Art Creations by American Holiday Artists

We've finally made the month of October, a favorite holiday among our American Holiday Artists. We poked around eBay and ETSY and were delighted by the work flying out the studio doors of our members.

aHa gourd artist Penny Streit has returned to the seasonal auction block to introduce her Halloween creations. Known for her characters sculpted in clay on gourds, we had to share this fascinating hand painted witch with you: penny4designs

aHa artist Lisa Nelson continues her popular line of handpainted cloth character art dolls, this one a black cat with vampire teeth, but not to worry-he's had all his shots: bucks.county.designs

aHa artist Candace Navarette has stacked her whimsical papermaché and paper clay characters up into a fabulous totem pole: howlingmoondesigns

Always unique in her Halloween designs, artist Jo James has one of her intrically detailed folk art cloth dolls, this one a two-some dressed for Halloween: cartbeforethehorse

We're really enjoying the appearance of crows this season, and artist Wendy DeWitt has a remarkable hand painted cloth art doll-crow character, her interpretation of this special button jointed-feathered friend is a favorite of ours: golders

New from Primsical Studios aHa artist Kathy has a mummified version or her charming witch-art dolls, sitting primly with grave stone marker in hand:kathysprims

And at last! popular art doll designer Debbie Burnham has arrived with another unique charming character. This one, a sweet beautifully rendered little witch doll: bhivecottage

aHa artist Dawn Tubbs arrives this week with a charming figurative piece that reminds us of the tin banks made so many decades ago, to view her handsculpted pumpkin head guy with pig friend this piece is sealed with bees wax:boyhowdieart

aHa cloth doll artist Pamela Lynch's Harvest Angel character offers a softer version for the Halloween and Fall collector: 1morelookback

It's always fun to see what new ornament designs are coming out of aHa artist Linda Quintero's studio. This humorous Day of the Dead character complete with flower in hat is such a fun piece: anotherlinda

aHa artist Brandi McKenna has another one of her desirable laughing Moon lanterns with a little black crow friend perched above his brow. We loved the expression on this character: shesoffherrocker

aHa artist Rafael's signature style translates beautifully in this miniature painting of a Halloween Skull with witch's cap: mytinystudio

aHa collage artist Nancy Malay also visits the Angel realm with her one-of-a-kind angelcard:victorianwhimsies

On Etsy we find aHa artist Carrie is introducing a new line of her handsculpted Halloween characters, this little frog is a showstopper for us:thesnippets

New from Folk Art from the Heart Studio on ETSY is this happily content original witch figurine sculpted from papermaché and clay: folkartfromtheheart

aHa artist Lori Ruldolph's retro-inspired ornaments are a wonderful find for us, take a peek at her gallery shop:RetroRuldophs

aHa artist David returns again this time with one of his widely grinning hand sculpted "Veggie Guy". His work may be seen here: chickenlipsfolkart

and on ETSY we're pleased to announce new work from ODDimagination:

From Folk artist Syliva Anderson we spied her wonderful whimsical paintings of happily halloween-inspired characters:sylviaanderson

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Post and blog maintained by Suzanne Urban:SuzanneUrbanDesigns

Phenomenal Holiday Art by American Holiday Artists

Quality one-of-a-kind holiday-theme art isn't a common happenstance. But fortunately for those seeking to collect original work with quality craftsmanship, we highly recommend our viewers look no further than to search "aHa" on eBay and "AHA" on eBay in the dolls and bears and holiday collectibles and ART categories and "AHAteam" or "AHA on etsy.

As editors and collectors we're always pleasantly surprise to see what our artists have created.

We noticed  aHa Wendy DeWitt has applied her design skills to this wonderful halloween pedestal-beautifully rendered with exceptional detail. To view: golders

aHa artist Catherine Darling Hostetter has ventured into creating unique "ghost portraits", a wonderful foil for any collector's seasonal or all-year round display: pure_art

aHa artist Joee of Cart Before the Horse studio continues with her charming line of handpainted cloth doll characters with halloween mask, we fell in love with her grinning cheshire cat character:cartbeforethehorse

aHa artist Lisa Nelson has introduced a line of charming aceo-sized painted canvas, we love her Halloween Snowmen and know you will too:bucks.county.designs

aHa artist doll artist Kathy of Primsical Studio has introduced a most charming hand painted cloth doll, we love this artists subtle color scheme that adds to her doll's unique prim design:kathysprims

If you're a collector seeking an original Halloween Game, look no further than this clever  game created by aHa artist aka SweetBDesigns who often incorporates her love of all things sweet into her designs: Sweet*B*

aHa artist Pam Lynch loves to decorate boxes with her own delicious designs. Known for her handpainted boxes with attached character we invite you to view this little treasure: 1morelookback

aHa artist Robin Seeber's wonderful dolls will be highlighted in Celebrate365's upcoming Halloween issue. For now we just had to share this delightful art doll witch character with you:outsidetheboxprimitives

aHa artist Brandi McKenna's famous laughing moon lanterns now includes this jolly fellow with crow friend perched on top of head: shesoffherrocker

aHa artist Gwen LeBlanc has returned with one of her original felt character ornaments, this little pumpkin/humpty dumpty design is a favorite: veruka_dolls

Prolific ornament aHa artist Linda Quintero has a darling handpainted cloth ornament design for all those lover's of classic fairy tales. Her red-hooded pixie fairy reminds of little red riding hood:anotherlinda

aHa artist Lori Rudolph has returned to the auction block with this wonderful handpainted paperclay candy container-her line of original containers are a favorite among Halloween collectors and we especially love her black cat designs. *Retro-Rudolphs*

We spied this wonderful handpainted Halloween Cat Fairy by artist Karen Michaels, this delightful character is ready to add whimsy to any collector's home and we love the artist halloween twist to the theme: kazoriginals

About the images to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented, all rights reserved. Post created by Suzanne Urban

American Holiday Artists Celebrate the Upcoming Holiday Season through their ART

AHA artist Rafael of My Tiny Studio has entered the auction arena with another one of his winsome handpainted shakers. We so love the unique detail in his character's faces, we often wonder if we'll see his work in a children's book one day. To view: mytinystudio

aHa lantern-artist Brandi McKenna has introduced her first exciting black cat original Halloween lantern this week! This hand sculpted papermaché cat's head glows in the dark and we're sure will prove to be a favorite among collectors: shesoffherrocker

We were thrilled to hear aHa artist Lisa Nelson will be featured in Celebrate365's Halloween Magazine Edition! We found another one of her delightful handpainted cloth witch wall-dolls and love what she's done: bucks.county.designs

aHa artist Catherine Holstettler's art recently made it into

Money Magazine representing online selling venues, we congratulate this talented artist, and thought we'd share her cupcake angel folk art painted ornament up for auction today, every one deserves such a sweet messenger: pure_art

aHa artist Dawn Tubbs has arrived on the scene with some vintage inspired designs with a whimsically witty bent, we thought her collectors would enjoy this Halloween Bat with ghostly friends: boyhowdieart

We spotted this unique "Halloween Flamingo" as only the very unique Joee of Cart Before the Horse Studio can produce. We love this artist's whimsical humor and sophisticated palette to check out her original figurative bird:cartbeforethehorse

aHa artist Nancy Malay is already dreaming of a White Christmas and her delightful papermaché glittered snowman is ready for the Christmas collector's mantel. This snowman can be found here: victorian*whimsies.

aHa artist Linda Quintero's line of whimsical witches-another artist we'd like to see in the children's book market-has this sweet little bat-boy up for auction, but do check out this artist's other hand crafted  line of original art ornaments: anotherlinda

We're happy to welcome back AHA artist Penny Streit known for her folk art paperclay creations. Her detailed folk art pumpkin-head boy-is ready to dress up the Halloween Collector's favorite display, to view this impressive original sculpt:penny4designs

aHa artist Sheryl Parsons has returned with one of her pumpkin inspired ornaments, only this time-it's a witch! Recently this artist's work was accepted by the popular Reasons To Believe Gallery. To view her work:mothersdreamartworks

Popular aHa artist and powerseller Cyndy Conrad has another delightful art doll with friend creation on the auction block. Her folk art grinning pumpkinhead handpainted cloth character doll with grinning black cat is a must-see to all our viewers: thepixiesthimble

aHa original doll artist Robin Seeber has surprised us with a larger version of her unique character dolls, but this one is-goth inspired and we love her rendition! outsidetheboxprimitives

On ETSY, we're so taken with aHa artist of blackcrowprimtives that we had to share her wonderful halloween inspired character art-dolls with you: blackcrowprimitives

Popular artist Gwen LeBlanc's modern-inspired felt designs net a lot of collectors, and her miniature felt pumpkin is one we couldn't pass up: VerukaDollsLand

Last but not least we wanted to share one of Coraldee Stowers felted canine sculptures. This amazing needlefelted Pembroke Corgi looks ready for the Halloween Candy season: Coraldee

About the art to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented, all rights reserved. To view more work by our talented AHA artists search "aHa" in the dolls and bears and ART category on eBay. Also search AHATeam on ETSY.

Page created by Suzanne Urban: suzanneartist

Oh My! The Newest Holiday Art by American Holiday Artists

Before we showcase what our artists have up for sale this week, we'd like to congratulate a few of our members.

Artists Ginny Diesel and Sheryl Parson's original Santa figurines have been accepted in to Reasons to Believe gallery! Artist Johanna Parker-a former emmy winning graphic designer was featured in Martha Stewart's "Dreamers into Doers" newsletter and Suzanne Urban's designs will soon be seen on a gourmet ice cream label and needlepoint designs  Congratulations artists!

Up for auction this week we see a new set of characters from Joee of Cart Before the Horse Studios. Her hand-painted in trademark soft muted colors original art doll figurine has moveable arms and a whimsical pumpkin mask with perching black cat. To view this fun character:cartbeforethehorse

Next on the auction block fabulous painter Wendy DeWitt has ventured into sculpting and has a wonderful folk art inspired "Ghost Horse", this hand-painted cloth figurine is representative of an ancient Irish legend to view: Golders

We loved aHa artist Candace Navarrete's sweet witch sculpted from paper maché and paper clay, for a friendly little witch to adorn your collection we recommend this delightful hand-sculpted creation:howlingmoondesigns

aHa artist Sheryl Parsons proves her skill in drawing as well as painting and sculpting with this vintage inspired ink and acrylic painted in Halloween illustration: mothersdreamartworks

aHa artist Dawn Tubbs has returned to the auction platform with this wonderful Halloween grinning Jack O-Lantern, to view this handsculpted folk art paper maché creation: boyhowdieart

aHa artist Tonya Renee has an adorable wistful looking art doll up for auction, we couldn't pass her by and wanted to share this hand-painted cloth witch with friendly pet crow, the details on this doll are impressive: back*porch*pickins

aHa artist Brandi McKenna has some exciting new moon faced lantern creations up for auction, we invite you to take a look at her collection: shesoffherrocker

aHa artist Linda Quintero has also introduced her collection line of hand painted and designed halloween ornaments, we were especially taken with this delightful witch art doll, ready to hang anywhere: anotherlinda

Last but not least artist Rafael brings a gorgeous hand crafted and hand painted quilt featuring one of his unique charming characters. This quilt is a must see for the folk art collector: mytinystudio

About the images to left of post: ©2009 by artists represented all rights reserved.

More hand-crafted, hand painted and uniquely designed holiday art by American Holiday artists can be viewed on ETSY and eBay to brighten your holiday mood click on the above links.

Post by aHa holiday artist Suzanne Urban: www.suzanneurbandesigns