Timid Whale by Don Carney

Dapper Owl by Don Carney

Merry Monday greetings, art lovers! We've got more amazing art queued up for you this week—new works every day through Thursday—starting with today's debut of an artist I've long-admired, Don Carney. Don created Dapper Owl and Timid Whale exclusively and especially for 20x200, but their subjects are ones oft-revisited in his ink drawings. Aside from being among the most fascinating of creatures great and small, it's easy to see how they can be associated in both subject and style with Don's New England roots.

I first saw his work at a small gallery out in East Hampton, where a few of his gorgeous ink drawings were hung in a rather fetching salon-style cluster. As evidenced in various images of my home—atop the page of our limited selection of framed prints and in our how-to-frame-your-art video—I'm a big fan of salon-style art hanging. That Don houses his drawings in vintage frames picked specifically for each work makes that kind of presentation particularly captivating. The care that goes into the creation of each of Don's original gems is reflected in their très cher pricing, but fortunately for us, their inspired evocation of woodblock printing techniques makes them extremely well-suited for the prints that I present to you today.

With our daily dispatches continuing apace throughout this week, I find myself wanting for verbosity. (Can you believe it?!) Normally this is when I'd employ the words of others by inserting a fitting poem, but Sara has wisely warned that the Edward Lear poem I found most fitting would likely set spam filters into high gear, in spite of its status as one of my most-beloved children's poems. What a world we live in, eh?

Lacking in my own words and unable to employ those of others, I'll instead point you toward the plethora of pictures that await you elsewhere in 20x200's world. You've still got a good amount of time to peruse at leisure, but do be sure to get your orders in by this Friday, December 17th, if you're aiming to get art under your tree in time for Christmas using our standard shipping. Indecisive? Our Gift Guides can help! Also, whether you're gussying up your own place for visitors or wanting to give the most fail-safe of gifts, our framed prints are just the ticket. They're going fast, however, so don't tarry if you see one that you like!