Press Release

Original Watercolor to be Included in “Help Haiti Recover” Fundraiser

Long Beach, CA – On Saturday, Jan. 30, there will be a fundraiser for Haiti earthquake disaster victims, held at the Free Spirit Yoga studio in Long Beach. All proceeds from the event will go to Doctors Without Borders.  The entire community is urged to attend.

The fundraiser will include a silent auction of more than 20 items and services, along with a raffle of similar items and services and music during the event.  The event starts at 2 PM at the Free Spirit Yoga Studio at 3910 Atlantic Ave. and all winners will be announced at 3:45.

Among the items to be included in the silent auction are: original watercolor painting by Long Beach artist, Debbie Lewis; artwork by Long Beach artist, Douglas Orr, numerous Pilates, acupuncture and chiropractic and Long Beach Bootcamp sessions, home design consultation, cooking class, a 750 GB hard drive and Theatre West Productions tickets. Among items to be raffled are free ink for a year, massages, jewelry, dinner at Nino’s Restaurant, gift certificate from Salon Pop and Barber Salon, dog teeth cleaning, Pilates lesson and more.

All funds raised will go to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.

“There is nothing better than helping a worthy cause,” artist Debbie Lewis said. “We often forget how lucky we are to have homes in a great community like Long Beach. The least I can do is help others less fortunate regain their health and their lives through the generous work of Doctors Without Borders.”

Today, Doctors Without Borders provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. In 1999, Doctors Without Borders received the Nobel Peace Prize.

After enduring delays in receiving urgent medical supplies and equipment, as well as continuous aftershocks that threatened already-damaged facilities, MSF staff are now treating patients inside an inflatable hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  http://doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4238&cat=field-news&ref=home-center-relatedlink

Call 562-989-9959 for more details or go to www.freespirityoga.com.

Original floral watercolor painting to be auctioned off to support Doctors Without Borders disaster relief work in Haiti http://watercolorsforsaleonline.com

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A new painting by Debbie Lewis, “Can You Hear The Music?” has been made available on http://Etsy.com/Shop/WatercolorPainting

This painting is currently on exhibit at Cat Man Blu in Long Beach, Ca. where you can see it in person.

http://WatercolorsForSaleOnline.com

http://MeetDebbieLewis.com

http://debbielewiswatercolors.com

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I have set up a store on Zazzle so that those of my fans who also want my paintings printed on various types of merchandise, in addition to (or instead of) the original paintings, can get it all!  This includes T-shirts, hoodies, caps, mugs, calendars, greeting cards, you name it!  If you can print on it, you can have it……………  well, almost.

Check out:  http://zazzle.com/meetdebbielewis

http://MeetDebbieLewis.com

http://debbielewiswatercolors.com

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Do You Love Your Home? Celebrate with a Watercolor House Portrait

What better way to celebrate the home you love with a watercolor house portrait.

If you are not familiar with house portraits, let me tell you about them.

I find that people with beautiful homes like to keep them looking beautiful with aesthetic landscaping and possibly other decorative touches placed around the house, such as fountains, figurines and other fun objects -- or simply lush plants and trees. In fact, I consider such people to be artists themselves, as they are creating a beautiful image to be enjoyed by everyone who passes by their home.

Because they live on the inside of the home, they don't get to see the beautiful outside very often or for very long -- only when they enter their home.

However, if they want to enjoy their beautiful home while they are inside, day in and day out, they typically choose to commission an artist whose work they admire to do a custom house portrait for them.

The artist will usually take photographs or receive photographs from the home-owner which depict the home in the best light, with nice contrast and shadows, and which show off the house and landscape details to their best.

What is so great about commissioned paintings is that the artist can add or subtract elements that will enhance the painting. For example, if there happens to be an ugly telephone pole in front of the house, this can be excluded from the painting. Or if the photograph was taken during the winter and the home really looks best in the spring with flowers all in bloom, the artist can paint the flowers in bloom, even though they may not exist in the winter photo. This is what is called "artistic license". An artist creates a reality of his own!

If you are considering commissioning a painting of your home, make sure to discuss the details with the artist before you give him a deposit. Also make sure he/she will guarantee your satisfaction. That is key -- if you are not happy with the painting, the artist should agree to fix or re-do it until you are -- within reason, of course. (If you agree on a spring scene and change your mind later, you might need to pay extra to make major changes.)

Find an artist whose work you like so that you know what medium he will work in and are happy with his style of painting.

I love working with home-owners on their house portraits and seeing their beaming faces when I show them the portrait of their home I have created. There is no better feeling than that of creating a warm glow in someone's heart that I know will last forever! I also provide 2 free watercolor greeting cards with their house portrait on the outside so they can show off their new acquisition to friends and family.