Artdougsmith.com

Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello 

Doug and Wife Tiffany, Naples 2011

My wife Tiffany participates in the events and markets I am at as well. She makes really cool jewelery and sells awesome stones from all over the World.

Please check out!!!!!!! www.EarthsAura.com

This is Tiffany's website of her great jewelry she makes and her awesome stones she finds  all over the world. She knows a lot about stones and their healing properties.

Ask her anything. There is something for everything and everyone. :-)

Jewelery, Crystals, Healing Stones from around the World.

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Doug's Education

University of South Florida, 2000-04, Masters In Fine Arts.

University of South Florida, 1995-97, Bachelors In Communications.

Barron Collier High School, 1989-93, High School Diploma. 

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College Years…….While attending College, I held positions ranging from opening new accounts at Key Bank, leasing apartments for Gables Residential, Teaching Drawing and Creative Thought at The University of South Florida, a Glass Blower, a line cook at The Outback Steakhouse, a Pool boy, a sandwich maker at Jason's Deli to working on my own selling Arts and Crafts.

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 My Truck and Toy Hauler              My parents in Idaho

McCall Idaho 2008

I really like to make lanoleum cut prints on old newspapers. This ones is framed and packaged in a carboard box. "Chkns on the brain."

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Please Support your local Markets!!!!!

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www.EarthsAura.com

www.everettstreetguesthouse.com

www.dickblick.com

www.phish.com

www.pikeplacemarket.org

www.capitalcitypublicmarket.com

www.saturdaymarket.org

www.unionstreetfarmersmkt.com

 www.amazon.com

www.youtube.com

www.farmtofamilymusic.com

www.reggaeontheriver.com

www.philadelphonic.com/home

www.nasa.com

www.pandora.com

http://www.facebook.com/AshevilleCityMarket?sk=wall

https://sites.google.com/site/ashevilleartinthepark2012/

www.NASA.com

www.LiveScience.com

www.Pandora.com

www.philadelphonic.com

www.kimstimpson.com

www.jamesrydermurphyiv.com

www.tkchighlands.com

www.hawcreekforge.com

www.puzzlepots.com

www.ottertrout.com

www.mything.com

www.etsy.com/shop/woodybluerainbowflag

www.wiltjerpottery.com

www.mysticreptiles.com

www.lauraposs.com

www.wholesale.entertheearth.com

www.etsy.com/shop/appalachianjoinery

www.storesupply.com

www.Riogrande.com


 

"Stop talking about it and do something about it."

 1."He that has generous eyes shall be blessed"

2. "If you withhold judgment on a person, than judgment can never befall you."

3. "Everything in life should be kept in balance, but if love knocks you off balance....than it is ok."

4. "Don't speak too freely about your success because in doing so you make  yourself a target for others."

5. "In victory be humble, in defeat be strong, in all else, be fair. "

6. "You are on this Earth for one reason only: You asked to be here. Why? So you could experience what it means to be a creator. Instead of having endless paradise handed to you freely by your Creator, you wanted the chance to have a hand in actually creating that endless paradise."

7. "There is no such thing as an Almighty God who punishes people."

8. "Light always disrupts and converts darkness. But darkness is powerless in the presence of light."

9. "If you wish to die well, we must learn how to live well."

10. "Death is a mirror on which the entire meaning of life is reflected."

11. "All obstacles, both large and small, are really opportunities to find the light."

12. "There are the Creators of life and the Destroyers of life. If you are a Creator, the Destroyer will weaken you so you need to stay away."

13. "Envious eyes and jealous looks have a tangible effect on your life and well-being."



 Douglas Michael Smith

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Hello,

I was born in Toledo Ohio at Little Flower Hospital on 3/26/1975. In 1982 my family moved down to Naples Florida where I lived until 1995. I then moved to Tampa Florida and started my B.A. in Communications. In 1997 I moved to Portland Oregon where I really feel I started to begin a path to somewhere in art. In 1999 I moved back to Florida and lived in Boca Raton and messed around. In 2000 I moved back to Tampa to get my Masters In Fine Arts in Studio Art. I moved back out to Portland Oregon in 2004 and started to learn the business side of Art and making a living off of it. In 2007 I left Portland in a 40 foot Toy Hauler 5th wheel trailer and traveled around the West selling some Art at a few shows. Then I settled in Seattle and opened a table at the Pike Place Market. In 2009 I moved back to my home town of Naples where I started a new with a little of the old. In June of 2011, I moved to Micanopy, Fl with my wife Tiffany and  lived on a horse farm with our horse Rori, two dogs and 4 birds. In December 2011 we moved to Asheville NC and are currently showing as much as we can at local tailgate markets and events around the area. In the winter time, we go down to Naples, Marco area in Florida and sell at markets in the area. In the Spring, we head back up to Asheville.

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The paints I use are Acrylic

Liquetex Basics

Winsor and Newton

Yellow Ochre

Chr. Oxide Green

Raw Sienna

Pht. Blue

White

Black

Red Iron Oxide

Burnt Sienna

Raw Umber

Burnt Umber

Naples Yellow

Cad. Red Med.

Cad. Yellow

 I use Olympic Interior Latex Flat White as my primer for my pieces

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Helpful tips for starting a business selling your Art at Farmers Markets and Events in your area:

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1. Get a website started. It doesn't have to be perfect at first. Just get one going and let it build as your business grows. I like what Yahoo has to offer.

2. Get the proper liscenses to sell where you want to participate.

3. If you have a tent, get proper weights to hold the tent down in the event of a strong wind. They usualy are required.

4. Make sure your tent is fire proof. Most shows and markets I go to have 10x10 spaces. Once in a blue moon I see 8x8 but I think it's safe to say a good 10x10 tent is important. I use EZ-UP but Caravan is good. Sometimes you can get a descent, biginners tent at WalMart or Home Depot.

 5. Have proper change. We try to keep things in bills only so we don't have to carry coin. We have around $75 on us for change in mostly $1,$5,$10's.

6. Credit Crads is a must. Figure out a way to take all of them. If you have a smart phone, get a Square device. They are a great service. Their web site is www.squareup.com.

7. Make friends with neighbors for a bathroom break.

8. Try to make your set up easy to set up and break down. Nothing too heavy that you can't carry a short distance if need be. You never know where your booth space is sometimes and you may have to walk a little ways.

9. Be extremely nice to the people who are running the show. A good relationship with them can make all the difference.

10 . Business cards. I almost forgot. I use Vistaprint.com. You can get anything you want for your business from them.On the card, I would put your website, a short few words of what you do and if it is special and why. An e-mail contact and a phone number. I leave the back blank.

11. For tent and business supplies, I use Store Supply Warehouse or Storesupply.com

12. For my art supplies, I use Dickblick.com.

13. For Tiffanys supplies, she uses RioGrande.com

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