{"title":"30K Celebration \u0026 Moving Sale!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/5548\/3448\/files\/2026_movingsale_1024x1024.jpg?v=1779224258\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(May 19th Note : These are some of the artworks that will be in my sale. I'm adding new art here all the time, check back... and follow my \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/upcycled_vintage_ar\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInstagram stories\u003c\/a\u003e for more impromptu original sales!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI have TWO big announcements…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnouncement 1 : Celebrating 30K followers on Instagram\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThere are now 30K of you lovely folk following my subtle nerd art… and I want to thank all of you for your support, whether you’ve been watching me paint since I started on Instagram three years ago… or if you just signed up today! To celebrate, I’m having a crazy sale (I never do sales this big, especially on originals!) \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNO EARLY ACCESS, NO HOLDS, NO RAINCHECKS! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen : May 30th all day here on my website\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e30% off Original Artwork \u0026amp; studies\u003cbr\u003e30% off Digitals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBUT WAIT! I’ve already hit 35K!!! So let’s take this up a notch…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIF I get to 40K before May 30th… I’ll change my sale to a 40% off sale!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e40% off Original Art work \u0026amp; studies\u003cbr\u003e40% off Digitals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShare this sale to your social media to help me get to 40K and get you and your friends a bargain on old-school art. Discount will be applied automatically at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnouncement 2 : Moving Studio Sale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWe are moving our family… so I am also having a studio moving sale! I have been painting children’s books, greeting cards, and fine art for the last 25 years… and I’m ready to downsize! I have a couple hundred paintings, illustrations and studies that I would like to rehome and will be letting them go at ridiculous prices…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen : Now till May 30th\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere : Instagram Flash Sales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKeep an eye on my Instagram stories for Flash Sales of some of my favourite pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Studio Sale May 30th \u003c\/strong\u003e: May 30th, you are welcome to come to my studio in Brampton and rummage through the dozens of original artworks for sale that will NOT be online. Please drop me a note in the chat bot below to arrange a time and for address details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo May has turned into a month of celebration and of closing a chapter… full of emotions, but to be honest I’m too busy packing boxes to process it all right now! --Heather\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sketch-ncc-1701-top-original-acrylic-painting","title":"Sketch : NCC-1701 Top, original acrylic painting","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSketch : NCC-1701\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 x 12 original acrylic painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI like to sketch with paint, and these loose paintings of spaceships helped me study the vessels before I created upcycled artwork. I like to hang canvases like this unframed... feels fresh off the easel somehow, bit closer to the artwork. 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She taught art and loved to experiment with styles, painting a lot of still life studies of glass and fruit… this one is particularly nice. I chose this piece specifically for its distinct 1960’s style to create the illusion that someone broke the prime directive in our history by leaving their combadge carelessly on the table… and an artist captured that moment in art.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed media on vintage painting\u003cbr\u003e51 x 61 cm (20 x 24 inch) canvas\u003cbr\u003e68 x 78 cm (26.75 x 30.5 inch) frame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrame : The original frame is in very good condition, the previous owner took very good care of the artwork. 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Fluffy, gentle, loveable, and mortal enemies to Klingons… gotta love tribbles!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese still life paintings with fruit and wine have been mass produced to the point of market saturation... but they originated hundreds of years ago, when there were hidden meanings in the arrangement. For instance, the more opulent the spread, the more it reflected on one's wealth. A piece of moldy bread or rotten fruit would signify one's mortality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdding tribbles with their incredible appetite to this beautiful spread of fruits only means one thing... a guarantee that shortly there will be no food left at all! Had this been a real still life with tribbles, the artist would have had to paint it very quickly before the tribbles devoured everything and there was no fruit left to paint!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnframed : This is a common size and would be easy to find a frame to fit it. Wired and ready to display. 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You won't have any trouble finding one.” —Riker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe horga’hn was first featured in the episode “Captain’s Holiday” in Star Trek The Next Generation c1990. Commander Riker played a trick on Captain Picard by requesting he bring back this seemingly innocuous statue as a souvenir \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo while on holiday on the pleasure planet of Risa, Picard dutifully bought the statue… but then was continuously interrupted from reading his book by the poolside by women seeking the pleasure of his company. Finally one woman explained the statue’s not-so-subtle meaning as an invitation for jamaharon… and Captain Picard, the classy guy he was, admitted he didn’t even know what jamaharon was. Adventure and romance followed…\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eand I don’t know if he ever finished his book!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that this alteration gives this little painting a completely different vibe!\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI found it at a thrift store… it had been ripped out of its pretty frame and discarded in just its trim, nails poking out and all. Nothing sadder than art chucked away for its frame! 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In the second How To Train Your Dragon film, I loved how the dragons flew towards the icy fortress, knowing they would be safe inside, protected by the great bewilderbeast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Hiccup, who had just been abducted by dragons (and his Mum!), the sight of the nest was terrifying and amazing at the same time.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nest was also the location of the sweetest reunion between Valka \u0026amp; Stoick. Has me in tears every time they first set eyes on each other! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original vintage painting on wood was collected locally in Ontario. It's an unusual size, probably painted on the wood that already came with the frame! 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At the time there weren't many \"girly\" fan clothes for the film, so I bought a boys hoodie, and sewed red fabric under the arms, so she could put her arms out and spread her \"wings\" and run around like a dragon! (Shortly after the film was released, my son was born, so it was a very special year for me.) The second film was one of those rare times the sequel is as good as the first movie... and the final film had all three of my children in tears at the conclusion of the series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy favourite thing about the original films is the friendship between Hiccup \u0026amp; Toothless. They are both the same age, both figuring out who they are. As an artist, I LOVE that scene when they bonded over drawing in the sand together! 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And aside from knowing Entings existed, we know little else about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eI am enjoying exploring what they may have looked like with my illustration… they had bark-like skin, and resembled the trees they herded. Perhaps the Entings were more tree-like to begin with, their limbs splitting away from their trunks once they were strong enough to pull their feet from the ground and walk!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOnce, forests covered all of Middle Earth. Lord Elrond said, \"Time was once when a squirrel could carry a nut from tree to tree from Rivendell to the Great Sea…” However, as the dominion of Elves, Men and Dwarves spread across Middle Earth, the great sprawling forest the Ents tended began to shrunk. The purpose of the Ents to protect the trees became even more important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAnd while the Ents were far away roaming and protecting the trees, I imagined the Entwives would have remained to protect the forests they immediately dwelled in, while also raising their vulnerable offspring, the Entings. The Entwives purpose had shifted, to feed and nurture the Entings to grow into strong Ents \u0026amp; Entwives themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTheir story continued, and J.R.R. Tolkien left breadcrumbs as to the fate of the Entwives across his poems, stories and letters. As I continue to illustrate these moments between Ent, Entwife and Enting… I hope you will follow along, and share any clues you may have found!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Portrait of Entwife \u0026amp; Entling\"\u003cbr\u003ealtered painting by Heather Castles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e19.5 x 24.5 cm (8 x 10 inch) painting on vintage lithograph print on cardboard\u003cbr\u003e29.5 x 24.5 vintage frame, resin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upcycled Vintage Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51337857630520,"sku":"HOBBIT0035","price":225.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/5548\/3448\/files\/IMG_0026_ad8e88fc-3c18-45c6-997e-eb8a31f8d8c3.jpg?v=1764221163"},{"product_id":"available-next-art-drop-tree-herder-no-2-original-upcycled-vintage-painting","title":"Entling Youth, original upcycled vintage painting","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘There have been no Entings – no children, you would say, not for a terrible long count of years. 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As I continue to illustrate these moments between Ent, Entwife and Enting… I hope you will follow along, and share any clues you may have found!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Portrait of Entling Youth\"\u003cbr\u003ealtered painting by Heather Castles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e19.5 x 24.5 cm (8 x 10 inch) painting on vintage lithograph print on cardboard\u003cbr\u003e29.5 x 24.5 vintage frame, resin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upcycled Vintage Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51337858941240,"sku":"HOBBIT0045","price":225.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/5548\/3448\/files\/IMG_0019.jpg?v=1764221181"},{"product_id":"magical-miniatures-professor-original-miniature-acrylic-painting","title":"Magical Miniatures : The Professor - original miniature acrylic painting","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don’t let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in.\" —Minerva McGonagall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy final miniature portrait in the series is of my favourite professor. Minerva McGonagall, portrayed by Maggie Smith, is an absolute spitfire of a character. Her dry wit and sharp remarks had me in stitches… I loved how she could keep a classroom in line! And that scene where she teaches the students to dance… absolute GOLD!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo while painting, I asked the question… who would have carried her portrait with them? And to my surprise I discovered, that Professor McGonagall was actually married! This character development was revealed outside the HP book series… but it was bittersweet to discover that the Professor we knew was actually a widow, as she had been married a few years to Elphinstone Urquart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey were married in their later years so had no children, but lived in a cottage near the school so that Minerva could travel to work easily each day. Elphinstone sadly passed away early in their marriage (accidental tentacula bite!) and so Minerva moved back to the school permanently. A few years later, a young wizard with a distinct scar on his forehead arrived for his first year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo while painting her portrait, I imagined her husband would have kept this cheeky portrait at home, while she was away at school teaching those \"babbling, bumbling, band of baboons!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis antique photo box once contained a deteriorating photo of a baby, who had no family or friends left to\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ekeep this small memento of her life. Which is very similar to McGonagall, who had no children of her own to carry on her sassy memory. 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Tin type photos are easy to find online, and not many people are interested in photos of other people's family and relatives... often finding them creepy! I hope to find a home for this little glass photo, so will keep it safe till then. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI replaced the glass with non-glare glass, so that it feels like there is nothing between you and the miniature painting. 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There were times I felt so frustrated with Dumbledore for not being more up front with Harry… but as I’ve grown older, I see Dumbledore’s wisdom in allowing Harry to follow his own path, and discover for himself when he was mature enough to face it, what being the “Chosen One” really required of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt was plain to see when Dumbledore passed, that he was beloved by all the students at Hogwarts. Not only because he was a powerful wizard, deserving of awe and respect. But he had a spark that resonated with children… who doesn’t love a headmaster who cancels exams as a special treat?!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSo while painting this portrait… it wasn’t difficult to imagine who would have carried this portrait in memory of a great Headmaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis antique photo box once contained a photo of another person, who had no family or friends left to\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ekeep this small memento of his life. Which is very similar to Dumbledore, who had no children of his own to carry on his memory. 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