Well, it happened! We got the call just a few days ago (one day after Izzy, our chihuahua, was diagnosed with a serious heart condition) - the call we hoped would never come... or not come for a looooong time. The one where our warehouse lease-or announced he needed us to move our 1,000 square foot warehouse full of furniture, belongings, art and collectible inventory and Duirwaigh memorabilia OUT of his space in Atlanta.

ACCCKKKK!

Apparently, he was not aware we live 1800 miles away and couldnt do it within the seven days notice he'd given us.

OOPS!

So, we've juggled, we've figured, we've colluded, and come up with a plan for Angi to fly into Atlanta while Silas watches the sick Izzy puppy child. There she will sort, pack and pack some more. A week later she'll fly back into New Mexico and sit with the sick puppy child while Daddy (aka Silas "Pan" Toball) flies into the ATL, packs and packs and packs and then loads up a Uhaul to drive back to NM.

Whew! I'm tired just reading about it!

The Upswing? We'll be starting to sell off the remainder of our publishing goods (prints, books, calendars, cards) as well as our original painting inventory, doll art, sculptures and a lot of miscellaneous muchness an suchness.

THE FIRST SALE BEGINS TONIGHT!!

Right here on our eBay page!

This first auction is launching to help pay for our Uhaul and flights. It will be followed by similar auctions in April, May, June and throughout the summer.

All items should be live tonight, and if you're interested in other rare prints or paintings from Duirwaigh (ones you don't see on tonight's auction) just contact us! Once the move is finally behind us, we'll set up an online gallery on our site www.Duirwaigh.com so you can see - at a click - some of the goodies that would love to be adopted into new homes.

OH! And for those of you who remember a painting from years past and would love to adopt buy are juggling the might forces of the economy, FEAR NOT! We've initiated a TEN MONTH LAYAWAY program that slashes even the fiercest of fire-breathing pricetags!

Here are a few examples from the sale

To get to the actual sale follow this link to our eBay page.

It's just so hard sometimes, keeping things under wraps. Both Silas and I love to make art, and like most artists, we like instant gratification. But sometimes, we must sit on our palms, waiting for publishers to make the products for us, keeping the secret staunchly until all parties are ready for...well, the big debut party!

It's with no little sense of elation that I can now share with you some of the art we created in 2010 for our book Digital Art Wonderland. A long wait it's been, to be sure, but now we can dance and sing around the kudo fire. Burn, baby, burn!

This piece is entitled "Midnight at La Fenice" and is a tribute to the inner landscape we all contain within ourselves. It's also a tip of the hat to our inspired Venice, the place Silas and I met in one lifetime or another.

You can read about the book and get a full Google preview here.

We have a handful of signed copies. Pick one up in our shopping cart while supplies last!

It's official! Angi's a cover girl! The summer edition of Where Women Create is on stands now! Pick up your copy at your local book store or get your signed copy here!

In this article, you'll get lots of images from Angi's personal Wonderland, while also getting the story of how the studio came to be. Like always, Angi shoots from the hip, with equal doses bawdy and soul.

Indulge!