An exciting new opportunity has just been made available by artist Mia DeLode.  Collectors can watch a painting come to life by going to Mia’s new Facebook Fan page and becoming a fan!  She is downloading an image of a painting’s progress after each painting session.

     Fans have been adding comments and title suggestions as they watch the first sketch develop in stages and then into the finished product.  “I love doing “Quick Draws”, says Mia, “and this is a bit like that  except I  get   so   involved 

with the process that I’m still having to remind myself to get that image taken after the painting session.”  She is just getting started on this venture and, knowing how Mia works to make dreams come true, it is bound to become a very popular page.

   I’m having fun with this,” confesses Mia.  “The responses have been wonderfully positive and I’m thrilled, humbled, and eager to get more paint on the canvas”.

     To check this out for yourself, go to  www.facebook.com/mia.delode become a fan, and enjoy!

GIVING BACK

     Events raising scholarship funds continues to play into Mia DeLode’s many roles.  One half the proceeds for one year from the prints of “All of Life’s Little Wonders” will be going to a special scholarship fund for some young ranching kids who’s Dad died way prematurely.  “Education is important for the options it gives you in life,” declares Mia.  “I was fortunate enough to be on the receiving end back when I needed it so it’s only right that I put it back.”   The painting titled “The Lookout” helped with that ideal in CMSGA’s annual live auction.  Another event that drew Mia’s attention was the Montana Hope Project contributing to the wishes of young  terminal patients with a silent auction piece titled   “Little Pine Creek Lake”.  “Everybody wins!”  

LIMITED EDITIONS AVAILABLE

The last working fire horses in the U.S. is the subject of this painting titled “1890’s First Responders” by Mia DeLode.  Rex and Dewey were a team of grey geldings that pulled horse drawn fire fighting equipment in Great Falls, Montana until modern engines forced their retirement.  The team was heralded nationwide in the New York Times citing their retirement as the end of an era.    This painting depicts the bold excitement that marked the team’s popularity.

Summer 2011 Edition

    Available for the first time this year, is a new easy way to order prints online.   Mia DeLode has partnered with Fine Art America to make this process much more simple.  The high quality giclee reproductions are fully guaranteed and available in different formats and can even come matted and framed  or gallery wrapped!   And, as always, the prints remain LIMITED editions strictly enforced by the artist.  Most are also available as note cards

     Follow the link to check out which paintings are now available in cost effective reproductions at  www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/mia-delode.html

New This Year