![Romance in Stone [framed] © Sarah Vernon](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/romanceinstoneframed.jpg?w=490&h=647)
Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
This is one of my earliest efforts with textures and handwriting over a photograph of a street in Chania. I knew so much less about how to use Photoshop in those days but it still pleases me that it came out as it did. Another of those happy accidents.
Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America
Fine Art England
Saatchi Art
Take care and keep laughing!
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![Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/e257blog1.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "Venetian Rose Water © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Yacht: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zakhark/572331622/in/faves-83665426@N05/
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![Romance in Stone [framed] © Sarah Vernon](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/romanceinstoneframed.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "romanceinstoneframed")
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Clock created for Behind Time
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Vintage Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing from The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97514042/
The background is a blend of the interior of The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 from an old encyclopaedia — the venue was originally built in Hyde Park and the exhibition was organised by Prince Albert and Henry Cole — and textures from “2 Lil’ Owls”:http://2lilowls.com.
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![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ma077blog.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra - Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (")
![Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hl008blog.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "Artful Pumpkins © Sarah Vernon [Redbubble]")
![Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea: “Biodiversity Library”:http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490916
Texture: “Kerstin Frank”:https://www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/9181048645/in/photostream/
Flowers: “Rijksmuseum”:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/150967--sarah-vernon/mijn-eerste-verzameling/objecten#/SK-A-3899,0
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![Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/e254blog.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "Bird on the Beam © Sarah Vernon [Crated]")
![Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/e221blog.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "Bring up the Curtain")
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![The Boat House Tote Bag © Sarah Vernon [Fine Art England]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/totebagfae.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "totebagfae")
![Gabrielle d'Estrees and one of her sisters [unknown]](https://firstnightdesign.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ma015frame.jpg?w=84&h=84&crop=1 "ma015frame")
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11/05/2015 at 22:35
olganm
Another beauty. And I’m also intrigued about your writing.
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11/05/2015 at 23:45
First Night Design
Bless you, Olga. As for the writing, that’s why I follow so many writing blogs!
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11/05/2015 at 19:10
jelmak1234
Reblogged this on jelmak1234.
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11/05/2015 at 16:28
Mary
I’m in love with this design – has your signature all over it. Extraordinary piece of work Sarah.
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11/05/2015 at 18:03
First Night Design
In view of your beautiful work, this is such a compliment, Mary. Thank you.
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11/05/2015 at 12:25
janetweightreed10
You might have known much less about Photoshop in those days, but your innate sense of design was very much in place. Have a lovely day and keep smiling:)x
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11/05/2015 at 15:08
First Night Design
Much thanks, Janet. I’m now working out which of your comments should be engraved on my headstone. 😀
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11/05/2015 at 10:52
janemorley2014
Always love anything architectural, that and the handwriting too , has to be good!
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11/05/2015 at 15:07
First Night Design
Bless you. It’s also architecture that sparks my fiction!
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11/05/2015 at 15:18
janemorley2014
As I’ve only just started writing fiction I’m not sure what my spark is, just images and atmosphere I think! Where do you hide your fiction then Sarah, on another blog? 🙂
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11/05/2015 at 15:45
First Night Design
I’m still trying to get back into it! I’ve mostly written for what I believe they now call Young Adults (YA). Once had a literary agent and came very close to being published (in the ’90s). I think you’ve read the four extracts from my memoir (check About page for the links) but with so much drama and trauma during the last twenty years, and desperately trying to earn a living with my art, I’ve found it almost impossible to get back to it. I want to update the story that came close as it was written before everyone had a personal computer!
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11/05/2015 at 18:49
janemorley2014
I have indeed read your memoir selections Sarah and thought they were really excellent. Hope you do revive your ‘almost’ story, I shall look forward to it! I had a go at a little ghost story last b-night, quite like this very short story format! 🙂
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12/05/2015 at 17:40
First Night Design
I must, I must!
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12/05/2015 at 13:30
janemorley2014
Meant to ask Sarah, hope you don’t mind – doing a bit of research for my own things – whichdo you find goes best for your art sales, prints, cards, ipad covers? They all look very effective!
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12/05/2015 at 17:41
First Night Design
On the whole, cards and posters.
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12/05/2015 at 17:42
First Night Design
But that may have more to do with promoting. I try to promote things equally. When Zazzle sold sneakers, I used to sell quite a few of those!
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12/05/2015 at 18:26
janemorley2014
Thanks! Like the sneaker idea!!
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