Month: January 2013

January 21, 2013

Help me celebrate my birthday with Random Acts of Kindness!

Random Acts of Kindness – Drawing by BZTAT

My birthday is this coming Wednesday, January 23. I am not usually one to announce it so publicly, as my birthday is not really a huge deal for me. But this year, my nephew’s wife inspired me to try something different.

On her recent birthday, Leah announced early in the morning:

Today I will be doing 32 random (or intentional) acts of kindness, one for each year I have been alive on the earth. In honor of my birthday, I would love for you to do an act of kindness for someone also!

Leah did do at least 32 random acts of kindness on her birthday, and she posted about each one on her Facebook page. It was very inspiring.

I thought I might do the same thing. The only problem is, I am 19 years older than Leah, which means I have a lot more random acts of kindness (RAOK) to do.

So I thought I would ask for help.

I have 1120 friends on Facebook, and I have 1101 fans on my Facebook fan page. Surely out of all of these people, we can come up with 51 RAOKs, yes?

So here is what I would like to do. On my birthday, I would like for as many of my friends to do an RAOK and post about it on my Facebook Fan Page. You can do something small or something big; something unusual or something common. if possible, snap a photo and post that too. Whatever you choose, share it on my birthday to help me celebrate!

If you would prefer to do your RAOK anonymously, or you are not on Facebook, send me an email and I will post it for you with or without sharing your name.

Thanks for your help. I look forward to this being a very special birthday!

January 20, 2013

Okey’s Promise Art Auction – Feline Valentine

“Feline Valentine” drawing by BZTAT

Since Valentines Day is just around the corner, I thought I would make a valentine for cat lovers. Today’s artwork is a drawing with many cats and many hearts!

I have been posting art auctions throughout January to aid the fund raising campaign for my latest Okey’s Promise project. This is the last in the series. Thanks for following along!

Here are the details for today’s artwork:

5″ X7″ Prismacolor Pencil and Marker Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ x 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $60 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $60 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Monday 1/21/13 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to PayPal to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.

January 17, 2013

Okey’s Promise Art Auction – Sorta Tortie

“Sorta Tortie” drawing by BZTAT

I love how Tortoise Shell cats have faces that have markings that divide their faces in a Picasso-esque way. I also love the way their colors are a miss-mash of the spectrum, including oranges and reds, blues and purples, and other colors that give each cat a unique pattern to her coat.

Today’s artwork is a drawing of a majestic Maine Coon cat with tortoise shell markings.

I am posting art auctions throughout January to aid the fund raising campaign for my latest Okey’s Promise project. You can follow the auctions here or on the Okey’s Promise Facebook page. Watch for art auctions all month long!

Some artworks will be new, and some will be works from previous auctions that did not sell for one reason or another. Here are the details for today’s artwork: