There have been a few posts here in Active Rain regarding baskets for closing gifts. I thought I would upload one that I did for a client. My intention was to "make it personal".  I wanted something that the client would actually use and remember me when they used it. Of course each client is a little different so every basket has to be a little different. This particular couple liked wine and sitting in their backyard at night by the pool. They also lived near the Conimicut Lighthouse which I happened to have done a painting of a few years back. Because I belong to Cafe Press, I was able to have the painting reproduced on a small box (see photo) and also a Notebook (which you cannot see but is in back of the box). A couple of fancy wine glasses, both white and red wine and a couple of ... 03/01/2009

Did you know that Conimicut Point used to have a Casino?Or that the Lighthouse was being rowed to by Lighthouse keepers from across the bay at Nyatt Point?Or that people used to take a trolley car from Providence, pass through Conimicut, (or stay there), and then travel on to Rocky Point Park?Or that it was the site of an important Indian meeting?There's probably lots that you do not know about Conimicut Point. If you would like to read some interesting history about it, read Don D'Amatos "Conimicut, A Modern Village" on the city's web site.For me, Conimicut has always been the place I would go when I thought I had problems. I would go there and sit and watch the waves and peer at the Conimicut Lighthouse. I have painted that lighthouse and I know every nook and cranny. Something about... 10/20/2007