Price Drop November 2010!

Great Gift Idea:  An 8x10 print of a street scene in France personalized with the name(s) of your choice on the shops.  What a magnificent addition to your home or gift for a friend this will make!

The artist is Marilyn Bast Dunlap.  Her European prints and posters are for sale at various places on the Internet, but Bracksco is offering one of her few wine-themed prints personalized for you by the artist herself.  (Marilyn will also re-sign and date the print in the lower right.)  View a personalized print. There are three shops in the scene above.  You can add first or last names to any of the shop signs (e.g., La Taverne Dunlap, Le Jardin De Michelle, etc) for a maximum of three names.  You may even change the complete name of the shop, if you wish (we've done "Café Carter" for example, as shown in the framed print near the bottom of this page).  If you want a different scene, we can offer the following options (click each picture to enlarge in a new window): Pâtisserie (pastry shop) Fromagerie (cheese shop) Bicyclettes (bicycle shop) Fleur de Lis (flower shop) Your cost is $62, which includes shipping.  The print will be delivered to you unframed, usually in about a week.  We use 110 lb., 8½"x11" paper, with the print size approximately 7-5/8"x10" within the white borders (actual print size is 7-11/16"x10-1/16") .   Want to talk with the artist about personalization ideas?  No problem -- she'll call you!

About the Artist Marilyn Bast Dunlap has always been energetic and artistic.  Her style is known as Romantic Realism.  She currently paints exclusively in acrylics, as this medium allows her to pay meticulous attention to detail. Marilyn has traveled extensively throughout Europe.  As an incurable Francofile, she translates ordinary streets into magical images, inviting us to be seduced by her cafes, bistros, narrow alleyways, and aged buildings.  In the artist's words, "When I am painting, I feel as though I am there.  I can smell the Fromagerie, taste the Chocolate, and long for a good seat at the Bistro de Bastille.  Painting is the next best thing to being there." Marilyn's original paintings have been featured in galleries in North Carolina and Florida, and her murals grace the walls of many beautiful homes in those states, also. All of Marilyn's paintings include a little black cat, like the ones that wander the streets of France!  Can you find one in the painting on this page?

Need it larger?  We have four 16x20 Giclée prints (definition) on heavy textured paper for $135 (including shipping in a tube).  You can request multiple changes to the text.  It's a beauty!  (In the Wine Shop photo below, the red shop down the alley says "Cafe Van Gogh," then underneath that it says "Cafe-Bar."  The brown building says "Hotel D'Or."  Any sign is changeable.)  In addition to a wine shop, we can also do a flower shop this way ... or an expanded street scene ... or a port scene!  Again, you can talk with the artist and request multiple text personalizations.  Wow, what a gift this would make for a special friend!

Want it framed?  We can do it.  Your cost (for the regular print), framed (nominally 13"x16" outside) in gold painted wood (similar, though not necessarily identical to what is shown below) with a green mat to match the green in the painting:  $139 (includes shipping -- add $6 for non-glare glass.)  We can also frame to your specifications (e.g., larger frame, different color mat, etc.).  We prefer that you have a local framer do the Giclées.

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