iMac problem - I know it's not art, but ...

I have an iMac. I had trouble putting it in 'sleep', and actually couldn't open it again. So had to power off. When it came back, all my arial font had changed to an almost unreadable font. I couldn't read my browsers, so google searches were fruitless.
I opened up 'word' and copied the funky font from out of an email, over to there. It showed up as being Arial, but it wasn't.
I took Arial out of my font folder. It still didn't change.
I had to browse through all my fonts, looking for the Ag sample that matched. I ended up being 'JungleStandard.ttf'. So I took that out of the folder, and put the regular Arial back. That solved the problem, but immediately, in firefox I got a page coming up that showed my folders, and was something about iscan? It identified all these viruses, Trojans, and insisted I download an exe file immediately.
It was SCARY, and it wouldn't let me access other tags on Firefox. I couldn't close it.
As far as I know (I'm only a new iMac user), exe are not the program files for iMacs.
I was told I didn't need virus protection for my iMac.
I tried downloading clamxav, but couldn't work out how to do that.
I have downloaded a free virus checker. iAntiVirus - it's currently checking, and has not come up with any infections after about 15 minutes and 302,000 objects checked.
I'm also running trend on Safari, with no results showing. I'm not sure if it's doing anything.
Well, I just thought I'd report this in case anyone encounters funky font instead of arial on their iMacs. That scan thing was terribly realistic.

"Buttercup Lane" original acrylic painting HOUSE

ORIGINAL ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
MINIATURE FINE ART - 2.5" x 3"
SMALL FORMAT ART *SFA*
on watercolor paper.


"There is a lot of detail and hours of work in this. I love houses, I sketched over 9,000 of them and this has to be a favorite! I am a member of the Miniature Art Society of Florida and past member of other miniature societies. I did this for a special display of miniature art."

This work also looks so lovely framed. I've got it listed on ebay.
VIEW HERE

~Jillian
http://www.JillianCrider.com

Cowgirl Boots - watercolor.

Here's my latest watercolor (watercolor pencils, actually - I tried them out!) "These Boots ..."
It's ACEO art card size (2.5x3.5")


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290252662580


Thanks for looking,
~Jillian

Jacksonville watercolor - wooden Indian.

My latest watercolor:

It's an old statue - wooden Indian, in the Western town of Jacksonville, Oregon. This town is used a lot for old western movies, so this probably has been photographed or filmed many hundreds of times.

Watercolor ACEO 2.5x3.5"
"Old Town Americana - Wooden Indian"

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290251031639

Thanks for looking.
~Jillian

A personal request.

Please, if you get a chance please visit
http://www.caringbridge.com - type in "leslielance"
This is my daughter-in-law's sister.
She has been seriously unwell for some 18 months. She's had 2 bone marrow transplants.
Please write in her journal. Any prayers would be welcomed, too.
Thank you.
~Jillian

Local images - watercolors - Jacksonville, Oregon - ACEOs

Local scenes from Jacksonville, Oregon:
Chinese New Year
and a scene by an old barn from the 1800s - bought across country by wagon train, and rebuilt in 1800 and something in Jacksonville.
Currently an antique store. Owned by its third owner since the 1960s.

"Jacksonville Barn and Barrow"

"Happy Lanterns"

~Jillian

Watercolor - Garden ACEO - 2.5x3.5"

Southern "Colonial Garden"
Love the darks and lights of filtered sunlight in this.


2.5x3.5" ACEO watercolor

To be listed 4.15pm PST (ebay time) Friday.

http://stores.ebay.com/Art-of-Jillian-Crider
Painting is better than the scan. *sigh*
~Jillian

2 small ACEO watercolors - antiques

I love visiting antique shops. This is from an antiques store in countryside of Georgia (by Callaway Gardens).
"Left on the Shelf" It's watercolor, ACEO (2.5x3.5")

I loved playing with the colors in it.

The next challenge was some old wooden drawers from the same place.
"Old Drawers" Also watercolor, ACEO (2.5x3.5")

Visit my ebay listings.
I'm posting more today!
I am determined to get some houses done. I've already done one.
Thanks for looking!
~Jillian

R.I.P. Thomas Randall Crider

I guess this is the place also for me to share personal news. Randy Crider, my son Dustin's father, and ex-husband, died Sunday 6th January after a brief illness.

~Jillian

Goodbye 2007, hello 2008!

So glad to see the end of 2007, but 2008 isn't showing improvement. But I'm painting.
This 5x7" Watercolor painting of an appaloosa horse is from the Rogue Valley, Oregon. Title: Appaloosa Rogue. There is 8+ hours work in this.
I'm pleased with the results, but was tired and it became tedious near the end, and was scared of ruining it.

This is my most recent SFA (smallformat art) other than ACEOs (always 2.5x3.5").



~Jillian