“I originally started painting Black & White Cards (with a little red) in 1980 when I was young and poor. The cost of full color printing was much too expensive for my budget. I found that I could afford to paint a picture in grays and have it printed but I felt it lacked something, so I drew a cardinal and hand colored it. Each year I would send out a card to my customers and friends. Then the next year, I would try to sell them at art shows. Soon, I had many different cards to sell. By the way, now I’m old and still poor.” Dan Merrell

There are ten blank cards per package, 4 1/2” X 6 1/4” (except for “The Covered Bridge” which is 9” X 4”) and sell for $12/pack. There are two assortment packs with 10 different images per package. Assortment Pack I has the images from 1980-1990 (minus “The Covered Bridge”) and Assortment Pack No. II has 1991-2000 images.  The assortment packs sell for $15/pack.