It’s so funny how kids follow our examples so easily. My daughter knows I make and sell art as a part of my life, and has therefore decided she will pursue that as one of her careers. It’s only one of many; because when she is an adult she plans to pursue different careers on different days of the week, such as archeologist, ballet dancer, astronaut, artist, and cowgirl. She’s rather ambitious! (more…)
I will be periodically posting info I find on competitions and things of that nature. Feel free to pass along anything you run across so it can be posted!
Solarte Gallery Artshow Competition — Solarte Gallery is seeking progressive, emerging artists working in all mediums for its Solarte Gallery Art Show. Winners will be awarded an online exhibition of three art pieces for 6 months and the opportunity to sell your work online with a known, high traffic, gallery website.
Deadline: April 2, 2007. Enter and submit artwork directly online: http://www.solartegallery.com/submit.html. Questions? Contact Solarte Gallery Team at submissions@solartegallery.com.
When I began to get my feet wet selling my work, I noticed that a bunch of my artist friends were getting reproductions of their work done, and selling prints. I thought this to be a great idea! After all, I would have copies of art that I had sold, and for those who couldn’t afford an original, they could buy a print.
Everyone seems to go about this process differently though, (more…)
Critiques can be a valuable tool in your maturation process as an artist. That doesn’t make it easy, though. Someone picking apart your efforts feels like someone picking on your child. It just seems unfair! (more…)
It’s all over the news! A Normal Rockwell painting, “The Russian Classroom”, owned by mega-film director Steven Spielberg, turns out to be a stolen piece of property. Apparently, Spielberg purchased the painting from a legitimate dealer in 1989 and didn’t know it was stolen until his staff spotted its image last week on an FBI website, listing stolen works of art, according to the bureau. It had been initially stolen from the now-closed Clayton Art Gallery. Only a few days after first exhibiting the work, the front glass windows were smashed. “Russian Classroom” was the only artwork stolen from the gallery.
I grew up as a fan of Norman Rockwell. I became incredibly disappointed as I went through art school to realize that most of my professors turned their noses up at his work. (more…)
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve run into a lot of artists who insist on attempting to frame their own work. This is often unsuccessful at best, disastrous at worst. If can be difficult to be objective when framing your own pieces, because you generally have a preconceived idea in your head about frame and mat choices.
For example, it is very common for artists and lay people alike to feel nervous to use dark wood frames. I don’t know why, but (more…)
