This is the time of year when I emerge from weeks of planning and reading and taking in lots of inspiration. I have been working on applications for residencies, gathering data and photos for my next series of paintings, planning my year to include creating, teaching, and travel. I am also developing some exciting [...]
Following the so-called orphan works legislation,H.R. 5889 and S. 2913, and/or taking action?
To follow the Senate bill go to http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2913.
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/Â is a great resource for information on the proposed legislation. They oppose the legislation and offer sample letters and talking points, including a suggestion as to how international artists should make their opinions known.
Setting up the database is not my favorite thing to do in the studio obviously, but it is what I have been spending most of my time on for over a week, maybe that’s why I look so glum in the shot above! It was a thrill to actually put the database to good [...]
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
I wrote this post back when my printer was new and I was involved with a couple groups of artists looking into offering prints of their paintings. I have been waiting to post it until I had a photo of some of my framed prints. I finally took one at last Friday’s Holiday Sale and [...]
Professional artists must price their work the same everywhere they sell. There is a cost of selling whether a dealer or gallery handles the sale for you, you jury into a show and pay for a 10′ x 10′ space, or you sell in an online venue. The only difference is WHO spends the time [...]
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There has been some discussion among the members of the Visual Artist Street Team at Etsy regarding the decision to offer prints. I was writing the group a really long letter about my decision to offer and create my own prints when I realized that I have learned quite a few things about the [...]
The traditional advice for cutting foam core is to make two passes, one through the top layer of paper and foam and the second through the bottom later of paper. How tedious. After many trials (and errors), I have found that I can make very clean and straight cuts with just one pass of [...]
I promised to show some of the different papers I have experimented with as I begin producing some of my own fine art prints. I took this photo under a cloudy sky with the papers resting on a blank canvas. I found it interesting to see that the Somerset Velvet White is the [...]
After pricing fine art prints and then having a print job come back to me with the colors way off, I decided to improve my printing capabilities. I can now offer prints of all my paintings! It’s been amazing to see the quality of these prints and so much fun to watch a [...]
a work in progress