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rEvolution: My First Museum Exhibit

[caption id="attachment_3930" align="alignright" width="287"] Brochure for the exhibit rEvolution. Design by Paulo Negri Filho[/caption] These past few years have been a real struggle. I guess I knew what I was getting into when I left my comfy job in the healthcare finance world, but I didn't know just how challenging the early years would be. In fact, I'm not out of the water yet, but next week marks the beginning of the next step forward. Of course, I hope there are many more steps like this in the years to come. From healthcare finance to a museum exhibit in just a...

April 15, 2014

Greg

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Behind the Painting: Iglesia en La Serena

[caption id="attachment_3932" align="alignleft" width="283"] Iglesia en La Serena - Watercolor on Paper (2014)[/caption] I started working with watercolors a few weeks ago, and today I finished my 11th painting, of which only two are worth presenting. The learning curve has proven to be steep but not tiresome. This painting is the 11th attempt and one of the two that I believe is worthy of satisfaction. It is called Iglesia en La Serena and it's based on a photo I took while visiting La Serena, Chile a few years ago. I took this photo knowing that I would someday paint it. This...

March 19, 2014

Greg

in Behind the Artwork

Behind the Painting: New Year Gift

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="222"] New Year Gift - Oil on Paper (2013)[/caption] We were in the early days of the warm Brazilian summer when a collector sent me an e-mail with a photo she had just taken from her bedroom window. Deep in midst of her PhD thesis, the late evening sun had caught her gaze and distracted her long enough to see the distant cityscape slowly turn into dark hues of yellows, oranges, reds, and greys before giving way to the darker blues of the night sky above. It was a reminder to her that her thesis was going take...

March 9, 2014

Greg

in Behind the Artwork

How to Run a Successful Kickstarter Campaign

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="261"] Una Vista de Ardales - oil on canvas[/caption] So I recently finished a successful Kickstarter campaing (see here). It was a small project to help raise money to buy frames for an exhibit, and it was my first ever fundraising campaign. Below are some lessons that I learned about how to run a successful Kickstarter campaign, and I hope that they help you in your Kickstarter, or other crowdfunding, campaign. Best of luck to you, and I hope that you more than exceed my success rate.Please note that these tips are only based on my experience, and...

February 16, 2014

Greg

in Art, How-to in Art

Pieces of 2013: an exhibit of my 2013 paintings

[caption id="attachment_3948" align="alignleft" width="304"] Rua Dr Rafael Ribeiro Study IV - Oil on Paper (2013)[/caption] We hung the exhibit and it will begin on February 3, 2014. This is the exhibit that's linked to my Kickstarter Project: Operation Frame. Café Camões is open Mon-Fri until 7pm. It has the best apple pie in Curitiba. Here is the Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/637498719646236/ What to Look for in a Cafe Exhibiting in cafes is always a bit tricky, because people are there for the food and not for the art. However, they generate a lot of traffic with all different types of clients. Yes, some places...

February 2, 2014

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Operation Frame on Kickstarter a Success…Thanks!

[caption id="attachment_3197" align="alignleft" width="300"] One of my rewards for Operation Frame[/caption] So recently my Kickstarter project, Operation Frame, finished. It was my first Kickstarter campaign, or any fundraising campaign for that matter, and it was a success. I was trying to raise $500 to help pay for frames for my exhibit in February, 2014. My purpose for raising the money was really because I didn't have enough money to frame the small paintings (all about 20 x 40 cm or slightly smaller) that I'd be exhibiting. If I didn't raise the money then I wouldn't have been able to exhibit the...

January 23, 2014

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in Art

Mimicking is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

[caption id="attachment_3922" align="alignright" width="250"] Mimicking is the Sincerest Form of Flattery - Cidade à Noite by Greg Mason Burns[/caption] So I was recently mimicked for what I believe is the first time in my artistic career. At the very least I discovered someone mimicking me publicly for the first time, and I think this is a good thing. First of all, he gave me full credit (again, publicly) without me asking, so I'm grateful for that, too. Secondly, I'm honored by this.I first discovered Joseph Hawkin's piece in a contest on the website Fine Art America. I enter contests there just...

January 8, 2014

Greg

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Nova Documentary on New Artists

[caption id="attachment_3923" align="alignright" width="252"] New Year Gift (2013)[/caption] I saw a recent documentary by Nova on some of today's young artists (New Art and the Young Artists behind it). The artists made some interesting comments about what it takes to be an artist in today's world. Tofer Chin said he thinks its about 50-50 quality of art to marketing. I agree with him, and it's not easy to be a marketer when you just want to focus on the art. I guess this is the world we live in, though. I've often thought about making murals. I've never really seen my work...

January 3, 2014

Greg

in Art

Kickstarter Project Launch

[caption id="attachment_3197" align="alignleft" width="300"] Barcelona Rooftops (available on Kickstarter)[/caption] A happy day today, as I begin my first ever Kickstarter project. The name of this project is Operation: Frame and its purpose is to help raise funds to frame paintings for my exhibit in February in Curitiba, Brasil. You can see the project here: What is Kickstarter? It's the world's largest crowd-funding website that helps creatives find the necessary funding to finish projects. I've supported three projects thus far (two movies and a book) and I'm sure I'll support more going forward. Why support a Kickstarter project? Simply put there lots of great...

December 18, 2013

Greg

in Art

Art and Medicine

[caption id="attachment_3469" align="alignright" width="300"] Untitled Abstract #2[/caption] Art and medicine are linked in ways we might not have expected. I'm excited to share this Dupont-Corian article because it could save everyone money. According to the research published by Upali Nanda, Director of Research, American Art Resources, one study pitted a Van Gogh painting, A Pollock painting, and a landscape photo. The article states, "When the patient's medication use was charted, it was found that in contrast to the control group, the patients consumed slightly more medication while looking at Pollock's abstract work, suggesting that the art had made them anxious." The article also...

November 10, 2013

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