Art

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...

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...