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Thing #19 is one of those weird little tips that I've been picking up piece by piece as my art career develops:
Let's break it down into thinglets:
- Thinglet 19a: Sign it. Sounds blindingly obvious, but a huge number of artists (including me and maybe including you) hate signing paintings. I think there are several different reasons for this aversion - mine is that I like to paint loose and signing is like as un-loose as it gets. Other artists have deeper reasons, like they don't want to be the centre of attention or feel that the work is not worthy. If you're very private about your art and have no intention of getting your stuff out there then you can ignore this post. If you'd like to share your work with the world then the world needs to know who painted it.
- Thinglet 19b: Use your name. Another obvious sounding one, but unless you're already widely known by a symbol, stick to your name. Again, the world needs to know who painted your art and if they're not "in" on your symbol/code/avatar then you may miss out on something somewhere down the line when opportunity knocks, but doesn't know your name.
- Thinglet 19c: On the front. It's where people expect to see your signature. If you sign on the side, because you don't frame your work, then somebody, sometime, might frame it and your work becomes anonymous.
- Thinglet 19d: Title, year and your name on the back. I used to date all my work (down to the month) on the front along with my signature. A wise professional artist told me that people can be strangely fickle and like to buy really old or really new art. Kind-of-old-ish art doesn't really do it for them, regardless of it's other charms. Dating it on the back will allow you to tag the piece for those who are truly interested without putting off the fickle crowd. Putting the title and your name on the back can be handy because often galleries or exhibitors will require this info and its good to have it already there by course of habit. It's also nice if future owners of the piece know the title...
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Things I Learned as an Oil Painter: Thing #22
After a long hiatus the TILAAOP series is back (at least for one post). Thing #22 is:
The more you do it the better you get at it.
Yes, it’s obvious, but it goes a little deeper. The reason I’ve chosen this “thing” is because I have been and continue to be working very hard to produce art for a solo show coming up next month. For almost a year I’ve kept an aggressive schedule of putting paint to canvas. I’ve been keeping count of my paintings while keeping my eye on the calendar.
There have been some dogs in there, but in general I feel the quality of my work has improved. My confidence has been booste
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I just completely updated the look of my web site to a cleaner, simpler, more "now-ish" design. Please go take a look: http://www.montrealartist.com/
I also started to look more seriously at using social media as a way of getting my work "out there". I created accounts specifically for my artwork on Twitter and Pinterest:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidKelavey
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/montrealartist/
I'd be interested in hearing any comments/advice from anyone that has used these sites for their art.
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If You Go To Etobicoke...
If you're around Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada in the next few weeks I have a painting on show as part of the Society of Canadian Artists Members' Show. It's at the Civic Center, 399 The West Mall from today until August 27. The reception's on Sunday July 27th from 2pm - 4pm (but I won't be there because I'll be on a beach in Maine!).
I have re-resurfaced again...
I'm one of those sporadic deviants that lives & breathes dA for a few weeks before dropping off the face of the Earth...only to reappear and redisappear (rinse & repeat). But hey, I'm back and that's what counts, right?
My time away from dA has not been idle - here's a run-down of what I've been up to:
I started the process of organizing my first solo exhibition at a gallery (Viva Vida Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) in October. More info to come.
I gave my first ever demoI gave my first ever talkI got accepted into Oil Painters of America
I got myself a purpose-built art studio. Previously I was working in my basement, next
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I don't like signing because my name doesn't leave much room for the painting :-/