The Business of Art

Most developing artists are either starting out as hobbyists, small business owners or working part time toward building up an art business. It takes hard work and often happens over a long period of time.

If you look back into art history, you will recall how Vincent Van Gogh's artwork, was gravely undervalued while alive. Modigliani struggled to subsist and so on... there are numerous stories. Now after their deaths, their artworks sell for multi millions.

Today there are many ways to help you build up your finances or support you while developing your art business. Here's one way that I came across. Have a look and let me know if you try out the product and what you think of it. For further information on this product see the link below.

Christie.

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Drawing Day Blog - worldwide drawing event: Can a few artists create a worldwide drawing event?

Have you heard of this? I stumbled on to it and see that the first Drawing Day had just passed and they are now planning for 2009. You can support this by going to their site. Click on the link in the title of this comment to go to their article.

Announcing your Artist Resources

Hello BAABTF readers,

Many of you reading this blog I am sure, are accomplished artists. Maybe from time to time, like me, you look for new ideas or ways to improve your art , style or media.

Whether you are a student of art or a advanced artist, I hope over time to add useful resource links that will assist you in creating great artwork.

Check out this new resource listed under Artists Resources. Visit my site again to discover new resources, information and links.

9reddoors art & design

Today's post invites you to view some of my own artistic impressions via the 9reddoors shop.

Since you are visiting this site, you no doubt have a keen interest in art, artistic expression and events. It is a pleasure to share with you my keen interest in artistic photography and design. If you are looking for unique artistic digital images and designs on stationary and other items to give to someone special, you need to check out the 9reddoors premium store. These images and designs are all copyrighted by 9reddoors, so you know that you are getting limited production, individual designs.

Just add this link into the address bar of your browser to visit my shop,

http://www.cafepress.com/9reddoors

Upcoming Art & Wine Festival

Hi fellow artisans!

There is so much happening around the art scene at present. Just a reminder about the Los Altos festival coming up in July.

Here is the link for further information and directions- http://www.losaltos-downtown.org/arts_wine_festival.htm

More coming soon.

Garden Art at Walnut Creek

The 14th Annual Sculpture in the Garden Show definitely looks worth a visit. Exhibitors include some of the Bay Area's best artists. Check out the link below for more information.

http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/

Christie

Bedford Art Gallery upcoming exhibition

One thing is certain, there is always something going on in the Bay Area art world. It's all very exciting to have so much to choose from. Mmm...I wonder what I will stumble onto next? From June 29- August 31 the Bedford Art Gallery will show Local Voice 2008: Defining Community through Art. This is a juried exhibition and has proven to be popular in the past. A great opportunity to view some of the best and most impressive art from Contra Costa County. I will certainly be attending this one!

Check out the link above for Culture & Cocktails June 5.

Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival

Hello Everyone!

I recently visited this festival with my family; one of a first for us in this area. It was a clear, warm , sunny day buzzing with people. There were a number of art and craft stands. Two artists stood out in particular for me. Paul Nzalamba, whose art works are both personal experiences and cultural Ugandan inspired Batik paintings ( a wax resist fabric dying technique). Paul's paintings were vivid and held profound meaning within each image. We had the luxury of meeting and talking to Paul about his works in some detail.
The second artist whose work affected us, was Michael Anthony Nisperos, described as an Abstract Expressionist. His works were either vibrant abstracts or muted figurative pieces.
There were a number of other craft artists that impressed us too, including the contemporary glass vessels of Spring Designs, Jeff & Jenny Tseng.
The next festival we hope to attend is the 29th Annual Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, July 12-13.