little wonders Creative works found on redbubble

About little wonders Blog

The owner of this blog "Damien Mason" browses his way through the redbubble.com arts website looking for amazing and creative works. As he put its his little wonders on canvas, paper, cloth and screen. His blog is a place for him to feature those works and people who inspire him. He has a great selection of art form the redbubble site. Each piece is carefully chosen and show that the author has a good eye for artworks. I urge you to take a look and maybe even visit redbubble and purchase a print of some of his suggested pieces.

Redbubble itself is a great place for amateur and proffessional artist to post there artwork for sale and communicate with others. It feels more grown up and less quirky than Deviant Art, whose audience seems to be mainly very young and alternative.

Three Roads of Artisitc Doom

Some artists are lucky and or skilled enough to be awarded Arts grants, but these grants are awarded by a very small group of people. So then an artist has to pander to the whims of these arts grant gods, producing art they hope will be what the current gods deem worthy. Being held up as the high art, yet knowing much of what they do is often derided by the masses and then finally thrown aside for the next big thing. With some luck they will have picked up enough money along the way not to have to make art for the critic and finally to make something they really wanted, only to find out no one likes the new thing. Not the critics and not the public.

Or to go the other route and attempt to appeal to the public and gain success in the hostile and cut-throat world of commerce, making art that sells to all, trying to keep some integrity, but knowing that the last painting was sold because it was just the right size and suited the customers new sofa and curtains. Working 50% of there time promoting and selling themselves.

Or do you take the third way where the art is made, but never designed for sale, and is rarely sold. Galleries taking hanging fees for the work they know won’t sell, yet the fees pay their rent and gives the gallery a bohemian feel. The Artist poring life saving and sanity into working, with only a romantic view that at some point in the far far distant future they are held up as a great master? But ultimately most of it will just be thrown out and left for the dustmen.

Meng Qiu

Review of Artist Meng Qiu Site.

The first page you get to is an opening page, devoid of anything other than the spinning graphic and only serves to waste time getting to the actual site. Once inside you are at first greeted with a bright, but well designed page, nicely laid out and professional looking. The site however is full of slightly odd witting of a semi-spiritual nature. Not quiet the impenetrable ramblings of the post-modernist. But it's certainly hard to follow and seemly made to give the art work some kind of validity. It's unclear if the artist wants to be a painter or a poet. But neither quiet hits the mark. The poems and ramblings fail to make the work any more appealing and in some ways serve as just a distraction and space filler. The work is interesting, but there is far far to little of it. The coloured paintings remind me of those children's colouring books, that start out black and a special pen removes the black to reveal the colours below. Given time this style could emerge into something better, but it does not yet feel like it's matured. With only three paintings on display its hard. The Print page, shows just the one idea that is essentially dull, semi abstract photography made blue and printed, and better examples of this kind of work can be seen in many other places, and executed far better by others. The page "collections" seems to be an odd and ends section and doesn't really tell me anything other than the artist has some sketches they uploaded.
In conclusion we are faced with another self elevated artist offering a few works but asking for far too much for them with the added insult giving change of $1 when buying his work for £10,000. A price I doubt anyone with any sense would pay for an "emerging artist" in these times of economic downturn.

Art new Central

Just found a site that runs a bit like Digg but just for articles about art. Could be useful way to promote art and artists you like. It called "Art News Central"

Art Sale On

Landlord is selling my house!!!

Therefore
SALE at www.arts-fine.co.uk
UPTO 75% OFF
MY PAINTINGS.
The Sale has ENDED. But my prices are still good.

Yes my landlord is selling the house I live in, therefore I have to move out and this will cost me money. So for a short time, and before I have to go into hospital for my heart problem (nice timing landlord). I am having a massive sale. If you ever wanted one of my paintings now is the time to buy it. Some are less than the price of a Print.

Do people buy paintings in a recession?

Thoughts about Art in a recession.

1. Art is a luxury item
2. In hard times people spend less on luxuries.
3. In hard times people like cheap up lifting entertainment.
4. So entertaining art may sell better to the public.
   
5. Some people do well out of a recessions and become wealthy.
6. Wealthy people like to buy luxury items.
7. People buy art as investments.
8. Buying good quality art at a low price in a recession may pay off at the up turn.
9. Original famous paintings are a safer investment than bank notes which devalue over time.

On the whole I feel that the higher end art market for well known and good quality items will either not change or actually increase.

The lower end art market for amateurs and production line paintings may decrease as the majority of customers will be watching their wallets. This could mean an increase in print sales and entertaining light hearted art, but could just mean less art sold to the general public.

If anyone has any thoughts, figures or info on this I'd love to hear about it

The 'Art' of Hanging Pictures Like a Designer

You have just found a beautiful painting that you know would look wonderful in the living room. So now you have it at home and you hammer a nail into the wall above the couch and hook the painting over it. Easy! Pleased with your purchase you stand back. You tip your head to one side and then the other. Then you squint at the picture. Something is definitely not right but you can't put your finger on it. If you've ever found yourself dissatisfied with the appearance of the art or family photos on your walls you're not alone. Many people make the same common mistakes that the eye can read as awkward but the individual does not know how to fix. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind when arranging art on a wall:

LARGE ART:

Large artwork will be a focal point so you should be careful to place it in an appropriate area. Where does large artwork look best? Try over a couch, behind the dining set, over a fireplace or on a feature wall. A feature wall is where the placement of furniture or the layout of the home naturally guides the eye to a wall - a great place to feature art.

SMALL ART:

Try to group small pieces if possible. Using similar or matching frames and mounts make this look more pleasing. Otherwise anchor the small piece visually by hanging it low and close to furnishings so it doesn't appear to be floating on the wall.

GROUPING ART:

Whether you're creating a grid of equal sized frames or composing a collection of various sizes the rule of spacing is the same. Try to have them spaced approximately 3 inches apart. Try positioning them on the floor or a table to get a pleasing arrangement before placing the nails and measure carefully before making any holes.

HEIGHT:

Artwork should be hung with the center of the picture at eye level. That means the center should be about 60 to 66 inches from the floor. If you've visited a gallery you will see that the frames are not lined up by their top or bottom edges but that the pictures are all centered at the same height.

If the artwork is usually going to be viewed sitting down (as at a dining table or when viewed beside a couch) you would hang them at the sitter's eye level instead.

Artwork behind a couch should be no more than 8 to 10 inches above the back of the couch.

With these easy tips you should have no problem creating wonderful arrangements that will have designer appeal.

Article by Artyprints june 2008
Art Prints | Canvas Art High Quality, Affordable  Prints, Posters, Framed; Canvas art. 100% 
guaranteed