It's June & The Living Is Easy |
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This month Artspan takes a look at
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A Summer Time Thing
Members art that truly captures the light, the colors, and the excitement of early Summer.
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Artists In The Spotlight
Pearl Mintzer and
Maria Winkler entertaining us with
A Little Fun and Games
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Build a better online art business with this month's professional tips |
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Artspan's Workshop Series
Summer is a good time to enhance your online art business with professional design and images
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Sell More Art On Instagram
Tips on successfully using Social Media to reach art buyers.
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Getting out of your comfort zone and diving into some
Self Promotion
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A Summer Time Thing
Members art that truly captures the light, the colors, and the excitement of early Summer.
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"In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other.
Everything was on
pause, yet happening
at the same time
during this collection
of weeks when anything was possible."
―Sarah Dessen
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Artists for centuries have lightened our days with renderings of Summer. Classics like, Idle Hours by William Merrit Chase, Picasso's Woman Running on the Beach and Seurat's Bathers capture that warm feeling of sunshine, and the joyful freedom of a summer vacation.
Please enjoy this group of Artspan artists treating us to the welcoming warmth and light of Summer.
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Sunday Morning
Holding onto the memory of a special place, in a particular time, is why I paint. Inspiration for my paintings often comes from travel to places near and far that spark my imagination. But I am also inspired to paint unfamiliar settings because I’m dazzled by colors and light or experience passionate feelings from being surrounded by unexpected beauty. So many moments escape our notice because we are caught up in the minutiae of daily life.
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Heather at Newport
As an artist, I most enjoy my work when something- be it an expression, a scene, an object of curiosity or beauty- catches my attention and calls me to encapsulate it onto canvas, telling it’s story. I find it to be a continual and satisfying challenge, transforming a vision of my mind’s eye into a painting, in a manner that captures a new beholder with the same beauty that inspired me.
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Rhapsody
Having a continuous interaction with the painting along the way is the most important process to me. As it usually takes many turns before it reaches the finishing line. The most challenging and yet rewarding part of the process are those happy accidents, mistakes along the way. Those magical, unrepeatable textures and brush strokes created at each and every turn are the key ingredients of my paintings.
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On Vacation
Favorite subjects of mine include people, places and everyday things that I find intriguing for their emotional impact.
My intention is to capture the inherent beauty that these objects possess. I try to enhance the play of light and shadow. I want the viewer to feel the warmth of the sun as it dances across a wave, a pillow, a face. It's all about the light.
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Playing By The Jetty
My work captures everyday moments in time.Typically, a figure turned away
from the viewer in a candid pose.
The viewer is invited to complete the story, to fill in the blanks about
time, place, thoughts and emotion.
I believe the intelligence of a painting is in the lost and found edges.
The interest lies within the range of values and textures, the drama of abstraction vs realism and the magic is in the movement created by a confident stroke of the brush or palette knife.
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Hammock overlooking Lake Michigan
Painted plein air on a hot sunny morning outside the cottage we rented. The hammock in the shade was a nice spot to enjoy the intense blue of Lake Michigan.
My paintings are a tapestry of colors and forms that together create moods I sense, almost more than see. The movement of the water or breezes blowing around and through me – or the motion of the fish just below me. I feel strongly that these “moods” I sense can only be visualized through the process of plein-air painting, then re-imagined in the studio through intuition.
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Mermaid
RJ Clark's work is realistic, often photorealistic, and ranges from finely detailed pencil sketches and watercolors to large format oil paintings on linen and canvas. His work has been exhibited in national shows up and down the east coast.
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Snowbirds
Bernice bases her quirky, nostalgic figurative paintings on found photographs and commercial images from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Her paintings incorporate collaged elements such as textured archival paper, fragments of antique lace tablecloths and doilies, and vintage jewelry and rhinestones to recall the bold colors and embellished clothing of mid-century suburban life.
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It's Summertime!
A good time to
update, upgrade &
up your game!
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Workshop Series
Offer professional tips for building your online art business
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Susan Faith, Artspan's Professional Plus Members Advisor, Artist, Gallery Owner and Professional Exhibitions Coordinator along with Carolyn Edlund, Artist Marketing Consultant and Founder of Artsy Shark, team up to guide you through the business of being an artist in today's art market.
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We discuss the importance of a good mailing list and how to use it to increase your exposure and sales. How to create a newsletter in your Artspan control panel. |
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Answers to that very popular question,
how should I price my artwork?
Tips on getting to that right price.
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Should I have a Home Page?
What design is the most professional?
Is less more?
Should I have discounts, sales?
These questions and more are discussed.
Step by step instructions on how to layout a professional looking website with your Artspan tools.
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A picture is worth a thousand words and the key to art sales.
How to present your artwork like a pro.
Step by step instructions on taking professional pictures of your artwork.
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Resources To Help You Build Your Online Art Business! |
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Over 1 billion people use Instagram each month.
Artists from around the world are reaching experienced collectors with their cleverly branded accounts.
Are you?
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If you’ve ever tried to sell and market your art on Instagram but didn’t have a clue about what to do, this article is for you.
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Artwork that captures that warm feeling of sunshine and the freedom of a Summer vacation
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Artwork where the sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind
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Picture the joy of gardening, hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.
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Increase your visibility and have your art included in select collections by adding |
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Artspan collections help buyers find the artwork
they are looking for. Use keywords to identify the subjects of your artwork .
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Artists In The Spotlight
entertaining us with
A Little Fun and Games
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Fun and whimsical artwork that makes you smile.
XOXO
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Dramatic color and whimsy are the defining characteristics of Pearl
Mintzer's work. She intensifies her playful images with wild and dazzling colors that jump off the canvas. She is a designer, photographer, digital artist, graphic artist and painter. Her style is expressionist photo realism with infusion of levity and wild brilliant color. She says every moment should be a celebration of life, our senses and our emotions can put us in touch with the magic and beauty that is around us.
She tries to portray this through her art her joyful playful whimsical images are alive with brilliant and dramatic color
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Living in Philadelphia and New Hope Pa, she attributes a lot of her inspiration to the supportive groups of artists that also live in these artist rich communities
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Pearl says " I try to evoke the most positive emotions feelings of love laughter and joy"
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Games you remember as a child with a a tongue and cheek twist. |
Clue: Mrs. Peacock is in the Lounge
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Maria's work has always been inspired by events in her life and her love of nature. Based on her travels and photography, she transforms natural scenes into abstract compositions, focusing on the interplay of light, shadow, and time of day, as seen in the Waterscapes Series. Her Landscapes and Waterscapes series is primarily focused on endangered habitats, such as wetlands, vernal pools and marshes. Her Feminist Series express social and cultural concerns regarding women.
Her Toys and Games Series references, with an unique twist, vintage American board games and toys we grew up with and continue to enjoy.
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Interview of Maria Winkler discussing her Vintage Toys and Games Series |
Maria Winkler is, as she puts it, “a maker of things" is well known for her paintings of landscapes and waterscapes, as well as her more whimsical—yet no less technically stunning—portraits of vintage toys. |
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The idea of "tooting your own horn" makes most artists uncomfortable. We all have been programed to be humble, but this is 2023 and self promotion is the name of the game. Whether you are posting your art to Social Media or just writing your "About The Artist" page, you have to
Sell Yourself !
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Make sure to create an About the Artist page on your website. This page should be all about what makes you a professional and your artwork collectable.
Let a potential buyer know about your experience as an artist. Your education, art association memberships, skills, gallery associations, accolades and noted venues where you have exhibited.
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Buyers love to talk about their newly purchased artwork.
Let them know about the artwork's inspiration, any exhibitions it's been in, and any awards you received.
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Media Coverage
Solo Shows
Juried Exhibitions
Speaking Engagements
Awards
Sales
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Let people know how well you are doing.
Re-post or link to any media coverage you or your artwork are mentioned in.
Post information about upcoming shows, speaking engagements, accolades you have received and juried shows you have been accepted to.
If you just sold a painting, let your followers know.
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Be Visible!
People want to see you.
Have in-studio images
Include Press images of you at your shows and any write-ups
Links to your Blog and Social Media Pages.
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The more about you and your artwork potential buyers see, the more likely they will buy.
Artspan's built in tools help you reach your art sales goals.
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Artspan has three plans offering a variety of features that can help boost your visibility and sales.
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Don't forget to follow us on social media! |
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