New art & ACEOs (Art Cards)...

Just to try something completely different, and to return to my 'roots' (in a way), I'm going to be experimenting with SCRATCHBOARD art. I used to enjoy creating woodcut prints - I love the look of the solid black with 'cut' positive areas. Scratchboard art can produce a very similar effect, but without the mess (wood shavings, printing ink, etc). I think that small ACEO, art card, sized scratchboards could be very interesting to work on.

I'll be off to the art store tomorrow to see what I can find. Watch for some new artworks soon.

Today is the Day That....

...SUPPORT LOCAL ART.com CHANGED.

A few small changes to the SLA website have happened in the past few weeks. Now, there are bigger (and better) changes happening. The limited for artists is now 50 pieces online for free....

... and now...

I've unlocked the website to all the artists who have previously expressed interest. Obviously they have enough talent and pride in that talent.... they have something to offer.... I want the world (and, I personally want) to see what it is. There were quite a few really talented artists, who after passing the peer jury, simply got 'busy with life'...

Art shouldn't be lost that way.

Calling all Canadian Artists... let work together and share what we have to show.

Create with Passion!
Christopher Bailey

My Top How-Ever-Many Audio Books

Non-Fiction (my personal preference... .can you tell?)

1. God is Not Great- Christopher Hitchens
2. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
4. In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson
5. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
6. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
7. Life's a Stage: Shakespeare - Bill Bryson
7.

Fiction

1. Creepers - David Morrell
2. Harry Potter series - read by Stephen Fry
3.

Today is the Day That....

I removed my first BRAND tag from my life.

My "Swiss-Army" bag became the first casualty in my 'it's mine, I'll make it mine' point of view. The bag was great and good quality, BUT it was simply not made for ME. To make it my bag, the extra (heavy!) handle, extra padding and material, and simply any 'extras'. I'm not saying that well designed extras are not a good thing... but (again) they need to match your personal needs. I don't need a cell phone pocket... so I cut it off. Less weight + appropriate features = better bag for me.

This also includes the removing of the Swiss-Army metal logo tag from the front of the bag. Why should I carry the extra weight (small, I know) simply to advertise their company??

Support Local Art - Big Changes Soon!

SupportLocalArt.com is the online artist/artwork website that I run. My original idea was to have a juried (actually, peer-juried by the artists themselves) website, with artists proud to promote their presence. Artists can post 10 images online for free and can pay a small fee to post more.

Currently there are 21 artists from across Canada (mostly Alberta). The dream of having a large number of artists help promote a common website isn't working as well as I had anticipated. So, changes are required....

Support Local Art is now going to be

FREE for 50 images online
FREE from jury judging

I believe this should help make the website accessible (and easy) for more artists to use, enjoy, and benefit from.

I will updating and revising the SLA website shortly.

If you know ANY Canadian artists looking for a free way to gain some additional exposure and sales of their artworks.... be sure to let them know! (thanks :-)

Christopher