I ordered the three cloud books from Amazon after reading here about the cloud folks. I have loved clouds since childhood and used to have a blue and white bumper sticker on my car, "I Brake for Interesting Cloud Formations". Always made people smile! Nowadays, I've stopped using the scientific names and use my own neologisms for clouds, to wit: "Glow Pads," "Fritterlings," "Frisp-alettas," etc. etc. A lifelong love!!
Thank you Martin! I wonder who will be living with it...it's an odd sensation but galleries never tell you who buys your work, so it remains a mystery unless someone gets in touch to tell you!
I've long found this strange. Years after buying one artwork, I mentioned it to the artist. She was overjoyed to know where the piece was and how it was keeping.
This is one thing I see the blockchain being useful for one day. Forget the NFT conversation for now, having a ledger that to link everything up could be great for everyone. And might even allow for royalties or percentage of takings based on future sales of artworks and the like. Keeping the artist involved the whole way, rather than creating beautiful pieces and then losing sight of them, potentially forever more.
A good point, Martine, but I'm not sure where that leaves data protection and GDPR....and commercial galleries will understandably see their collectors as their clients, not the artist's. The way I see it, most artists have a clear online presence now, so anyone wanting to get in touch can do so. The Designers and Artists' Copyright Service (DACS) do a fantastic job of ensuring that the Artist's Resale Right is observed and that artists do get a percentage any time an artwork over £1000 is resold. Info here: https://www.dacs.org.uk/artists-resale-right
Marvelous about the painting! It's beautiful.
Thank you!
And the terns with the sea are amazing — thanks for sharing that also.
They're incredibly beautiful birds - we are so lucky to have them visit us every summer.
I ordered the three cloud books from Amazon after reading here about the cloud folks. I have loved clouds since childhood and used to have a blue and white bumper sticker on my car, "I Brake for Interesting Cloud Formations". Always made people smile! Nowadays, I've stopped using the scientific names and use my own neologisms for clouds, to wit: "Glow Pads," "Fritterlings," "Frisp-alettas," etc. etc. A lifelong love!!
You sound like an ideal candidate for Cloud Appreciation Society membership, Michael!
All should join! My motto is "Pity the poor person who doesn't love clouds!" 😉
“I’m not working in isolation. I’m working in conversation.”
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Good to be in conversation with you too!
A friend shared one of your posts with me. I am now glad to be a subscriber.
Last week I appreciated your thoughts about “involving” the audience in your art.
Thank you!
Thank you Gail - lovely to connect and be in conversation with you!
I'm not surprised "A Line That Circles" sold, it's amazing! 💚
Thank you Martin! I wonder who will be living with it...it's an odd sensation but galleries never tell you who buys your work, so it remains a mystery unless someone gets in touch to tell you!
I've long found this strange. Years after buying one artwork, I mentioned it to the artist. She was overjoyed to know where the piece was and how it was keeping.
This is one thing I see the blockchain being useful for one day. Forget the NFT conversation for now, having a ledger that to link everything up could be great for everyone. And might even allow for royalties or percentage of takings based on future sales of artworks and the like. Keeping the artist involved the whole way, rather than creating beautiful pieces and then losing sight of them, potentially forever more.
A good point, Martine, but I'm not sure where that leaves data protection and GDPR....and commercial galleries will understandably see their collectors as their clients, not the artist's. The way I see it, most artists have a clear online presence now, so anyone wanting to get in touch can do so. The Designers and Artists' Copyright Service (DACS) do a fantastic job of ensuring that the Artist's Resale Right is observed and that artists do get a percentage any time an artwork over £1000 is resold. Info here: https://www.dacs.org.uk/artists-resale-right