BBC Radio Lancs Exhibition

BBC Radio Lancashire Exhibition running from 13th April to 11th May
Please note the Studios are not open to the public at weekends

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Painting is dead..

I've been reading on a number of artist forums how digital art "isn't real art".. painters especially seem threatened..

Do musicians don't get "their knickers in a twist" over music produced or enhanced digitally. So why all the fuss about digital fine art ?

Anyway I've decided to counter this by making an official declaration that "painting is dead".

Just think about all those nasty chemicals.. stop painting and save the planet !

(This declaration excludes "painting and decorating" of course.)








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FAA - the complete online service for artists ?

You'll notice the question mark in the title.. it does appear to be the direction Fine Art America is heading.

You've got to hand it to Brian at FAA the grass doesn't grow under his feet.. and he certainly seems to know his stuff.. he seems to be moving towards offering "the complete online professional service for artists". He is constantly looking for ways to improve the site.. and as a "techy" improvements get done fast and to a high standard.


http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=202233




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Busy..busy.. busy.. I like busy.

I'm in danger of meeting myself coming back at present..

BBC exhibition dates and times including live interview for your
diary..


Licensed 2 pictures to a Croatian Environmental Agency yesterday..

Solo Exhibition planned for May June in south Manchester... further details to follow.

A London based Licensing Agent has taken examples of my work to show to potential clients..






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Fine Art America Developments

http://andy-mercer.artistwebsites.com/

Brian McDunn at FAA has started offering independent artist websites as part of his POD operation. As someone who currently pays for a gallery template service I'm very interested to see how far he takes this.

The link is to a completely separate website developed and operated by FAA. Apparently anyone searching via this page.. will only search your works.. not the thousands on FAA. At present only limited customization is available but Brian says he is looking at developing this further.
http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=190808

I've wondered for awhile if the next stage for POD operations could well be to offer artists fully functioning websites with domain name integration as part of a complete online package for artists. I've never really understood the current division between gallery templates sites and POD operations. It always struck me that there was potential for POD expansion here.

I could never work out why Red Bubble have never developed their "bubblesite" concept further. Although I do understand that RB is "developing exciting new developments" to bring in this year.

There does seem to be some healthy competition developing to provide artists with the most complete service.



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BBC Lancashire Exhibition Dates

My proposed solo exhibition at BBC Lancashire's Gallery which had to be postponed last autumn due to a gallery refurbishment. has now been rearranged and the dates are Tuesday 13th April until Tuesday 11th May.

On Tues 13th PM on the John Gillmore show (this may be amended) they plan to do an on air interview. You should be able to listen to this anywhere in the world as it is also broadcast on the Internet.

Will post further info as I receive it..




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Ever tried..

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

Samuel Beckett




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