I am an artist and need to sell my art!

  

   We as productive beings, quite often find it hard to define our production line. It is easy to see monster companies grow and buy smaller ones and still have a moral face to show off their products on TV, the ones we buy regularly.

   In the art world, it seems that people often believe the mutant myth that art has nothing to do with business. Why do people think that heresy? Why do we, artists, even are shy to increase the value of our art works, or to show them, or to even offer them as buyable items?

   The root of this evil idea lies right on the thought that art is so personal and so intimate to its creator that by the time the artist is done, part of the artist will remain on the piece for ever, therefore the artist doubts to label such art work with a synonym in units of dollars,  pesos, or Euros.

   After having trouble pricing the object, usually artists cannot let that piece go away so fast. We feel that we should let it stay another night, let it be part of our house, our gallery, our environment, and we take time to let it go.

   No one ever told us that we are creators, especially if we are self taught artists, no one has ever mentioned that we can be producers. The fact to think that we can produce several artworks similar to the one we just fell in love with sounds materialistic and vain.

   So in the meantime, the bills are knocking our door with the big words in red, ¨Pay Me¨. As artists,  we tend to forget that the studio needs a monthly payment, that we eat, and McDonald’s has no feelings towards the combos, we pay or we don´t eat. We have given away so much of our artistic work to society, murals, paintings, drawings, pictures, a sculpture perhaps, and we think that society is going to think the way an artist sees things. But society cannot pay back since the average person does never save money to buy an art work. If they save money it will be to buy new wheels, get a pool or a new plasma TV, spend some cash at Six Flags but no! Not for art.

   So there we are, full of optimism waiting for a millionaire art lover that for some magical reason could stop at our place, will see our work, the one we don´t want to get rid of, and will ask us to visit his mansion so we can paint five huge paintings 2 million dollars each.

   What´s the problem about dreaming? There isn´t anything wrong. Is it a lie that millionaires buy art?  Off course not!

   Let me ask you an honest question…

   Haven´t you seen movies where you happen to see art works and all of the sudden you stop watching it and start daydreaming about you performing those paintings you just saw just because you believe that you can do the same or better art work?

   Indeed, there is no doubt you can improve the art you just saw on that movie, I bet your art matches that script better. So why them and not you?

   The flat answer is that, during the time you are waiting for the black limousine to hunk in front of your studio, an artist is investing on an online art gallery so he/she can show the his/her work.

   You are technically correct to think that you are a better artist or to think you can do a better job than the work you just saw. The only difference is that that artist has no issue investing $55 dollars in order to jump to a complete distinct level.

   That artist knows the principle of sowing and reaping. That artist has faith, not hope. That artist knows his/her art work is worth seeing.

   These kinds of thoughts, which eventually create an attitude, are principles that have developed our world since thousands of years ago.

   Did I convince you to be part of an online art gallery?

   Next question, which one?

   Nowadays there is a vast gamut of online art galleries. The majority of them are not run nor managed by artists but by lawyers, accountants and marketing geniuses. They are using art just as pimps do. Their objective is not to make artists successful. The goal is not to impulse the art works of hopeful artists, not even to mention to make artists earn money.

   Think outside the box, there is one detail that can make you think, ¨well, it´s free so that means they want to help me¨. Indeed, you and other 500 artists more. Other websites host thousands of artists. Let me clear out the secret to their success, the more artists they have, the more visits, and the more clicks they get for their web domains, making these cattle of artists to look at cheap propaganda, be part of newsletters, spam, ads, ads and more ads. Advertising companies are willing to pay huge amounts of money just to have people click on their banners.

   If you didn´t get stoned today and happen to be on your five senses, listen to this…

   Being part of these monster online art galleries is just as the same as to stay hours outside your studio waiting for the millionaire on his black Cadillac limousine.

   Wow, I can see your head shaking. Don´t blame yourself, it is all part of the show.

   Ask yourself this question, what would Picasso do? Do you think Picasso spent months inside his closet waiting for the rich guys to come and buy his artwork? Never! He went out, he was so eccentric his art was all over Spain first, after that all over Europe, and nowadays all over the world where there is a succulent taste. Would Picasso have hesitated to pay $55usd for outstanding his artwork?

   We have done a research for you on signing up with online art galleries and we found out that ¨balance¨ is always the best answer. Yes, it is good to think about selling your artworks since you need to eat and pay your bills, but it is not necessary to go to the extreme. Even though art is made to be sold,  in most of the cases, don´t forget it is Art! And selling art shouldn´t be like selling cokes or laptops. What we want to avoid is you falling into ones of those traps, that have sales’ marketing everywhere like if you where surfing the Wal-Mart website. You can probably sell some of your artworks, though don´t expect to make good clients, because these kind of websites are mere commercial.  Good clients, the ones that buy art from prestigious artworks don´t buy their jackets at Wal-Mart.

   So you need an artistic place, one with marketing tools but not necessarily a store. You need a place like Art Palazzo. The place we suggest you is an online art gallery that doesn´t look like a store, though you can promote and sell your artworks. And even if it´s very in and provokes a great impact on art lovers it is so chic and artistic.

   Go visit it, www.artpalazzo.com, they have different fees and the greatest news is that one of their politics is that they don´t allow more than fifty artists. Can you imagine being part of a small group of selected artists? In an online art gallery that really cares for artists since it´s run by artists. For more information send an inquiry to info@artpalazzo.com

¨The Sapphire Artist¨

 

   As days go by artists with extraordinary talent kill it, since they are not willing to drink the Calvary cup. Often artists know they are talented though they firmly refuse to play with it. Some simply try to fool us about pretending they weren´t born with it. More than a talent, the vast majority believe it´s a curse since it means they have to stop practicing ordinary duties in order to start an artistic career, one that proves that not only pain, suffering, and tears make it happen but that investing a life time is a basic requirement. Perhaps it is not that the talented people not only ignore they were born with the talent, but that they are so very afraid to dig into what could be a sapphire mine or the tunnel toward desperation and affixation.

   Which life appears to me a more worthy to talk about? I am certainly so intrigued with what makes a gifted person follow the right path? What motivates a real artist continue and never surrender nor settle for less than, a promise, perhaps?

   When an artist decides to spend years in college in order to learn, in order to share, in order to start crawling into a long but so rich in emotions career, it proves that the artist is willing to do anything to obtain the goal. A goal that does not come in the shape of a degree but in the shape of a full life committed to fulfill a purpose. Thus is the case of Shannon Nowak, the Sapphire Artist.

   It is frequently said that a name is not just a tag but it is also a blessing or a curse, very few get to be baptized with a different name, once they already have one. Shannon was chosen to be the Sapphire Artist, says who? God says so. If it´s rare to be baptized with a new name, it is even quite rare to listen to God nowadays. Though as it happens in several Christian artists, listening and obeying God is a must in Shannon´s career.

 

   Sapphires are cleverly called the gemstones of the heavens; they inspire truth, endurance, and commitment, no wonder God and Moses used sapphire on the tablets. Shannon develops these same qualities in her everyday colorful voyage. But more than appreciating Shannon´s creations or the beauty of sapphires what amazes me the most is the analogy between them. Her artwork is the kind of art that the average eye is not able to perceive. Shannon´s art is the one a genuine curator, collector, designer or truthful artist detects miles away from. It is just as placing a raw sapphire in front of the common people, they simply cannot tell what it represents, but if we put it in front of a jewel expert, we create the perfect equation. An equation that, as we mentioned before takes the sapphire to the next level; the separation, the cutting and the polishing. I´m so sure Shannon is still going through the very same process. These tests are the ones in charge of making a fragile artist to doubt, to give up and surrender. Shannon not only has being obedient to God, but has found in her family a virgin strength, specially made for her. It is a strength full of illusion, hope, love and energy. It is the vital energy she finds in order to climb another step and though she is a gemstone there is no ¨crystal stair¨ path for her.

 

   The Sapphire Artist is not a role model exclusively for artists, but to anyone who has gone or is traveling through suffering and facing obstacles. She has overcome the hard times holding God´s hand who has also shown her a clear picture of her destiny. A destiny that has proven to be full of artistic surprises with her delightful paintings. What made someone to steal ¨Becoming¨? -One of Shannon’s creations. What made Hollywood producers invest in The Sapphire Artist in order to have two of her paintings in two different movies?

 

   Looking at Shannon’s artwork is diving into a pool of sapphire colors. But the energetic experience is to look at the real painting and even more amazing to touch it and own it. Don´t doubt to go into one of The Sapphire Artist´s shows. Don´t hesitate to buy one of her artworks in www.artpalazzo.com , an exclusive Christian art gallery, because not only will you obtain a master piece, you will also be part of one of the most beautiful and clean art careers, but more than anything, you will have a piece of heaven in your hands. Since I know for sure, I am so convinced that the trouble and obstacles that the Sapphire Artist is going through is due to God´s patience. Is due to God´s waiting for Shannon to be ready to meet again with Him. Since He has blank spots in heaven waiting for the Sapphire Artist to continue doing her duty.

Art Palazzo, Excelsior Creations.

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Art Palazzo is a harmonizing verandah unifying artists & art lovers. Exhibiting excelsior creations from authentic artists, simultaneously it is being analyzed by serious art dealers and galleries world wide as well as by persons who find in art a passion as collectors and or as designers of unique concepts.

AP is, by now an online art gallery, though in the near future will eventually be a physical gallery, where artists and collectors will have the opportunity to interact in key art events.

AP is an art gallery designed and produced by a team of artists, designers, and financial consultants.  The fact that this integral team works for the artist’s sake offers a realistic situation of positive results. Our work team understands the needs and tools an artist must have in order to be successful, which makes AP the ideal art site for artists and art lovers.

All rights belong to the Artist of artists, Jesus Christ.

Art Palazzo es un atrio armonioso donde se funden artistas y amantes del arte. Exhibiendo creaciones excelsas de artistas auténticos, simultáneamente esta siendo analizado por dealers y galerías internacionales de igual forma por personas que encuentran en el arte una pasión como coleccionistas o diseñadores de conceptos únicos.

 AP es, por ahora una galería en línea, aunque en un futuro cercano eventualmente será una galería física, donde artistas y coleccionistas podrán interactuar en eventos artísticos de realce.

 AP es una galería producida y diseñada por un equipo de artistas, diseñadores y administradores. El hecho de que este equipo integral trabaje por el bien del artista ofrece una situación realista de resultados positivos.

 Nuestro equipo de trabajo entiende las necesidades y herramientas con las que un artista debe contar para lograr ser exitoso, convirtiendo a AP en el sitio ideal para artistas y amantes del arte.

 Todos los derechos le pertenecen al Artista de artistas, Jesucristo.

Art as a hobby

 

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El Arte Como un Pasatiempos.

Algunos artistas nacieron de la experiencia al desarrollar un pasatiempos en la etapa inicial de sus carreras. Es la ocasión en la cual los artistas van identificando la razón de sus rutas. Desafortunadamente a la preponderancia de estos artistas les es muy difícil elevarse al siguiente nivel y dejar el pasatiempo donde pertenece  e iniciar escalando a la meseta del emprendimiento. Una vez que el artista legítimo ha superado los momentos de pasatiempos y ha decidido escalar lomas pronunciadas, estos connoisseurs siguen la ruta académica o de igual forma nos dan a conocer resultados genuinos derivados de los frutos de sus experimentos. La mescolanza de ambas rutas nos han demostrado las obras maestras de mayor autenticidad.

Sin embargo existe una mayoría significativa de bisoños quienes no son privilegiados con dotes artísticos, simplemente se inscriben dentro de cualquier oportunidad que obtienen de robar la pérgola de los excursionistas con propósitos definidos. Lo cual les hace llegar a precipicios de descontento, celos y envidia que solo pueden ser curados cuando estos boy scouts solos y extraviados se han regresado al camino original.

Cuando el arte se convierte en un pasatiempos pierde su esencia, el arte tiene que ser tan profesional como escribir un articulo para el New York times, diseñar un Ferrari y dirigir una película de cine independiente polémica.

Some artists were born from the experience of developing a hobby in the early stages of their careers. It is the time when artists begin to identify the reasons for their routes. Unfortunately the preponderance of these artists find it hard to heave into the next level, leaving the hobby where it belongs and start climbing the plateaus of entrepreneuring. Once a legitimate artist has outstood the hobby times and has decided to climb steep hills, these connoisseurs follow the academic path or else they offer genuine results out of the mistakes from the fruits of experimentation.  The merging of both paths have offered us the most authentic masterpieces.

Although there is a meaningful enormous majority of tyros who do not have any artistic gifts, they simply sign in at any opportunity to steal the pergola from hikers with real purposes.  This leads to cliffs of discontent, jealousy and envy that can only be cured when these lonely and lost boy scouts have gone back to the path.

When art becomes a hobby it looses its essence, art has to be as professional as writing a New York Times article, designing a Ferrari and directing a shocking independent movie.