Friday, 26 October 2012

#Art Investment?

#Art Investment?

Artist oil paints by 35mm_photographs

...the next must have object that will hopefully be an investment

The demand for good affordable art has been spearheaded by an interest from emerging economies. An increasing number of private individuals have been teaming up with 'ART" experts to get advise on the up and coming, emerging artists. Some financial advisers and institutions are encouraging clients to include art in their portfolios. Not only has this created a market for new artists but established, lesser known creators (that have been flying below the radar) are now beginning to ride on the crest of the wave. We read reviews, visit galleries, go shopping and are sometimes captured by cynical marketing. When friends, neighbors and family show off their latest lifestyle purchases, frantic impulse buying (online) begins - we want the lifestyle but we want it cheaper... Read more on Technorati


The image above was taken with a Pentax K1000 35mm film camera, Artist oil paints, a photo by 35mm_photographs on Flickr. – September 2012.

I cant believe how much oil paints cost – I’m going to have to charge for my paintings by the square inch (or centimeter) from now on...Peter Bright
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Number one in blog charts

Number one in blog charts

The Church of EnglandMy blog has reach number 1 in the top printing blog charts today.

Has Jesus cast out the money lenders from the temple or is he charging rent?

This is the print of mine that was exhibited at Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, NY (January 2012)
I was delighted to be included in this exhibition which also featured artworks by Jeff Koons, Yoko Ono, John Waters, Donald Baechler, Marilyn Minter, Ed Ruscha, Polly Apfelbaum, Adam Fuss and Kiki Smith .

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Sunday, 10 June 2012

Born in the analogue age - This Window

April 3-17 2006 Art Arts and Entertainment Axis of evil Bad Honnef Barry Douglas Lamb BBC BBC Online Belgium Brighouse Business Capitalism Cassette culture Clifford T. Ward Compact Cassette Compact Disc DIY ethic Easter Fancy Mouse Finish The Story Germany Jesus Kimura Gallery Mail art Mick Mercer Microsoft Milwaukee Oil Paint Post-punk postcard Radio ReverbNation Screen Print Selective breeding Shropshire Small Business Technorati.com Terrorism This Window United States University of Alaska University of Alaska System Uploading and downloading Visual Arts Windows 98

 There is something magical about making things badly. Being born in the analogue age I revel in the process of difficulty - to get great result from an analogue processes,  like recording music or using 35mm film requires skill...

With the birth of digital imaging we can all be accomplished photographers - there is however a resurgence of analogue photography. Is this nostalgia or a quest for artistry?
The image on the left was taken with a Pentax K1000 in 2012, using a 35 mm film black and white Ilford HP5 film. The negatives were scanned using a HP film scanner. This Pentax camera is a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. The production run was from 1976 to 1997, originally manufactured in Japan and then assembled in China. The Pentax K1000 uses a horizontal travel, rubberized silk cloth focal plane shutter with a speed range of 1/1000 second to 1 second, along with Bulb and a flash X-sync of 1/60 second. It is 91.4 millimetres tall, 143 mm wide, and 48 mm deep, and weighs 620 grams. The body was finished in black leather with chrome trim only, although early production Pentax K1000 SE bodies had brown leather with chrome trim.


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Beach Read

A book for Summer



The Beach Hut for Kindle - only £1.99

To celebrate the start of summer and the (sporadic) sunshine, The Beach Hut is currently on special offer and available to download onto your Kindle/iPad/whatever for £1.99.
The Long Weekend, which is out on 5 July. It's about the owners and guests at The Townhouse by the Sea, a fictional boutique hotel in Cornwall, and their adventures over one sunny summer weekend. You'll be surprised what they can get up to in such a short space of time.

The photo below was the inspiration for the book - although the beach huts at Everdene are slightly larger and more luxurious - call it artistic license!
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