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ARTMUSE ONLINE GALLERY

 

ArtMuse Online Gallery

 

The ArtMuse Online Gallery is an AMAZING NEW PROJECT I have recently gotten wind of, and can't wait to share with you. Artists & Arts Aficionadoes everywhere owe it to themselves to take a serious look at this.

This is a revolutionary new way of showcasing an artists work and bringing art into any room that has a TV!  Brilliant!

If you agree, please do what you can to support the project, or be one of the first artists to become a member... the clock is ticking for them to reach their goal!

SO, for a very Limited Time Period, they are offering a Special Introductory Price for Artists to join. But, that offer Expires on Thursday, January 12th at 8pm! 

Kickstarter Project for ArtMuse Online Gallery

 

Need more information Before Signing On?  Read On:

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

ArtMuse Online Gallery is a groundbreaking, customizable art gallery website, presenting an ever-changing, curated selection of original works, from international artists and collectors, free, on your HDTV.

Designed to replace the din of broadcast television, the bouncing blue box of tv radio, and an especially good alternative to the powered-down, big black box on the wall, you can now transform any space into your own high-end art gallery.

Using patented technology, ArtMuse provides a hip backdrop to your next cocktail or dinner party, and beauty to a quiet evening at home. Businesses will appreciate the sophisticated accompaniment to their public spaces, and restaurants, hotels and bars can create a themed display or showcase local artists.

We can now have great art anywhere there is an HDTV, which today is just about everywhere!

With 20% of galleries having closed their doors, great artwork is collecting dust and our most important cultural resource, our artists, are unable to practice their craft. ArtMuse provides a fresh new way to introduce the world to today's best artists.*

Like any work of art, this project has been a very intense labor of love. Your contribution to ArtMuse is greatly appreciated, and the rewards listed here are just the beginning to the years of enjoyment you and your friends will receive with today's contribution!

*Artist Submittal: We are now accepting applications from professional artists and students in the mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolor, digital, mixed media and photography, as well as from collectors with these works for sale. Please contact us at info@artmuse.tv for special 50% off Kickstarter consideration, before this introductory offer ends at 8pm on Thursday, January 12th!

 

STILL MORE DETAILS:

ArtMuse Online Gallery is a first-of-its kind online art gallery entertainment website, dedicated to presenting the best artwork available today. With large, flat screen HDTV's taking the coveted wall space formerly devoted to art, and the proliferation of flat screen TV's in most public venues around the globe, the time has come to market artwork in a fresh, new way.

TEN REASONS ARTISTS SHOULD JOIN ARTMUSE:

You built an expensive website - now what? Are you entertaining people to get their attention? You should be!

Consider how potential patrons are finding you - or not finding you!  Do people currently see your work at home, in the waiting room at the service center, and at their favorite wine bar? How many hits has your site received over the last 12 months? We're offering that missing link.

ArtMuse is a promotional site. Now, like Pandora, ArtMuse is an entertainment site. That is where the similarity ends. We create the desire for the real thing, which cannot be replicated through our service and cannot be purchased anywhere but from you. We are here to introduce your work to the world. We provide immediate and direct access to your site to make the sale. 

We are not here to replace your art with it's online digital image - in fact, each of the images is watermarked by us to insure it will not be replicated. This is why viewers will leave our site to go to yours.

We don't saturate the market with 'like' work. Every artist chosen is done with the appreciation for their unique qualities, whether it be the subject matter, medium, geographic location, etc.

ArtMuse IS the social media site. While enjoying your work on the ArtMuse.TV site, viewers can share your work with their friends via Facebook and Twitter immediately. What other online service is going to provide that kind of exposure?

Use your marketing dollars optimally. Are you attending the art fairs again this year? Opening your gallery and serving beverages? Sending out print mailers? Hiring Sales Staff? We will promote ArtMuse.TV via social media, online media sites such as radio websites, entertainment sites, print and online art journals, cultural event programs, etc. at no further cost.

ArtMuse is not trying to replace the gallery. There will always be a need for an in-person showing and we'll always have art professionals doing the great work they do for artists. ArtMuse was created to get the art into the homes, businesses and public spaces so ordinary people, dare we say 'the 99% like us KNOW what we like, KNOW what is available, KNOW the artists whose work hangs on our walls. 

We don't collect any commission. We do not exist by individual gallery sales. And we work with both individual artists, artist's reps, and collective galleries representing a number of artists. This works because our artists decide which weblink to use on the ArtMuse Online Gallery site.

Are you trying to get the attention of your favorite gallery or museum? We bet they'll notice you now!

Don't you want to be part of the revolution in art promotion? Over the last seven years, while developing ArtMuse.TV, we've paid close attention to how to build this site - while waiting for technology and the consumer market to catch up with this idea. Now that the internet has become the new entertainment source, and consumers understand the capability of internet entertainment on their large screen TV's, we can launch this. And we'd like some of you to join us.

If you are a professional artist or are currently pursuing a career as an artist in the mediums of print, photography, paint or mixed media, we'd love to hear from you.

FAQ - 

Why we don't charge viewer subscription? Most standard software is now free, phone apps are free, online services are free, etc. That is simply how the global consumer market has shifted as technology has proliferated. Things have shifted and we need to shift with them. For example, after getting our Pandora music for free, we were pretty annoyed by having to register on their site and pay even a nominal 99 cents every month. And we know we were not alone. Now that they are free again, we use Pandora 24/7 and promote their service at every turn (like now). We feel strongly that in order to become viable, we cannot ask viewers for a fee if we want this model to gain steam.

Will this project complete if not successfully funded by Kickstarter? Absolutely! We used Kickstarter to get attention and it's working. And we've just put in a 'reward' for qualified artists to pay their discounted setup fee here, to push that figure closer to our quota. We should have thought of that one a little earlier in the campaign!

Are there any other costs associated with being part of ArtMuse? Yes, there is a monthly membership fee which ranges from $15 to $30 per month, depending on the number of images an artist is showing, with a max number of images at 20.

What does membership cover?

1. All promotional costs associated with placement in online and print magazines.

2. Individual PR outreach to public venues in the US and abroad

3. Representation at Art Basel in Miami.

4. Representation at major art fairs throughout the US

5. Online Advertising on internet radio and cultural arts sites.

6. All the promotion that you could do for yourself if you had the time and the resources... and if you were a PR professional who'd built up the relationships to make this go viral! 

 

For still more details, and/or to support this project, register as an artist, or learn more about Suzanna Gratz, the Director of ArtMuse Online Gallery, click on the links below:

Kickstarter Project for ArtMuse Online Gallery

ArtMuse Online

Tell them The Art Marketer sent you!

 

The Artist Showcase Inaugural Edition!

THE ARTIST SHOWCASE Winter Inaugural Edition is now accessible online at The Artist Showcase.

What started out as an idea shared over dinner with a business colleague last summer has quickly evolved into an exciting reality - The Miami Arts Premiere Edition showcases the talents of 40 artists from all walks of life and from all corners of the world, at varying levels in their careers.

Many of our artists have had to overcome adverse conditions, fleeing oppressive political and economic climates to find a more peaceful lifestyle for their own passions to follow. 

Some have had successful careers in other professions, only to be able to follow their true calling as artists after pursuing other vocations.

At varying stages of their artistic development, we have emerging artists, just out of school on up to internationally recognized artists who have been creating, exhibiting and selling their work for decades. 

What they all have in common is a desire to share their art, and their stories with a wider audience, which is exactly why we created The Artist Showcase - for our artists to be able to do just that! 

You will find much of their work on their websites and on ours, BUT, The Artist Showcase is as close to having those works at hand, in a high-gloss, high quality print publication, as you will be able to get without buying the work itself!  Then, of course, there is always the option of buying or commissioning the work from the artist or their representative, which you will no doubt want to do after reading their stories and seeing their work!

Besides showcasing the works of our 40 artists, this Edition also showcases The Red Dot Fair as a Premiere Boutique Art Fair for emerging and mid-career talent. Visit the Red Dot Fair in the Wynwood Section of the City during Miami Arts Week.

While there, stop by Artisan Direct, Ltd. and the Jayson Samuel Gallery booths, where you will be able to see original works by many of the artists showcased in The Artist Showcase. You will also be able to pick up more issues of The Artist Showcase.

Can't make it to Miami? You can access The Artist Showcase online and/or order individual copies or subscriptions through the website, Art Market Publications.

Want to see your story and work in the next issue of The Artist Showcase debuting in NYC during Armory Arts Week this March, with a special supplement for Sculptors? Contact: lisa@artmarketpublications.com.

 

ABOUT THE ARTIST SHOWCASE:

The Artist Showcase brings undiscovered, emerging and mid-career artists together with galleries and active art collectors to the most progressive art buying cities of the world! 

Published by Art Market Publications, it is our goal at The Artist Showcase to provide artists with the best and broadest amount of exposure within the most appropriate target audiences to maximize their potential of finding and collaborating with the finest resources and opportunities best suited for their work. We are doing that with The Artist Showcase by targeting the most art-centric locations in the United States where the highest profile International Art Fairs are held. Beginning with this, our Winter Issue, during Miami Arts Week, where thousands of art gallerists, buyers, dealers, collectors and journalists converge for a week filled with major art shows, The Artist Showcase brings you many of the world’s most talented artists who have yet to be discovered. Enjoy pouring over the pages of images, reading about their stories and process, learning of the inspiration behind the images. And please do refer to their websites or representatives for more information on each of them. 

In its first year, The Artist Showcase will be published with each season of major art fairs: Winter in Miami; Spring in New York; Summer in the Hamptons; Fall back in New York. Future issues will expand into other markets where other major shows are held: Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Aspen and more.

If you are an Artist seeking greater exposure for your work, please feel free to contact us. 

If you are a Gallery, Art Fair Producer, Non-Profit Organization, or the like, seeking new artists, we welcome you on our pages as well, or as distributors for the publication.

If you are a Service or Hospitality Organization in a host city to the major art fairs where we distribute, what better way to gain exposure to your own business in a luxury market than through our pages?

We invite you to enjoy our Winter Edition.  If you like what you see, we encourage you to contact our artists or their representatives to learn more about them.

If you’d like to be considered for future editions, we welcome your calls.

We hope you enjoy The Artist Showcase as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it for you! 

 

For more information contact:

Jayson Samuel, Publisher, 82 Callingham Road, Pittsford, NY 14534   Phone: 585-330-2715 |  jayson@artmarketpublications.com  |  artmarketpublications.com

Lisa Freedman, Editor, PO Box 921, East Hampton, NY 11937  Cell:  914-907-9842   |   lisa@artmarketpublications.com  

 

INTRODUCING: The Artist Showcase

 

 

 

 

 

Showcasing

The Worlds Finest

Emerging & Mid-Career Artists

In the Hottest

Art Centric Cities

on the Map

published by Art Market Publications

 

The Artist Showcase is a uniquely new publication written to bring undiscovered, unrepresented, emerging and mid-career artists together with galleries and active art collectors in the most progressive art buying cities of the world.

Newly launched and highly anticipated, this high gloss publication brings a pool of hidden talent into clear view for buyers, dealers, collectors, art fair attendees and art professionals to find, marvel at and collect the next generation of art stars in the universe. Here artists have the opportunity of bringing their work out of their studios and into the hands of the most important art critics, connoisseurs, collectors and collaborators making the headlines in the art world. You will hear the life stories, the inspiration, the passion and the power behind what inspires these artists to create, understanding the messages their work reflects and the process behind their style. Galleries, collectors and reporters thus have the opportunity of finding their next stars at the ground level. Because you will be finding them here first, you will also have the opportunity of helping to build the relationships that continue to build upon their success and of acquiring their art at its best value.

In addition to showcasing the next generation of Art Stars, The Artist Showcase will also showcase and report on the major International Art Fairs, Events, Galleries, Collectors, Critics and Locations in the World where you may find the best art at the best values. We will be there, at all of the shows, telling you who is buying what and for how much, offering articles of advice on what to look for, at what prices and where to find the best deals. We will bring you guest writers and artists in each of the various venues offering their own perspective and expertise on buying and building your own collection. There will be articles on maintaining, displaying, framing and insuring your acquisitions, building relationships with galleries, dealers and museums. Understanding Art as Investment and more.

The Artist Showcase debuts with a Winter 2011 issue and will be published quarterly with each of the Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.  Each issue will Showcase the cities where the major Art Shows take place: Winter in Miami; Spring in NYC; Summer in the Hamptons; Fall back in NYC, bringing you the best of each area the Seasons offer in each respective city we focus on. Each issue will also be distributed in each of the respective cities we showcase during each of the important Fairs and Events taking place in each of these cities: Miami Arts Week in December; NYC Armory Arts Week in March; Hamptons Art Fairs in July; Fall Arts in NYC… subsequent years will focus on other areas of the Country that attract additional fairs: San Francisco, Houston, Aspen, Chicago, Los Angeles, Santa Fe.

Never before has one publication covered and targeted each of the major cities where the major international art shows are centered. As these shows become a major vehicle for moving art, so too,The Artist Showcase will be right on the wings of these shows in these art centric cities that are host to the shows.

What that means for Artists?

That means that your advertisement will be seen by the highest caliber of art buyers, dealers and collectors in the strongest target art markets at the moment that they are convened for the best art shows in the world! You can’t ask for better exposure than that!

What that means for Art Buyers?

That means that collectors, curators, dealers and buyers now have an exciting new venue for finding, researching and buying undiscovered, emerging and mid-career artists at the best prices, BEFORE they are discovered! This is the venue for galleries, collectors, dealers, buyers, interior designers, Corporations, museums, art fairs and other art resources to find their newest art stars.

Never before has there been a more perfect resource for finding the world’s best and brightest undiscovered artisans than through The Artist Showcase. We will show you their work, tell you their story, provide you with links to their websites, and all at no cost to you.

What that means for Galleries, Art Fairs, Art Organizations?

The Artist Showcase is a great venue for Galleries, Art Fairs, Museums and Art Organizations to showcase their exhibitions, fairs and events on a seasonal basis in a forum specifically geared to a target market reaching the right audience to attract to your events.

What about: Hotels, Restaurants, Transportation and other Visitor-Related Services in each of our Art-centric locations?

With thousands of visitors descending upon each of our art-centric locations annually, The Artist Showcase becomes the perfect venue for Hotels, Motels, Restaurants, Limousine and other service-related businesses to showcase their Companies to a luxury market that will need your services in each of the cities we focus on.

Here is the place to beat your competition, offer special deals and coupons to the people and Companies that matter and that will be coming back annually for all of these shows.

 

Once again, The Artist Showcase is the perfect venue for emerging and mid-career artists, new and established art galleries, arts organizations, art fair producers and art reporters, as well as the hospitality and travel industries to come together in one publication and help find each other and serve each others needs.

Debuting with our Winter Issue 2011 in time for Miami Arts Week, The Artist Showcase is one publication you won’t want to miss being represented in. It promises to reach the audience you need to drive more traffic to your site, your show or your booth at the fair and to sell your art or service.

We are working on our Inaugural Issue Now! 

The Artist Showcase: Winter 2011

SHOWCASE: MIAMI ARTS WEEK

Each year in early December, the eyes of the world focus upon Miami Arts Week, a citywide art festival where international art collectors and the biggest celebrities in film, sport and fashion attend a week of dazzling exhibitions and swank social gatherings Attracting over 20 major international art fairs, Miami Arts Week is also host to countless national and local shows that pop-up in the lobbies of hotels, motels, in restaurants, local parks, beaches and clubs. Thousands of artists, buyers, galleries, curators, museums and dealers converge in Miami at this time of year to seek out their next art stars. Behind the scenes, millions of dollars quietly change hands as clever investors discretely buy a unique variety of cutting edge contemporary works that often shatter every notion of fine art.

 

For more information on how you may be a part of this exciting new venture, contact: lisa@theartmarketer.com.

You may also wish to 'like' us on Facebook for up-to-the-minute news & updates! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Artist-Showcase/206261502773157

We look forward to working with you! 

 

When My Ship Comes In...

I can only hope it looks like this! 

 

The Normandie (pictured left) is one in a collection of six images capturing the beauty, eloquence, majesty and historical significance in each of the six main ships from The French Transit Line's History - Les Grands Paquebots! 

 

The exquisite Collection of Les Grands Paquebots were:

LA TOURAINE, 1891 - In 1886, a new ship was ordered from the shipyard of penhoet, 'La Touraine'. She was to be used for the New York run. On June 20, 1891, La Touraine left Le Havre for New York on her maiden voyage. She arrived on the 27th, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 7 days, 4 hours, a performance that was improved on with subsequent trips. This accomplishment took The Atlantic Blue Ribbon, a symbol of the fastest speed on the North Atlantic, away from the English fleet.

FRANCE, 1912 - Intended to replace 'Ile de France' and the 'Liberte' on the New York run, the purchase order for this ship was signed on July 25, 1956. Construction started October 7, 1957 on the same dry dock the ship 'Normandie' was built. This would be the last time a ship was built in St. Nazaire.

The President of the French Republic attended the ship's christening held on May 11, 1960. 

During the crossings of August 16 & August 27, 1963, the France beat its own records of passengers transported, 1992 going and 2044 returning for a total of 4036 persons.

On Novemer 8th, 1968, at 1:30am, GMT, the France had travelled one million miles.

PARIS, 1921 - The ship 'Paris' commenced being built at the shipyard in 1913. Three years later, service began on September 12, 1916. On June 15, 1921, the Paris sailed on its inaugural trip to New York. In May 26, 1923, a movie house was set up on board.

By 1930, the 'Paris' leaves the fleet.

 

 

 

 

DE GRASSE, 1924 - The De Grasse made its first voyage from Le Havre to New York on August 28, 1927. The ship was completely refurbished in 1945, changing its passenger capacity to 360 in First Class and 360 in Cabin Class. On July 12, 1947, service between Le Havre and New York is resumed. On March 28, 1963, the De Grasse is sold to Canadian Pacific. 

 

 

 

NORMANDIE, 1935 - The building of the Normandie began in the shipyards of St. Nazaire in January 1931 in the midst of the American economic crisis. One of its assured characteristics were 5-day crossings. Very luxurious decorations were commissioned to the best decorators. A grandiose inauguration took place in Le Havre on May 29, 1935, attended by the President of the French Republic. 1070 passengers were aboard the first voyage to North America. After a port-of-call in Southampton, the Normandie arrived in New York on June 3 doing an average speed of 29.94 knots.

A triumphal welcome awaited the Normandie upon arrival on the Hudson River. Two awards were presented to 'Cie. Gle. Transatlantique' for the longest and fastest ship ever afloat. The return trip from New York to Le Havre with 1494 passengers on board took place on June 7th and the average speed was 30.31 knots. The Normandie was awarded the Blue Ribbon. When WWII started, the Normandie had made 135 crossings, transporting approximately 135,000 passengers.

On February 9, 1942, in New York, a fire started on board. Under the weight of the water used to extinguish the fire, the ship capsized. 

 

ILE DE FRANCE, 1949 - Departs Le Havre, at 4:10 pm on September 2, 1939, only to return on June 30, 1949 to Southampton where it arrives the same day at 9:15pm. Leaves this port June 3 at 5:05am (a few hours prior to declaration of war) and arrives in New York, September 9, 1939 with 1777 passengers aboard. After some transformation, the Ile De France departs New York, May 1, 1940 for Marseille with approximately 2200 tons of freight, including 28 airplanes and arrives in Marseille May 10, 1940. Following additional transformation, the Ile De France departs Marseille May 31st for Indochina via Dakar and the Cape to fetch Indochinese workers. However, on the way from the Cape to Saigon, the ship is advised in the middle of the Indian Ocean that the Armistice was signed and decides to change course toward Singapore when it arrives June 30, 1940. 

On July 19, 1940, the Ile De France was requisitioned by the British government. From 1944 on, after some modernization in New York, the Ile De France is used as a troop carrier.

On September 19, 1945, a French crew takes possession of the ship which continues to navigate the orders of the Transport of War Ministry bringing troops back from Europe to their country of Origin. 

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Now immortalized in one very special Classic Collection of placemats and coasters, these images of each of Les Grands Paquebots not only capture the majesty and eloquence of a different era in travel, together as a collection, they also capture the history of shipbuilding as well as sharing a piece in the history of the world.

The French Line deliciously epitomized the 'French Way of Life' luxury, art and voluptuousness. Gastronomy was the order of the day, yet these ships also served an important role in World War II.

Only 2000 coaster sets and fewer than 1300 placemat sets were made for private distribution by the French Line Transit Company as promotional giveaways and Holiday Gifts in 1991. These were never sold at retail, and as such are Highly Collectible, only occasionally turning up at select antique auctions or shops having a previous connection with The French Line.

Just a few sets now remain from the original production, and, once again, by special arrangement with the original producers of this collection, Spanek Enterprises www.spanek.com, The Art Marketer is able to offer the few remaining sets at a special price to the right party. Once sold, they will not be replaced, making these sets that much more valued and collectible.   

The Collection would be most at home in a Maritime Museum, historical society, antique shop, Corporate Maritime Collection, or with a private collector or dealer having a strong interest in Maritime Art and History. But we would be willing to entertain interest and offers from other parties as well. 

For more information, please contact The Art Marketer at 914.907.9842 or email: lisa@theartmarketer.com. 

 

Harry Freedman & The Ultimate Tribute Video

 

 My brother, Harry Freedman, recently  launched a brilliant  new Company entitled,  The Ultimate Tribute Video  http://theultimatetributevideo.com/.  

No stranger to the Entertainment Industry,  Harry has channeled his research, comedic,  MC, roasting, toasting, reporting, film-making,  screenwriting and storytelling skills into a  business making each of his clients the star of their own show for any special event they may have upcoming.

The idea is especially effective for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Sweet 16's, weddings, Corporate and/or retirement parties, milestone birthdays, anniversaries; but it could equally be applied to artist events, book signings, new business or product launches, fundraisers, honorary dinners, roasts or any other celebration where a little ingenious comic relief may be incorporated to educate, entertain and enlighten your party with an element of fun and surprise honoring the star of the event.

Harry takes the time to get to know each of his subjects, interviewing their families and colleagues, adding his own humorous take on their stories and finding the appropriate sound effects and music to create a personal, heart-warming and funny video celebrating their life, their loved ones and their special event, thereby preserving the moment in time in a film that your guests will enjoy during the event and for years to come. My words alone can't describe his talent in creating this. 

Take a look at the following clip and judge for yourself: 

 The Ultimate Tribute Video - Year of Tom

For more information or a consultation for your own event, contact: harry@hfreedman.com.

Tell him Lisa sent you!

HOOKED ON FISH PLATTERS & THE ART OF GYOTAKU

Gyotaku (ghio ta koo) gyo means fish, taku means rubbing. Gyotaku is the Japanese Art of Hand Rubbing Fish Prints on Fine Rice Paper.

Fish printing originated in Japan or China in the early 1800's. In Japan, Gyotaku is practiced by sportsmen to preserve records of their catches.  

Florida artist, Gregory Aragon, holds a Captain's license and makes his living as master of a deep-water fishing vessel. He became fascinated by Gyotaku, studied and mastered the art, and has been making Gyotaku prints for more than two decades. His work is displayed in galleries and private collections in the United States, France, and England.

While on display at the New Orleans Gourmet Products Show in the Spanek Enterprises' booth, Greg Aragon's fish rubbings were discovered by A. Santos Company, one of the leading ceramic manufacturing companies in Portugal. "These would make great platters!" said Licinio Reis, owner of A. Santos. "We have a great decal company who could reverse these images so we can apply them to our unique ceramic platters." And a new product for Spanek's L'Art Pour La Table Collection was spawned!

Not only can we now enjoy the beauty of Aragon's artwork as well as the inherent beauty of the fish he chooses as his subjects, but these ceramic platters themselves are functional works of art! These amazing platters are freezer-proof, dishwasher safe, and can take oven temperatures of up to 250 degrees C/500 F. They are lead-free and safe for all food use under the FDA California Lead Standards, allowing you to cook, serve and freeze your food all on the same platter. Many also choose just to hang the platter on the wall for the beauty of the art itself.

As with Guy Buffet's Celebration of Life print (see previous post), Greg Aragon's Gyotaku Fish Platters, are now being offered as Collectible, Limited Edition pieces which will no longer be produced once sold out. And again, it is only by special arrangement with The Spanek Family that The Art Marketer is able to offer a promotion on the few remaining platters. 

 

Shown above:

Snook ("Centropomus undecimalis").
Large platter measures 9¾ × 22½ inches.              

Our price, $125.00

 Warsaw Grouper ("Epinephelus nigritus").
 Small platter measures 9¼ × 18½ inches.              

 Our price, $100.00 

 

 

Scamp ("Mycteroperca phenax").
Small platter measures 9¼ × 18½ inches.

 Our price, $100.00

 

All platters are Freezer-proof; Dishwasher-safe; can go directly from the freezer to the oven, not to mention the table. The platters may also be displayed on the wall when not in use!

Every platter is packed with a recipe sheet and instructions, as well as a bio of the artist and the story behind the art and the product. These beautiful platters make wonderful gifts for the art lover as well as for caterers, cooks and restaurants wanting to use them as serving pieces. They present well as displays in private and commercial locations wherever fish are revered.

Spanek Enterprises - L'Art Pour La Table 

In the late 1980s, Denis Spanek developed the original marketing idea of L'Art Pour La Table, or "Art for the Table" — the design concept of bringing fine art from the wall to the table, where it would reflect the beauty of the cuisine and the dining experience. He brought it to Williams-Sonoma, where it succeeded beyond anyone's expectations, with series after series of fine china, placemats, coasters, dining trays, and many other fine collectibles, featuring the art of Guy Buffet, Georges Coulon, Robert Lyn Nelson, André Renoux, and other contemporary masters.

As such, the Spaneks have had the delightful opportunity to seek out classic artists in various corners of the world who have intrigued them. In studying their techniques and style of composition they have chosen particular works allowing them to create unique L'Art Pour La Table, a variety of functional art products 'for the table'.

As they have said for so long, "fine food finds fine art ..." For more than a decade now, as the result of their involvement in the culinary world and their development of L'Art Pour La Table, the Spaneks have also been able to offer original oils, acrylics, and watercolors, as well as limited-edition prints and signed posters, to people who, like themselves, have fallen in love with the work of these renowned artists in time.

It has been The Art Marketer's good fortune to be able to partner with the Spanek Family in bringing you many of these unique and wonderful products for your own enjoyment and pleasure, and at special promotional prices not being offered elsewhere. 

All of the products offered in The Art Marketer blog may now be purchased through Paypal on the Products Page of our website: http://www.theartmarketer.com/Products.html

For more information about the Spanek Family visit their website at: http://spanek.com/

 

For those living in the NY metro area who would like to see the products first-hand, please contact us. 

Look to future blogs for more posts about other promotions, products and recipes from the Spaneks! 

BURGUNDY - A CELEBRATION OF LIFE by Guy Buffet

BURGUNDY - A Celebration of Life by Guy Buffet

is a Special Limited Edition Print that Celebrates The Wine Harvest in a way few other images quite capture! 

In Vino Veritas — In Wine the Truth 

Buffet's classic image depicts the grandeur of the Burgundy wine region in France. Fine wines of the Burgundy region are always enjoyed and celebrated at harvest time with a Bacchic feast set in the French countryside; this is the tradition of the true French bon vivant. Every level of viticulture is appreciated and celebrated in bringing the final product to fruition.

According to the Napoleonic Code, upon the death of a parent the children inherit the land and equally divide it, and so you may find many different proprietors of the same vineyard, each tending to their own specific rows.

Artist Guy Buffet captures the magnificence of the terrain and the vibrant French culture in this image. This truly classic Burgundy lithograph is a breathtaking celebration of life, family, community and friendship.

The image has found a home with some of the world's most famous chefs, sommeliers, and restaurants, as well as the top wine cellars of the world. The edition has been exclusively distributed through the Spanek family's travels and friendships over the years since 1992.

 

Image size: 24 inches by 31 inches, unframed
Lithograph Edition of 350 -- signed and numbered.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity.

 

There are only a few pieces left in this Limited Edition. The Series will not be reprinted!

As part of a recent promotion with special pricing in a Wine Cellar Distribution, these pieces were offered in a grouping at the low price of $1200.00. 

 By special arrangement with the Spanek family, the original producers, owners and exclusive distributors of the series, and for a limited time only, The Art Marketer is able to offer the few remaining pieces within this series at this very special promotional price of $1200.00 per piece (unframed). 

This is the lowest price these prints have ever been offered, and again, it is only by special arrangement with the Spanek Family that The Art Marketer is able to make this offer.  The offer is not available elsewhere and it will not last! This price is less than half of the price you will find this print offered through Art Galleries or elsewhere.

Once sold out, the series will not be repeated, and the value of each piece will multiply.

Each piece is signed and numbered by the artist and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Contact lisa@theartmarketer.com or call us at 914.907.9842 for more details.

 

 

About the Artist

Guy Buffet's work is well-known in both advertising and fine-art contexts. His portraits of waiters (for example, "Les Garçons" and "The Charge of the Flower Bottle Brigade") and restaurant staff are famous, as are his impressionist scenes of his native Paris and his adopted homes of Hawaii and California. He is regarded as one of the living masters of French contemporary impressionism. Guy Buffet shares wall space with Toulouse Lautrec at the Perrier-Jouet Museum in Paris and has been their official artist as well.

Showing unique fascination for color, Buffet's canvas seems to know no boundaries. He takes the casual observer into his work both visually and emotionally. His intention is to create a stopover point where an individual can rediscover the beauty and gaiety which life has to offer.

I take you into my world like a guest into my home. I want you to be comfortable, relaxed, happy; to forget about problems and sorrows.  - Guy Buffet

 

 

*For more information about The Spanek Family, please visit: http://spanek.com/

HUMAN NATURE

Fine Art Photographer, Linda Jane Jackson, has recently unveiled her long-awaited and highly anticipated new website, Human Nature. http://lindajanejackson2.com/

I spoke about Linda Jane in an earlier post last year at this time, when I introduced you to her first website, http://lindajanejackson.com/. On her first site, Ms. Jackson's works capture the wonders of Mother Nature, with her abstract eye and "up close (VERY close!) and personal" style. Her artful images include unusual rock formations, surreal shorelines, exotic parrots' featherscapes, (along with many of their "feathered friends"), animals and other miracles of nature. Linda Jane's imagery's vibrant colors treat the viewer to a transformational intricate experience, capturing a split-second moment which would otherwise elude the naked eye.

In her newest website, Ms. Jackson focuses on "Human Nature". This website begins with two portraiture portfolios..."Bullriders" and "Musicians", two of many passions for this Artist, in which she begins her exploration of Human Nature. Contrasting in style and subject matter, these two initial portfolios reflect the intensity and raw elements of each subject.

What remains consistent throughout both websites is Linda Jane Jackson's intimate approach to her subjects. Creating photographic fine art images with no digital manipulation, Ms. Jackson remains a photographic purist in a digital world. In addition, her "up close and personal" style creates a unique view of her subjects, compelling viewers to be drawn into her unusual visual world. Ms. Jackson has been a photographer for more than 37 years, and her expertise, talent, eye for detail as well as her passionate vision resonate in each work she creates.

Linda Jane Jackson's works have been exhibited in numerous solo exhibits in galleries in the Southern U.S. Her imagery has been published for three consecutive years in a row, in Photographer's Forum "Best of Photography" Annual Book (2008, 2009 and 2010), due to her continual high standing in their international annual competitions. She has most recently been honored, being requested to serve as judge for a recent photographic art exhibit at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts which is a division of the nationally known Ringling College of Art and Design.

All of the fine art images on Ms. Jackson's websites are Limited Editions of 5 per image (maintaining their rarity), signed, numbered and dated by the artist. However, the Musicians portfolio is for exhibit purposes only and not available for purchase. The site will be growing with new portfolios introduced, as Ms. Jackson delves further into the limitless facets of Human Nature.

For more information on Linda Jane Jackson, contact The Art Marketer, lisa@theartmarketer.com.

 

*image shown: True Grit by Linda Jane Jackson

This rugged bullrider image is the latest image which gained Linda Jane Jackson the honor of publication for the 3rd year in a row, in the Annual Book by Photographer's Forum, "Best of Photography 2010". These fearless young men face the most dangerous sport there is, man vs. animal, with unparalleled strength and determination. With great respect and reverance for the bulls they ride, as well as the risk they take every time they enter the chute, they go for that glory of an 8-second ride, in spite of major injuries...it's all in their strength of spirit, endless determination, and devotion for what they do. Regardless of doctor's advice, they are driven by the rush and love of the sport, as Linda Jane Jackson is driven in her art to capture their rare, rock-solid character.

Magic Revealed in the Paintings of JULIO SUSANA

by John Austin

What is immediately evident in Susana's work is his imposing capacity to regulate the forms and compositions so as to inspire a quality of 'livid presence' that permeates his paintings. This is that essential vitality, which makes each work, come alive for the viewer. Martin Heideger, the philosopher, writes incisively and poetically on this quality by invoking the word 'spaciousness' and considering this quality as essential in a true artwork. He writes "... in a world's worlding that spaciousness is assembled out of which the protective grace of the gods is granted or withheld... Insofar as a work is a work (of art), it gives place to that spaciousness." The permeable sense of timelessness, which is so evident in the artist's work, allows him, as Charles Baudelaire describes the task of all great artists, to "distill the eternal from the transitory".

Susana asserts both the corporeal presence as well as the allegorical quality of the cast of characters in his monumental artwork, which are persuasive examples of post-modern efforts to examine the relationship between people and their social and cultural environments. Julio Susana has a restless mind and an equally restless imagination that probes and searches for the hidden connections between people and the very stuff of existence. Susana sets his sights high: his artistic vision plumbs the depths of what constitutes our perceptions of coherency and indeterminateness.

In the artist's world where the symbolic and the real coincide in a profusion of engendered space, we see endless patterns that seem to spawn driven by powers of figurative form and the infinite resources of the imaginary. Susana celebrates the web of intricacies that join us together, which determines the fates of mortal men. The visual result is hauntingly authentic art that transcends time, space and cultural boundaries. The magical aspect of each work is the psychic residue left between the ineffable distance of conscious reality and unconscious processes of recording the beauty of Susana's painterly application. This is the gift that this artist so provocatively brings to the world and it stems from a rare discernment and the capacity to see beyond sight's everyday parameters.

Fundamentally, Susana's visual work allows a psychic field of reality and a realm of magic to become manifest. Acting alone each is not a necessary and sufficient state to create the potential for great art. Together they can  create visual models of heightened consciousness. Julio Susana's paintings affirm the status of a work of art as an attempt to express something unique, something that is complete and absolute. The oscillation between both poles produces work, which is an ode to humanistic vitality, drawn forward by its own radiant sense of self-sufficiency, of its own sense of inner-necessity.

John Austin is an art writer working in Manhattan

Julio Susana's work may be viewed at the Artisan Direct, Ltd. Booth #901 at The International ArtExpo 2011 Show, March 25th-27th, Pier 94 on the Hudson River, 711 12th Avenue @ 55th Street, NYC

Visit his website: http://artisandirectltd.net/artists/susana_julio/ or contact lisa@theartmarketer.com

 

     

Artisan Direct, Ltd.

 

 

Artisan Direct, Ltd.  is a sales, marketing and e-commerce company representing the interests of artists and art galleries worldwide. 

Currently, the company has over 150 artists representing 33 countries and it has successfully introduced the majority of their member artists to over 45 art resources. An art resource is a business that proactively promotes, exhibits, purchases, publishes or resells a members work. 

Besides galleries, AD's art resources include the following equally important segments: private collectors and purchasers of art; attendees of national art shows; art dealers; designers and decorators; high end gift shops; boutique furniture stores; frame shops; art publishers; corporate buyers of art; Artisan Direct charity art auctions; and lease to own art programs.  Artisan Direct continues adding to these segments by scouring every imaginable source for viable leads and prospects.

 

HOW IT WORKS:

The Artisan Direct proprietary sales and marketing program is based on the premise that in order to successfully sell art, an artist has to aggressively market their work to art resources worldwide.  Artisan Direct believes that an artist cannot wait for their art to be discovered merely by exhibiting their work on a web site. Consequently, they have created a plan to e-market an artist's work including images, biographical information and exhibition lists to thousands of art resources worldwide.  The Company currently has more than 25,000 art resources and expects to have more than 75,000 by the end of 2010.  The Company intends to market its artists’ information to thousands of these resources, not once, but multiple times throughout the year.  The Company’s research has shown that the Company’s art resources look forward to opening the e-advertisements in order to view an artist’s information.  As one gallery owner once told them: “we are still looking for that one breakthrough artist who we can promote and generate sales with.” That’s why Artisan Direct resources open their mail and looks for their next star. They trust Artisan Direct to help them find the quality artists they need to reach their own goals.

  

 

The Artisan Direct marketing package contains e-advertisements and an interactive web page that is broadcast as many as twelve times a year to a database that continues to grow.  Incidentally, they don’t just send your information carelessly out to a list of people.  They carefully match each artist with resources who they believe will be interested in your work. The cost of this program consists of two components:

 

1. The first component covers fifty percent of the cost of preparing the artist’s marketing materials including; an e-advertisement, interactive web page with your individual domain site; and a direct mail marketing piece. 
2. The second component is how Artisan Direct makes its money by receiving a sales commission for aiding with a completed art sale.  The cost of covering the marketing work varies between depending on the complexity of the work and how long the artist wants their work broadcast to the Company’s art resource database.  The sales commission typically depends on how expensive the artists’ work cost, however, it typically runs from 15-30%. 

  

 

Artisan Direct, Ltd. are not, of course, miracle makers; however, they have had definite success, and they believe that by employing their marketing program, you will gain extensive exposure for yourself and your art. Establishing a new base of art resources significantly increases your chance to be a successful artist.

  

 

Artisan Direct offers additional services and products that network members can participate in including: the ability for artists to attend and participate in national art shows; advertise on a co-op basis in national art magazines and journals; and work with Artisan Direct to create a comprehensive marketing plan prepared specifically for each artist.

  

 

For additional information, you can access their web site: www.artisandirectltd.net.  Please pay particular attention to examples of the Company’s marketing pieces (e-advertisements ) used by other Artisan Direct artists and the FAQ sections, which answers common questions and covers pricing and compensation program. You may also be interested in visiting their testimonial page to read of their success stories from members themselves.  Feel free to contact them to answer any additional questions you may have.