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Contemporary automobiles – rotten playing cards from the 60′s

Wednesday, den 1. May 2013

After long last I framed my favorite found objects : Contemporary automobiles, rotten playing cards from the 1960′s, found in the woods. These playing cards were stacked and hidden in and under the litter of autumn leaves until end of 2010. I selected four of them, a Mercedes-Benz quartet including the famous 200D,W110 “Fintail” model [...]

A couple of things to share….

Monday, den 30. July 2012

Yes, I still design some t-shirts…this is for the ambitious gardener (link to Skreened shop). I am way behind with writing about latest interesting finds on the net. So here comes a short list… 1. Springpad.com has proven the only online notebook that is quick,easy and efficient enough to stay on my comp and mobile. [...]

The art of finding serious currency – video on Sid Burnard

Sunday, den 27. May 2012

As a John Piper fan you sooner or later get on the websites of Goldmark gallery. Recently they have started to send emails to their contacts and that way this video landed in my inbox. I never heard of the guy and I can’t relate a lot to the driftwood animals he does. Those look [...]

Fineartamerica.com makes a statement and takes sides with their artists against Pinterest

Sunday, den 8. April 2012

The discussion about copyright infringements on Pinterest continues. That is necessary as the recent changes on TOS by Pinterest haven’t changed a bit as far as the copyright issues are concerned. In fact Pinterest owner Silberman has taken the route to protect himself better against potential lawsuits by dropping the audacious claim to reserve the [...]

A moment in my ordinary life

Wednesday, den 4. April 2012

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Please do not pin my images to pinnerspest , sorry Pinterest!

Tuesday, den 24. January 2012

A new social media website is coming up. Pinterest.com gathers people and invites them to pin from the net to their virtual pinboards what they like and what they want to share. Yes, the net is for extroverts and this is their latest gimmick. What’s wrong with that, spoil sport? With each pin the members [...]

Monotype printmaking without a press – video demonstration

Friday, den 23. December 2011

After long last I finally did a video and filmed how I do my monotype prints without using a press. I mounted my mobile phone over the glass plate and then started the film function. I interrupted the recording two times. This simple monochrome print took about an hour to make and I compressed the [...]

Acrylic prints – Provence print series on Fine Art America

Saturday, den 3. December 2011

Some time ago I joined Fine Art America as Print on Demand outlet for high quality prints. The qualities of the professional scans (full size scan with drum scanner at 300 dpi) I order each year of several selected monotype prints come to great effect on the website of Fine Art America. Their latest addition [...]

What is the connection between banking and (plein air) art?

Thursday, den 10. November 2011

I was amused by a recent blogpost about the ING Art Collection. Somehow I did not get no further clue what the connection between banks and artists is other than what I knew already but wasn’t said in the post : The artists want the money and the banks want public relation. What I understood [...]

The new forest diary calendar 2012 is available

Saturday, den 26. March 2011

Forest diary calendar 2012 by editionhaSee other Forest diary Calendars Recently I finished the latest version of the forest diary calendar, which is now available in the Zazzle store. Newest winter and spring sketches with lots of snow have been added.