Just Sold

Here's an abstract piece that I recently sold.Titled "Red Sunset" .It's a 24" x 40" diptych.For more pieces like this one check out my store.

Vaughan art integration project

I was just at the opening night of the Art integration Project in Vaughan Ontario.It's the juried show with one of my pieces in it.Unfortunately I forgot my digital camera and I'll have to go back to some time next week to post photos of the show.I'll also post the show info.

New Large Abstract Piece

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This is an abstract piece I just finished.It's part of the urban tapestry series titled-"The next stop".
size is 30" x 60" triptych.It's up in my store and would make a great Father's day gift.If you mention you saw it from my blog I will ship it for FREE!!

Juried show -Art integration project.

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I just delivered my piece for the Art integration project in Vaughan.If you're in the Toronto Area take a look at the show(it's free). It starts at the end of May.I'll post more details for the show soon.

NEW ARTFIRE SITE

I've just opened another site on Artfire.com. It's a new rival site to Etsy and seems like a good community.The good thing is that there are no listing fees or selling fees.There's also no charge for a basic membership so you can't go wrong.I'm not sure but I think it's $16usd /month for a pro seller account. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Here's the link to my store-http://www.artfire.com/users/Cen_Arte

New floral

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I just finished this floral last night.It's titled"The Little White Flowers".The size is 24"x 24" on 1.5" gallery canvas.It's in my Ebay store at- http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/Cen-Arte-Rare-Gallery-Originals

Offshore Art & fake artists

I recently read an article on "cheap art from China"and it's affects on the individual artist.I was unaware of the scale of the industry.They actually have small painting villages of workers!
I'm sure most people are aware of this,but it reminds me of when I began selling my own work online.

I remember being told by a well established artist that I should paint under a pseudonym for my online work . He told me that many art collectors/designers don't care whether a name is real or not.In fact many galleries had one or two artist painting under several names.It often came down to price point and whether it matched an interior design. It didn't sit right with me.

I felt that putting a face to the work was the best thing for me and in the sea of faceless Chinese factory artists I hoped I would stand out. Initially I took some flak from a couple of galleries for using my real name on the net but at least I've continued to paint and work without regrets.