Edit- Scheduler didn’t schedule… Sorry!
Damned muse won’t sit still for any particular story, bouncing from pillar to post, and back again! But I have stuff I need to finish!!!
Went down and supported a friend at the Art Battle finals last night. For those that don’t know what that is, artists have 30 minutes to complete an entire painting. Depending on the number of artists, two to three rounds to get a winner.
Last night was for the US national championship. My friend made it to the final four, but sadly didn’t win…
Her art is…quirky is the best word I can use to describe it, but it does make one think. HERE is her gallery of work.
Her two paintings last night were ‘attack hare’, a rabbit poised on the head of a mountain lion, and a buffalo with a blue racoon sitting on its head. 🙂 Like I said, NOT the standard art, but still very interesting!
On the cover search, I lost out on one in the silent auction, it ended up going for over $1000, which is great for the artist, but sucked for me. Now it’s down to dickering with the two remaining artists to see if we can work a deal, or it will be back to searching old paintings by the various masters of western art that have gone out of copyright.
I know art is ALWAYS subjective, but damn… either I’m getting picky, or the pickings are pretty damned slim on the ground these days. I ‘know’ there are a bunch of photorealistic artists out there, but to me that just doesn’t grab you as being a ‘western’ per se…
What do y’all think?
While the physical painting was sold in the silent auction, did the artist retain IP rights over reproduction? Would they possibly be willing to license for book cover anyway?
I liked your Cronin series covers. Suited the books. Would have liked another in the series even with the old man passing on. The remaining family members had enough substance to carry the storyline forward just fine.
Get some art student to do a pencil sketch in exchange for getting art credit. (Obviously, I nothing about art or finance.)
Quirky? I used to drop LSD, also, but I gave it up. 🙂
Your friend has some great work. The dive platform os great.
You’re looking for something that is more an illustration than modern “fine art,” and I don’t know who does those any more. The ones in the Western art magazines tend towards semi-abstract, or photo-realistic (Tim Cox and Co.)
Hey Old NFO;
What did Louie lamouir use or William W. Johnson use as inspiration….? I’m striking out here….*Sorry*
Wing- No idea, he wasn’t there, and I didn’t get any contact info.
Dave- Thanks! My graphic artist did all those!
Robert- I need a bit more professional than sketches… sigh
Ed- LOL
Jet- Yeah, I had to look at that one a couple of times!
TXRed- Exactly… sigh
Bob- They had artists paid by the publisher to do the artwork.