Do you want me to put this up as an NFT? Encourage me by voting “yes”.
Up to now, Blockchain has been the major issue, but since I’m assured that Ethereum is handling it, I’ll put it aside for the moment, willing to take it on trust for the moment, watching and waiting, listening for the latest news about Shard Technology replacing blockchain. Vigilant Always, I’ll continue to watch the progress of this project.
In the meantime, I’m taking a few small semi-furtive and very tentative steps into the world of NFT art.
What? You don’t know the difference is between ordinary NFTs and my hardware-stored Wallet Cards? Okay, let’s start at the top: Continue reading →
“Me & My Money”, a serigraph produced decades ago.
My serigraphs used to retail at $1800-$3000, but we haven’t marketed them for at least 20 years — what are today’s prices? No idea, but we’re going to find out.
I intend to dig out some of those serigraphs, produced in the days before computer generated “giclee” color printing. These are from pastel originals. They are each and every one completely hand-printed, each color laid down separately, through a carefully prepared silkscreen, until all colors are present on the print.
Technically, it is “a work on paper”, and is produced in a profoundly limited run, hence it is sometimes referred to as “a multiple original” or “an original multiple”, depending on what part of the country your gallery might be standing.
I’m offering them today at ridiculously low prices, because my market has yet to be re-established in the marketplace.
Hence and therefore, the serigraph “Me & My Money” is available FRAMED to retail at $850, which means that your wholesale cost will be $350, allowing you to “keystone double”, which is standard retail practice.
Keep in mind that this piece comes framed, and that means money. If you don’t want it framed, take off $50 and we’ll ship you the serigraph flat — I don’t roll prints if I can help it — of course, large paintings on canvas are quite another matter.
There are not many of any of my earlier serigraphs left — they sold surprisingly well at the time — so if you want one of these compelling and dramatic pieces, better say so right now. Please don’t contact me months from now and expect to get one of these serigraphs. Continue reading →
Graphite Drawing 1949, available as a 24″ x 36″ — spectacular fine art print on watercolor paper retail $950, new signed VERY limited edition of only 22 copies.
Read it and weep — we’re going to wade through a bit of negative news first, but I assure you that there’s GOOD NEWS at the end of the trail — here is a list of the top 14 eBay searchwords for ART, listed in the order of their relative importance, most-popular searchword in the first place, least popular searchword in last place, thus:
Poster
Wall Art
Mondo
Mondo Poster
Antique Oil Painting
Canvas Art
Original Oil Painting
Oil
Canvas Painting
Sculpture
Etching
Watercolor
Metal Wall Art
WPA (Work Progress Administration — Depression Era Art)
One of the less-objectionable Keith Haring “artworks” generated by the Warhol Marketing Plan, which was to rip off everyone mercilessly without regard for public safety, sanity or aesthetic.
Deeply Sculptured Enamelware can be achieved through advanced techniques.
Which is the Darkest Hour of the Night? It’s always the one you’re in. How will you get through this Dark Hour? It’s not a question of what you do, but where you are at the time. Most of the issues in the Dark Hour revolve around what you’re going to do to get through it, and here’s one solution that works when all other solutions fail. Continue reading →
Pencil Signed & Numbered by the Artist, LIMITED EDITION, a total of 50 COPIES numbered 1/50-50/50, plus 4 Artist’s Proofs, Proof i/i-i/iv, on RARE linen-laid watermarked Dover 17th century style handmade paper.
THE SIGNED-IN-THE-PLATE EDITION — $25 Unmounted & Unframed.
Limited only by the amount of rare Dover paper I have remaining in my paper stock. I have not much left, and it is the entire world’s supply of this RARE ++++ DOVER handmade paper, the kind used by the famous Dutch artists of the 17th century. Continue reading →
SCRIM1 — “Amsterdam Canals Windy Afternoon”, 2.4.15, signed & dated in the plate.
All of my Scrimshaw Landscapes come to you printed on rare, laid-linen Dover 17th century style handmade watermarked paper, the same paper used by Rembrandt, van Ostade and others. The original artwork is scratched into the plate with a small sharp point. The lighter lines are called “drypoint” and the heavier darker areas are called “burr”. The originals are not for sale, but stunning, fine-art prints are available now.
This edition is limited by the amount of the rare Dover paper available. It is no longer made. I have the world’s supply. It was a paper favored by book restorers who wanted to match the 17th century paper of the volume under conservation. The print is 100% archival and should outlast this civilization if left to age on its own. I have many 400 year old prints made on this type of paper, and they show only normal signs of age, no foxing, no staining, nothing but normal age, which in this case, means “microscopic”, no visible damage. Continue reading →
