Attack it head on
Back in December, I ran a Deep Thought Thursday about how to satisfy an unreasonable client who has hired you for a commissioned piece of art. I presented a particular situation (which you need to read about to understand this post) and many alert readers helped an artist address this problem
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Attack it head on
I had my overnight with the “famous” guy last night. In his case, famous means: well known in his circles, and maybe you’ve seen him once or twice in a magazine or on TV. In the interests of keeping his identity anonymous, there are some things I would like to say in this entry that I’m going to have to leave out. He’s an esteemed (according to one description of him that google brought up) antique collector/dealer, or at least enough so that if I mentioned certain pieces/collections he had, someone in the antique world might figure out who he is. I realize my blog isn’t really at the level yet that he would have to worry, but who knows, maybe it will take off overnight and I’ll suddenly be outing my johns. I’ll save that for my multi-million dollar, Heidi Fleiss book deal. Until then, he’ll just be known as “antique man.” We talked a lot on the phone beforehand. He was very talkative (on the phone and in person), which I liked. After setting up our meeting and then confirming a couple times via text and phone, I arrived around 8pm. He met me at the door with a beautiful bulldog, who seemed very friendly. He was probably in his 50s (the man, not the dog), but wasn’t terribly out of shape or bad looking. Just looked his age. He led me into his apartment, which was beautiful, although a little cluttered, which seems to be the antique collector’s way. His fireplace was going, which was very nice. I later learned that the building used to be owned by a famous couple… who I shouldn’t mention. I truly wish I could be more specific, but just know, the apartment and the things he had in it were simply beautiful. We made small talk as he grabbed a bottle of Prosecco and poured us both a glass. He told me that I looked different from my pictures, which I’ve been told before. I need to go through all my picture options with my roommate sometime. Although nobody has been disappointed (they say I’m better in person) I don’t want to misrepresent myself. He said I looked a little more… mature? I also am a little scruffier than my pics make me out to be. As he came back from the kitchen he grabbed me and went for the mouth. We made out for a minute, then headed over to the sofa where we lounged, chatted, listened to some music, and fended off his dog, who was pretty nippy. I think he was jealous of the attention that I was getting that was usually his. We listened to a lot of music… jazz mostly. We had talked on the phone about some hard to find CDs he had gotten that he was excited to play for me
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heaven knows, anything goes.
For Motorsport in North- East • David(17years) and Tepo(13years)- two selected Naga motorsport enthusiasts to be trained by JK Tyre and MECO Motorsport to participate in JK Tyre Indian National Rotax Championship • The initiative was supported by Nagaland Government JK Tyres in association with Akbar Ebrahim and MECO Motorsport have successfully embarked upon the talent search programme for young motosport enthusiasts from remote parts of the country.
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JK Tyre Launched a Unique Talent Search Programme
Analysts Share Best Practices for Embracing Social Networking at Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit March 9-11 in Baltimore Gartner, Inc. has revealed its key predictions on the use of social software and collaboration in the enterprise
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Gartner Reveals Five Social Software Predictions for 2010 and Beyond
UST Global, a new-generation pioneer in IT and BPO services was honored to have Her Excellency Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines inaugurate its new Manila offshore development center on the 2nd of February 2010
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UST Global’s New Manila Center Inaugurated on February 2, 2010
I am very excited to announce the launch of Picture Book Report , fifteen illustrators creating a new scene from their favourite books every month. The project was created and is organized by Meg Hunt who kicks things off with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Picture Book Report
Pigeon Post’s series of Valentines illustrations are based on love myths and legends from around the world, and are visually inspired by folk art and postage stamps from the 40s and 50s. Posted by John Martz on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: love , valentines
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Pigeon Post: Valentines Series
A lot of people are currently being troubled by dark circles around the eyes which allow them to look exhausted and tired at all times. Basically, this can take place because of wide range of reasons that removing dark circles under eyes starts to become the main concern of people in different generations.
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Start the Process of Removing Dark Circles Under Eyes
Are you hiding your accomplishments? If I visit your website or blog, would I know that your work was on the cover of a magazine, featured in an article, or that you received an award? I’m not talking about a list on a résumé .
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Art Marketing Action + Podcast: Show off!
Once the Preserve of Large Consultancy Firms, TLM Is Rapidly Becoming an Established Field Within Marketing Thought leadership marketing (TLM) can be a powerful tool for improved marketing success in IT services, according to Gartner, Inc. While thought leadership has been used by consulting firms for a long time — often accounting for as much as 20 percent of marketing expenditure — an organized discipline of TLM is only now emerging, allowing marketers to use this as a manageable tool to drive business. Gartner defines TLM as the giving — for free or at a nominal charge — of information or advice that a client will value so as to create awareness of the outcome that a company’s product or service can deliver, in order to position and differentiate that offering and stimulate demand for it
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Gartner Says Thought Leadership Marketing Can Be a Powerful Tool for IT Services Providers
Strengthens focus on Aerospace logistics sector with 50% expansion of Aerospace Hub in Singapore DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced it has been named the ‘Aerospace Logistics Company of the Year’ at the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Aerospace & Defense Award. The company has also strengthened its focus on the Aerospace logistics sector by expanding its Aerospace Hub in Singapore by 50%, adding 25,000 sq ft to the existing Aerospace Hub situated near the Singapore Changi International Airport.
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DHL named Aerospace Logistics Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan
Explicit views of women’s pudenda have never been in short supply in New York City but one found them on 42nd St.
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Reclaiming Women’s Anatomy: The Visible Vagina at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art and David Nolan Gallery
PREFACE: I write to you from Sydney, Australia, my location for the next 6 months where I am trying my hand at a new adventure before pursuing my MA in Art History in the Fall. I am discovering a whole new art scene and deciphering a completely new national discourse. Below is my first Aussie review, a reflection on a show by Lynette Wallworth presented within the Sydney Festival.
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Lynette Wallworth at the Sydney Festival
Post by Barry Rosof My brother Barry and his wife Louise have fled Edmonton for the winter (good move) and are lolling in warmer climes–well not exactly lolling.
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Pothole challenge and two-sloth night–report from Costa Rica
An incomplete, biased and otherwise personal list of some of the events I hope to get to in the next two weeks: Tuesday, Feb. 2 , 6 pm YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, a Seoul based web-art group, will be speaking at Temple where their work is part of Philagrafika .
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Events in Philadelphia and Elsewhere
Illustration: Elizabethan Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 The chapter dealing with Elizabethan Ornament in Owen Jones 1856 The Grammar of Ornament was actually written by John Burley Waring which is not unusual as a number of the chapters of the book were written by various friends, critics, and experts who Jones knew or was in contact with. Waring himself saw the Elizabethan period of ornamentation as being part of a great continuation of an English style that had seen its formation in the gothic medieval period and was to continue to develop through
Refining Possibilities: Making the Best Use of Your TimeThank you for kind words yesterday, it is heartwarming to hear your concern and encouragement. I wanted to talk more about what I mean by refining aspirations . Refining your goals doesn’t mean making them less or lowering your standards or expectations.
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Refining Possibilities: Making the Best Use of Your Time
I’m dashing toff to Temple Gallery for the artist’s talk inconjunction with the Philagrafika show there. The talk, featuring artists Carl Pope, Frencesc Ruiz, Barthelemy Toguo and YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, plus Curators Sheryl Conkelton and Jose Roca, sounds pretty interesting
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Temple Philagrafika talk 2-5 today
The Chris Ofili mid career survey at the Tate Britain reveals a sexually charged and scatalogical body of work reminiscent of Gilbert and George’s The Naked Shit Pictures . This survey contains overlooked sensations and under-exploited materials. The energies driving the early works have been tamed and the latest works are in an amorphous state of disarray
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Chris Ofili at the Tate Britain
Guest Blogger: Leonard Olson I recently discovered something interesting about Google and using social media. First, a little background. I am the village kaleidoscope maker in a small town of roughly 700 people in NW Iowa
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Using Twitter to enhance your search-engine ranking