Owner: Arteccentrix Art Blog URL:http://arteccentrix.wordpress.com Join Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:42:49 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: Ever wondered what goes on in an abstract artist's mind........? This is the weblog of working Cayman Islands artist Nickola McCoy. The painter discusses art and artists from around the world, shares her views on a variety of other topics in this part jou Site statistics:Click here
A Fascination With Native American Art 2007-03-25 07:39:27 Maybe it’s all my husband’s fault…..in fact, let’s just say it’s definitely his fault. Until I met him I knew little of the turbulent history of North America, I didn’t have much time for Hollywood’s portrayals, nor the truth. I suppose being a girl, those kind of macho fascinations just weren’t in my makeup. But, I have to admit, he’s worn me down. Firstly with his tales of Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas…….places that to so many of us are just names on a map….then with his insistence that we added certain movies to our collection, movies which I actually often found myself enjoying and which led to long discussions late into the night and the early hours. Eventually, my eyes were turned towards the art of the native American
s, firstly just cursory and easily dismissed, but with their tribal history and often heartbreaking stories, I became more fascinated by the artists of the present and the past, and wantin Read more:Native
The Free Online Art Gallery Conclusion 2007-03-26 08:38:15 Back in June of last year I wrote a piece about online art galleries. I think that after all this time, it’s about time to givea quick summary of what the passing of time has made apparent.
1) Hosted online galleries do not bring much in the way of sales of fine art. In the two years since the experiment of registering with several organizations the sum total of sales directly attributable to hosted galleries is four paintings. None of these individual sales amounted to more than a few hundred dollars. I won’t name the various sites, not wishing to denegrate any of their services. I relate this as purely my own experience.
2) There are now so many of these galleries, often hosting thousands of hopeful artisans, that the chances of a visitor stumbling across your work have become less and less likely. Information overload will overwhelm most people long before they make a buying decision.
3) What does sell is very likely to be at the very bottom of the price scale. Few peop Read more:Gallery
Abstract Art - The Latest Works 2007-03-28 03:59:36 Having been at the gallery for most of the day, this is the first chance I’ve had to really check the blog, and, naturally, this was the day that was quite busy on the commenting front! I’m not complaining, I like nothing more than to see some healthy activity and intelligent comments at Arteccentrix, so, thanks to everyone who took the time.
I’ve managed to get photographs of a couple of recent abstracts, the first one is “Icarus” which, although posted here a few days back was not a very good picture.
The second painting which was painted at around the same time is titled “Newborn Tide” and although the theme is entirely different, the similarity in style is obvious. Both pieces are currently on display at the Morgan Gallery, as I will be myself for another couple of days! If any readers are out there, please do pop in and say Hi!
I hope you enjoy them and your comments are always welcomed. Until next time.
Nickola
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Artists Gear Up For MDR Art Exhibition 2007-04-02 01:52:15
The fifth annual Million Dollar Run race is around the corner, on Easter weekend,6 to 9 April. The event, which comprises a powerboat race, poker hand and several glamorous parties, has grown to become a fixture on the spring calendar of both the Cayman Islands and the region.
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The above article from the Cay Compass fills in the details of the upcoming exhibition at the Morgan Gallery which opens on April 7 and will run until April 21.
I am really pleased to be able to confirm that one of the paintings to be auctioned off at the annual gala at the Ritz Carlton to benefit the Junior Achievement charity will be mine, and specially painted for the event. I really hope that it will fetch a good price
The final preparations for the show have kept me hugely busy so I apologize for not being around to post as frequently as I would like. I’ve attached a copy of the invitations to the opening night and you can read more about the whole MDR weekend in the above Read more:Artists
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Blog Advertising To Benefit Everyone 2007-04-04 19:18:38 I’m still busy working on preparations for the weekend but wanted to give an update on one of the programs I have been working with for the past couple of weeks.
Pay Per Post is a program that gives bloggers an opportunity to make sponsored posts on their blogs and earn a little bit of money for the blog ads they choose to promote. I’ve not been working the program too hard, simply because I don’t want to detract too much from the content of this blog.
As a result I have made only a couple of sponsored posts here which have netted about $28, which isn’t much I’ll grant you. However, for many of you this could be a great way to add new and interesting content to your blog and make a little extra on the side. Some folks are making several hundred dollars a month and those who blog about more commercial subjects can easily integrate sponsored posting into their pages.
For anyone feeling horrified at the thought of selling out to blatant outright commercial Read more:Advertising
Of Art And Poetry Competitions 2007-04-06 00:38:21 I very nearly forgot to post about my recent triumph in a poetry competition!
OK, that sounds rather boastful of me I know, but I’m the kind of person who rarely, if ever, wins competitions so I’m quite proud of myself. The main reason for posting was to thank Nicole Hyde for giving me the opportunity and to encourage people to go and have a look at her blog, Nicole Hyde Fine Art
Nicole is an artist from Colorado who states a preference for working in oils and if you can spare a few seconds I’m asking everyone to go and vote for a painting she has entered in the Saatchi Gallery Showdown - it is a very moody landscape and it would be great if we could help increase the voting for her - not that the painting doesn’t merit our votes, but hey, bloggers help bloggers right? You have only until April 9th, So - Click here to place your votes
Good luck Nicole and let us know how you get on.
I can’t wait to receive my prize - thanks so much - I shall put a pictu Read more:Poetry
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Original Painting “Boys Toys” Goes For Auction 2007-04-05 22:10:25 The Million Dollar Race art exhibition is nearly upon me and I finally put the finishing touches on all my paintings this morning before driving them over to the gallery. In all I am displaying eight paintings of various sizes, all acrylic and all on canvas. My hands, arms, eyes, legs are all sore from the frame building, stretching and painting! Yes, I do stretch all my work, by hand, myself.
I am still not ready to show any of the eight pieces online until after the opening night of the show this weekend but I am posting a picture of the painting that will be auctioned tomorrow evening at the Ritz Carlton MDR gala dinner. It is called “Boys Toys” and has been done in a stained glass technique, for want of a better description. Let me know what you think!
Click Here For High Res Image Of Boys Toys
That’s all for today - I’m beat!
Nickola
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Million Dollar Race Art Show Update 2007-04-09 18:28:55 The Easter weekend is well underway and the Million Dollar
Run art show opened successfully on Saturday evening at the Morgan Gallery. The turnout was really very good and opening night proved to be one of the busiest in the gallery’s history.
I’m not at my most comfortable talking about my art, at least not in that type of situation and I busied myself ensuring that guests had champagne, wine, or water readily to hand whilst my husband worked busily away in the back tidying up the fallout of used glasses and empty bottles! I was proud of him, as he was there as a guest, but he’s not a man to shy away from any kind of work and I think he enjoyed the labour. Being a straightforward and no nonsense type, I’m always amazed that he can adjust to pretty much any social situation and he walked around mingling with the artists and guests alike, looking incongruous in his black stetson and denim yet seeming to fit in at the same time, just as he did the previous eveni Read more:Update
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Art On The Hoof! 2007-04-13 20:58:18 Hi Everyone
A quick apology for my absence but several things have taken priority over the blog in the past few days. I have managed to produce some work for the Cayfest celebrations and I will post more about those soon.
The last few days have seen my husband locked away in his home office working on his new domain at TheCaymanHost.com (I don’t really understand exactly what his business is all about but it means he works from home so I’m not complaining) and I have been painting and banging nails and sawing wood for all I’m worth. We have been passing at meal times and collapsing into bed each night and falling asleep in mid conversation, him mumbling about Search Engine Optimization and me about sponsors and paintings!
I also have news of a big solo art show coming up…….I’m really excited about it and again, more news soon. Thanks to all the commenters, I promise to respond really soon
Have a great day everyone
Nickola
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