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Latest Artwork – Enchanted Forest collection
I imagine walking through forests where color has no boundaries, where sunlight lifts the spirit and where nature becomes part of one’s soul. I breathe in deep and exhale pure joy…
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Painting: Under the Blue Light
It took me a while to finish this piece, but it is finally here.
It’s funny how each piece takes its own course. This one took a while, and lots of changes. I took so many pictures that I was able to create a video, with all these frames.
Below is a wonderful poem written by Wendell A Brown, one of my dear friend of the web-sphere. You should go check his blog. He wrote it specially for this post. His words are a blessing to the world. Many thanks Wendell!
There was a certain air of confidence every where
The moment I began to feel his eyes embrace
I knew that this would be a fantastic piece As I felt the soothing energy alive within his face There actually was a surprisingly shy moment
Where he let his guard down allowing me to see
That though his image seemed so very perfect
I begin to feel a genuine and selfless humanity One would see this painting when its finished
They would surmise that it showed so much more
But in the moments which the creative spirit flowed
There was really one thing he let me know for sure That He only agreed to sit down and let me paint him
Understanding within me there was a genuine real need
To capture this side of his truly gentle wonderful spirit
Because he saw he could not hide his truth from me That through the gorgeous smile and handsome looks
I could see the true charade played with others each day
And he wanted to finally end his daily ruse with life
Letting his seemingly perfect self slip so very far away.
Etsy Shop About page has been updated!
Reading an Etsy article made me realized that a new look was available for all Etsy owners.
So, without delays, I updated my shop.
This is how it looks and you could check it out by clicking here
Below is a sneak peek…
Copyright Visual Arts
Some of you asked me, when am I going to post new paintings? 😀 The truth is that I delayed the new posts in purpose for a very simple, yet important reason: Copyright issues.
I took a few weeks off last December to do some remodeling around the apartment. I did not paint, but I did read and listened to instructional videos about marketing, licensing and sharing art online. To tell you the truth, the information was overwhelming.
In short, I decided to copyright every painting I create from now on.
Below, I included a list of sites to explain some of the whys and the hows in connection to this subject. I e-filed my first copyright a couple of weeks ago through the US official site. The step by step process was easy to follow and they do have a link “How to Register a Work“. Nothing to be afraid of 😀 ! One thing I should mention is that it costs $35 for each time you submit a request. However, the good news is that you may include multiple unpublished pieces of art in one single application.
The keyword is “unpublished“.
To make it simple:
– Published Art: A single application must be file.
– Unpublished Art: As long as all pieces have never been published, you may include it in one single application.
This is the reason I am holding off on posting new paintings. My plan is to file an application by the end of each month. I also want to copyright some of my published pieces, but that will take time.
Remember, this includes photography, illustration and any type of visual art.
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week! 😀
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Resourceful sites:
http://inventors.about.com/od/copyrights/a/copyright.htm
http://www.artbusiness.com/register_and_copyright_art_for_artists.html
Painting: Smokey Eyes
I know some of you already saw this piece, but I just noticed that I never created a post for it.
So, here it is, trying to do at least three faces. This is the second titled “Smokey Eyes“.
I will post the third piece tomorrow. I used acrylics on this one too, but the third piece will be in oils. Size is 30 x 40 on stretched canvas. I used mostly a knife palette to spread the paint. It was as much fun as the first one.
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