PUSHGALLERY DESIGN

Our friend Hollie Chantiles is today’s guest photographer. While keeping busy working on new work(painting) and curating 3 galleries she’s been nice enough to find some time to send us over some photo’s from her collection. Make sure to take a look at Progressive Galleries and see what’s new.

The Disneyland Birthday club is giving away entry into disneyland on your birthday for free.
Yup Free admission on your birthday. So if you don’t have any plans for your birthday and want to celebrate your birthday at disneyland head over to the disneyland Resort website and fill out your birthday info.

If you are interested, starting in 2009, Disneyland is offering free admission to one of their parks only on your birthday if you register on the site. If you are an annual pass holder then you get a gift card for the amount of admission to use that day. Sign yourself up, sign your kids up!

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and for those of you who haven’t seen this remix of Alice, check it out:

“Kinda” by, Justin Snyder ©2008

photo by, Justin Snyder
location: Long Beach CA

photo by, Justin Snyder
Location: Long Beach CA

location, San Francisco California
Phot by, Justin Snyder ©2008

She one was born in London in 1969 SHE1 has been painting and making graphics for twenty years, exhibiting in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Berlin and Milan. His own brand of abstract typography is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of the early eighties but his stylised shorthand and uniquely expressive approach to paintings keep him firmly in the present. His highly personalised work has crossed over into fashion (most recently working with Addict and Kswiss) product and audio collaboration, causing “Refill Magazine” to refer to him as a leading cultural artist. … Read more She one was born in London in 1969 SHE1 has been painting and making graphics for twenty years, exhibiting in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Berlin and Milan. His own brand of abstract typography is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of the early eighties but his stylised shorthand and uniquely expressive approach to paintings keep him firmly in the present. His highly personalised work has crossed over into fashion (most recently working with Addict and Kswiss) product and audio collaboration, causing “Refill Magazine” to refer to him as a leading cultural artist.

location: Disneyland California
photo and graphics by, Justin Snyder

This was done as a psd file, email me if you have questions on how I did it.
info@pushgallery.com

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Are you an artist? If so you may have began your art career in as someone that is commonly referred to as a “starving artist.” It can be difficult for an artist to get people interested enough in their work to want to purchase it. It is very expensive to arrange for a gallery showing, but don’t despair, there is a viable alternative known as an online art gallery.

An online art gallery is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a website that features art. But better yet, this can be a web site featuring YOUR art. The art is photographed and displayed on the website. Often times an online art gallery will feature the work of several artists at once. If you are not a web designer, or our computer illiterate, don’t despair. You can always hire someone to do the work for you.

Of course you can also join an online art gallery where there are many artists featured in and the actual management of the web site is the responsibility of someone other than you. One of the ways that an online art gallery makes money is by commissioning the work of the artists. An agreement is entered into that states that any piece that is sold through the online art gallery is subject to a fee. The fee will then be deducted from the sale of the featured artwork that was sold.

This type of arrangement works well for the artist as it allows them to showcase their work to a broad audience without the expense that can be associated with that. The Online art gallery basically is supported by the commission’s decrease the for the work sold through the site.

Not all online art galleries work with this type of system in place. Some will forgo a commission and simply charge a one-time, upfront fee. It is almost like a landlord, tenant arrangement. The site owner is allowing the artist to use their bandwidth space to show their work and therefore a fee is fair and justified. As I stated before, there are no commissions involved in in this type of arrangement. It is yet another option, and a very viable one at that.

One of the benefits of utilizing the services of an online art gallery is that for the price the artist is receiving some promotion as well. Exposure is key to the success of any artist. If no one’s future work, then you don’t exist.

An online art gallery also makes money when people visit the site and purchase from it. Therefore they are always working hard at promoting their virtual space and their very real artists. For the artists whose work is visible on the site, this means more exposure which can translate to more sales. It’s all about getting your product in front of interested parties.

Not every online art gallery features the work of up and coming artists. There are many that will be focused strictly on the well-known, celebrated artists. This type of gallery allows individuals who are interested in art the chance to see it online. Unfortunately, not all people who have resources and ability to visit the great galleries of world. Being able to see world class art online is a luxury that many people really appreciate. It is yet another wonderful way in which the Internet and enriches our lives.

Whether you are an artist or an art connoisseur I encourage you to look over for various works that you can find on an online art gallery. Out that you’ll see some things there that will really pique your interest.

_ Morgan Hamilton

Morgan Hamilton offers expert advice and great tips regarding all aspects concerning arts. You can find more work from Morgan at this address:
http://www.onlineartsinfo.com/all-about-the-arts/arts/finding-an-online-art-gallery.html