1/24/12 Ok, I have been remiss in not updating this very often. I will do my best to improve on that. I wanted to update everyone on some shows I will be doing and where they can (or can no longer) find my work.
Shows: I will be doing First Friday in Las Vegas in February and March, and will determine if I will be doing more months after that. Third Friday you can find me at the Chandler Artwalk. i am applying for the Oceanside Days of Art festival in Oceanside, CA for April 21st and 22nd. Will update more after I hear about that one. I have received my application for, and will be returning to, the North Park Festival of Arts in San Diego, CA on May 20th. Love this show! Will be bringing my full two tent set up.
Update on where to find my art when I am not at shows (other than here, of course). I recently put close to 20 pieces into Garlic and Shots on Rural and Elliot in Tempe, AZ. Great place, great food, great atmosphere. I will also be hanging multiple pieces at Hiptazmic Gallery at the Art Factory in Las Vegas, starting 1st Friday in February. I am also in the planning stages for a display at the Sanctuary art space in Phoenix. And, I might have some of my skateboard designs produced and sold at Industrial Rideshop in the greater Phoenix area. Sadly, I must also report that two of the galleries that I was hanging in have closed, due to the economy. Therefore, I no longer have work at Evermore Nevermore in Mesa, or at Galerias de los Muertos in Phoenix.
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1/23/10If you are the organizer of an artwalk or a festival in Arizona looking for artists that attract a crowd and sell well, please drop me an email. You can also look up my profile on http://festivalnet.com/index.html
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 | Keep up the good work. I enjoyed your art at the Chandler Historic area. Keep making the world a positive and more beautiful place. Glad you aren't a starving artist! ha ha | -- Denise, 10/25/10
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10/17/09Wow, I must have lived a good life the past week or so....I just received an email from the City of Chandler, Arizona (where I live), inviting me to send in 10 works that may be used for a public beautification project. They want to take the works and create "wraps", and use those wraps on large outdoor features, such as junction boxes or electrical panels, large concrete planters, etc. Plus, the city will create a brochure and promote our works (I was 1 od 4 artists asked to submit).
Plus, they will pay us 1 time reproduction rights of $400 for use, then $100 for each file used! Best of all, I didn't have to do anything, they contacted me based on works they had seen at local artwalks and online at my two sites. So, as I have said before, the moral of the story is get off your high-horse about only showing in galleries (you know who you are), and do whatever you can to get your work seen (artwalks, coffee shops, boutiques, etc.) While some friends of mine are busy trying to get into galleries (and not selling), I have focused on building a name reputation and getting my pieces on people's walls. Not bragging, just saying I hate the label "starving artist", and refuse to accept it.
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| The art of a starving artist is dead. Congratulations. Ambition and drive pay off well. I own a few of your pieces. Can't wait to see what else you come out with. | -- I Am L.O.V.E, 1/2/10
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| You deserve this. Congratulations! You're the hardest working artist I know.. except of course, for me. :) | -- Sienna, 10/17/09
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10/12/09 | I just delivered 4 of my pieces (The Road, Not just opportunity knocks, Sing the words to every lie you've heard, and My heart for you) to the set of a movie being shot here in Phoenix! The movie, "Valley of the sun", is about a wealthy man living in LA who wakes up one day, decides his life is without meaning, and moves back home into his parents house. Who happen to live in Sun City, a retirement community here which is famous for the fact that the majority of it's residents drive golf carts. Casting director did Napolean Dynomite, so probably the same sort of movie.
My piece called The Road is sized 32 x 50 inches for the movie, and will be featured several times in the opening sequence. All the pieces are being used on the set of the multi-million dollar home, which is rather cool. Means they thought my pieces looked like they would belong in a multi million dollar house.
Cast and crew are going to sign the back of The Road, and I get that piece back. I also get a mention in the "Special Thanks" credits at the end of the movie, and the set designer has passed my name on to others in his position. All in all, I am pretty excited by that.
Best part is, they "discovered" my art while attending a local artwalk (First Friday's in Phoenix, one of the largest monthly artwalks in the country). So, moral of the story is .... find every way you can to get your work out there, you never know what might happen!
Maynard Breese
"Will I still be soiled, once the dirt is gone?"
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| That is awesome! | -- Sarah Klamm, 8/28/10
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If you are an artist looking for giclee work, please email me for a price quote. I use a Canon IPF8100 12 color pigment printer and archival materials, and print for several dozen artists.
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