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Part Three NFT Adventure Final

July 11th, 2023

Part Three NFT Adventure Final

After spending hours reviewing videos on YouTube about the pro and cons of NFTs for artists. I found this video from Sergio Gomez the most informative and great advice.
Voice dot com discussion

I have registered and created an account on the Voice Dot Com service. Painless, no upfront costs, and a reasonable 15% fee if I sell any NFTs. They follow what is called a carbon-eutral
policy for minting NFTs. The so-called gas fees are used to fund the blockchain. So all the other services have an interest in having artists pay these fees upfront. With Voice, the buyer
pays the gas fees as part of the sale. Plus, your artwork earns a 10% royalty in after-sales.

If you’re interested in entering the NFT Art market Voice is the best way to begin, quick and easy. With all other artist sale platforms it requires marketing, social media promotion, etc. For me, the NFT art market is an afterthought, something I’m not putting any money into, and if I sell some art, that’s gravy. The really funny thing is when I receive a message requesting to sell my artwork as NFTs. I point them to the Voice site, and usually, they protest and offer all kinds of reasons why they can’t buy from there. In my thinking if my artwork is so valuable. Then they would want to buy it from any site, right?

Give the site a look-see, and if you register please flag me to follow you on the site. My Voice dot com profile page

Part Two NFT Creation Temptation

July 8th, 2023

Part Two NFT Creation Temptation

Continuing the blog posting about “Art NFTs” with part two the issue of temptation comes up! The messages are still coming in from Instagram, Linked In, and now Twitter! Offers of all different amounts of money, outrageous amounts of money.

I am convinced there may be something to this art nft stuff! I searched YouTube and found the video below, that convinced me. I must somehow figure out how to get involved in this.

Selling Your Art As NFT Explained. YouTube Video

I did visit the site recommended in the video but decided not to use it. With part three I'll post the NFT site that I have registered and share my experience.

"If I can put a smile on the face and a twinkle in the eye of the viewer. I am a working professional artist. To lift the spirits and help someone forget about their troubles, and glorify God. An awesome humbling achievement indeed!"

One Hundred Thousand Dollar Offer

June 20th, 2023

One Hundred Thousand Dollar Offer

As the title of this article states my artwork has earned an offer of $100,000.00! How exciting, you may think, how wonderful Clyde you’ve made it to the big time! Let’s put the breaks on the enthusiasm and excitement. I’ll tell you a story about NFT’s that's Non-Fungible-Tokens. Go to Google and type that in to learn all about them. I am not going to begin to explain NFT’s to you here. It makes my brain hurt just thinking about them!

Sometime in the middle of May, I started to receive messages via Instagram offering to buy my artwork as NFT’s. In the beginning, I always replied with not available. I don’t offer any of my artwork as NFT’s. Then the messages got really crazy! Below is a sampling, the text is original.

(I’m really interested in buying your amazing works of yours as Nft for $10,000 each, will you mind selling for me?)

(I’m ready to offer you $3.000 each for these magnificent arts, am pretty much interested in buying them.)

(I will buy each art for $15000 as NFT)

(I’m interested in these four as NFTs I’m offering 4 ETH($7300) for each of them. Reasonable enough?)

(5 of your artworks are of great interest to me and my business associates, I want to make an offer $100.000.00 for them as digital artworks NFTs.)

Are you excited? Well, such offers got me thinking, maybe I should offer some of my artwork in the NFT format. So I began to investigate and watch videos on YouTube. I soon discovered that there is a thing called “gas fees” and these could run as high as 300 – 400 dollars per NFT. I mentioned this to one of the messengers and here was the response.

(You’re required to pay for gas fee in order for me to purchase your artwork successfully and if you do pay for it I won’t be able to purchase your artwork. This is how we work; you’ll send photos of the artworks you want to sell, then you need to pay gas fee so my team can digitize and advertise your work with top speed to the top via Opensea,gas fee varies.)

Oh brother, what now? In part two of this article, I’ll explain what I discovered and the wonderful solution.

Vision Update

March 31st, 2023

Vision Update

It's time for a brief update about my vision issues. Thank you all for your prayers, and well wishes. They were very effective. I was diagnosed with cataracts, a very large one in my right eye blocking my vision. A tiny one in my left eye. The doctor told me he recommended taking it out because other than cataracts my eyes are very healthy. This past Wednesday morning I had eye surgery and it was very successful, hence I can type this message. I'll be scheduled in a few weeks for surgery on the left eye. Again thank all of you for your prayers, and soon I'll be to creating works of art. My vision is so clear that I almost want to redo previously created artwork. Until next time God Bless.

Personal News

December 28th, 2022

Personal News

I've had a lot of anxiety writing this blog posting, however, in talking with an artist friend. It may be important to share with you my collectors and followers on social media. Many of you have probably noticed that my creative productivity has slackened off over the past 2 or 3 months, and I have declined commission work, and have not solicited any new work. 

I have been struggling with vision difficulty. I have gone blind in my right eye! I can still see light, but it is very blurry and I am unable to distinguish what I'm looking at. This has created an immense struggle in the creation of art. I've tried different methods, using magnifying reading glasses and it helps. But it's still just a complete frustration. I am not sure of my brush Strokes and my marks.

January I have confirmed appointments with the medical professionals and will investigate if this condition is permanent. Therefore the sharing of this notice it's not asking for sympathy.
I am asking for your prayers that this condition is not permanent and also as part of my art Journey in sharing with you. I think that you must understand I have always considered my talent to be a gift from God and the more I think about it. This condition is a secondary gift.

I will always create art regardless if I go completely blind I'll figure out some kind of a way to create art. With modern technology, I'll be able to overcome this condition. This blog posting has been created using voice-to-text software.

Talking about vulnerability wow it's done! I don't know how many times I wrote and rewrote this blog posting. I trust with your prayers and your support I will win over this. Maybe It will be an inspiration to some of you who are having difficulties in your own life. Everything will work out with trust in the Lord.

"If I can put a smile on the face and a twinkle in the eye of the viewer. I am a working professional artist. To lift the spirits and help someone forget about their troubles, and glorify God. An awesome humbling achievement indeed!"

Exhibition News

November 20th, 2022

Exhibition News

This artist's career journey continues with new achievements every day. Let me share! This November for the first time. My artwork is on exhibition in three different countries. Let me explain, through the Artboxy service my artwork is in their digital display exhibition in Miami Florida USA during Art Basel Art Week, and in Palma Spain, and Amsterdam. For December I’m going to repeat except Amsterdam is swapped out for Switzerland.

Along with applying for and acceptance in various online juries international art contests, and winning awards each month makes for icing on the cake as they say. I am truly living a
wonderful artistic life. Time for acknowledgment and gratefulness to our Father in heaven! My faith has sustained me In troubling times. However, I never imagined that my art would achieve such levels.

Please don’t think, Clyde is flowing in money and adulation! When I started this journey only a handful of people had seen any of my art. As of today thousands upon thousands of art enthusiasts have viewed my artwork in galleries and online. If I can put a smile on the face and a twinkle in the eye of the viewer. I am a working professional artist.

To lift the spirits and help someone forget about their troubles, and glorify God. An awesome humbling achievement indeed!

Gallery Representation

October 23rd, 2022

Gallery Representation

Gallery representation according to most artist coaches and mentors should be the quest for all professional career artists. All sorts of advice are given as to how to go about reaching this goal. visit art galleries, shows, and exhibitions, and build relationships with gallery directors and personnel. If you’re lucky you will impress them and voila your art will be accepted and placed on the walls of the gallery and you will have the privilege of paying them 50% of the sale price for each piece that is sold.

Do I sound sarcastic? Well, maybe somewhat but from my point of view, this process was very depressing. As an economically poor working artist, the time and effort to pursue such a strategy were near impossible. What if I did get accepted? How would I come up with the funds to frame and ship the artwork to the gallery? This art career was beginning to look like another pay-to-play scam!

Thankfully with the encouragement of my oldest daughter Erika. I found a successful pathway to gallery representation. In our various video call discussions, she said well you’re good at the internet, right? Why not use your internet skills and find a way?

I reflected and ended my woe-is-me depressing thoughts and yes I now have gallery representation in the style of the 21st century. I built a relationship with these galleries by entering their online contests and exhibitions. Very slow going for the first two years, with many, many rejections.
http://www.artshowinternational.com and https://miniartshow.com/ http://www.artboxy.com All three of these galleries have associations and connections with brick-and-mortar galleries. They are free of commission, in other words, if a collector is interested in purchasing the original. They send my contact details and publish and promote my artwork without the 50% commission! The Minni Art Show gallery has a unique program that provides the opportunity for the member artist to donate to charity. The Art Boxy gallery allows its member artist to enter international brick-and-mortar art exhibitions around the world. My artwork is displayed on large 85inch flat screen monitors in rotation with the other member's artists.

Other than providing useful information for my artists' readers. (This is not bragging!) With persistence and clear evaluation of one's goals, and prayer to chart your career path. You will be successful. Now get to work!

My Creative Life

October 16th, 2022

My Creative Life

First thing, I apologize for my lack of blog posting. As I have said before, I’m not a writer. With that said I want to share my creative life with you. Creative activities can come in all forms of action. To explain, in seven days here are some creative activities. For those readers that don’t know I run an internet radio station. It’s hard to believe but Mystery Play Internet Radio has been operating for 21 years. I play nostalgic radio programs from the golden days of radio.

The collecting and technical preparation and cur-ration of programming require tremendous creativity. The production of podcasts and cur-ration of various genres and themes
is also creative. Before I started this visual art career this was how I used my creative skills. Improving your artistic craft is and can be creative! In the twenty-first century, online art courses and lessons are available free of cost or for a nominal fee.

Watching art-related videos online, art history, craft improvement, marketing, computer applications, inspiration, and motivation to keep our art careers fresh. Finally creating works of art in various mediums. Experimenting with different subject matter and techniques, graphic programs, combing digital art elements with hand-drawn elements,
and posting on social media and other internet resources.

The point is that performing these various creative activities each week is my creative life. If I’m not motivated to paint something, then I do something else creatively.
However to keep the activities up week after week after week. That’s a creative life!

What Art Career?

April 27th, 2022

What Art Career?

First of all, let me apologize for my lack of blog postings. As I have said before, I am not good with the written word. Maybe that is why I am a visual artist?

If someone had told me six years ago that my artwork would be on exhibition during the Venice Biennial in Venice Italy. I would have thought they had been smoking too much funny weed.

But it is true! Three works of art will be on digital display Artbox Projects May 01 - May 31 Tana Art Space, Fondamenta de la Tana 2109A, 30122 Venezia Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11h00 – 19h00

The Venice Biennial, running from May to November each year, alternating between art and architecture, the Venice Biennial began in 1895, and now attracts half a million visitors a year. A celebration of art and architecture, the Biennial explores themes of politics and contemporary cultural & social issues through performance, sculpture, and installations. The Venice Biennial is one of the most prestigious cultural festivals in the world. During the run of the Biennial, various small galleries hold exhibitions outside and around the main pavilions.

Plus, my artwork has been on the digital display for April, in three separate galleries. Two galleries in Switzerland, URBANSIDE Gallery Zurich Switzerland, the Thomson Gallery - Zug – Switzerland, and the Lelie Galerij - Amsterdam – Netherlands.

Let me speak in a skeptical voice. But Clyde, these are only digital displays, and your artwork is included in rotation with other artists. That means your artwork will probably only flash on the screen for 30 seconds maybe two or three times per hour. Now how can that be an exhibition?

These past few years I have entered several online juries art contests and exhibitions, and have won various art awards. Here’s the skeptic's voice again. Clyde, these are small online galleries with only a few thousand entries and are not affiliated with the major artist societies or organizations. My questions for that skeptical voice? How can an economically poor artist launch and endure a career in art? Should I wait to be discovered? Let me ask you why is it that only the so-called privileged only allowed to pursue an art career? Why must one pay to play?

My entire life has been to detest the word NO. I have always seemed to be blessed to find and surround myself with inspirational people. One such person was the late artist coach and mentor Paul Klein. I frequently hear his voice, “take baby steps.”

These efforts are the baby steps for my career. The traditional methods of entering art contests and exhibitions are costly and prohibitive for me, including framing, shipping, and insurance. Membership in the various big-name artist societies and organizations is extremely expensive.

After exhaustive internet research, I found these organizations that support emerging artists around the world and offer physical brick-and-mortar exhibitions digitally.

When I began this art career journey I did not have an artist's resume. As of today, I can say I have a two or three-page resume. A listing of multiple award-winning exhibitions, online and physical. My next stage in this career is to obtain financing to pursue the traditional exhibition path. Grants, and more grants, all categories and purposes. However, each grant application required evidence of a professional art career and a resume! Now, do you see my purpose? Those baby steps will lead to leaps and bounds and a career sprint soon enough.

Let me ask you, how many artists from Oklahoma can say they have exhibited in Europe and especially during the most prestigious cultural festival in the world? Several artist mentors and coaches promote creating your own art world. I think I have done just that!





Art Aesthetics

July 26th, 2021

Art Aesthetics

What one likes or dislikes in art is something very personal. A piece will speak to you or touch your soul. You will identify with what the artist is trying to say, or not! However, when starting an art collection on a budget one can become so frustrated or even depressed. You don’t have the funds for an original Van Gogh, or Picasso, Thomas Kinkade to name a few. Prints are available, however, you are also interested in creating a collection that may mature in value.

Current Artists Original Works
Why not consider, current working artists? There are thousands of artists worldwide that create works very similar in style, to the named famous artists and more. Some artists copy exactly and are very proud and good at it. When developing your artistic aesthetic taste, utilize many of the various artists' platforms available on the internet.

Sites To Find Artistic Works
Fine Art America is one of the largest. You can search by artist name, or style, and categories. Red Bubble, Society Six, Art Pal, are other sites to name a few.

Researching Your Favorite Artist
Once you find an artist's work that touches your soul. Search FaceBook, and Twitter, Instagram, and Google for their website. Reading the artists' statement, biographies should give you an idea as to the state of their career and if they’re on an upward trajectory. Plus, with the above sites, you should be able to see the progress in their craft. All key pointers to the future value of their works.

Collect With Your Heart
Last and the most important thought! You must love the work, and it will be pure enjoyment looking at the piece every day of your life. Buy with your heart, not only as an investment or expectation in future value.

 

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