Art Print Issues by Barney Davey

Bev Doolittle's New Print Shows Life in Limited Edition Market

Bev Doolittle's Beyond Negotiations, her first limited edition in eight years, has sold out the Museum Edition. The massive 72" x 26" giclee canvas size has sold out all 350 pieces at the publisher level. With a retail price of $2,950, it generated more than $1 million in sales.

Doolittle's longtime publisher, The Greenwich Workshop also reports strong sales of the smaller 44" x 16" MasterWork Edition with 3,750 pieces on paper. Priced at $795, if it sells out, it will generate nearly $3 million in additional retail sales. In the heyday of limited edition sales, a Doolittle edition of this relatively small size would have created havoc in the market with overheated demand from dealers and collectors. Market watchers are paying close attention to see how this edition by one of the genre's superstar fares. So far, so good.

Online Visual Artists - A Lively Discussion.

Besides blogging here and ocassionally on Absolute Arts, I like to engage the community on the some of the discussion boards. I've previously mentioned Wet Canvas. Today, I'd like to tell you about Online Visual Artists. After I published my recent post just below, I made note of it on the appropriate OVA board. It started something that unfortunately doesn't hapen here. That is a lively discussion of a post.  Please don't be shy, If you read something I publish, add your thoughts in the way of commentary. It makes for a better environment all around. Here's the link to the thread in question: http://onlinevisualartists.com/forum/index.php?topic=691.0 

I just posted a reply there longer than my original post here. I hope some of you will join in there or here with your thoughts on the subject of open edition reproductions that are digitally printed.

Are You Still Learning? Homage to Goya

My sister Pauline is a tenured prof at the University of Nebraska. She's a professional on the other side of learning, but in order to give the learning, the teacher must first learn. With her natural inquisitiveness and desire to make her learning worthwhile, she is also a lifelong student. She is also a supporter and positive enabler to me for my work on this blog and other pursuits. It's nice to have someone like that in your corner. Recently, she sent me an interesting link she found while researching a lecture on aging as she knew it was apropos for this blog. It concerns the Spanish master artist, Francisco de Goya and one of his most famous works, Aun Aprendo.

Learning is akin to the adage, it's not a destination, it's a journey. Take it seriously and enjoy it! Be thankful for those who blazed the trail in front of us.