Go-van-Gogh!: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

ABOUT MY BOOK FOR ARTISTS

New Book, "The Art of Marketing Fine Art and Fine Craft"

The purpose of my book is to give artists the tools to become a success artist. I write of many personal, practical and real life stories to help you market your work!

The book is an easy read, full of personal failures as well as successes! We can learn from both! There are 11 pages of resources, a list of regional art fairs, and images of artwork by Louisville, Kentucky artists.

Topics Include: Pricing, Selling, Copyright Laws, Bookkeeping
IRS Requirements, Blogging, Discipline, Gallery Representation, Facebook/Twitter, Websites, list of regional art fairs, suppliers, and resoures, How to Get Into the Best Art Fairs and Exhibitions.

You can contact me at my home/office 502-637-8676 or email me at cundiff222@aol.com

The book retails for $34.95 but if you order from me, you can save $10, only $24.95!

Gogh for It!

God has created you for a purpose. You can make a difference in the world. Life is so much more fulfilling and meaningful when you discover your divine purpose. He has given you unique gifts and talents so you can fulfill your purpose. You are as unique as your fingerprints! If you are reading this, I believe the Holy Spirit is nudging you. If you haven't already, seek the Lord with all your heart, and he will reveal Himself to you! Gogh for it!

Friday, January 27, 2012

VINCENT'S RELATIVES

His obnoxious brother, "Please Gogh"

The brother who ate prunes, "Gotta Gogh"

A cousin from Illinois, "Chica Gogh"

His Mexican cousin, "Amee Gogh"

The famous ballroom dancing aunt, "Tan Gogh"

His fruit loving, uncle, "Mang Gogh"

The Bird Lover, "Flamin Gogh"

MORE RELATIVES TO BE REVEALED LATER ON, KEEP COMING BACK!!

KENTUCKY ART CAR WEEKEND

Here's the website that has the Art Car Weekend, the first weekend in August every year. Check it out for all the events coming in 2012!

www.kentuckyartcarweekend.com

WELCOME TO MY NEW BLOG!!

I am so glad you found my site! You probably saw me driving around Louisville in my art car van, called "Go van Gogh." You will find me just about anywhere in town as I travel each day to different elementary schools in the South End, West End, and the East End as a substitute teacher.

I am in the Kentucky Art Car Weekend every year! It's always the first weekend in August, the same time as the antique car show. There are several funky off beat events and the highlight is the parade on Saturday around noon. Art cars come from all over the country. I will give you more info in the following posts for details.

Robbie Moriarty, drives the famous 'Wizard of Oz Car" too! We have been buddies for a long time now and in addition to the Kentucky Art Car Weekend, you will find her at the many art and craft shows in this region. Look for us and give us a thumbs up!

I plan to post various events I will be participating in and I plan to take some pics for your amusement! Stay tuned for more updates!!

The Art of Marketing Fine Art and Fine Craft

ABOUT MY BOOK FOR ARTISTS

The purpose of my book is to give artists the tools to become a success artist. I write of many personal, practical and real life stories to help you market your work!

Topics Include:
Pricing
Selling
Copyright Laws
Bookkeeping
IRS Requirements
Blogging
Discipline
Gallery Representation
Facebook/Twitter
Websites
List of Regional Art Fairs
Suppliers
Resoures
How to Get Into the Best Art Fairs and Exhibition

You can contact me at my home/office 502-637-8676 or email me at cundiff222@aol.com. The book retails for $34.95 but if you order from me, you can save $10, only $24.95!

ABOUT VINCENT VAN GOGH

Vincent van Gogh: Overview Birth Year : 1853 Death Year : 1890 Country : Netherlands Vincent van Gogh, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression, was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland.

The son of a pastor, brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had had two unsuitable and
unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Borinage (a dreary mining district in Belgium), where he was dismissed for overzealousness.

He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty. The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is "The Potato Eaters" (1885). In that year van Gogh went to Antwerp where he discovered the works of Rubens and purchased many Japanese prints.

In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Théo, the manager of Goupil's gallery. In Paris, van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists. His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health. He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art. Gauguin did join him but with disastrous results. Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to ultimately leave Arles. Van Gogh pursued him with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off.

Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment. In May of 1890, he seemed much better and went to live in Auvers-sur-Oise under the watchful eye of Dr. Gachet. Two months later he was dead, having shot himself "for the good of all."

During his brief career he had sold one painting. Van Gogh's finest works were produced in less than three years in a technique that grew more and more impassioned in brushstroke, in symbolic and intense color, in surface tension, and in the movement and vibration of form and line. Van Gogh's inimitable fusion of form and content is powerful; dramatic, lyrically rhythmic, imaginative, and emotional, for the artist was completely absorbed in the effort to explain either his struggle against madness or his comprehension of the spiritual essence of man and nature.

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