Dog Art Today

Thank You For Your Feedback

 

 

Darby Calendar greeting cards from Moo

 

Thank you everyone who responded to redesign survey.   It was so great to hear your thoughts and your encouragement.  Most interesting to me was what you would like to see more of...

- more about me, Moira McLaughlin, and my life in Grass Valley 54.4%

- more in-depth written articles about dog artists 51.9%

- more guest posts from different people's perspective 43%

- more art, less text 31.6% (tie)

- more ways to connect with other dog artists 31.6% (tie)

- more contests 25.3%

The other thing that was informative was that most of you were fine with ads running on Dog Art Today, but several of you felt strongly that national brand dog foods do not always put dogs' well-being first.  And you don't like animated ads.  Neither do I.  Know that I am going to be very conscientious about what advertisers I include here.  Please fee free to email me if you see an ad you don't like.  

Random.org picked a winner from everyone who left a comment.  Congratulations, Barbara Grossman.  You will receive set of Darby:June greeting cards. 

I printed three of my images with Moo's Printfinity feature.  Overall, I was pleased with them.  Though, they were smaller than I thought (my fault for not reading the fine print) and ended up being approximately $2 each for a run of 25 cards.   I liked that you could add your own name and website to the back, but I'm not crazy about the font.  And it would be nice to include the title of the artwork on the back of each one.

If you're an artist who prints cards, who do you like?

 

Rick Bartow at Missoula Art Museum

 

 

Water for Segyp

Rick Bartow - Dog's Journey: A 20 Year Survey is now on view at the Missoula Art Museum in Montana.  Bartow is a Native American of Wiyot heritage who is interested in themes of animism and transformation. His dream-like images often include humans crossed with crows, hawks, dogs, bulls, ravens, and coyotes and suggest states of mind more than actual beings.

I had a thought the other night when I was struggling with my grief and missing my own little being...

"Without a dog, I feel like an animal."

Rick Bartow's work speaks to me in my dream-like sadness.

 

 

Coyote Going

 

Barking at Nothing at All

 

Misaosan's Dog #25

 

Coyote and the Myth

Rick Bartow - Dog's Journey: A 20 Year Survey at the Missoula Art Museum until January 31, 2012.

To see more of his work visit Froelick Gallery.

Hat tip to Monatana dog photographer Lauren Grabelle for sending me Rick Bartow's work.

Stop SOPA

 

I don't know how to shut down Dog Art Today for 24 hours, so I just grabbed this image (created by April Winchell of Regretsy) off Talk Radio One.  If SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, passes I probably wouldn't be able to do that and neither would you.   Artists' rights are important, but I don't think that the lobbyists from United States Chamber of Commerce and the Motion Picture Association of America are pushing SOPA because they are worried about artists.  Seriously.

Read more about new tech's stand against old tech here.

Information about today's rallies in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle here.

Sign a petitition.

Read a cautionary tale about Francis Barrud, the original painter of His Master's Voice which went on to become the RCA logo.  Barrud, was turned down for a copyright for the image, but when the Victor Talking Machine Co. bought the painting and the rights, it was allowed to patent the image.  Baurrd only received two payments of £50 each.