March 2014 - Maniscalco Gallery

The Son

by delta | Mar 25, 2014 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View

A wealthy man and his son. . . loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was...

What is the Fair Market Value of Art?

by delta | Mar 24, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

How Do You Put a Value on Art? “Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.” John D. Rockefeller I recently blogged about the valuation of art. Many find the commodification of one’s creative output...

Perception is Everything

by delta | Mar 14, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

Low-balling Art Is a Flop I’ve been running a little marketing experiment lately. I’ve been offering recent demo paintings for a much lower price than one might expect to pay at an art fair or even a framed print in a frame shop. Very often, these demo...

Babies, Charcoal and Conte

by delta | Mar 10, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

Baby Portraits in Charcoal and Conte My dear friend Jason Zwiker asked me to create a couple charcoals sketches from photographs he had. I decided to go with the toned paper, with conte. I love the look of these drawings and am hoping to have the opportunity to more...

Right vs Left Brain Are One Brain

by delta | Mar 6, 2014 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View

Who really knows their Right from their Left? The traditional Right vs Left brain conversation is not giving us the complete picture. New findings suggest that people are not necessarily more functional on one hemisphere of their brain over the other. I have done...

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