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2006 Artists Choice Awards and Alice Caterpillar
I have people ask me why I sell my art on eBay and not in a gallery. The reasons are many. Most notably, eBay doesn't take the huge commission that galleries take. And, eBay doesn't tell me what to paint- I paint whatever I want to paint.
The biggest reason of all, though, is the exposure I get at eBay is far better than any gallery. I have sold artwork to people from New York to Los Angeles, Mexico to Canada, in Finland, Denmark, all over the UK, in Germany, France, and Australia. No gallery I've ever seen can offer me that kind of worldwide exposure. And no, eBay doesn't pay me to say all this. I pay them, in fact. But there are some seriously talented artists on eBay that have found the same thing I have.
Which brings me to the main subject of this post, the eBay Artists Choice Awards. This is an annual event put on by the artists of eBay, for the artists of eBay. Who is eligeable for an ACA award? Anyone who has received ten or more feedback in the participatory year from the sales of artwork. This puts the pool of eligeable artists into the tens of thousands. Anyone who is eligeable to receive an award is also eligeable to nominate and to vote in the awards. This means that the awards are given by a group of true peers, which makes them very meaningful.
In 2005 I was pretty new to eBay sales, and I won a single award in the category of Dark Art, Large Format (I tied for thrid place). I think I was nominated in one other category as well. As much of an honor as this was for me, 2006 was much better.
In 2006 I was nominated in eight categories! These included Favorite Overall Painting, Favorite Overall ACEO, and others. Once the votes were counted, I was very pleased to find that I won awards in three categories! I won second place in Favorite Overall, Dark ACEO. I also won second in Creative/Imaginative Large Format, and in Dark Art Small Favorite. When all is said and done, the important thing is that these awards do a great deal to encourage me to continue doing something that I truly enjoy!
On another note; I've been posting occasionally my Caterpillar work-in-progress. Well, it's been finished for a little while now. I have gotten high-resolution photographs taken, and tonight I got it posted for sale. The piece uses a lot of pearlescent pigments which can only be seen under more direct lighting conditions than are favorable for photography, so the image below doesn't show this piece to its full effect. You can see more of what I am talking about, including a nice close-up of the caterpillar, by viewing the auction itself- the image below is a link to the auction.
Title: Advice From a Caterpillar
Medium: Acrylic and Oil pastel on stretched canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
And, why not, here are a few other pieces I have up for sale right now;
Title: Curtains of Fire
Medium: Oil pastel on cold press watercolor paper
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
Title: Pageantry In Red
Medium: Oil pastel on cold press watercolor paper
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
The biggest reason of all, though, is the exposure I get at eBay is far better than any gallery. I have sold artwork to people from New York to Los Angeles, Mexico to Canada, in Finland, Denmark, all over the UK, in Germany, France, and Australia. No gallery I've ever seen can offer me that kind of worldwide exposure. And no, eBay doesn't pay me to say all this. I pay them, in fact. But there are some seriously talented artists on eBay that have found the same thing I have.
Which brings me to the main subject of this post, the eBay Artists Choice Awards. This is an annual event put on by the artists of eBay, for the artists of eBay. Who is eligeable for an ACA award? Anyone who has received ten or more feedback in the participatory year from the sales of artwork. This puts the pool of eligeable artists into the tens of thousands. Anyone who is eligeable to receive an award is also eligeable to nominate and to vote in the awards. This means that the awards are given by a group of true peers, which makes them very meaningful.
In 2005 I was pretty new to eBay sales, and I won a single award in the category of Dark Art, Large Format (I tied for thrid place). I think I was nominated in one other category as well. As much of an honor as this was for me, 2006 was much better.
In 2006 I was nominated in eight categories! These included Favorite Overall Painting, Favorite Overall ACEO, and others. Once the votes were counted, I was very pleased to find that I won awards in three categories! I won second place in Favorite Overall, Dark ACEO. I also won second in Creative/Imaginative Large Format, and in Dark Art Small Favorite. When all is said and done, the important thing is that these awards do a great deal to encourage me to continue doing something that I truly enjoy!
On another note; I've been posting occasionally my Caterpillar work-in-progress. Well, it's been finished for a little while now. I have gotten high-resolution photographs taken, and tonight I got it posted for sale. The piece uses a lot of pearlescent pigments which can only be seen under more direct lighting conditions than are favorable for photography, so the image below doesn't show this piece to its full effect. You can see more of what I am talking about, including a nice close-up of the caterpillar, by viewing the auction itself- the image below is a link to the auction.
Title: Advice From a Caterpillar
Medium: Acrylic and Oil pastel on stretched canvas
Size: 16 x 20 inches
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
And, why not, here are a few other pieces I have up for sale right now;
Title: Curtains of Fire
Medium: Oil pastel on cold press watercolor paper
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
Title: Pageantry In Red
Medium: Oil pastel on cold press watercolor paper
Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Status: For Sale (Click image to go to auction)
