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How to Lose Business

I am changing names to protect the innocent – this particular innocent is a very talented, polite and charming person. He wrote to me this week asking me to promote a web hosting service for artists. His proposal impressed me. I liked how his service proposed to present artwork; in his proposal art is presented on a wall like in a gallery and you can zoom in to see every detail. I was moved to write this post for my blog:

Teaching professional development to artists isn’t easy. Artists exist to be creative and innovative, so rules are a foreign concept. Consequently, I provide guidelines and examples of best practices as my methodology....Read more

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Painting with Golden OPEN Acrylics

FCA (Federation of Canadian Artists) signature member Bob McMurray has a passion for painting the world around him. Beginning much of his work on location in British Columbia's Lower Mainland, he will later complete his paintings in his studio. Bob is always prepared for the elements and he extends his time out on location by using Golden OPEN Acrylics from Golden Artist Colors....Read more

Opus Outdoor Painting Challenge 2013

Opus Outdoor Painting Challenge 2013

A huge THANK YOU to the 464 artists who braved rainy weather to participate in our 2nd Annual Opus Outdoor Painting Challenge, held at our six Opus locations across BC on Saturday, April 27, 2013. It was a wonderful day of creativity! Another huge THANK YOU to the 16 judges who had to make tough decisions to pick out the winners....Read more

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A Fresh Sip of Inspiration

Five Burnaby Artists have joined for "A Fresh Sip of Inspiration" Art show. Sipei Teng, Chi Ming Yeung, Iryna Kharina, Younghwa Cha-Hach and James Koll will have recent paintings on display in the CCM Centre gallery space, 2nd Floor of Crystal Mall, 4533 Kingsborough Street, Burnaby. Opening Reception is Saturday July 27th 2-4pm. The exhibition runs from July 26th to August 7th, 9am-6pm, closed Sundays and August 5th BC Day. Gallery phone:604-877-8606. For more information call James 604-435-6821 or email james@jameskoll.com.

A Fresh Sip of Inspiration

Five Burnaby Artists have joined for "A Fresh Sip of Inspiration" Art show. Sipei Teng, Chi Ming Yeung, Iryna Kharina, Younghwa Cha-Hach and James Koll will have recent paintings on display in the CCM Centre gallery space, 2nd Floor of Crystal Mall, 4533 Kingsborough Street, Burnaby. Opening Reception is Saturday July 27th 2-4pm. The exhibition runs from July 26th to August 7th, 9am-6pm, closed Sundays and August 5th BC Day. Gallery phone:604-877-8606. For more information call James 604-435-6821 or email james@jameskoll.com.