YOU TELL ME.

You guys have spoken loud and clear. 

You like my prints on redbubble (Personally, I agree) 66.67% of you
And a few of you like fineartamerica. 13.33%
The rest said, Other…

You like my originals to be sold here, with a paypal button. 87% of you!
7% said other, 6% said email only.

So, starting over the next month, I will be transitioning my print sales exclusively to redbubble (with only still life and landscapes being available at FAA as well) and adding paypal buttons to all my originals here on the site.
This is going to be a massive pain in the ass, and I have my horror coloring book to work on as well- so it may take me some time. Please be patient with the transition, and buy stuff in the meantime! Email me if you’re not sure where something went, or if there’s a specific piece you are after, for now. And thank you for telling me what you thought!

 

serial killer portraits, originals.

Here we go, the full list (so far) of originals and prints for all my serial killer portraits. Click the image to see it bigger- and here’s a link to prints of these, Please go buy one there, as I am no longer producing handmade prints of this series. For originals, which I do have available, please email me. 

I started working on these because I have an inordinate fondness for true crime books, movies. Because I love gory things, horrorful stuff, and always find it fascinating that some people behave this way. (here’s an interview crimelibrary did with me, which explains a bit further.)

I also remember what Richard Chase said- that he didn’t choose his victims, he just tried doors until he found one open- because if it was locked he wasn’t welcome there. I think that sums up a lot of the phenomenon. Serial killers, sociopaths, they exploit our human weaknesses, and yet they don’t see others as human. It’s very interesting to me, the way watching predators on nature shows is interesting to me.

The first set of these I did are cannibal killers- the second set, which I am still working on (and which starts with Gacy, Martha Wise, and Albert Fish) are parental figures who were also serial killers. That set will be pretty big, as a lot of serial killers were parents, and upstanding citizens by their neighbors and friends. I plan to work with images of necrophiles after that, such as Gein, Bundy. That set should actually include Kemper, but I liked his story so much I worked on him already. Click through to see the rest of the collection so far! (more…)

Jamie Lee Hartley, wiry rebel of paint and noise.

1148950_10151786771977579_1292412884_n1. Most artists have a favorite medium, what is yours? If you work in multiple media, which one is the most enjoyable for you? 

In the music part of my life, I like the bass as a favorite medium. I like to play it loud and proud, and with a lot of effects. I carry that same motto over when it comes to painting. I’ve never taken classes on either, and so I just kind of make it up as I go along. In painting, I like using acrylics the most, but I use oils, water colors, melted crayons, and just about any fucking thing I can find that will give me the desired effect, and hue I’m searching for.

2. Do you have any secret shortcuts? I mean, do you use odd tools, techniques, or anything else that isn’t strictly status-quo for your medium? How did you figure out that it worked?

I don’t really know of any type of shortcuts to take in painting, although I did recently discover the using pencil to sketch and idea, that I plan to paint in a lighter color, also doubles as a nice shading effect if you paint over the pencil lines inside an hour.

3. You’ve sold work before? What was the first thing someone bought from you, that you made? How did it feel to sell that piece? Are there pieces you keep hidden away, or keep for yourself, and why?

I can’t remember the first painting I sold, although I’m sure by now I’d think it was horrible. Having anyone interested in something you do as an art form is always a good feeling, so when they want to give you money for it, I say fuck yeah. I need the beer money anyway. I try not to keep anything I do strictly for me, but at the same time I don’t paint pictures solely for the purpose of selling them for money.

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some things from around the studio.

warning, many photos.

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Where my art truly lives.

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With you! It’s only a shadow of itself until it gets to you, and you put it where it belongs- in your home, on your skin. Then it’s alive.

These are images sent to me by clients and buyers of my work, of my art in their space, in their world.

1012022_697694660275915_927277128_nWhen I think of all the people who have bought my work, or who I have tattooed over the years, I start wondering how they are doing. I also wonder if they still appreciate and enjoy the work I did for them, if it still has a place in their life. Recently I asked for clients to send me images of work I had done for them, and these are some of the responses to that question.

I’ve included images from people I tattooed up to 16-17 years ago, art I sold over twenty years ago, and recent things people have bought or gotten done.
If I’ve tattooed YOU, or you own some of my art, post a picture of yourself! Or of your wall where you hung it. Comments are open!

I absolutely love Cy Twombly.

He’s one of my favorite artists. I know, I know. “Scribbles! PISH POSH” But still. After seeing his work in person at the Philly Museum years ago, I’ve been in love with him. His work is just so massive, and so intense.

http://www.cytwombly.info/

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I mean, it looks like nothing. Like a bit of scrap paper some kid scrawled on while on the phone, right?

cy in munichtwombly_gagosianand then you get there in the huge room right in front of it and HOLY FUCK.

It’s amazing. And the time it must have taken. And the scale and scope of it.
You know I love the Hudson River painters, with every leaf and insect lovingly detailed in massive paintings of near-realism. But there’s something about Twombly that yanks at my heart and makes me want to go all the way back to Philly and sit in that room again and nearly cry. Say what you want about abstract art, and some of the time I will totally agree- but in this case I just can’t, I just can’t. It rips my heart in two.

for Paul Imagine, whose work you should buy, once he begins to sell it.

My friend Paul is an incredible artist. He makes amazing stuff, and yet he’s broke…he has no way to sell stuff online, and like me, he doesn’t like paying sites to showcase his work.

So I’m writing this just for him.

The first thing you need to do is sign up for a blogger page. Mine is here: http://amarthart.blogspot.com/. Just go to blogspot.com, and sign in with a gmail or facebook address or whatever you have. There’s your basic site. Blogspot/blogger is the same site. They allow direct sales of your work. They let you use paypal buttons to do that with no code restrictions. They’re also very easy to set up. If you can fill out a facebook page, you can set up a blogger site.
They have a section too where you can buy your own domain name, or you can just use their subdomain, and have it be your shop site, whatever floats your berts.

EPSON MFP imageNow, make a post. Put up a picture of what you want to sell- the art you have. In my case, I have the original of Bear.

mmmmm

Now, head on over to paypal. Sign in, and look up top. Click on “merchant services”.

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portfolio page built.
PRETTY, HUH?

PRETTY, HUH?

purely for organizational and submission purposes, an actual portfolio site.

http://anjimarth.com/

Still need to add a bio and an artist’s statement; that will have to happen tonight when I finish up this drawing.

I’ve been collecting photos of clients wearing/enjoying my work lately- there should be a big post up of all those pictures soon!

Orchid? No, magenta. Dahlia finished, and a few show announcements.

So I finished the dahlia painting last night:

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I’m framing a few romantical-style things for a show in feb at my friend Cyn Rudzis’s gallery- That’s a theme show about wild hearts.

Then, I sent out a few taxidermy pieces to the curious gallery wunderkammer show in portland! Those pieces will be in the gallery area, and for sale.

Also the dahlia painting is Sold. Prints of it are already available (click the image for those)

A secret formula every artist should know

 

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ignore the text on it-
it’s about 80% high saturation and medium value,
about 20% black or white (low chroma, high and low value)
I’m not saying it’s a masterpiece but it works for this as an example.

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

This rule is not exact- it could be 70/30 or 90/10. But the basic meaning- that a large majority of effects stem from a small minority of causes, holds true in every field- including art and tattooing.

In making a picture, you can apply this rule at every stage of the process. 20% of the canvas will attract 80% of the attention, so finding your focal point and putting your best work right there is a good idea. Leaving the other 80% a bit more loose can help with this. Most people look at faces or figures first in any piece of art-so spending more time on these than on the wall behind them is best. In a landscape, the feature of interest should get most of your working time. If you do that part right, and the rest has some harmony with it, you’re golden. Abstract art is this principle, standing alone.

I have been told to make my values work this way too. 80% of the piece should have similar values, with 20% having either high brightness or low dark, whichever is stronger against the rest. So a daytime snow scene might be in high key throughout, but then has shadows or rocks which are very dark against it, and which account for about 20% of the scene. You could do this with color, or a particular level of detail or contrast, too.

You probably make 80% of your paintings and drawings, with only 20% of the colors you have, with 20% of the brushes you use.

Then there’s the boring marketing part, too.

  • 80% of a company’s profits come from 20% of its customers
  • 80% of a company’s complaints come from 20% of its customers
  • 80% of a company’s sales come from 20% of its products

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