Competitions - A great way to test the waters

Competitions are a strange beast, as your work is subjected to someone else's personal opinion to weather it's good, bad or just plain ugly. And how would a judge, who has never meet you know what your images intended to say or emotions to evoke?? It's all subjective of course, which is why one should never take any one opinion into account. However, one could take a collective of opinions and form a solid understanding if a single image is worthy of future visual flaunting or if it should just be back shelved.

I enter my digital images into many local competitions. Not necessarily looking for high ranking placements, but more to see where they fall on the overall placement of scoring. If a particular image consistently scores high then I know that I have a potential best seller on my hands, which surely will make its way into a portfolio showing at some point.

So don't file that favourite pix under "G' so quickly - get it out there in a few competitions before hastily shelving it in the back files of your hard drive.

My competition places within the last few months (notice a few consistent images that have been circulated) - T :)

A Night of Artful Fun

Another successful evening has come and gone for the 2009 Little Art Show. The Artists Network of Riverdale's largest fund raiser of the year.

The night sped by from 0 to 100/mph, in just a few hours at Toronto's landmark Mercedes dealership. With over 160 artists participating in the silent auction component and 22 members participating in the newly added "Large Piece" Gallery exhibit, and of course, can't forget to mention, the charming Jake Gold, of Canadian Idol, our MC, kept us on tract and entertained through-out the evening with artist interviews.

This is one of the few more glamourous ways artists can get out and network with potential buyers as well as other artists. A far cry from the usual blood, sweat and tears that come along with participating in outdoor art shows.

If you want more information on how you can participate in next years event, check out the Artists Network web site. The Network also offers workshops, networking opportunities and offers dicounted gallery space to it's members. It's worth the boo.

[ LUST ] After Art

Come join me for a little holiday naughtiness ............................................

What: LUST GROUP SHOW - #1 of the Seven Deadly Sins Project
When: December 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Artist Reception: Saturday, December 5, 7-10 PM
Where: At THE BEVERLY OWENS PROJECT, 1140 Queen St West, Toronto

(Steps from The Drake Hotel)

Little Art Show - The Art Event of the Year

Join us for this Wonderful Event:

Saturday, November 14th.

Festivities Start at 7:00.

Tickets available at TicketWeb

http://www.artistsnetwork.ca/las

This year the Artists' Network is proud to announce that Jake Gold has graciously agreed to be our Honourary Chair and Master of Ceremonies.

Also, During the event - Hang Man Gallery is proud to present members of the Artists' Network http://www.artistsnetwork.ca/node/123

I will have pices in both the silent auction and the Hang Man Members Gallery.