"If you can kill a snake with it, it ain't art"
Orcenith Lyle Bonge [1]
A couple of remarks about art; as the folk artist that I am quoting is alluding to all things that hang on a wall are not art. So what do you do when you client has an atrocious piece of an excuse for art hanging on the wall. How do you gently tell them that the piece really needs to go without offending them?
I have usually suggested a different piece to put in its place as a way out of this dilemma but that is not always going to work so I am putting out the question to all of you stagers. Can you offer suggestions on this problem or share what you do in this situation?
Speaking of art, I have discovered a fine gift that can be done very inexpensively and can serve as an art piece as well. Many of you have shared about inexpensive gifts that you give your clients as a thank you so I thought I would share mine. I take a picture of their house-which I do anyway- and open up my photo software- Picasa (which is free from Google by the way) and using the special effects feature, I print it in a sepia tone. I print it as a 5 by 7 but on an 8 1/2 by 11 photo paper so there is a lot of white around the picture. I then place it in an inexpensive dark brown frame from Target. It is a nice little touch to add to a fireplace mantle grouping or say in a bathroom or any other place you need that sized piece. The sepia tone makes it look antique but it is more meaningful to the home seller than something you pick up at the flea market or antique store. Additionally, they now have a nice print that they can either take with them to remember their home or they can leave it for the new owners when they leave. And it only cost me about $10 for a personalized and memorable gift.
If anyone can walk me through the process of adding photos to active rain, I'll start sharing photos but I seem to have a problem with loading photos. I keeping getting an ID 10 T error.........Perhaps it is a loose nut between the keyboard and the back of my chair....I really do need help with this, any advice?
1 Williams, Jonathan. Quote, Unquote. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press, 1983/1989 back cover
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