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All right you people (and you know who you are.) Connie made me do this, I thought it was self-explanatory but as usual...dumb ass me.  

Warhol was a brand. Yes, I know to invoke that name is BS, but let it sink in. He was the first artist to establish himself in fine art/publishing/film production/etc. How did a humble shoe illustrator from "Redbook" do such a thing?  How does Coca Cola (brown sugar water) own a whole isle in the grocery store? Duh...Branding. 

As practicing artists in the 21st century, this stuff is as important as acrylic paint, silver or whatever your media is. If you are reading this, you got this far. Now is time to click a couple more buttons and begin to mine what is essentially a "free" medium...the cyber art festival circuit. 

Connie gets it. And, we need to get it. Top of mind is Facebook, Twitter and this blog. What about Tumblr, Pinterest, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+ and your own personal blog?  

This my friends is the stuff that dreams are made of? Push a few buttons and take a chhha chhha chance. All it takes is time and the results can be the equivalent of producing a magazine ad or television commercial. This link will get you started...thinking that is.www.newyorkartists.net/blog

I am working on some conceptual items. I have done a series of shopping bags that I have painted petroglyphs on. The works will be priced at $ 5.00 or so each.

The concept is that we buy replacement items all the time, as with phones and technology. The ones we have are perfectly good, but, we get new ones anyway. In places like Japan there is an industry to collect last year's microwave ovens, etc.

Peoples lives have also become transitory. Fewer people are buying houses. Renting and leasing cars, homes and other stuff is very in vogue.

So, maybe you don't want to purchase a piece for the rest of your life. Maybe you just want something for today and maybe tomorrow. Allow yourself mental flexibility.

The works are made from shopping bags so that it has a life beyond a piece of art. You can use it to tote something when you are ready to change your visual environment.