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Stop Stealing of Your Online Art Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:39:00 +0000

As most artists online may realize, uploading images of artworks online carries a real risk. They can be easily copied or stolen if artists do not do some anti-theft measures.

I recently found out I had some images of my painting “Entwined” stolen, without any credit whatsoever to me.

I will show you how I did it, and give some simple tips on how you can protect your art from online stealing right now.

Did you know Google image search has the capability of scanning your images, just like a finger-print reader? It scans the actual image and finds any identical copies throughout the internet.
Using this technology, artists can use an image of their artwork to determine if one identical to it appears on other websites.

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Likes for Facebook Pages

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:32:00 +0000

Last time I showed you how to set up a fan-page on Facebook for your art.

You can find the full article here...

How to Setup Your Facebook Artist Fanpage

When you first setup your fanpage, you have the choice of sharing it with your Facebook friends on your wall. Facebook pages also gives you the option of emailing your friends to let them know about your new fanpage. You may get a few likes at first, but where do you go from here? How do you make your Facebook page absolutely attention grabbing so your likes will steadily increase? I will tackle and answer these pivotal questions below...

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Why I Write About My Art

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Tidal Mosaic

Pen and Ink on Paper

8" by 10"

My Art-Blog Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this artblog is to display some of my artworks and to give a brief explanation of them for my readers. I am trying to let give insights into my methods of producing.....

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Crazy Fish Art - Painting Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:17:00 +0000

This painting below was actually completed at a very fast pace. Well, considering I often spend weeks on a painting... this artwork as done within a couple hours. But, I was inspired and wanted to put my painting inspiration down right away on small piece of masonite. Who knows... I may turn it into a full scale painting one day.

Learn a lot more about this crazy fish painting at Life-Cycle - Abstract Painting Art of Cod Fish

Crazy Fish Life-Cycle

Painting Inspiration

11" X 14"

Crazy Art by Graham Matthews

Original Surreal Drawing Art by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000

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"Beginning of the Rainbow"

Graphite Drawing on Bristol Paper

Surreal, Abstract, Psychedelic

9" X 12"

2008

Artwork by Graham Matthews

"Breaking Point" - Pencil Drawing by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Original drawing art (below)

There are two distinct parts to...

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"Breaking Point"

Graphite Drawing on Bristol Paper
9" X 12"
2009
Artwork by Graham Matthews

Entwined - Incredible Abstract/Surreal Painting by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0000

Graham completed this surreal/abstract painting below in art school in 1997.

This artwork began with a painting of two separate models (male and female),

in two separate studio sessions. They are bond together in...

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"Entwined"

Oil Painting on Canvas

4' X 5'

1997

Artwork by Graham Matthews

Original Painting of a Bridge in Cambridge, England

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:06:00 +0000

This is a oil painting below of a bridge near King's College

in Cambridge, England.

The artist spent...

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"Cambridge Bridge"

Oil Painting on Masonite

16" X 24"

2002

Artwork by Graham Matthews

Original Engagement Self Portrait Painting with Wife - by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:25:00 +0000

I began this portrait painting (below) earlier this year in preparation for..

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Engagement Portrait

Self-Portrait with my Beautiful Wife
Oil on Canvas
3 feet by 4 feet
2011

ART by Graham Matthews

Great Artist Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:35:00 +0000

I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. -Vincent van Gogh

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. -Paul Klee

You should keep on painting no matter how difficult it is, because this is all part of experience, and the more experience you have, the better it is.. unless it kills you, and then you know you have gone too far. -Alic Neel

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.-Paul Cezanne

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way.. things I had no words for. -Georgia O'Keeffe

An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. -Vincent van Gogh

Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job. -Andy Warhol

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. -Banksy

When I paint, the sea roars. The others splash about in the bath. -Salvador Dali

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST - ART - A Deeper Exploration

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Most of my artworks have a dual meaning. One is literal and representational... what appears on the surface and is readily accessible to the viewer. Images are used that the viewer (and the artist) is familiar with. This part of the duality in "Reflections of ... more at Graham Matthews ART

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REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST - Surreal/Abstract Newfoundland Art by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:00 +0000

This original oil painting entitled "Reflections of the Past" features several instances of the artist's past growing up in outport Newfoundland. A surreal looking sunset on... more at Graham Matthews ART

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Reflections of the Past

Psychedelic/Surreal
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
3' by 4'

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Unity Flow - Surreal Contour Drawing by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:23:00 +0000

I have completed many ink drawings similar to this one below in style and method of execution, a style I like to call contour ink drawings. This one entitled "Unity Flow" is my favorite, and most successful of these. Here, two forms wrap around and... more at Graham Matthews ART

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Unity Flow

Surreal/Abstract
Ink Drawing on Paper

ARTWORK by Graham Matthews

Meeting of the Titans - ABSTRACT/Surreal Painting by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:25:00 +0000

This surreal/abstract painting (below) is one I completed in the summer of 2007. On the canvas you can see two large masses that are about to connect . On one level, the two masses actually represent...

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Meeting of the Titans

Surreal/Abstract
Oil Painting on Canvas
4' by 5'

ARTWORK by Graham Matthews

Division - Abstract Tattoo Design

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:35:00 +0000

Tattoo Design (below) by Graham Matthews from Newfoundland, Canada.

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Division

Abstract Tattoo Design
Ink Drawing on Paper

Graham Matthews Art

Graham Matthews Artist Biography

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:13:00 +0000

Graham Matthews Artist Biography

I am from a small town in Newfoundland, Canada. I grew up near the ocean, which is the inspiration for most of my artwork. I view the ocean, and nature in general, as beautiful, and untamed, having a personality of its own. The ocean can be calm and serene at times, and wild and untamed at others. It has also been merciless, claiming many lives. My artwork often invokes some of this moodiness an..

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5 Great Surrealist Paintings - Surrealist Artists

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:52:00 +0000

This article describes five paintings of five different surrealist artists that have different styles.

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The Surrealist movement believed in trying to express in their art the contents of the mind when conscious control was vanished, such as in dreams or accidental wordplay. Though often difficult to understand, many of these images have nonetheless become popular and iconic pieces of art.

Perhaps the most famous is in the “Treachery of Images” series of paintings by Rene Magritte. The painting is of a pipe on a plain beige background, captioned famously with “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” or “This is not a pipe”. Many people are puzzled by this statement, until they realize the trick: the painting is not a pipe, but an image of a pipe. Magritte loved puns and verbal games such as these, and often said he wanted his audience to take a second look at their surroundings and reexamine their assumptions about reality.

Another famous surrealist artist is Salvador Dali, who painted “Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Awakening”. Though this is not his most famous work, it is the most representative of the Surrealist practice of imbuing every detail of their painting with mysterious but highly meaningful personal references. In this case, Dali tries to make a visual version of Freudian dream interpretation; many art scholars agree that the yellow and black tigers are representative of a bee, the bayonet refers to sudden awakening, and the pomegranates represent female sexuality. These bizarre images are set in the distinctive pale blue sky and water well-known to any fan of Dali.

Though Giorgio de Chirico predated the Surrealist movement, he is often grouped with them in the popular imagination and was a great influence on many Surrealist painters. His “Melancolie Hermetique” is an example of the sparse, unadorned style which many in the movement adopted, as well as the strange spatial dislocation of objects such as the floating head and the unexplained boxes and pillars.

Mark Chagall’s “I and the Village” was heavily influenced by the images of his childhood in a Hasidic Jewish village in Eastern Europe. The whimsical images are thought of as Surrealist for their magical, dreamlike quality; most notably, a cow and a green man stare at each other inexplicably in the forefront of the painting. Chagall explained to museum historians that the focus on the man and cow together in the forefront represents nostalgia for the lifestyle he was raised in, where animals and humans were mutually dependent on each other. Moreover, animals are considered humanity’s link to the universe in his religious beliefs, and the circles in the background are symbolic of the sun, moon, and earth.

The Spanish painter Joan Miro is often considered a Surrealist as well, but his techniques and results were far different. He used the process of automatic drawing, allowing his hand to move randomly, and the resulting spontaneous shapes were incorporated into much of his work. “Bleu II” one of three paintings in a series Miro completed after a visit to America where he met with American abstract expressionist painters, is an example of the sense of purity and artistic freedom one feels in his work.

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LaScie Newfoundland Fishplant Painting Art

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:06:00 +0000

Impressionism painting depicting a fishplant in LaScie, Newfoundland, Canada.

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LaScie Fishplant

Impressionism Painting Art
Oil on Canvas

Graham Matthews Artist

Tendons - Drawing Artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:26:00 +0000

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Tendons

Pen and Ink Drawing Art

Ink on Paper

Artist Graham Matthews

Funny At Jokes!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:56:00 +0000

What do you get if you cross an artist with a kebab?- Donner-tello

Fred imagined himself a brilliant artist. But his teacher said he was so bad it was a wonder he could draw breath.

What do you get if you cross a painter with a boxer?- Mohammed Dali

Why was the art dealer in debt?- He didn't have any Monet

What did the artist say to the dentist?- Matisse hurt

Vincent van Gough walks into a bar, and the bartender offers him a drink...No thank -you, said Vincent, I've got one 'ere.

What do you call an American drawing?-A Yankee Doodle.

Did you hear about the two little boys who found themselves in a modern art gallery by mistake?-"Quick," said one, "Run ! Before they say we did it!"

The Mona Lisa was brought up in court on charges of murder,-but it turned out that she'd been framed...

Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, breaking in, evading security, getting out and escaping with the goods, he was captured only two blocks away when his Econoline van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied:-"I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."

Island Cove - Acrylic Impressionist Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:26:00 +0000

Impressionism painting (below) depicting a cove near LaScie, Newfoundland, with high cliffs and a big rocky beach.

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Island Cove

Surreal Impressionist Painting

Acrylic on Masonite

Artist Graham Matthews

The Tamed Sea - Surreal Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:22:00 +0000

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The Tamed Sea

Surreal Ocean Painting

Oil on Canvas Board

Art by Graham Matthews

Ebb and Flow - Ink Drawing

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0000

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Ebb and Flow

Freestyle Drawing

Ink on Bristol

Artist Graham Matthews

Surreal Butterfly Drawing - New Love

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:14:00 +0000

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New Love

Surreal Butterfly Drawing

Graphite Pencil Art on Bristol

Graham Matthews Artist

Fish Life Cycle - Acrylic Painting by Graham Matthews

noreply@blogger.com (Graham Matthews) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:18:00 +0000

This original acrylic painting on masonite depicts the fish life cycle, cod fish to be specific. This painting has colorful flowing lines and forms, implying currents, cycles, and continuity

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Fish Life Cycle

Original Acrylic Painting

On Masonite

Graham Matthews Artist