Regal Lady is my latest equine artwork for rescue.. This lovely girl is a standard bred mare who is recovering from abscesses in her feet…
Regal Lady is 7″ x 9″ pastel on art spectrum colourfix suede board
$150.00 + shipping  a % of the sale price will be donated directly to equine rescue to help in her care
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©Copyright 2010 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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©Copyright 2010 by Debbie Grayson Lincoln. See original post here.
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My first action was to notify the sponsoring company, Dover Saddlery. I sent an email to customer service, as there was no contact info on the actual photo contest page. And then the next day, I called customer service and told them my issue. They immediately put me in touch with the head of PR for the company. I explained the problem. She was quite sympathetic and believed me that it was my image. I was not completely unknown to her through my own dealings with the Ex Arte Equinus art competition that I am the director of. That gave me a bit more credibility I am sure. She said that she would contact the offender.

Meanwhile, since the original notice about this was posted on Facebook….conversation about it became heated. I have never known such wonderful support from my fellow artists, photographers and horse friends. I had to leave the next day for our trip to Ohio, so I expected to hear from the woman at Dover soon via email. By the time we returned, several days later…there was still no word from Dover and my image was still on the website. Still with the wrong attribution.

At this point I was really angry and started planning meetings with lawyers. I could not make a case against the submitter, because I did not have his contact information. I was beholden to Dover to supply that to me. Lots more conversation on Facebook ensued. And the thing went viral, with my supporters posted in Dover’s FB wall and emailling them directly. Soon we discovered more work by other pros that was illegally entered!

I was not sure what my next step would be, but it seemed that my only target would be Dover, since they had not seemed to respond to my concern. Finally, a week after my initial contact with them, Dover changed the attribution of my image on their website at least. But that was not what I wanted. I wanted the image removed, as I would not have entered one of my images in a contest for amateurs. And note in it’s place saying that it had been removed due to investigation of copyright infringement, would have been appropriate.

A day after it was changed, I finally spoke again to the PR person at Dover. She said that she had sent 3 emails to the perpetrator. Two phone calls were made, where she had spoken to his girlfriend. But he still had not responded. Her next step was going to be to send him a certified letter. I told her that I was unhappy that she had not kept me more informed and that the image was still on the site. Truthfully, I don’t think that the people at Dover understood how serious an issue this is and how strongly we photographers would object to seeing our images stolen like this. That, I think was their first mistake. Although they are not responsible for the copyright infringement….they needed to respond immediately to deal with it. And I understand that she was giving him an opportunity to respond to them and to me…But the image should have been removed right away and information shared with me as she went along.

So here is the resolution….

A few hours after she finally got in touch with me…she received an email from Pascal Cantin of Montreal, saying that his sister had entered the image, thinking that she was doing something nice for him, assuming that all the images on his computer were his. And that he did not know. She forwarded to me. Now, let me explain something…he received an email last year telling him that the image won 2nd place and he received a $25.00 gift certificate from Dover. I am assuming that the “sister” used the GC??? And did not tell him that he won??? I don’t believe it for a minute. and what was he doing capturing my image and keeping it in his computer anyway??? So he has apologized to Dover….But Not To Me!

You may wonder why I am not immediately suing the pants off him. Well, he is in Canada and I am here in the US. So we are talking about intellectual property agreements made between the two countries. And for what I might get from suing him…I would have to pay out a whole lot to a lawyer just to investigate the International laws. I will compose and send a nasty email to him. I can do that, because thanks to the wonderfully subtle way she did it….by forwarding his email to me…I now have his contact information! But for now….I am taking a break from the hoopla. And I hope that the people at Dover have learned how important this is and how a speedy response on their part would have saved them a whole lot of social media pressure. This was an amazing test of “Trial By Social Media”.

But if there are any copyright lawyers out there who want to pursue this to a higher level and work with me on some International intellectual property rights and the internet legislation??? Let me know. I am open to talking lots more about this.

Juliet

©Copyright 2010 by Juliet Harrison. See original post here.
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The gardens were buzzing with life this morning; bees, birds and butterflies!One of the best plants I bought this spring is the “Heather Queen” Mexican hyssop. All the garden critters seem to love it and it’s heat and drought tolerant, weather conditions we are experiencing right now.

Yellow Swallowtail on a hyssop or agastache.

Another great end of summer performer that tolerates hot, dry weather are the salvias. This little butterfly seems happy.

Love the intricate patterns on the Spicebush Swallowtail.

Pumpkin Pie likes to sit with me in the morning.

A ruby throated male hummingbird flew right in front of my face and asked me to go back inside so he could eat in peace.

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” –Aristotle

©Copyright 2010 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
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If you would like to commission a portrait of your own special friend then drop me an email catherin@animalarthouse.com

Christmas is fast approaching.. portraits make wonderful gifts and special memories for not only our selves but friends and family too.
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The other “normal” occurrence was electrical problems. We just couldn’t get the batteries to take and hold a charge. We finally tracked it down to a failing converter, and after locating a new one, we changed it out in a parking lot, and the electrical issues ceased to be a problem.

I had a number of commissions to complete and get out this past week as well as a couple large paintings to get ready for a show in November. I am a member of(and the bookkeeper for) a group called the “Artists of Texas” and we have just completed our first year. It’s time for membership renewal and I have had to send out letters encouraging members to re-subscribe. Fortunately, most have enjoyed more traffic to their websites and increased sales that are a direct result from our advertising campaign. There is strength in numbers!

The weather broke last week and it was briefly 10 degrees cooler – no rain, though. Ninety-five is MUCH better than 105! I can almost stand to be out long enough to get a few things done – like getting ready for a fall garden.
Right before we returned, we received some sad news from the folks taking care of the place – the chickens were massacred by a pack of coyotes. Of the original 22 chickens, only 6 survived. Evidently the coyotes finally figured out no one was home during the day and attacked the Thursday before we returned. All that was left was piles of feathers in assorted colors scattered all around our 1 acre yard. Needless to say we are closely guarding the 6 that are left (Moe the naked neck chicken, Aunt Bee one of the Delawares, 3 black Cornish who are good flyers and one unidentified hen that I call the Chatterbox). The roosters must have vainly tried to defend the ladies, because none of them were left. We learned a valuable lesson – don’t trust Mother Nature.

We are on armed patrol now…rather like we need to be down south…but that is another soapbox.
John 13:38
Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

©Copyright 2010 by Debbie Grayson Lincoln. See original post here.
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This is 6 x 4 oil on Raymar canvas panel. She certainly does have Jubie’s eyes – something that has been apparent from day one!

Part of my problem today was probably the fact that I have a series of shows coming up, the first of which is this weekend, so I’m somewhat madly preparing for those. I have one painting in particular that I’d like to have at least done enough to show this weekend. I believe I’ve shown it in progress on this blog, at least in the underpainting stage. I’ll give you a unique glimpse of it, but that’s it for now! (Extra points if you can figure out how I got the shot!)

©Copyright 2010 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
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Today I created three ACEO’s! Starting from top to bottom is “Adjusting the saddle“, “Bareback living“, “Morgan“. All three are 3.5 x 2.5 inches. $10.00 each plus $1.00 shipping each. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you. Easy billing through Paypal lets you securely process your payment to me.

It’s been very hot here in Maine. Even the High school shut down after lunch today, because the school was too hot inside. Over 100 degrees on the second floor! Out on the paved driveway was beyond even mentioning! The Grade School was released an hour later.While I’ve been comfortable in the studio, with AC going, the heat still makes one “tired”. Doing these little ACEO’s was a nice change in my pace. I enjoy doing these miniature paintings. It is my hope that you are enjoying them too.

Talk with you tomorrow,

Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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©Copyright 2010 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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