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Art = purchases on the Internet?

2012-06-01T15:13:00.000-07:00

Oil paint and household paint on board

Do people make impulse ART purchases on the Internet?

If you have your paintings hanging in a gallery, shop etc then you can encourage people to look, touch even smell your works of art. High Street shopping and gallery purchases are a sensual experience, so how does this work on the Internet?

Clients are constantly searching for the next must have object, they read reviews, they visit galleries and craft fairs and are sometimes captured by cynical marketing.

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Old #drawing found in box – worth millions ?

Well to be honest this drawing is probably worth nothing but it was a pleasant supprise to rediscover it. I did this drawing around 1981 – I’m not sure why I did it but I’m glad it wasn’t lost… Continue reading →

Banner advert on festival website.

2012-05-31T12:46:00.002-07:00

Place a banner advert on West Buckland Festival's website – for as little as £10.00. The money generated by this website will be added to the funds raised by the festival whose purpose is to provide music, art and entertainment for the people of North Devon. The 2012 festival is supporting North Devon Hospice.

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An Exmoor landscape Oil paint and household paint on board I went to Paignton to visit my old mate Garry – above my bed was an Exmoor landscape I painted a few years ago… Continue reading →

StumbleUpon - trade secrets

2012-05-29T10:09:00.000-07:00

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Every web page in StumbleUpon’s index – which contains over 100 million URLs – is curated and endorsed by our community of over 25 million people. Think of it as natural selection for the Internet, where the best of the Web gets submitted to our index, mostly because all of you find great content and want to share it with the rest of us. What this also means is that growing StumbleUpon’s web page index is completely up to members like you. So keep recommending pages! This post is lifted from...

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StumbleUpon is becoming the most useful ‘share link’ site around. The element of randomness that is built into both the website and app, by finding pages by chance, can be the inspiration that fuels a new idea. I can’t recommend it highly enough – excellent.

The StumbleUpon app for the iPhone and iPad is a simple idea and an extension of the StumbleUpon.com website. This app is a great little mobile tool for helping with optimization of websites and tracking popular pages. You can see in an instant what your favorite ‘stumble’ is doing by click counting and watching trends. Your mobile account is automatically synced with your web account so you can browse your Likes anytime on either platform, enabling you to share your interesting finds with anyone via email, StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter and others. This is a very useful addition to my app collection and it works perfectly side by side with my WordPress app. Read more...

Marketing - an art strategy ?

2012-05-29T09:43:00.003-07:00

Marketing involves thinking into the box...

There is a link between Art and Business - the processes of realizing an artwork and a product are very similar. Below are a couple of business related articles written for Technorati.com (situated underneath all this product placement nonsense - actually it is SEO). These processes are like a woven web (no pun intended).

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Can you Predict success?

Horoscopes in newspapers are based on star signs and birth dates; these predict the day’s events. These predictions are based on the laws of probability and chance. You could read your daily horoscope and make the prediction into a self-fulfilling prophecy, you could go out and find that ‘Tall dark handsome man’ or go on ‘A long journey’. Alternatively you could read your horoscope late in the evening and interpret the day’s events and adapt them to the mystical words. “Yes I did meet someone important today”. The interesting thing about prediction is that you could meet a tall dark handsome man, go on a long journey and meet someone important and never read your horoscope. Does this mean the day’s events were not predicted? Similarly these rules can apply to system-based art and painting.

Title: ‘Self Portrait in Red’

The image above is a proposal for a painting whose width is 20 metres and is derived from the source material below. Costs to produce approximately £10,000 to £12,500.

Politics = the aesthetics of the system + the aesthetics of failure = Politics

The billboards around Cuba proclaim Revolution; the heroic gestures of Cuban heroes symbolize the power of Revolution. Cuba is still in a politicized state of revolution, a religion of the state. Che looks like Christ.

October 5, 2011 I Would Rather Have A Tooth Removed Without Pain Relief! "Come and visit my new website" - No thanks! This constant bombardment of self promotion from twitter, facebook etc. is driving me nuts. The Internet is a more sophisticated tool than this. It is a travesty to allow it to become a vehicle for pure unadulterated, egotistical spam. in Small Business
October 4, 2011 Owning A Small Business Has Become A Nightmare Is it time to throw in the towel or roll the dice? Horoscopes in newspapers are based on star signs and birth dates; these predict the day’s events. These predictions are based on the laws of probability and chance. You could read your daily horoscope and make the prediction into a self-fulfilling prophecy, you could go out and find that ‘Tall dark handsome man’ or go on ‘A long journey’. in Small Business

Random Notes:

Fingerprints on white borders – nightmare on a short print run. A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger = fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human hand. Impressions of fingerprints may be left behind on a surface by the natural secretions of sweat from the eccrine glands that are present in friction ridge skin, or they may be made by ink or other substances transferred from the peaks of friction ridges on the skin to a relatively smooth surface such as a fingerprint card. Fingerprints records normally contain impressions from the pad on the last joint of fingers and thumbs, although fingerprint cards also typically record portions of lower joint areas of the fingers.
Action Painting – Pollock. Print dribbled paint.
Rediscovering the printing process after nearly 40 years has been an interesting process – disappointingly modern inks are not as rich in colour (earthy colours are very plastic like) and modern waterbased inks don’t become part of the surface, they sit on it, which is incredibly frustrating – the reason I took up printing in the first place was because of the absorbed flatness of the pigments.

The Art Business is tough! (morguegallery.com)
A day in the life of .. In Memory Of (3rd May 2000) - #marketing #inmemoryof

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A day in the life of .. In Memory Of (3rd May 2000) - #marketing #inmemoryof

2012-05-29T00:02:00.000-07:00

During the Internet boom of the early 2000s small independent companies not only had to deal with the new medium of 'online business' but had to learn how to deal with the media, who were hungry for news and intrigue.

A lot of these new business struggled to cope with the instant pressure of global attention. Time zones disappeared and TV and Radio interviews could happen anytime of the day. These early pioneers of the Internet worked long hours and many of them crashed and burned.

During these early days the rules of online marketing were written.

Below is a section from the diary of In Memory Of from 3rd May 2000

7.45am: Turn the computers on in our Worcestershire office.
8.00am: The Financial Times prints an article about us which prompts Mike Sergeant, from Sky News, to ask for an interview with us in South Ealing, London.
9.30am: Collect a new batch of postcards from our local printer and approve artwork for new leaflets.
10.30am: Collect Mark and drive to London.
11.00am: Park the car and have a telephone interview with Bill Mouland from the Daily Mail.
1.00pm: Stop the car again and organize a radio interview in Worcester for 10.00pm.
2.00pm: Arrive at location for filming.

3.00pm: Leave London and head back up the M4 to the Midlands.
4.00pm: Stop on Motorway for a cup of tea and a large breakfast (first food of the day).
6.00pm: Arrive back in the office and sort through emails.
7.00pm: Watch the news item on Sky News.
9.00pm: Set off for the studios of BBC Hereford & Worcester.
9.45pm: Wait in studio to be connected to London for a live interview on BBC Radio 4.
10.25pm: Leave radio station.
12.15am: Get back to office. Check emails and reply.
12.45am: Turn computers off and leave office.
The next day in the life of InMemoryOf (4th May 2000) …
To cut a long story short, it began at 6.45am and ended at 12.30am on the 5th of May.

In Memory Of is a service to help the family and friends of somebody loved and lost to express their feelings in a lasting way.

Established in 1999 In Memory Of received worldwide TV, radio and media coverage. In Memory Of was set up to provide a new and unique service, enabling people to express their feelings for their loved ones using a memorial and obituary tribute facility.

Place A Memorial This service is free

William Henry Wilkes

William was in the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War. His pleasures in peace time were fishing and bowling, for which he won many prizes. He was a founder member of the ‘Lickey End Working Men’s Club’.

He spent the majority of his working life at ‘The Austin’ car factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. ‘The Austin’ had a tradition of building good quality, solid, British cars.

The newspaper clipping left is of workers from the plant being collected from Lickey End, (a village situated just north of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire) in an open top lorry during the bus strike of July 1957. William is the one seated on the far right in the flat cap and glasses.

In Memory Of - #genealogy and Internet Memorials

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Sometimes you just have to think big

2012-05-28T15:24:00.001-07:00

The proliferation of self help books just proves how insecure we really are. One of the most famous ones is The Magic of Thinking Big, published in 1959 by Dr. David Schwartz.

He argues that the main thing holding people back is the relative smallness of their ideas – by relating a story of a salesman who sells significantly more product and makes more money than his colleagues, he comes to simple conclusions. He points out that the man was not smarter, more educated or better connected than his colleagues but he simply expected to sell more.

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You really can't run or hide from your roots - they are always there and to be honest they leave a warm glow in your stomach.

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In Memory Of - #genealogy and Internet Memorials

2012-05-27T00:20:00.002-07:00

The Internet has been around for such a long time now - it has its own history and fashions and like the real world fashions come back again.

Internet Memorials hit the headlines way back in 1999 with websites like InMemoryOf.co.uk making not only page two of the Financial Times but creating waves on TV and radio across the globe. This project was supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers and with their guidance they managed to sign a strategic alliance deal with the National Association of Funeral Directors on the 29th March 2000 - InMemoryOf.co.uk appeared at the first ever national exhibition for the funeral services industry which was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (UK) between the 13th & 15th May 2000. This gave Funeral Directors an opportunity to experience the next generation of remembrance.

Where are they now?

It appears that the site is being rebuilt and they are accepting free memorials again...this proves a good idea is still a good idea.

Mary Jane Bright 1902 – 1980 When Mary was in her teens she was apprenticed to a chemist in Sheffield, traveling by train every day from her home. She was the woman behind the scenes in their grocer’s shop, where they were famous for their home … Continue reading →

Mary Jane Underwood 1879 – 1966 Samuel and Mary ran a boarding house at, 62 Reeds Avenue, Blackpool, moving down to the Midlands in 1927. Here they ran ‘The Pleck Stores’ in Sidemoor. Their most famous client was Sir Edward Elgar who collected groceries from them. … Continue reading →

Hubert Victor Stallabrass 1904 -1998: inmemoryof.co.uk/wordpress/inde… If going up a one way street the wrong way was quickest - then so be it
— In Memory Of (@InMemoryOf__)

Blackpool Bromsgrove Grandpa Heathrow Lickey End Longbridge Middlesex Sheffield Sidemoor Spiritulist

A link farm is a form of spamming

2012-05-24T14:58:00.001-07:00

We are all now all very aware that the success of a website depends on a myriad of variable factors...but how do you stay top in Google?

There has been a lot of buzz around the Internet complaining about the draconian new measures Google is using - dealing with excessive links to website that appear on so called 'link farms'.

On the World Wide Web, a link farm is any group of web sites that all hyperlink to every other site in the group. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services. A link farm is a form of spamming the index of a search engine (sometimes called spamdexing or spamexing). Other link exchange systems are designed to allow individual websites to selectively exchange links with other relevant websites and are not considered a form of spamdexing.

Via WikiPedia

This is nothing new and the practice has always been frowned upon. Google's Webmaster Guidelines make it clear what standard of quality they require from pages before they index them and two of their criteria are listed below:

Keep the links on a given page to a reasonable number.

Create a useful, information-rich site, and write pages that clearly and accurately describe your content.

Providing you are 'honest' with your pages...there is nothing to fear.

My email inbox is cluttered with offers from so called 'SEO experts' who are offering me one way linking from top ranking sites - it is about time somebody dealt with these charlatans.

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Search Engine Listings - Marketing

2012-05-23T13:07:00.001-07:00

An out of date website turns your viewers away

Search Engine listings are probably the cheapest way to generate website traffic, by-passing the need for a pay for clicks campaign. There are probably more web pages on the Internet than there are people in the world and page population is growing at a faster rate than the world's population. Even the greatest designed website, advertising the greatest products or services around will not be discovered if nobody knows it exists! It is written elsewhere that over 90% of all Internet traffic is generated by Search Engines. To say that it is imperative to get your site listed in Search Engines is an understatement, survival of your business relies on your website being found by potential customers when they start searching for products or services similar to yours.

To be effective, you must be able to find your web site based on keywords or search terms - which prospective clients may enter into a search box on a Search Engine when looking for your product or service. It is vital Search Engines direct traffic to your website’s content.

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Keywords - who needs the internet?

2012-05-23T12:53:00.001-07:00

Crystal Set - who needs the internet?, a photo by This Window on Flickr.

The expression ‘never keep you eggs in one basket’ is a good bit of metaphorical advice to follow. Search Engine wars are far from over. Make sure your business is visible in the minor league players you never know when the league tables will change. The stranglehold Google currently have over the Internet is possibly not a permanent one.

Language and keywords should be used to create content that works for all search engines. Once you understand the basic principals and have extensively researched your subject things become second nature. To write a successful blog or webpage you need to have the ability to reduce and intuitively create content.

Complicated concepts when explained in a simple way make things easier to understand. Knowledge enables understanding, a schematic plan, a diagram or a map, is a key or a link to this understanding. A site map in simple terms enables search engines to gain an easy understanding of your web site. Search engines seek information, this gives them power.

Knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, factual data. To have the right, authority and ability to take some action or accomplish something, including demanding action. Ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something. The possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy: power over men’s minds. Knowledge derived from experience.

New innovations appear for all things Internet – just get noticed and become visible.

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This Window - #printmaking - Price increase

2012-05-22T14:26:00.001-07:00

This Window - 'Cassette Culture': #printmaking - Price increase:

Out of Stock … more info	Beauty and the Beast Price: £403.56 Date Added: Saturday 09 July, 2011
Original painting by Peter Bright . Media: Painting and Screen Print on canvas, signed and dated 2011. Size: 400mm x 400mm ARTIST + S T A T E M E N … more info

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Toward Woolacombe from Putsborough

2012-05-22T14:14:00.001-07:00

Toward Woolacombe from Putsborough, a photo by This Window on Flickr.

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North Devon Web belongs to a network of websites that host in a green way.

North Devon Web is helping to prevent the release of 2,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year by hosting on ‘Green Servers’ – as a result, the network’s energy efficiency is equivalent to planting approximately 2,390 acres of trees, not driving 6.1 million miles, or removing 510 cars from the road.

The web hosting industry has a negative impact on the environment due to the energy hungry servers that are used to keep the Internet fueled. We can all try to limit the impact where possible and hosting on a green server is a step in the right direction. More and more people are buying from carbon ethical companies – tackling climate change is an important criteria.

The websites we host are powered by 100% wind energy.

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The art of marketing art

2012-05-22T01:29:00.000-07:00

Marketing Art is a tricky process - you have to persuade people to buy your ArtWorks. If you have your paintings hanging in a gallery, shop etc then you can encourage people to look, touch even smell your works of art. High Street shopping and gallery purchases are a sensual experience, so how does this work on the Internet? Read more…

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Creativity is a curse

Allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system Allergic reactions occur to normally harmless environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid. Common allergic reactions include eczema, hives, hay fever, asthma attacks, food allergies, and reactions to the venom of stinging insects such as wasps and bees. I am allergic to creativity – begining and creating new works make me panic and sweat. Creativity is a curse.

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2012-05-20T22:45:00.001-07:00

Master Classes and Workshops

Monday 3rd September Tickets Here	Workshop - Birds of Prey Learn to work with and fly Birds of Prey. 11:00am till 4:00pm (bring sandwiches and a camera). Book early - limited tickets. Price: £15 per person
Tuesday 4th September Tickets Here	MasterClass Part 1. The Night Sky An illustrated talk, by Andrew Watkinson-Trim, on what to look for in the September sky7:30pm till 9:00pm at West Buckland School
Wednesday 5th September Tickets Here	MasterClass Part 2. The Night Sky Looking at the Night Sky from the WBS Observatory.10:00pm to midnight. Tickets limited. Price for both Parts 1 and 2 - £12 per person(in the event of poor weather conditions we do have alternative arrangements)
Thursday 6th September Tickets Here	Workshop - Our Flora and Fauna With Naturalist, Cyril Cole.An opportunity to learn more about the flora and fauna in North Devon.2:30pm till 4:00pmTickets £8 per person
Saturday 8th September Tickets Here	MasterClass - Making Luxury Chocolates With Carl Melchior of Melchior Chocolates of South Molton.2:00pm till 4:30pmTickets £25 per person including ingredients

This is the 8th year of the West Buckland Festival and will run from, Saturday 1st September to Sunday 9th September. There are more events than ever before, which range from St Peter’s Church Harvest Festival Services to The Gallery Art and Craft Exhibition, to Workshops, MasterClasses and an array of top class evening Events in St Peter’s Church. Details Here

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Protect your website and identity from a fraudster

2012-05-19T04:46:00.000-07:00

Identity fraud may occur when someone steals personal information, opens credit card accounts in the victim's name without permission, and charges merchandise to those accounts.Stealing one’s Identity fraud is a synonym of unlawful identity change. It indicates unlawful activities that use the identity of another person or of a non-existing person as a principal tool for merchandise procurement.

Identity fraud can occur without identity theft, as in the case where the fraudster has been given someone's identity information for other reasons but uses it to commit fraud, or when the person whose identity is being used is colluding with the person committing the fraud.

5 simple things you can do to protect your website and identity from a fraudster.

Enroll All Your Website Domain(s) with Domain Privacy

Your personal information is publicly available whenever someone does a "whois" lookup online. Harvesting "whois" information is an easy way for identity thieves to impersonate you.

Protect Yourself Against Spyware

Spyware is malware downloaded to your computer or website without your knowledge or consent and can run invisibly in the background and collect information about you. Make sure whatever anti-virus program you're running on your personal computers includes spyware protection and make sure these are up to date.

Be Careful When Entering Information Online

When providing personal or financial information online, be certain that you have a secure connection. The URL in the address bar should change from "http" to "https" or "shttp." A closed padlock symbol can also indicate the connection is secure.

Be sensible When Sharing Information

Use common sense when updating social media websites. Even if you limit the number of people who have access to your profile, tweets, etc. remember that the information is still published online and can be copied and pasted somewhere else. If anyone asks you for personal information, make sure they are who they claim to be and that there is a reason for the request. If in doubt keep your details to yourself.

Shred All Confidential Information

When disposing of papers and corespondence with account numbers or other important personal information on, shred them first of all.

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2012-05-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

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The image above was taken on The Orient Express

Dining Car 4141 named ‘Côte d’Azur’ was built in 1929 as a first class Pullman and was decorated by René Lalique who in the 1920s became famous for his Art Deco glass work. He was also responsible for the glass and elegant coloured columns which filled the dining room and “grand salon” of the SS Normandie and the interior fittings, cross, screens, reredos and font of St. Matthew’s Church at Millbrook in Jersey – referred to as “Lalique’s Glass Church”.

Contemporary Art Sale I am actually sinking deeper and deeper into poverty so if you can help me keep a roof over my head please make an offer for this painting here. La Belle et La Bête Original painting by Peter Bright . … Continue reading ?

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2012-05-18T18:22:00.000-07:00

The Syd Little Laughter Show – at the West Buckland Festival North Devon

The West Buckland festival is pleased to annouce that The SYD LITTLE Laughter Show will be appearing at the 2012 Festival.

Laugh, smile, reminisce and listen to fantastic music and songs – Rock around the Clock, That’ll be the Day, Peggy Sue and many more, with Syd on his ukulele. Enjoy his stories and jokes. Then hear some of your favourite tunes on our very special Wurlitzer Organ with Michael Wooldridge.

The West Buckland Festival is pleased to annouce that The SYD LITTLE Laughter Show will be appearing at the 2012 Festival on Sunday 9th September. Tickets Here

Military Wives at the 2012 West Buckland Festival Saturday 8th September 2012 The SATURDAY Show 7.30pm – 10.30pm in St. Peter’s Church West Buckland An all star cast hosted by your MC Harry the Piano … Continue reading →

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Marketing Business deals in the Birmingham area

2012-05-18T18:02:00.003-07:00

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West Buckland Festival – Saturday 8th September 2012 #ndevon

2012-05-17T08:35:00.000-07:00

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The Military Wives Choir – West Buckland Festival – Saturday 8th September 2012

The SATURDAY Show

7.30pm – 10.30pm in St. Peter’s Church West Buckland

An all star cast hosted by your MC Harry the Piano

(‘the best pianist in the civilized world’ – Jonathon Ross)

With

The Military Wives Choir

Mystical Chris – watch your jewellery!

Tickets (including refreshments) £12.00 in advance, £13.00 on the door, £6.00 for children under 14. Tickets Here

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Wherever You Are by the Military Wives was the fastest-selling charity single since Elton John’s 1997 track Candle In The Wind.

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Thought for the day

2012-05-15T02:44:00.002-07:00

There is no such thing as art – just commodity. You are either a commodity or a failure as an artist.

Peter Bright (aka This Window)

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2012-05-13T01:24:00.002-07:00

These could be your salad days...

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Maybe bankers really are wankers?

2012-05-12T23:18:00.000-07:00

Not only do businesses have to fight the banks to get loans but savers are being penalized for withdrawing funds from their savings.

Banks that have been bailed out by the (British) taxpayer haven't really learnt a lesson. They expect customer loyalty from us - but what do small businesses and savers get back in return? Are the meager savings of the elderly and the careful being used to bolster up the banking system and its bankers bonus culture? I would like to send British banks a message;

You do not own our savings we loan them to you to make us a profit. Our savings are not yours to support your bonus culture they belong to us and therefore we should be able to reclaim our funds (with interest) instantly without being penalized... and you should say to us, 'Thank you for still having faith in us'.

Over the past three years, the likes of Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC have steadily hiked the price they charge each other to borrow money — despite the Bank of England base rate remaining unmoved at 0.5 per cent.

It has made collecting deposits on the High Street a more attractive way for banks to fund mortgage and credit card loans, which yield a juicy profit.

But banks hate the idea of savers dipping in to the funds or taking their nest eggs elsewhere at the drop of a hat, so have developed new tactics to fight this.

Many have made a renewed bid to lure savers into old-style accounts where savers are supposed to give notice months in advance that they want access to their cash...Read more

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2012-05-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

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Contemporary Art Sale - #WordPress deals for artists

2012-05-10T12:52:00.000-07:00

With record prices still being reached (ref. Rothko) now is the time to buy Contemporary Art...
Why not make an offer on the painting below here. No offer will be dismissed.

La Belle et La Bête

Original painting by Peter Bright . Media: Painting and Screen Print on canvas, signed and dated 2011. Size: 501mm x 1603mm Supplied in the original frame.

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Notes on Painting:

The act of being creative is a love hate thing - The Beauty and The Beast someone fetch a priest(ref. David Bowie)Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757. The tale has perhaps been made most recently famous by the retelling in the 1991 Disney film.In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. liberated 12:47, April 7, 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org
Action Painting – Pollock. Print dribbled paint.
Soft pink landscapes (1980) Richard Hamilton A landscape of soft focus and toilet paper - a turgid landscape. Collotype and Screenprint - text and image. A remembered exhibition.
Rediscovering the printing process after nearly 40 years has been an interesting process – disappointingly modern inks are not as rich in colour (earthy colours are very plastic like) and modern water based inks don’t become part of the surface, they sit on it, which is incredibly frustrating – the reason I took up printing in the first place was because of the absorbed flatness of the pigments.
'Stoned Moon Series' was Rauschenberg’s ambitious response to the American space program and the landmark Apollo 11 mission that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface in July 1969. At the invitation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Rauschenberg witnessed the momentous launch of Apollo 11 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.’

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Bideford and Devon business deals

2012-05-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

Bideford is a thriving market town that contains traditional and forward thinking businesses, a working port and a covered Pannier Market, dating from 1883, which holds a market every Tuesday and Saturday. Bideford is fortunate to have a fantastic Museum and Art Gallery (which also contains a Tourist Information Center) located near the center and waterside of the town. The permanent collection contains nearly 350 pieces of mainly West Country slipware pottery and other ceramics.

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