June 20, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - DOUGLAS Art Prints® unveiled a new Authorized Art Dealer Program with a focus on independent reps and home based businesses. This new program provides sizable commissions for both retail and wholesale sales for full time or part time independent business people.
"Our obvious goal is to increase sales of our prints," Douglas, the artist and owner of DOUGLAS Art Prints® said. "We decided to try and tap the millions of independent business people or those that who simply work from home part time to earn some extra cash. We decided on a significant commission for retail sales as well as commissions for people who sell wholesale to shops, galleries or even other 'independents'. We designed the program so our new dealers would not have to invest in inventory allowing their customers to order directly on line. We wanted a minimal investment, simplicity and of course profitability to make this succeed for all. I think we did that."
"Our obvious goal is to increase sales of our prints," Douglas, the artist and owner of DOUGLAS Art Prints® said. "We decided to try and tap the millions of independent business people or those that who simply work from home part time to earn some extra cash. We decided on a significant commission for retail sales as well as commissions for people who sell wholesale to shops, galleries or even other 'independents'. We designed the program so our new dealers would not have to invest in inventory allowing their customers to order directly on line. We wanted a minimal investment, simplicity and of course profitability to make this succeed for all. I think we did that."
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June 4, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - This newest DOUGLAS Art Prints® contemporary art print, the menu, is a menu like the menu's anyone living or working in a large city are likely to see but not see every day. Truly a piece of urban contemporary art.
Ever so often something, shall we say off the wall, catches my eye. Somehow the hot dog carts that are on almost every corner in larger cities seemed an interesting subject. They are everywhere and yet, unless your hungry and short on time, they are almost invisible. Eating a hot dog that has been sitting in hot water for hours is about as appealing as something just short of road kill but if the planets are in line and it's a hot dog or nothing somehow a glance at the menu cancels the road kill aspect. Then you discover they are pretty good. The guy ahead of you might be homeless and pan handled the money and the guy behind you could be worth $millions. That's the wonder of the hot dog cart.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Click on the print for a larger view
Ever so often something, shall we say off the wall, catches my eye. Somehow the hot dog carts that are on almost every corner in larger cities seemed an interesting subject. They are everywhere and yet, unless your hungry and short on time, they are almost invisible. Eating a hot dog that has been sitting in hot water for hours is about as appealing as something just short of road kill but if the planets are in line and it's a hot dog or nothing somehow a glance at the menu cancels the road kill aspect. Then you discover they are pretty good. The guy ahead of you might be homeless and pan handled the money and the guy behind you could be worth $millions. That's the wonder of the hot dog cart.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
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March 12, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - The subject of this newest DOUGLAS Art Prints® contemporary art print is a simple wine key, a cork screw. The simplicity of the subject is enhanced by the stark black and white of Douglas' favorite style. No fancy still life, not even a wine bottle and a grape. Just a wine key, and OK yes a cork, and in black and white.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Are you done? Is that all? Shouldn't you add maybe …? My answers are yes, no and no. There was just something complete in the simplicity of only a wine key with the cork. Maybe it's just me but I save the corks. Some individually remind me of a special evening but in total they represent good many very pleasant times with friends. This cork on the wine key could be from a just opened bottle and the beginning of time with friends. The next day it is a memory of time with friends.
No still life, no props, maybe for you as well, just pleasant memories of sharing a bottle of wine with friends.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
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March 9, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - DOUGLAS Art Prints®, after great consideration of issuing non-archival prints at a lower cost, has instead decided to return to having only limited editions. DOUGLAS Art Prints® has always sold only archival art gallery quality contemporary art prints primarily for the collector or people who buy art as an investment. The possibilities of sales to the much broader home decor, or Walmart market is certainly intriguing.
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The first question is are you buying wall decor that you will toss in the trash when you change the color of your room or are your investing in art that you will keep? If you are investing in art that you intend to keep beware of terms like "finest quality" or "professional" when it comes to framing your investment. If you don't see the terms archival or conservation beware because the framing itself could damage your art.
The first thing to look for and seriously consider is if the frame includes glass. Unless your home or office has a controlled environment dust or fumes from a kitchen will settle on unprotected art. Art isn't like furniture that you can clean off with the Lemon Pledge. You can't just wipe off the dust from you art. Many of the airborne particles contain oils that cause it to cling. These oils can discolor art. So, does that inexpensive frame include protective glass? If not buy the print and have it framed yourself. UV glass that reduces the damage from UV rays is suggested.
The first thing to look for and seriously consider is if the frame includes glass. Unless your home or office has a controlled environment dust or fumes from a kitchen will settle on unprotected art. Art isn't like furniture that you can clean off with the Lemon Pledge. You can't just wipe off the dust from you art. Many of the airborne particles contain oils that cause it to cling. These oils can discolor art. So, does that inexpensive frame include protective glass? If not buy the print and have it framed yourself. UV glass that reduces the damage from UV rays is suggested.
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March 3, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - The town square in rural Medina, Ohio in February after a snow fall is the subject of this newest contemporary art print by Douglas and DOUGLAS Art Prints® print, medina square. Again in Douglas' much preferred black and white this print is in a pen and ink style that honestly, can't be fully appreciated from the samples on the web site.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
As anyone who owns my work, is familiar with my work or is familiar with this blog rural and farm subjects are one of my favorites. I find the simplicity and tranquility of rural living to be great subjects. Winters in Northeast Ohio by late February begin to become taxing. Cabin fever begins to set in. I was sent to Medina for one of my commercial photography assignments and this winter scene, with the fresh snow and the distinct lines of the lines of the sidewalks having freshly cleared with snow blowers just jumped out. My choice of black and white is again because I like to inspire the imagination of the viewers. In this print although it is from 2008 I think the black and white almost lends the work may be from an earlier time. I am disappointed that the diagonal lines of the pen and ink style do not stand out sufficiently in the web samples but owners of this print will see it gives even more to the earlier period impression one gets from viewing it.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
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February 27, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - The winter fence is the newest contemporary art print to be released by DOUGLAS Art Prints®. The subject of this print is a split rail fence covered with fresh snow. This newest print winter fence is again done in Douglas' preferred stark black and white.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Rural and farm subjects are a favorite of mine and when this opportunity to use this split rail fence with the deep covering of fresh snow came I seized it. Again in my preference for not doing conventional still life's or landscapes I sought to use minimal basic lines that almost require a viewer to stop and look to see exactly what my subject is. Although winter in Northeast Ohio pretty much lacks color anyway I still chose to use the stark black and white style eliminating what little color there was to hopefully force the viewer to use their imagination for color if they wish.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Rural and farm subjects are a favorite of mine and when this opportunity to use this split rail fence with the deep covering of fresh snow came I seized it. Again in my preference for not doing conventional still life's or landscapes I sought to use minimal basic lines that almost require a viewer to stop and look to see exactly what my subject is. Although winter in Northeast Ohio pretty much lacks color anyway I still chose to use the stark black and white style eliminating what little color there was to hopefully force the viewer to use their imagination for color if they wish.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
DOUGLAS Art Prints® Online Catalog | DOUGLAS Art Prints® Online Nude Prints Catalog
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February 24, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - Does the "HTTPS" designation and certification really provide genuine security for your credit card information? DOUGLAS Art Prints® recent change to using the NOVA Information Systems servers and credit card processing was done against some "expert" advice but was the exact right thing to do for the security of customers credit card information. HTTPS does not mean your credit card information is safe from hackers.
In researching our intended improvements in our credit card processing one option was for us to obtain an "HTTPS" certificate which would allow us to obtain our customers credit card information right on our own servers and then transmit that information "encrypted" to the merchant account servers for approval of the amount of the sale. Our other option was to transfer our customers to the NOVA Information Systems secure servers where all of the credit card information would be acquired and the amount approved. We were told by "experts" at places like Network Solutions that customers "do not like" to be transfered to another server. This very well may be true but when it came to real security and liability we thought otherwise. A recent story on Forbes.com, Web 3.0: What's Next After What's Next, made us realize just how right we were.
In researching our intended improvements in our credit card processing one option was for us to obtain an "HTTPS" certificate which would allow us to obtain our customers credit card information right on our own servers and then transmit that information "encrypted" to the merchant account servers for approval of the amount of the sale. Our other option was to transfer our customers to the NOVA Information Systems secure servers where all of the credit card information would be acquired and the amount approved. We were told by "experts" at places like Network Solutions that customers "do not like" to be transfered to another server. This very well may be true but when it came to real security and liability we thought otherwise. A recent story on Forbes.com, Web 3.0: What's Next After What's Next, made us realize just how right we were.
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February 15, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - DOUGLAS Art Prints® is once again pleased to announce yet another new contemporary art print in their list of over 200 prints. The main subject in this newest print is a bottle of Curvée William Deutz 1999 Millésimé French Champaign. This new print deutz is also done in Douglas' favorite stark, bold black and white.
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Wine has been a subject I have long planned to work on more often but haven't. This bottle of very fine French Champaign was purchased for a party several years ago and was the one we didn't consume. It has been in my wine refrigerator waiting for another special occasion.
I don't like to do full still life's. I avoid them. Working with a bottle of wine, or in this case a bottle of champaign, became more of a challenge than I thought. My preference for using only parts of a subject and then only basic lines and still showing the label, which in this case I felt added a great deal to the image, added to the difficulty. Then I found I wasn't pleased with simply the bottle as the subject. Keeping additional props to a minimum I had to find a way to use but part of the champaign flute to complete the visual to this print.
I don't like to do full still life's. I avoid them. Working with a bottle of wine, or in this case a bottle of champaign, became more of a challenge than I thought. My preference for using only parts of a subject and then only basic lines and still showing the label, which in this case I felt added a great deal to the image, added to the difficulty. Then I found I wasn't pleased with simply the bottle as the subject. Keeping additional props to a minimum I had to find a way to use but part of the champaign flute to complete the visual to this print.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
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February 14, 2008 - Cleveland, Ohio - DOUGLAS Art Prints® is once again pleased to announce another new contemporary art print in their list of over 200 prints. This print again is in Douglas' preferred stark, bold black and white is simply titled "the pear"
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
The print shown as it would appear in a 22.5 in. X 16.5 in. frame.
Click on the print for a larger view
Anyone who follows or collects my work or who has viewed my catalog knows my creativity is directed at trying to turn the ordinary into art but not by painting, drawing or reproducing the object itself. Where artists like Andy Warhol produced prints of psychedelically colored cows and soup cans I prefer using a few of the basic lines and black and white. This newest print "the pear" is a perfect example of that.
This print, as are all of our prints, is 100% art gallery archival quality. They will not yellow or fade for over 100 years if displayed properly. The prints are all produced at the time of the order and each print is hand signed and numbered by Douglas.
There are more than 200 original Douglas contemporary art prints to select from. Everything from wine to nudes to Harley Davidsons to barn doors.
DOUGLAS Art Prints® Online Catalog | DOUGLAS Art Prints® Online Nude Prints Catalog
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