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Apr

Change of focus

By Jennie 2 Comments

Categories: Online and Reflections
Tags: art, blogging, myspace, social networking

Languid - 18×36 Acrylic and gesso on Canvas

this myspace debarcle has burnt me out of a lot of social media at the moment, at least for non art related media. so, I am changing tack and developing what I know and love. I am going to focus on my Blog, my Redbubble account (which has been neglected terribly) and my flickr. build up my contacts and focus on networking there, where freedom of expression is encouraged rather than quashed.

So many marketing newsletters have come to me lately saying that not one person can do everything, that we all have to sort out our priorities and not spread ourselves too thin and I think that this is a lesson I really need to learn. I work crazy hours until I crash, recover slowly from the exhaustion (feeling guilty for not working all the while) until I am ready to work again. I get distracted by a new shiny site and I am off and signed up and working away and my focus is spread so thin you can use it for a supermodel. it’s just too much! especially when I am trying to pick up my studio hours. so no more!

…at least for now

Apr

Blog Shout out

By Jennie 5 Comments

Categories: Nudes, Online and Random
Tags: art, artist, blogging, Nudes, Random, website

Spirit - 24 x 36 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum

My Blog has been linked to recently by Laketree’s Top 101 Artists’ Blogs and Bloggers of the Bubble - Thanks Guys!

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wow. This is what you get for searching in the dimdarks of google for yourself. no. I have no idea what it is to do with me. I am guessing it’s a very bad auto translation. I’d like to know where I fit in though..

Apr

Myspace Censorship of Artists

By Jennie 6 Comments

Categories: Online and Rants
Tags: art, censorship, controversy, myspace, social networking

Turmoil - 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum

My myspace account has been deleted. no warning, no reason, it’s just gone. I cannot seem to get a human response to my questions to myspace. all I have to go by are the comments from reams of other people in the same situation throughout the interwebs. Myspace is notorious for censorship. They have deleted gay bands and activists who speak out, musicians and visual artists, political activists and pretty much anyone who says or does anything that they didn’t like. it’s a complete dictatorship with no regard for the users rights or privileges. I realize that a privately owned site makes it’s own rules and laws. but something that is this big and claims to be a free forum for all should have some responsibility towards it’s users.

My best guess as to why I’ve been deleted is because of my works. while nudity is something they have issues with I am surprised that there are pages out there for sex offenders and porn while a small site featuring purely art nudity is deleted. most people would agree that there is no issue with my works. they aren’t even NSFW in my opinion. If, however, I had been told there was a problem I would have tried to work something out. deleting me with no reason or notice is just wrong.

Now I have the delightful choice of either giving up completely and trying other things, going back and trying again or kicking up a big stink. I’ve outlaid time and money on Myspace that I wont see again if I give up but I don’t want to look unprofessional by re-inviting all my old friends. What would you do in my situation?

Mar

Boundless Changes

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Online and Selling Art
Tags: art, art sales, Boundless, Nude, Selling Art

Boundless Gallery have undergone some more changes to their site including a family filter and the opportunity for the artists to choose their own urls. boy is that cool! I now have registered http://nude.boundlessgallery.com/ to go directly to my profile page. I love being able to register such cool urls with these sites, it’s good for SEO and so easy to remember.

actually, because this subdomain is a redirect, is it good for SEO? I don’t know.. does it make a difference?

Mar

Yessy

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Online and Selling Art
Tags: art, art sales, online sales, Selling Art, yessy

http://www.yessy.com/nudes

I have given in and started selling on Yessy as well. It is cheaper than Boundless on a yearly basis, but it is also uglier. I do, however, like the searching and the stats viewer. There is a lot more traffic on Yessy but the flipside is there are a lot more artists as well. it has more of an international flavor which I like.. we shall see how it goes. I am concerned about the outlay but other artists assure me it is worthwhile. surprisingly no-one has snapped up the very cool url http://www.yessy.com/nudes so it is now mine!

Mar

Feckles Down

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Nudes, Online and Selling Art
Tags: art, Boundless, censorship, Nudes, nudity, online sales, Selling Art

Storm - 12×12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum

Luke from Boundless has Sent a message assuring me that “all nudes have not been blocked now, and never will be. There is not going to a be a lumped together section of all the pieces in nudes hidden away in a ‘dark corner’. There will also not be a system where any artist can ‘flag’ a piece and have it hidden.”

So no narky emails from me today :). Thanks guys for staying strong in the face of extreme spamming and bitchiness from so many artists. The easy thing to do would be to give in. I am glad to say they are not doing that and I sincerely hope that it will not be the case in the future. I am delighted that they are working so hard to please all sides. it’s just that some sides seem so very irrational, inconsistent and infectious I was very afraid that they would win from sheer force of noise. I was preparing to create noise of my own, I am perfectly capably of raising a real, and very public, stink- but I never wanted to aim something at the team at Boundless, I genuinely believe they do their best, they are not the people I was angry at. censorship is never the rational option. but it never ceases to amaze me how people can become so irrational over such a small issue as nudity.

Mar

It’s my Day!

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Nudes and Online
Tags: art, artist, barebrush, my favorite nude, Nude, Nudes, painting

Ova - 24″ x 30″ (Detail) by Jennie Rosenbaum

My Work Ova is on the front page of Barebrush today! go and check it out.. and don’t forget, you can still vote for a short time for Luminous in My Favorite Nude. The poll closes March 15 and every vote counts!

Mar

Neglected myspace

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Online

Turmoil - 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum

I am currently working on my neglected myspace page and doing online updates across the board.I have the new facebook app, I’ve updated my artworkpage on this blog and I am putting a concerted effort into myspace.

I hate myspace, I do, but it is an excellent marketing tool when done right and I need to increase my presence and work on that side of things. it’s funny because I’ve been putting it off for so long. ah well, I guess sometimes you just have to bite the bullet. Feel Free to friend me btw or to link to your myspace here.

Technorati Tags: art, art marketing, artist, myspace, social networking

Feb

Feeling Exposed

By Jennie 0 Comments

Categories: Online and Rambles

Well that didn’t go too well, I will keep trying until I get through this block. when I am blocked it affects everything, I don’t want to work online, I don’t want to think about promotions or shows, I just want to hide.

So today I played around with making a facebook app. you can now add my blog to your facebook page and invite others t do the same! how cool is that! go here to add the app, or add me as a friend and I will send you an invite! I am going to try not to spam everyone and anyone with it because I hate it when people do that - but I would love to see it spread!

Feb

Dedicated to the Art of the Nude

By Jennie 1 Comment

Categories: Online

Luminous - 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum

For the rest of this week you can see my work on the front page of Barebrush.com That’s right! Four of my works have been chosen for Nudes of the Month this month which is a new record for me! I’m thrilled, especially as the curator is a fascinating gallery owner in Chelsea NYC. so drop by and take a look! voting will be open soon for this calendar, I will keep you informed if my good luck still holds!

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