Nude Madonna and guy fall short of expectations

No sale for nude Madonna and Guy from BBC News Madonna & Guy, an admittedly rather unflattering likeness by Peter Howson, was estimated to rake in between £15,000 ($24,603) and £22,000 on Saturday at McTear’s, the Glasgow-based Scottish auction house, but didn’t sell — despite generating unprecedented press coverage, a McTear’s representative said.

…throw in two celebrities and a whole lot of hype and you will get this auction. but no amount of twitter buzz, news sites and publicity will turn this painting into an attractive and desirable work of art. I notice that the leading buzz was very careful to mention the names of Madonna and Guy Ritchie as much as possible but you had to really really dig to find a picture of the piece. having a celebrity as a subject is usually good for reputation boosting, buzz and moneys in the bank. and Peter Howson has received a lot of hype and exhibition requests due to this series.

friday nude quotes

We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.

new artist statement

Arched – 7×5 oils on canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum I’ve been thinking for a while that I should re-do my artist statement. writing lots of submissions has made me think about what my work says and what I want it to say. I also want my statement to be accessible and interesting- not full of…

friday nude quotes

We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.

Jennie’s twitter rambles

Here is what I’ve been saying on Twitter. you can follow me at @minxdragon 12:13 Wrote: friday nude quotes at tinyurl.com/cjznuk # 15:00 photographing new works.. oh the tedium! # 15:47 Help me name this nude painting! I can’t think of anything ping.fm/MpSrp # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

friday nude quotes

We must see to it that the man looking at the picture has at hand everything he needs to paint a nude. If you really give him everything he needs — and the best — he’ll put everything where it belongs, with his own eyes. Each person will make for himself the kind of nude he wants, with the nude that I will have made for him.

Jennie’s twitter rambles

Here is what I’ve been saying on Twitter. you can follow me at @minxdragon 16:11 Dramas dramas, there are still problems shipping my works to Italy for the exhibition and now the spa is on the fritz. *sigh* # 16:30 huh! was that another earthquake? # 18:18 I’m off to go paint – I’m really…

Jennie’s twitter rambles

Here is what I’ve been saying on Twitter. you can follow me at @minxdragon 12:50 I’m feeling really horrible today, I think I’m going to take it easy and try not to move too much, # 13:51 I’m looking for something like @loudtwitter that will post my tweets to my blog only weekly – does…

apologies

Consternation – 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum my apologies once again everyone, I’ve been coordinating my first international show and it’s been a series of headaches to say the least. most people would use this sort of thing as fuel to write about in their blog, but for some reason every…