New Show coming in September!

A show of all-new paintings and drawings will be held in Orlando in Sepetember, location and dates to be announced soon!
This is my first solo show in over 2 years so don’t miss it!
-rj

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Great NYTimes article

I read this in the New York Times today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/opinion/07egan.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1228676684-1UTurs44itVSUKUui9Kq/g
and it reminded me of this article from 2002:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE4DE1638F93BA1575AC0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=why+add+to+the+pile+&st=nyt
So, is there an equivalent point to be made in the visual art world?

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Questioning artist grants

I woke up in the middle of the night and was kept up by my brain constantly going over this though: Are small ($3000 and under) local grants for visual artists (not performing arts) really a good thing?  Could that money be better spent?
Thoughts, anyone?

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New Limited Ed. Inkjet Print!

Hot off the press:
Orientation
9 x 8 inches
Inkjet print on acid-free paper
Ed. 11 plus one artists proof (pictured)
#2-11 $10 each
#1 $50
Artist’s Proof $75

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Re-new URL

I bought the credits to renew my URL here, www. rickjonesprojects .com, but they’re not showing up on my account, even 4 days later.  So as soon as that’s resolved you won’t have to type the whole .wordpress. com mess to get here.
Also, the portfolio page is going to come down to be revamped.  After [...]

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Paintings at Frames Forever in Winter Park

13 of my smaller and medium-sized paintings are now on display at Frames Forever gallery at 941 Orange Ave. in the design district of Winter Park, FL. Stop by and see them (and Katie)!
Also, the collection of large paintings at The Vue in Downtown Orlando will only be at that location for another week-and-a-half [...]

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Rant on WrestleManiArt (sigh)

A Rant
So, I had a wonderful tour of a new arts venue today, a type of space for which that this town has been crying out for years!
Then I got home, opened up my email and got this little bit of advertising which has been making the usual rounds in the local art world today:
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WrestleManiArtTM [...]

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New Paintings this Saturday (Feb. 2nd)

Rick Jones
New Paintings
This Saturday night at 7pm (2/2/08)
(show runs through 2/29/08)
Lots of brand new work no one has seen yet, plus a few
oldies-but-goodies. There was a cancellation at Stardust for February
so I jumped on it a few days ago and have been painting like crazy.
So come on out Saturday night and hang out, have [...]

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The Vue

Last night was the grand opening of The Vue condo building downtown. Fun party. I had eight paintings on the first floor and got a lot of positive feedback, so hopefully that will turn into something. I’ll post pictures ASAP.

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