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4 Reasons For Artists To Take Their Masterpieces To The Internet

Artists who work with oil paints, watercolors and canvases may seem rather old-fashioned with the increasing advancements of computer software designed specifically to draw and paint digitally.

Although there can be no replacement for the skill, purity and simplicity displayed in an oil-on-canvas painting, as compared to a digitally rendered one, the commercial value of artists has certainly declined with much of today's art work being created by their digital counterparts.

So how can 'old-school' artists start generating enough income to maintain their profession, without giving in to the pressure of turning to graphic software? It may seem somewhat ironical, but the Internet (in all its technological glory) could in fact prove a viable way for artists to boost their fortunes.

Artists who set up their own domains (using their own names, of course) and blogs will find that they have not only uncovered a great method of sharing their art with the world, but have opened themselves up to a myriad of wonderful opportunities. If you are an artist, here are 4 great reasons why you should immediately be investing in your own domain.

1. A World Wide Audience
Because artwork on canvas is significantly more difficult to pass around (as opposed to the ease of a JPEG file!), the people who get to view an artists work are often restricted to those who have visited the artists workshop or has had the artist send some copies of his work over.

With a website or a blog, however, an artist can easily take digital pictures of his work and put them on his blog, even commenting on the inspiration behind the painting and the techniques used. This would be akin to you - the artists - showing someone around a gallery your work!

But of course, the advantage of showing them around on a blog is that your viewers and fans of your work can access your website from all over the world, at any time, from any place with an Internet connection, leaving you to do what you do best - art.

2. Meet Other Artists And Build A Useful Network
It's always useful for artists to know other artists, as it invariably means that you create more opportunities for yourself and your career. For example, an artist you likes your art and has been invited to show his or her work in an exhibition may help to get your work displayed as well.

By having a presence on the Internet, you will meet a large number of other budding artists like yourself from all over the world, which may prove to be invaluable contacts in the future. You will also allow yourself to be found online by art gallery owners and managers, art collectors and other art aficionados, any of whom may play a role in advancing your career.

3. Sell Art Online
Of course, the most obvious commercial aspect of any website for an artist would be the selling of his or her artwork. Once you have set up your domain and blog, you can also arrange for an online merchant account, which will enable you to sell your art online to customers who will pay using their credit cards.

As an artist, this may not the most ideal way to sell your art work, but it can be an effective way for you to make money selling smaller art pieces, which you can then send to your customers anywhere in the world using a decent courier service. Just selling one piece of work a month can more than cover the cost of running and maintaining a blog!

4. Open To Commercial Opportunities
Aside from selling your work, a website or blog opens the artist up to other opportunities from which money can be made. For example, a frequent visitor to your website who enjoys your art may commission you to create an artwork for a decent fee. Or you may be invited to sell your art at an auction after an organizer of the event came across your website.

The opportunities are endless and mind-boggling, and with an open mind, any artist can take advantage of the vast untapped expanse of the Internet to give their career and finances a serious boost!

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Wonderful! $11.59 It's always amusing when a jazz snob claims that jazz and classical are the only legitimate forms of music and that popular culture, past and present, has no artistic value whatsoever. Typically, those who make such ludicrous statements will turn around a

Wonderful $15.99 Madness officially disbanded in 1986, but the members never seemed content to call it quits. Finally, after 13 years, six singles collections, five "Madstock" reunion concerts, three ill-fated spin-off attempts, two live CDs, and two box sets, the boys worked up enough courage to celebrate their 20th anniversary with their first new album since Mad Not Mad. Pianist Mike Barson was back, of course, but the real returning heroes were producers Clive Langer and Alan Wistanley, whose sure-handed pop sensibility is all over the record. Though these '70s ska pioneers might have benefited from the success of '90s ska bands like Blur, No Doubt, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Smashmouth, Wonderful is not really a ska record. "The Communicator" and "Drip Drop Fred" (which features guest vocals from fellow Stiff Records alum Ian Dury, to whom the record is dedicated) are the only songs that seek to approximate the old, nutty sound. The rest harken back to the slickly orchestrated pop of early-'80s albums like Keep Moving and The Rise and Fall. If tracks three through 11 don't quite live up to the promise established by the two irresistible singles "Lovestruck" and "Johnny the Horse," they don't embarrass either. Among the best are "4am," a slightly more expensive version of one of the better songs from Suggs' solo career, and the typically self-referential "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning," which likens the band to "thieves returning to the scene of the crime." On the whole, it's a pretty successful return. Some fans might find the bombastic production somewhat cloying, but it undoubtedly delighted Virgin Records, which seemed sure to jump at the chance to release a few more greatest hits compilations. ~ Evan Cater

Wonderful Wonderful $5.58 Wonderful Wonderful, the second Johnny Mathis LP, features an orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith. The album is a beautiful selection of 12 songs, none of which were part of Mathis' half a dozen or so hits released on 45 rpm in 1957. Conspicuous in its absence is his first hit, "Wonderful! Wonderful!," which this album is titled after. Actually, the word "Wonderful" drops down eight times on the LP jacket under Mathis' name and alongside a handsome and youthful photo by Normand Menard of the soon-to-be legend. What's impressive about this excellent recording is that Ray Conniff was the gentleman orchestrating the hits while Faith, whose "Theme from A Summer Place" would be omnipresent on radios in 1960, does the honors here. This is a substantial recording, with Mathis covering Cole Porter's "Looking at You" and "All Through the Night," the Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer chestnut "That Old Black Magic," as well as two other Mercer co-writes, "Early Autumn" and "Day In, Day Out," which concludes the project. Even at the outset of his career, the voice that would become so familiar is in control and not just flirting with perfection -- the instrument is perfectly tuned and full of life. The uncredited liner notes here, though firmly set in promotion mode, are informative and worthwhile, noting that Bob Price did the arrangements on "Too Close," "Looking at You," and "Day In, Day Out," with Faith handling that chore on the other nine selections. The production is sublime and the album is a real treasure, a solid effort before the label and singer determined what the formula and routine would be on record after record. The only place where there is naïveté is in the direction they would take this artist, and that adds to the beauty of it all. Jimmy Abato's alto sax and Ernie Royal's trumpet do wonders next to Mathis' voice. ~ Joe Viglione, Rovi Performers: Ernie Royal - Trumpet; Jimmy Abato - Sax (Alto); Johnny Mathis - Vocals

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The Wonderful Story of Britain: The Old Chief of Glencoe $49.99 Peter Jackson The Wonderful Story of Britain: The Old Chief of Glencoe - Giclee Print

Artistic Hair $11.99 Track Listing: 1. East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee, 2. Let's Give a Party, 3. Winter Wonderland, 4. Elvis Imitators, 5. Tico-Tico, 6. Water Is Wide, The, 7. Red Red Robin, 8. Chicken Cordon Blues, 9. Old Fashioned, 10. City of New Orleans, 11. Three-Legged Man, 12. You Never Even Call Me by My Name

Artistic Licence $4.16 There's an art to choosing men ... but Thea's just discovering it Fed up with looking after a houseful of students, Thea Orville throws caution to the winds and takes off to Ireland with Rory, a charming but feckless artist. But Thea's old life isn't so easily cut off. The arrival of Molly, her bossy friend, demanding to see Rory's stunning paintings (and to find out what Thea is up to) is bad enough, but why did she have to bring Petal, Thea's most annoying lodger, along for the ride? And worst of all, Petal is accompanied by her uncle, the enigmatic Ben, a man Thea has sworn never to like. The timing is terrible - Rory's dog is about to have puppies - but even more alarming is that the more Rory pursues Thea, the more maddeningly attractive she finds Ben...

'Wonderful Night' $577.95 A pink elephant raises its trunk to tickle the moon in a composition filled with innocent wonder. Thailand's Supachet paints with acrylics to create a composition that is filled with artistic fantasy.

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It's a Wonderful Life $11.18 Some artists get all of their inspiration from one particular era; in the 21st century, it isn't hard to find bands that act like they haven't heard anything that was recorded before 1990. Nine Men's Morris, however, turns to different eras for musical inspiration, and that outlook generally serves the alternative pop/rock/adult alternative threesome well on their first album, It's a Wonderful Life. The New York City residents obviously identify with the more tuneful and melodic side of alterna-rock; they certainly aren't immune to the charms of Ben Folds Five, Weezer, the Gin Blossoms, or Oasis. But to fully appreciate where Nine Men's Morris are coming from on this 2004 release: One needs to go back a generation and know who some of their pre-'90s and even pre-'80s influences are -- influences (perhaps direct, perhaps indirect) that range from Big Star to Elvis Costello to the Beatles (whose unending affect on rock music is quite amazing when you consider that the Fab Four parted company in 1970). Another baby boomer influence one hears on this CD is Chicago -- an influence that might be considered unhip in some circles, but an influence that is creatively advantageous on It's a Wonderful Life (which was co-produced by Vaneese Thomas, a daughter of Memphis soul icon Rufus Thomas and sibling of Carla Thomas). Chicago, for all their slickness and commercialism, wrote some great songs; they had a fine sense of pop/rock craftsmanship, and the traces of Chicago that ones hears on parts of this album only add to its artistic health. Even so, It's a Wonderful Life falls short of perfect. Many of the songs are excellent, while a few are merely competent. But on the whole, It's a Wonderful Life leaves a very favorable impression of Nine Men's Morris, and makes listeners want to closely monitor their development. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi Performers: Vaneese Thomas - Vocals (Background); Bruce McDaniel - Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar; Donald Kyle - Bass, Vocals, Guitar (Bass); Keyontia Hawkins - Vocals (Background), Vocals; Michael Greenspan - Piano; Paul Mariconda - Piano (Electric); Perry Gartner - Drums, Vocals; Randy Andos - Trombone; Wayne Warnecke -

Wonderful You $7.99 Twenty-eight, single, and struggling to keep her little shop of handicrafts afloat, Zoey Enright is pleasantly surprised when a knockout audition for a home-shopping network lands her an impressive job as an on-air saleswoman. Little does she know, Delaney O'Connor, the company's CEO, is bringing his only grandson and the hero of Zoey's childhood, Ben Pierce, home from Europe to run the network. Ben's one true passion was Grand Prix racing -- until he laid eyes on Zoey again, all grown up and more beautiful than ever. But he also must face his haunted past and the near-fatal accident that brought his driving career to a screeching halt. Confronting painful emotions he crossed an ocean to forget, Ben must barter his old dreams for new ones if he and Zoey are to claim the wonderful future they are meant to share.

Wonderful World $13.58 In her brief lifetime, vocalist Eva Cassidy probably never thought that she would one day have something in common with rap legend 2Pac. But in the years following their deaths (oddly enough, both in 1996), studio and live recordings of the artists have continuously been unearthed and released to an eager public. Although 2Pac's musical vault seems to be never-ending, it appears that Eva Cassidy's savings box may have finally been emptied with the issuance of the Blix Street compilation Wonderful World. Mostly comprised of songs culled from her posthumous releases, Wonderful World seems to signal that there is precious little left that hasn't been heard and that a second "best-of" is an appropriate way to sum up Cassidy's recorded legacy. Meant to be a companion disc to Songbird, her first compilation that became an unexpected phenomenon in the U.K., Wonderful World features selections that excellently represent Cassidy's beautiful voice and interpretive skills. In the quiet reverence of "What a Wonderful World" or the rousing gospel of "How Can I Keep from Singing," it is evident that Cassidy did not simply sing a familiar song but dove into its emotional core, bringing to the surface a lyrical richness that perhaps had never been found before. But she never limited herself to singing recognizable oldies, and her selections of more obscure material are the real highlights of Wonderful World. Her pretty guitar strumming warmly envelopes her voice on a shortened version of Paul Simon's "Kathy's Song," while Claire Hamill's gorgeous "You Take My Breath Away" is made even more so by Cassidy's heartfelt performance. Perhaps the most stunning song is her take on the folk ballad "Waly, Waly." Originally appearing on Eva By Heart, this version features a new arrangement that further enhances Cassidy's telling of this old traditional in which she completely embodies the hopeless longing of the song's character. Both moving and breathtaking, the song is a testament to the vocal gifts of Eva Cassidy and the love she had for the music she chose to sing. Perhaps like 2Pac, a few more recordings will be discovered over time and released, but even if that never happens, it is fortunate to already have received the bounty of treasures that Eva Cassidy left behind from her Wonderful World of music. ~ Aaron Latham, Rovi Performers: Anthony Flowers - Hammond B3, Organ (Hammond); Bill Straw - Sequencing; Ian Lawther - Bagpipes; Zan McLeod - Bouzouki, Mandolin, Guitar; Carolene Evans - Strings; Chuck B

Wonderful Tonight $11.99 An iconic figure of the 1960s and ’70s, Pattie Boyd breaks a forty-year silence in Wonderful Tonight , and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most famous muse in the history of rock and roll. She met the Beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in A Hard Day’s Night . Ten days later a smitten George Harrison proposed. For twenty-year-old Pattie Boyd, it was the beginning of an unimaginably rich and complex life as she was welcomed into the Beatles inner circle—a circle that included Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Jeff Beck, and a veritable who’s who of rock musicians. She describes the dynamics of the group, the friendships, the tensions, the musicmaking, and the weird and wonderful memories she has of Paul and Linda, Cynthia and John, Ringo and Maureen, and especially the years with her husband, George. It was a sweet, turbulent life, but one that would take an unexpected turn, starting with a simple note that began “dearest l.” I read it quickly and assumed that it was from some weirdo; I did get fan mail from time to time.... I thought no more about it until that evening when the phone rang. It was Eric [Clapton]. “Did you get my letter?”... And then the penny dropped. “Was that from you?” I said....It was the most passionate letter anyone had ever written me. For the first time Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, a high-profile model whose face epitomized the swinging London scene of the 1960s, a woman who inspired Harrison’s song “Something” and Clapton’s anthem “Layla,” has decided to write a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking—and totally honest and open and breathtaking. Here is the truth, here is what happened, here is the story you’ve been waiting for. From the Hardcover edition.

'S Wonderful $40.79 Since launching the Great Jazz Trio in the 1970s, Hank Jones has been accompanied by many different rhythm sections, though this one, with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Jack DeJohnette, ranks alongside any of them. In spite of a life-threatening diagnosis that resulted in emergency surgery a couple of years earlier, the pianist, 85 at the time of the sessions, is very much at the top of his game. The diverse program delves into standards from the swing era (an explosive "'S Wonderful" and a jaunty take of "Sweet Lorraine"), a subtle arrangement of the gospel-inflected "Moanin'," along with the surprising choice of "Take Five" in a blues-drenched setting. Patitucci's warm arco bass introduces the haunting take of the centuries-old "Green Sleeves," backed by Jones' spacious piano and DeJohnette's delicate percussion, while the leader's inventive improvisation that follows proves that there is plenty of room for exploration of this still popular song. ~ Ken Dryden, Rovi Performers: Hank Jones - Piano; Jack DeJohnette - Drums; John Patitucci - Bass

This Wonderful Old Cawdor Castle Was the One Shakespeare Places the Murder of Duncan in Macbeth $69.99 Hans Wild This Wonderful Old Cawdor Castle Was the One Shakespeare Places the Murder of Duncan in Macbeth - Photographic Print

Something Wonderful $10.38 This fine album was sadly lost in the shuffle when it was released the same year as another Nancy Wilson album, The Swingin's Mutual!, her highly successful collaboration with the George Shearing Quintet. This is a shame, because Something Wonderful is one of Wilson's best albums and her tastiest with famed big-band arranger Billy May. Only 23 years old at the time, Wilson had a commanding blues- and soul-drenched jazz voice that was fully formed at the time of this recording, and unlike so many young singers, she was already committed to communicating lyrics rather than showing off how great her voice was. This is beautifully illustrated in the narrative gem "Guess Who I Saw Today," which justly went on to become one of Wilson's signature tunes. For his part, May keeps the accent here on swinging jazz but avoids the heavy brass and wild percussion that he became famous for. Instead, he opts for a subtler sound. May even throws a couple of small-group jazz and blues numbers into the mix and allows some superb jazz musicians (including Ben Webster, the legendary tenor saxophonist) to shine in the solo spotlight. Out of print for decades, Something Wonderful remains one of Nancy Wilson's most jazz-oriented sessions, and it's a welcome addition to Wilson's CD catalog. ~ Nick Dedina, Rovi Performers: Milt Raskin - Celeste, Piano; Emil Richards - Vibraphone; Ben Webster - Sax (Tenor); Conrad Gozzo - Trumpet; Frank Beach - Trumpet; George Roberts - Trombone; Jack Marshall - Guitar; Joe Comfort - Bass; Justin Gordon - Flute; Manny Klein - Trum

Mr. Wonderful $8.47 Gus (Matt Dillon) wants to invest in an old, dilapidated bowling alley with his Con Edison co-workers, but alimony payments to his ex-wife, Lee (Annabella Sciorra), make his dream unattainable. The only way that Gus can regain his financial stability is to stop paying alimony, which he can only do if Lee remarries. Gus starts a crusade to find Lee the perfect man with results that surprise everyone involved. British director Anthony Minghella's first American film also features William Hurt as Lee's married boyfriend and Mary-Louise Parker as Gus's love interest.

Somebody Wonderful $3.39 The Luck Of The Irish. Michael McCann has a gentle way with women, and Timona Calverson is no exception, despite her ragged clothes. She is lovely--and in dire need of immediate rescue. The brawny policeman makes short work of the ruffians that have her cornered in a back alley of old New York. Though Timona may be no more than a runaway from a house of ill repute, Michael is determined to keep her from harm, if only for one night. . . The Love Of Her Life. Timona can't bring herself to tell him who she really is--or that her rich family will pay handsomely for her return. She knows very little about Michael McCann, except that he is good enough to give his last cup of tea to a stranger, and compassionate enough to own the ugliest dog on earth. But the rugged Irishman's unexpected kindness has won her wayward heart--now and forever. . . Kate Rothwell grew up in Washington, D.C. She went to art school in Boston, where she met her husband. Besides writing, Kate has worked as a parts runner in a garage, an artists' model, a bartender, a feature writer, a food prep chef, and editor of a newspaper for children. After a few years in Maryland, she and her husband headed north to Connecticut, where they still live with their three boys and a maniacal dog.

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