New Murano Art Glass Jewelry from Italy in Stock!

We just returned from a wonderful trip to Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece earlier this month. Venice was a gorgeous city and I will have views from our trip for sale in my gallery shortly.

I have some REAL Murano Glass jewelry that I brought back to sell in the store. You have to see these colors. The artisans of Venezia add real silver and gold into their glass to bring out the most beautiful designs. I have beautiful designs by a designer I found in Murano and they are for sale now in my store. The prices are great...the designs are beautiful. And they are not made in China so you are assured that you are purchasing the real thing.

Come take a look!

Thanks,

Renee :-)

Artist of the Month at Riverside Stamp and Coin Arts Center

The Open House is Thursday March 4 and we are looking forward to it!

Each Month we will be highlighting the artistic works of a local artist as our "Artist of the Month". For a whole month, the artist will be able to exhibit his or her works on my visiting artist wall. More information about applying to be my next "Artist of the Month" check out this link: http://www.rltphotoartist.com/index_files/Page406.htm

For the Grand Opening and running the entire month of March, are delighted to exhibit the work of one of Riverside's Own Martin Tobias. www.tobiasstudios.com Marty's beautiful art is in my living room and I enjoy it every day.

Next month is Caron Rand www.carongrand.com Check out her website for a sneak peak as well.

Application information for display on the "Artist of the Month" wall can be obtained by emailing Renee Theuer at renee@rltphotoartist.com. Please be prepared to present digital photos with your completed information.

Keep checking in for more information about our Mural Contest with great exposure and a nice prize!

If you can, come and visit our grand opening Thursday, March 4 5:30 to 7:30 a 6730 Magnolia Avenue. The name of the Store is Riverside Stamp and Coin Arts Center.

Thanks!

Renee :-)

Grand Opening in March 2010

These are really exciting times for me. My husband and I have been working for about 9 months to get a retail location in the Brockton Arcade in Riverside CA. It's all coming together in March 2010 when we complete the move to our new location at Riverside Stamp and Coin Arts Center at 6730 Magnolia Avenue in Riverside. We are next to Suelin Florist right in the Brockton Arcade.

I will have my portfolio work on display and my examples of before and after photo restorations to show what I can do to make a memory for you. My customers love to take old photos and surprise their loved ones with beautiful gallery wrapped portraits on real canvas. With a 100% satisfaction guarantee, you can't lose.

But, there will be a few surprises coming up for those of you who love to see what local Riverside Artists are doing. Keep checking back for exciting announcements to come. The Riverside Stamp and Coin Arts Center is going to be a great place to plug into the local artist community.

Premier Service Bank Business of the Month

I am really getting some great samples ready for my exhibition at my bank, Premier Service Bank during the month of January.

It's a great bank on Arlington Ave., across the street from Shamel Park--(the park with the swimming pool that I almost drowned in. Note: If you are a swimming instructor and a kid tells you that they can't swim, please don't have them jump in the deep end to prove it. Who in their right mind would make someone do such a terrifying thing? Oh well, he had a hook.

But I digress....

I will have rotating samples the whole month showing the restorations I do from damaged photos and the beautiful works of art I create on real canvas from snap shots or slides. It's not enough just to take a photo and have it copied onto canvas. If you want the picture to look like a painting, there are enhancements that must be made to the picture...and I have developed a very good technique for this process. I use heavy duty, kiln-dried canvas stretcher bars and real artist canvas with paint highlights and finished with a professional 2 part giclée finish.

Once people see them, they get it so I am hoping to get more exposure from this exhibition in the lobby. I won't be there but I will be stopping by often to refresh the exhibits.

For a great bank, go to http://www.premierservicebank.com and check them out. They treat you like banks used to treat their customers. You will love them.

Creative Commons

All creative work that comes out of your imagination is automatically copyrighted (© all rights reserved). All of my work is copyrighted for my use only.

However, there are a number of folks that wish to collaborate on their work and they have a site called Creative Commons.

There is a short, informative video to explain how to use the work of others that choose to share their work--there are some conditions that you need to know on some of the categories.

Here are some great backgrounds that can be used for your web site from A Million To One on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ All you have to do is link back to his stream using this url:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grope4mac/sets/

Take a look!

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Google Yourself

Hey,

Have you Googled yourself yet? I just did and found this with me in my classic pose!

http://www.fordracing.com/news/detail/?article=29004

If you aren't there yet, take a look at my previous blog on this subject...

http://rltphotoartist.blogspot.com/2008/02/helpful-seminar-for-webmasters.html

for helpful information Search Engine Optimization.

Hijacked Email on Hotmail

Last night a message went out at 12:47 on my email account to all 157 customers and friends on my contact list. The message was this:

Hey ,friend I find a site to sell electronic products with very good price. Laptop ,iPhone even Motorcycle are very popular .their products are original quality with very low price as wholesale business supplier.They also can do retail business for end user now. maybe it is fit for your business . if you like you can contact them : www.wholesaler-electronic.com E-mail: wholesaler318@188.comMsn : wholesaler3188@hotmail.com

They did it by hijacking my email account somehow. I was able to get into my account and change the password. Hotmail gave me a great clue by telling me that I still had the "automated vacation response message on the account. They used this feature somehow to send this stupid message to all my contacts. Also, as insult to injury, they included this ridiculous message in my automated signature line so it would go out to everyone I replied to. Make sure you change your password to a strong one.

This message is a public service to fellow Hotmail Customers. If this happens to you,
change your password if you can. Then change the automated vacation message setting and signature line settings in your options. I don't know where they are but I sure don't want anything they are selling after this mess.