New video
January 20, 2012 in News
We have just added a video to our home page, but you can see it here too!
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David Ortiz
December 9, 2011 in News
Cornish designer and photographer David Ortiz has submitted some of his wonderful designs for prints and canvases, you can see them here.
Photography gallery up & running
December 5, 2011 in News
The photography gallery is finally up and running and we welcome photographer and designer David Ortiz to the Octopus Art site. Davids work is inspired by the natural and ever changing landscape of the North Cornwall countryside. You can view his works here.
Wadebridge Sunset
Welcome Jago Silver
November 29, 2011 in News
Award winning illustrator and artists Jago Silver has joined the Octopus Art site. You can view and buy his work here.
Overdue update
November 18, 2011 in News
For one reason or another I have rather neglected the blog so I thought while I am waiting for a new print head to be delivered I would use this time to post an update. Firstly it was great to print off four canvases for Anna Mazek, the artist who came up with the idea for the print on demand gallery etc, her canvases looked lovely and it was good to get an email from her to say how pleased she was with them. We also had an order for two prints from Liz Pannells personal web page, these are done and have been dispatched post haste to London.
On the Octopus Art site we welcome London based artist Samantha Anne Hutchinson, so far we have three of her paintings on the site with more to follow soon, you can have a look at them here. Paul Beattie has also uploaded some more wonderful paintings to add to his gallery pages so keep an eye on his page for these and don’t forget he runs workshops and gives tuition more about that here.
The new photography section on the site will be up and running soon, I have four photographers wanting to go on as soon as we all have some spare time to get images uploaded, listed and added to the database etc.
The sound of the door bell means either my printer part has arrived or it is Asda in which case I can have a coffee, either would be good. I will try to update the blog again soon as time permits, dont forget if you have any art news or exhibitions do let me know.
Eternity by Samantha Anne Hutchinson
Octopus Art – more than a gallery
October 27, 2011 in News
Octopus Art was the idea of myself and Devon based artist Anna Mazek, the idea behind it was to offer artists and photographer’s a print on demand service for their works based here in the UK. This was a service I had been offering locally to my clients in Cornwall, but following a chance discussion with Anna on Twitter the idea to offer it nationally via the web was born.
Mike Bailey's gallery page
Initially it was going to be a gallery site where people could browse the work on offer and purchase either canvases or giclée prints in a range of sizes, these I then print and post out on behalf of the artist/photographer who is then paid their commission – this is set by the artist/photographer when they submit an image for inclusion. The benefit of this system means you do not need to keep large stocks of expensive prints and canvases in a range of sizes, other advantages Octopus Art brings is a shop front for those who do not have a web site, but would like to promote and sell their work nationally.
Mikes personal page linked to his site
So after many long hours the site was complete, or so I thought! Anna now came up with a new idea, which would set the site and service apart from other online galleries. As well as listing work on the main site what if they could also have a gallery page created with an interface which ties in with their ethos, style and originality – in short a gallery page which closely mirrors their present web site. The artist/photographer would link to this page directly from their existing site, there would be no additional navigation on this page save for a “Back” button to return the viewer to the artists site. As with listings on the Octopus Art site there would be a shopping basket for people to purchase the artwork. The great benefit of this means artists and photographers can sell their work without having to install expensive e commerce systems, if you have ever looked into this then you will know it usually costs hundreds of pounds as well as hours spent configuring and adding “products”.
If you would like to find out more about Octopus Art and how you can benefit from having your own gallery page with shopping basket system and print on demand, then you can visit Octopus Art here. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact me at: info@littleoctopusart.co.uk