The Color ‘Green’: How to Use Its Hidden Meaning for Art & Design

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These easy-to-learn principles of color can help improve your art and design. For years, artists, color theorists and interior designers have used the hidden meaning of color to elicit a certain mood. Color can quickly transform a dreary room into a cheery room. Painters, photographers and other creatives can learn to use these same principles within their artwork to transport their viewers' imaginations. Over the past few weeks we have … [Read more...]

The Film Premiere of “Get Low” Comes to Sun Valley, Idaho

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One of the perks of living in a resort town is that I get to meet many interesting people from all walks of life. My friend, Dean Zanuck is one of these people. Dean is a young Hollywood producer who is following his family's tradition of quality film making which have won them numerous Academy Awards and nominations. The Zanucks are true artists whose canvas is the movie screen. A few of my favorites movies include, The Sound of … [Read more...]

Gulf Oil Spill Backlash: Artists Bite Back

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"We are also all responsible for the solution and we must work together to protect the balance of life," states photographer Jane Fulton Alt. These words resonated within me, so I felt compelled to share this story of how two talented artists are striving to make a difference concerning the Gulf oil spill...~Lori ***** The backlash from the Gulf oil spill continues to build, with the art world being no exception to the growing protest. … [Read more...]

7 Creative Ways to Approach an Art Gallery for Representation

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After the following the 3 Steps to Find Art Gallery Representation, you should be ready to approach your 'target gallery' and sell yourself!  There are a number of ways to approach an art gallery for representation. I have broken it down into 7 creative ways... #1. Specific Gallery Requirements: Check your 'target gallery' (this is the gallery you think is your best match) website and see if it has a specific protocol for artists’ … [Read more...]

3 Steps to Find Art Gallery Representation

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To many artists, finding the right gallery to represent you and your art can be an intimidating process. But, unless the galleries are knocking at your door, you are going to have to go knock on theirs! But read this first!!! And...get prepared to sell yourself. However, here is a common problem... not all visual artists have natural sales ability. In fact, many artists are rather shy when it comes to selling - and this is the main … [Read more...]

The Huffington Post #TwitterPowerhouses Article: Twitter’s Lori McNee and the Art of Love

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I am honored and excited to be featured in The Huffington Post Art Section. This article is part of the #TwitterPowerhouses series of posts written by talented, Sean Gardner aka @2morrowknight. Please check out the entire article here on The Huffington Post> Twitter's Lori McNee and the Art of Love Sean writes, "This is the latest post in our series, TwitterPowerhouses, which focuses on the contributions of people who've helped to … [Read more...]

Branding You: 5 Ways to Improve Your Professional Image

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As we all know, your brand is you.  It's what matters in a first impression, it's what counts on a sale, and it's what keeps customers coming back. Maintaining your brand should be top priority as we learned from The Importance of Branding and one of the best ways is to improve your professional image. Here are 5 ways to improve your professional image and increase your brand equity in the marketplace. 1.  Create an Online Professional … [Read more...]

How to Overcome 3 Common Barriers to Success as an Artist

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Artists who do not feel successful seem to run into 3 common barriers, mostly self-generated. The good news is that each of these barriers has an antidote that you already have within your grasp to becoming a successful artist. Barrier # 1: Wanting Too Much Too Soon Some artists are unrealistic about what is possible in a certain time frame and are impatient about the results they are getting. They want to sell immediately, sometimes before … [Read more...]

Top 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter by Twitter Grader

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These are the most powerful women on Twitter (based on their Twitter Grade). Their power and reach in the twitter community is a whole lot of awesome. Top 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter. Pleased and honored, I surprised to see that I made the list! Click the link above to see all the great women of Twitter. Rank   Name Bio Grade Followers Updates Location Action   lorimcneeartist (Lori McNee … [Read more...]

The Art of Abstracting the Landscape with a Lens

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Most visual artists use photography as a tool for their artistic process. Personally, I find that a combination of plein air painting studies and landscape photographs used together as reference material helps me produce solid studio landscape paintings. The fact that I have a fondness and appreciation for photography as an art medium is one of the main reasons why I share photography tips on this art blog from time to time. Also, many of … [Read more...]


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