Crickyn

Nonesuch Moon is an expressive painting using a paper plate for a template, worked on a stretched canvas. Like some of my expressive paintings, it exists no more as the desire to paint portraits of women with moustaches took over and this canvas got repurposed. In order to preserve the lineage of work I do like to take pictures of finished work, even if (or especially if) I think it may only have a short life span. I like this painting and will very likely use this image in my journal at some point if I ever again get a color printer that works. In this way, paintings that no longer exist, whether the canvas was repurposed or the image was sold, can live on for the artist in current work. Be sure to document all your work with either photos or scans, if the work is small enough. Shoot the work at least 300 dpi so that you could have a greeting card or print made, and do a separate image at 72 dpi for the web display. I always keep the original photo in case either “saved” copy (your altered copies) get destroyed. Another idea for photo use of artwork is having a book made. Not as expensive as you might think and great fun to have. Comes in handy when visiting a new gallery or going out on an art date with friends to keep them updated on your progress. Happy painting and happy shooting!