Tag: sell art online
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Jil Ellerbrock – Two years in and finding her stride
At 16, Jil Ellerbrock was one of the youngest artists to enter our North American Artist Showcase. Still living with her parents in Hamburg, Germany, Jil only started to hone her talents two years ago. Inspired by the art of Toni Mahfud, she began exploring realism, taking up pencil, patels and pen to capture the…
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A Rising Star – Azalea Patricia Rodriguez
We shared Azalea Patricia Rodriguez’s entry in our North American Artist Showcase and were not at all surprised that it received as many votes as it did. Her’s was a striking portrait, with depth and feeling. In intricate detail she captured the spirit of her subject and shared it with the world. And we’re glad…
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An Artist On A Mission – Jerry Chacon
Jerry Chacon’s entry in our North American Artist Showcase received the most votes. With almost 20,000, Jerry did an amazing job of publicizing his art. And now we’re happy to return the favor. From his home in Denver, Jerry spends 90% of his spare time drawing. From a comfortable recliner in his studio, and with…
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Art for sale – the price of art online
Pricing art for sale isn’t easy. There’s no official pricing structure. No accepted rules. No hourly rate conversion. No union and little to no economies of scale. So how should artists price their work? Well. Reasonably. That’s as good as it gets. Be reasonable. And when it comes to selling art online…be really reasonable. Those…
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art attack – why would people want to hack an online gallery?
In less than two weeks, artFido will have been selling art online for an entire year. It seems like only yesterday that we were telling our friends and family about our idea for an exciting new online gallery; for creating a website that would give artists and galleries an opportunity to sell art online; for…
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Graffiti into gif-iti – animated gifs give life to street art online
There has been a lot of talk about traditional art going digital, of how artists are now looking to sell art online and buyers buy art online. Yet few would have considered the possibility of taking street art online and further into the digital world. Lucky for us, there are some forward thinking street artists…
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Copyright or wrong – Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios on artFido
by Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios I’m sure I’ve used that headline before. But it’s too good to resist. According to The Art Newspaper (TAN), Italian artist Claudio Capotondi has made inroads into the Chinese art world. A version of the work he produced in 1978, Sferosnodo, was selected for permanent display at the front of a station…
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Mark Fitz – On street art, getting people to buy art and how to sell art online
Mark Fitz first caught our attention during our “Put Your Art in Print” competition in 2012. He was yet to sell art on artFido but was obviously open to the new online art platform and wanted to reach a new market keen to buy art online. His “Creative Gun” was one of the most popular…
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Selling art online – to fee or not to fee?
When we launched artFido.com in May of 2012 we knew it wouldn’t be easy. Getting artists to consider selling art online through a completely new site, an online gallery unattached to any existing auction platform or bricks and mortar art house was a big ask. So, to remove any impediment to trial, to giving the…
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Want to buy art online? Why not check out Emelie Coffey’s work on artFido
Emelie Coffey is a massage therapist with knack for creating comfort, remedy and beauty with her hands. For the next two weeks, artfido will be featuring Emelie and her work. The art that is. Not the massage. Sorry for those who need the latter. We spent a couple of minutes getting Emelie’s take on art…