Lesley the Letterist

Thank You

2011-07-25T09:58:00.000+01:00

Hey, I know I was warned about putting original designs onto the Internet, but having had so much inspiration from seeing other artists' works in progress and final designs in all kinds of mediums I felt it was a way of contributing to this treasure trove of art sources.

I have thoroughly enjoyed http://clientsfromhell.net which I found a link to from CJ Kennedys blog and in it learned about some of the attitudes which plague anyone putting something out there in the ether for all to take advantage of. Most are honourable people who will respect copyrights and good business ethics, some only see it as a source of free design materials based on the assumption that

1. the artist will ever see what has been stolen and marketed under another name

2. the difficulty and cost in time and money of counteracting this theft.

I now find I have so much more time without Facebook, and without considering what to present and preparing photos of art for this lettering art blog, in fact, I have more time and brain space to do Lettering Art! I gave the Internet networking a year to make itself an asset to my life and work, I do think it has done both these things but has also shown a dark underbelly which I choose now to withdraw my designs from.

I love the new technologies and all the wonders which have opened up to me, but I am going back to my old fashioned way of being a temperamental artist and to resume using the word 'Darlingks', wearing dark glasses and long floaty scarves.

Thank you to all who have visited my Lettering Art Blog, the wonderful comments and confidence boost it gave me to know so many people enjoyed seeing what I had created. I will still be enjoying the many inspirational artists whose blogs I follow.

My Photo Journal Blog continues as usual about the wonderful part of this island I live on.

http://lesleyfw.blogspot.com/

Missing Photographs

2011-07-13T10:37:00.000+01:00

A suspicion that my designs are being used for more than just inspiration has caused me to make a sorrowful decision.

I am removing all of my posts relating to my final designs.

Once again I will be personally supervising the viewing of finished commissions and new works. Word of mouth has always worked well for me in the past and I feel I have given the Internet fair chance to be part of that word.
The way people can stay faceless and unaccountable by reason of being in another country or simply by being invisible as many are on the Internet means I no longer feel I want to lay myself open to design theft in this form.

The greatest part of my work is commission based, so I have the luxury of knowing who is allowed to reproduce my designs. I keep all copyright to ALL of my work so if anyone is in any doubt whether they may be able to reproduce from any other site - NO!

It is not just me this happens to. Artists all over the world are systematically being ripped off and there is very little chance of ever knowing about it until something hits the shops and you recognise it as your own work. It could be as a framed 'original' artwork for sale, or even a cheap imported tee shirt.

There may well be some odd gaps I have missed while Blogger does its updating of the alterations. Your patience is appreciated.

Thank you to all the lovely people out there who have genuinely enjoyed my artwork and made such rewarding comments. I will continue to blog but will simply be concentrating on my Photographic blog where I can stamp watermarks upon each photograph and continue to share my Cornwall and Devon Experience with my friends, family and the wider web world out there.

Wonderful definition of plagiarism if anyone wants to check it out:-

http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html

Robert Lenkiewicz found down an Alley!

2011-06-09T09:11:00.001+01:00

Akin to the 'elephant in the room' analogy, these Robert Lenkiewicz murals in the Barbican, Plymouth are rarely seen as they are so large! The larger of the two murals with the battens still in place is not an easy one to stumble across being situated at the end of a dead end lane away from all the bustle which makes the Barbican the stimulating place to visit that it is.

Thrilled though I was to find this gable end mural, its also a source of sadness to see the unavoidable decay which the weather is wreaking upon it.

What to do....cover and preserve but not see it, or enjoy it while it lasts?

Murals hiding in plain sight.

Gable End Mural - The Parade, Barbican

Detail of Gable End Mural

Fine detail being lost

Southside Street Mural - Barbican

Further info

http://www.joestoneman.co.uk/robert_lenkiewicz_biography.htm

Angel Antiques

2011-03-03T17:04:00.000Z

Angel Antiques, 8 New Road, opposite the Town Hall in Callington, Cornwall, is Artist Anthony Graftons Gallery/Antique shop where Anthony combines two of his lifelong passions, painting and beautiful antiques, his specialities being wonderful early Georgian glassware and Pewter.

Delicate shading is very much a feature of Anthony Graftons paintings. Inspiration is taken from local Cornwall and Devon coastlines, and further afield on holidays in the Scottish Islands.

Gallery and Antique Shop

Watercolour by Anthony Grafton

Web Gallery link

http://angelartandantiques.weebly.com/gallery-2.html

Cartoon Blog

2011-01-20T11:37:00.000Z

Gratuitous Nepotism, what else can I say, he makes me laugh!

Here is the link to my dear husbands new cartoon blog...

http://yorkshiremartin.blogspot.com/

Martin FW, the photo that inspired art!

Back in the olden days, Mums used to knit their children's bathing costumes, they were never called swimming costumes in case anyone tried to swim in them, or rather out of them as the case would be! Thank goodness for the introduction of Lycra!