BIG UPDATE!!

....of the website plus Atelier Artista are now on FB!!!

A special thanks goes out to Melissa Cole who is spending hours to update the website and give it that read over and touch it definitely needed. It is more cohesive in its design and presentation. Plus all the content has been reviewed and edited. Take a look atelierartista.com

Atelier Artista is now on Facebook!

 Our first big event listing is for the 1 year Anniversary party! So please like and follow our page, and keep up to date with all the happenings at the studio through Facebook.

Please give me some reviews, We already have 2. Woohoo!

Sweet message from a collector

While updating my blog post, I received a nice FB message from a collector that visits me every Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. She sent me some pics of the prints she bought framed up and this nice message, which she has given me permission to share with you
below.

"Hello Brian, I wanted to share with you how amazing your art has made my home! We met at the comic expo and I told you about the one matching my curtains! Ha. And the rainbow deity looks effin amazing with the new frame! 
Everyone who comes to my home loves your stuff:) thanks for being amazing!"

~ Chelsie Grenier-McNabb

This was the first piece she got off of me two years ago, all framed up nicely.The previous(above) two prints are sold out and I won't be making any more. 

Above  "Songs yet to be sung", I still have a one or two of more prints available in a very limited run of this piece, if you are interested contact me.  This is the piece that the original was purchased out of Motion Gallery by a collector who writes for "Heartland".  Look how awesome it looks framed!

I am so stoked that Chelsie went out of her way to contact me and spread the joy of art. I really appreciate it! It certainly has brought more sunshine to my day, it is nice to know ones passion and hard work are appreciated at times. = :D

Calgary 2012 cover proposal

Here is some of the new design after getting the layout notes for the magazine cover with folding flaps.

The left most panel will be the front cover, the far left the spine. The area to the left of the tower is most likely where they will place the title.

The photos are just off of my iphone and will be true black and white. Below is how the image will look as white writing on a black surface.

I am proposing white paint pen written on black gessoed canvas approx. 54 inches tall.

More to come.

Calgary Journal Article + Window farms

Talk about timing....
I just finished teaching my canvas building workshop, and then yesterday's blog post ended off with my belief in integrity and quality craftsmanship when building a support for painting. Then I get this link from writer Hannah Kost...

Check out the article Here:
 http://calgaryjournal.ca/index.php/calgary-arts/309-canvas-stretching-not-just-a-hobby


My two favourite bits:

"He helped give me that motivation because he's positive. He's patient and he's funny. He lives his life the way he wants to live his life. It's inspiring."
~Katie Dick (past participant)

"Batista's studio is full of his work, intricate oil paintings washed in gold and silver; the building is hushed, the wood floor scuffed and colour-stained. The quiet of the space is of great contrast to Batista himself, who is lively, engaging and quick."
~Hannah Kost

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Today, I pledged to Kickstarter to support windowfarms.org. You should check it out, its pure genius. The low down: Basically it's an automated system to start growing a vertical garden in your window. Its perfect for everybody who likes to eat, you can grow it yourself with minimal effort and nearly everybody has a window where they live. We each need to reduce our carbon foot print, and save money here is a simple solution!


Go here to pledge: http://kck.st/newwindowfarms 

Ted Talks video:


Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment 

I can't wait until March 2012 when my columns arrive!

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