pretty:darn:swell - Josh Spear, Trendspotting

I personally believe that art should be something that is accessible and affordable for everyone, and supporting a good cause while adding to your personal collection occurs, then that’s just icing on the cake. That’s what brother and sister team Wade and Lynne Penhorwood set out to create with their online gallery, pretty:darn:swell, someplace where artists and aficionados alike could go to both buy and sell quality, limited-edition prints while supporting causes near to their hearts. $5 from every sale during the allotted time period pieces are available goes to the charity of the artist’s choosing. Sound like something you could get behind? I thought so. Head on over and check out their current offerings — I’m waiting for my print of Mary Patterson’s “Sno-White Drive In” as we speak.

Tags: Art, charity, prints, websites

Peabody Faust	Thursday, 05.31.07 @ 12:57 pm
Isn’t that the same thing as Tiny Showcase except Tiny Showcase has been doing it longer with more known artists?

Heather Snodgrass	Thursday, 05.31.07 @ 1:02 pm
You’re right, it is — but I think in such a wide open arena as this, there’s plenty of room for everyone. Just because someone starts later or run a smaller shop doesn’t mean their intentions are any less admirable.

Peabody Faust

Thursday, 05.31.07 @ 11:48 pm

True, but a great deal of the content on this blog reflects people who have shown innovation. Taking an idea like this is great and its nice to see people spreading art and the good it can produce but its people who are really pushing new things that should be getting the focus. The concept has been around for a long time, who out there is taking that concept and taking it further?

Not that I’ve done anything as great as these folk though, yet that is. But its hard to be inspired by rehashed ideas. Here is a cool picture though, my contribution to the collection of random thoughts, ideas, and encounters that make up our lives…..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/gallery/2007/feb/27/yourphotos?picture=329956816