Oil painting on Canvas, 19.7 x 27.6″ (Olio su tela 50x70cm)

Here are photos of the finished painting and works in progress…

My boy got his own room & I space to paint. I’ve made a decision & start to sell my old artworks! Simple as that NO… I’ve decided to sell them no matter the price!!! I had my artworks in local galleries, without some significant success, I had them at my personal website www.topalski.com & at some other “great online places for selling art”… I’ve painted, painted and end up with walls filed with artworks, my walls & my artworks. It was nice in the beginning, after months they were like locked-up.

I’ve decided to sell them, or most of them. Purpose of art is to go outside, to the world, to customers walls, not to paint for me, myself, family, friends,…

Now I have dozens of satisfied customers, I have less finished artworks & more art in progress. Most of them are oil paintings on primed masonite (mdf) board. Masonite is inexpensive and it gives me freedom to paint whatever I like or almost any idea I have.

Every new artwork you can see at my facebook wall and at my twitter page.

At the end…

How to sell your artwork?

Easy… decide to sell it (if you sell one, you can always paint more) don’t overprice it, keep some of your works (made a collection best of the best).

Why to buy artwork?

Because you like it is the first reason. Second…Art investment…  You can buy cheap today & some day have…  Artworks are rare contemporary piece that have a potential to keep price & to grow.

Here some of my latest and sold artworks:

Recently I wrote here at my blog text “He will tech us,…” That’s a text about dream sellers (or the most of social media). So, How to get rich?

1.    Claim that You are
2.    Convince other people that you know how
3.    Write a book (or sell other peoples bok)
4.    Be rich

Or the other solution:

1.    Claim that You are
2.    Convince other people that you know how or the program to success
3.    Lead them to a webpage where they will Enter their details & buy a “Definite product for…”
4.    Get a revenue

Most works for some others, and they are getting some revenue (if there is some) for reselling products or books or schemes, or,… Just type in here your name & mail address,… Don’t miss this opportunity,…

At the end of game who will be rich? The creator of the “Idea” how to be rich!

For example:

1. You have “Definite guide-Be rich in 5 minutes”
2. Claim that You are
3. Convince other people that you know how
4. Sell it for 3.55$
5. MAKE RESELLERS who will resell for 3.55$
6. Give them 1$ commission
7. From each reseller get 2.55$
8. …
9. Be rich

Don’t forget to mention (sell some dreams)… in your  “Unique model”

1. Fire Your Boss
2. Get rid of brick & mortar
3. Work Less
4. Get more time
5. Change Your Life

6. …
“… that,… this, … platform is going to educate you… ”

1. Write your own paycheck, using the,…
2. Leverage your time
3. Automate your efforts & take it to next level
4. …

Don’t forget, Internet is great place (golden mine) for every &  each cloud, snail mail, telephone,… scam

What about you?

I was always wondering, how’s that someone succeed & most people not? What is that energy, power, behind everything?
One of my followers at twitter is Bob D. Proctor… Here’s the movie about possible cause… (http://bobproctorsuccesssecrets.com/)

This is the story from which we could learn something.
If you don’t have enough money (what’s enough…), you can not get it instantly. What you can do now,  in this moment is to start working on yourself, to start your development, your personal improvement.

What we can learn (or what do we need)?

1.    Dissatisfaction
2.    Setup of goal- Idea or main wish (seed of change – where you want to be)
3.    Keep your goal in your mind every single day
4.    Start act today  (do what you can now and do the best you can…. clean you workspace, home, car,…)
5.    …

Point of success (energy model)

It’s not only enough to wish for something (creation of idea, creation of success in your mind), or for the material wish to start act only on the spiritual plan. If you wish to do something material you need to start act on the material plan also.

Magic (real one) is about energy, & there we have also tools…  material tools that helps us to  transform, or to point spiritual energy for the material cause.

Every time when I start to do something new, or before that, I clean my workspace. For me, it’s important to enter new project  as clean as I can, without trace of remains of old ones.

Here you don’t have complete stairs, but I think you have idea of your path, or the idea for the universal beginning.

English is not my native language. In my native language word RICH is derivate from word GOD, or…  “Those people who believe in god, they are rich.”

Here I’m not selling you anything, I’m just writing my blog, or what’s on my mind…

Or,… I’m just sharing you FOR FREE idea of the “Unique model”

Monday, December 14, 2009... first snow

What to say – the first snow is falling this winter.  First snow of fulfilled wishes, hopes, dreams… I have to admit I have had this fear, terrible fear that even snow is going to disappoint us… Financial crisis, health crisis, moral crisis, identity crisis, mental crisis,…, …sis, …sis,..sis, …sys, sys-tem error, or something else, something more, or for someone’s benefit? What is enough money? Sometimes it seems that “wealthy” people are more hungry, or unsatisfied than really hungry people, employers than employees, Why and what for,… Slaves of every day’s matrix, of their believes, their ideas, hopes,… Everyone is smart, until the opposite is proven. “Hi there I’m… Entrepreneur, Social Media, PR, Marketing, Inspiration, Blogger, Coach, SEO, Guru, webinar, seminar, cms, sms, inspirational expert of experts, capo di tutti capi of all and every capi of the previously stated…, and, … are you ready, … Yes I can, Yes You can, Yes We Can,… I earn few hundred , thousands, US$ per day,… ARE U READY? I will SHARE MY SECRET to wellness, happily ever after, with YOU!!! Yes I will teach you (don’t have something better, smarter where I can spend my time), I will teach you h0w to make it, how to get it, I WILL HELP YOU…” What a fairytale, dream seller, nice one, but still… Or maybe, just maybe it is truth!
Hold on (stop thinking about new car, computer, house,…), what is your idea , your life, and what will make you, really make you, really happy,… not in that moment but happily ever after.

I will tell you, for free, how to survive here in this swamp!

1.    First forget about crocodiles,
2.    Second, the biggest secret present but hidden for centuries, wellness secret is… sis, sis, sys, SYSTEM ERROR… sis, sis, sys, SYSTEM ERROR… sis, sis, sys, SYSTEM ERROR… sis, sis, sys, SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR…
3.    SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR… SYSTEM ERROR…
SYSTEM READY…

What to say- the first snow is falling this winter.

My Latest website… at the address: www.artnews.conteart.com

Conteart Art News – is a platform for art lovers and art professionals to explore, share and exchange information on Contemporary art. Since we receive news daily and art invitations, our goal is to provide accurate and up to date information. Artnews is a part of conteart.com,a non-profit online network for Contemporary visual arts.
It is a platform for art professionals to explore, exchange information on Contemporary art, as well to publish information and to comment on posts. Since we receive art invitations and news daily, our goal is to provide accurate and up to date information.

Conteart Art News-Your resource for the contemporary fine art

Subdomains under conteart.com are planed to provide art advices, tips and tutorials for artists and art lovers.

There’s a lot of great resources on the web, but they are not always easy to find. We will try to merge them here under the sky of ConteArt.

At the moment me, blog, world…

Guess what,…??? I’m not paint at the moment…

I’ve been veeerry busy lately, working on this blog, my topalski.com, and preparing few art related blogs/website. My hard disc is full, and before I over pour it I plan to organize its content and move it online. Art related content, tips, advices, tutorials, will be ingredients of my future website dish.

In the meantime I’m trying to survive GLOBAL economic crisis of… GLOBAL pandemia, GLOBAL threats, GLOBAL lack of something positive,…

Most of my free time I have dedicated to my little miracle, miracle of life, creation,… my little baby boy.

This Blog I’ve made as a test of word press possibilities, and here are conclusion… Word Press is great, simple and easy to manage!

Since the constant development of the web and new abilities to create and present yourself on it, I’m working on the new version of my main website (www.topalski.com), it will be at the address www.conteart.com. Visitors will have the ability to rank artworks on it, and there will also be an art store, with order basket, checkout, and some new features.

Main new website at www.conteart.com will be finished soon (I hope) in a few months.

Purpose of this Art Blog is to present my ideas, opinions, my artworks in progress, latest news,… or Modern world from perspective of an artist.

I had this great idea, to live where I live, in to work what I love and like-to paint, and to provide my living by selling my works of art. How to manage that? I’ve decided to make my personal page, at the space provided by my dial-up (what was that?…) internet provider (3MB), and after few months, and sleepless nights, my first website was ready. I was ready to go internationally. I can remember, that night when I have uploaded my first website my girlfriend and I have opened bottle of wine and cheer…

That was the beginning of something or my presence online, before social websites.

Did I sell anything via that site? … NO-simple as that!

… but thanks to this site I have begun to make websites for my friends.

This first website was great beginning, for some new opportunities in life, great introduction in capabilities of internet…

I have made my second website www.topalski.com, and this site was, and still is… great project, totally hand made, without any base (sql), but still have more than 360 html pages, 314 artworks, and real links about 800! But… when I count links at the side-bar (member off,…) it has more than 20.000 links!!! First page at the moment has google page rank 4! For some art related searches it is listed at the top of major search engines!

I design websites, because it gives me freedom, like painting, freedom of artistic creation, freedom to play, freedom to explore,… also possibility to earn some $.

Currently I’m working on this blog, main conte website (www.conteart.com), several other blogs, as well as some websites for my friends.

Oh yeah, not to forget, when I make some website for my friends, after that, they share with me they money friends

I you wish, we could share and be friends!

Artists paints artworks, finish it, make exhibition, offer them,… FINISHED, that’s the usual way,…

What if…

Here at this page you are in the possibility to see my longterm artworks in process of creation, in process of revealing them, and in every phase of creation.

When the artwork is finished? When artist say or feel it’s enough, but…
What if You think or wish it’s enough for that artwork in the current state of creation?!

If You are interested, I’m inviting You to post with Your comments Your offers also (I hear 1$, anybody else,… NO ONE #@?$!)

What if…Again?

Oil on canvas, 80X120cm

This painting I’ve started few years ago!!!
Now I’m ready to continue with painting!

What it is about? By the bible first people on the Earth was Adam & Eve… you probably know the story.. Eden, snake, apple,…

And here my painting goes… Present day at the earth, or somewhere in the sky, in front of the gates of Heaven Eve is still young, and Adam is old, after all those years of healthy  Earth life, with wrinkles, hair loss,…

What If he had this experience, or knows what will happen, consequences, … WOULD HE TOOK THIS APPLE?! WOULD HE HAVE THAT TEMPTATION? WOULD HE?

On my painting they are inforont of the gates of Heaven, Eves hand becomes snake, and in fact Eve/Snake are offering this apple again. In the middle is Holy Grail (represents eternal life)… Will he take in, will he grab it?

Sketches

Drawings on paper.

underpainting-second layer

What if… Again? At the moment

SOON!

White Angel

Oil on canvas, 50X70cm

Orthodox Icon reproduction, original in monastery Mileseva-Serbia

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The best about blogging is easiness of writing and posting

Everything that’s in my mind that I think should be important to notice I can easily post it.

Modern world is world of contrasts, at one side we have problems with weight, at the other side we have hungry people. Someone will buy a car that is worth as a completely equipped house at the other side we have people living in a carton box,…

Then my favorite… Donations!
Ok you have some extra money, and you want to share it with world, or you with someone will say “you are so noble”, what will you do. The answer is correct you will make donations!

BRAAAVOOO! You will give US$ 10.000.000 to some organization to fight cancer, aids,… that is very nice

But, if you give 10M, someone else 15M,………..
What do you think will they find ever that cure=NO.

Q: Why not?

A: Search is better than discovery (better funds)
… and if you find that real cure for some diseases a lot of people will stay without US$ 100.000/year salary!

Situation is the same wit eco and cheap fuel.

Let’s back to art…

Last week here in my hometown was a charity auctions of artworks for Safe Children house. 800 invitations was sent! Eight hundred printed invitations, addresses, stamps,… Was it successful? NO!!! Why? No one has appeared (800 invitations!)

There is no benefit from safe house, buying art, sorry no tax deduction…

In past artists has patrons, sponsors, and they could live, create, paint and live proper like artists. These days we have auctions with millions of dollars for masterpieces of death artists. Imagine for example musicians, what if popular would be only classics, and music of death composers and performers and only several contemporary!?!  Or actors?! … or what if I die… and nothing no benefit, even for my grandchildren?!
I can only hope and pray that my grand grand children will have some benefit from my art and artworks.

What if, or what would I do with some extra $?

Rearrange my house, make some extra space for painting,… or go to some island first, on a whole month vacation, then rearrange,…

If you have some suggestions, how to profit now instead of in year 2118, please comment or send me a mail, as long as I’m alive!

"Would you Dare?" Oil on canvas by Topalski

It gives me freedom, when I paint I’m in my own world and I have a freedom to paint what I like and what I want in that particular moment. That is the main reason why I have a lot of experiments. You can shock in art someone in many ways, and we were witnesses of that through history. I prefer more to produce art that will emerge your feelings, your thoughts, artwork to which you will come again and again and again. That particular and special type of art I call OPVS EVOLVZIONE and they are mine special (or I think so), something specific and personal!

In my case and my painting, sometimes inspiration is some photo, sometimes it’s the artwork of some other artist (because of theme or technique), I have also these special moments when I practically see finished painting that I have never seen before.

Sometimes I dream it and sometimes it’s that moment between dream and reality! After that I made a drawing, but the most difficult thing is to paint that painting as I “saw it” sometimes during the process of painting something new emerges up, something I haven’t expected faces that you see in one moment and faces that you’ve never seen before at this work in the next moment!