In late 2014 I had the privilege of exhibiting at the Ocean Sotheby's International Realty gallery, in Islamorada. This was one of my biggest openings to date and honor to be showing in the same space that has hosted artists such as Robert Wyland had previously exhibited in. With an opportunity like this, I was able to get my artwork in front of a lot of collectors As well as providing an awesome weekend getaway in the Florida Keys. Although it is always months of work preparing for a gallery exhibit, Its experiences like this we dream of as professional artists.
As with many of my exhibits, I always choose a charity partner to benefit from the sales of my work. This particular charity was Reef Environmental Education Foundation. Not only did they provide some amazing inspiration for the actual piece I created, but they continue to do incredible conservation work to this day. Below is an entry from my journal right after this exhibit – "We had an unbelievable turnout of well over what we were expecting. After unveiling my brand-new original digital painting, "Slack Water Grove", it sold Within 10 minutes! Sotheby's said it was one of the most successful shows they have ever had and I am truly overwhelmed with how my work has connected with others, The majority of which I had never met until that night. A huge thank you to the gracious couple who purchased the original and in turn helped to support (REEF) Reef Environmental Education Foundation, The charity partner receiving a percentage of the proceeds from this piece. In the end it's about the experiences we have in life and sharing that with both friends of new and old."
"The Reef Environmental Education Foundation is a grass-roots organization that seeks to conserve marine ecosystems by educating, enlisting and enabling divers and other marine enthusiasts to become active ocean stewards and citizen scientists." – Visit their website here : http://www.reef.org
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To be honest, I like the photo of the living room and the canvas more than I do just the photography, hehe. Good stuff nonetheless ;)
I can see that, definitely brings it to life :) thank you for your comment
Beautiful. The colors look stunning.
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Wow im absolutely in awe of this picture, i love tropical scenes but I just love how tranquil it feels, like you are actually snorkling.
I'm a female alien artist from the cosmos who has just joined steemit. I create digital work using 3d software and other programmes, i just wrote an intro, appreciate support and welcome from the community. check the intro here
I also created the electronic music and the visuals for this video
Thank you, Great to connect, look forward to following you as well
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Thank you sir, Greatly appreciate your support.
Nice work! Which program did you use to paint this?
Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Thank you for the comment!
It's nice to do something you love and to be able to give back. Great work! That photo is amazing.
Thank you very much and I appreciate the comment.
Just watched your video on Youtube
I really felt inspired after seeing you create. I also plan on resteeming you a lot in the future and letting people know about you. Your be my first person to follow on Steem on my first day of having a account. Look into Ascribe to add your art onto the Blockchain if you haven't already.Yes, that's me! Will be doing a future post on this in the future.
"As with many of my exhibits, I always choose a charity partner to benefit from the sales of my work." well done choosing the reef foundation
Thank you, it is a great organization!
Hi there! I like your work :) I am curious: what programs did you used for that? You are saying rhat its “digital painting”...did you used a tablet? :)
Anyway: nice work and i am happy for you that you managed to sell it! :)
I am also an artist, doing all kind of art (didn’t managed to put my presentation here, yet :) )
This is some ipad drawing, using Procreate:
Nice, I really like your work! I have given you a follow. I use Photoshop and Corel painter. Here is a recent article on my entire process if you are curious. https://steemit.com/steemit/@abrockman/digital-painting-by-aj-brockman
Nice work/post! :)
Thank you for the follow! I will be back home next week and i will make a introduction, and post more of my work :)
Have fun! :)
Thanks for sharing. These photos are so beautiful.
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I like the way you print your works, really brings them to life!
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