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Pumpkin Painting Contest! Be creative! Paint a pumpkin (yes, the real thing)! Take a couple pictures of your masterpiece. Then on October 30th we will choose 3 winners and also post the winners in the November newsletter. 1st Place gets 10 tags and 1 year membership, 2nd Place gets 10 tags and 3rd Place gets a 1 year membership.
Email your entries to lorlosky@fineartregistry.com
*Please include name and phone number along with the name of your pumpkin masterpiece so we can notify you if you win. Check out the Artist Tips below.

Did you know that every month we feature several different pieces of art corresponding to the time of year! Be sure to read the FAR® Newsletter every month to see if your art is featured in it! You can share it with your friends and family.

Famous Artists Born in October

4 - Jean Francois Millet (French) 1814   4 - Frederic Remington (American) 1861   5 - Maya Lin (Asian-American) 1959   8 - Faith Ringgold (African-American) 1930 10 - Alberto Giacometti (Swiss) 1901

10 - Antoine Watteau (French) 1684 22 - Robert Rauschenberg (American) 1925 25 - Pablo Picasso (Spanish) 1881 27 - Roy Lichtenstein (American) 1923 31 - Jan Vermeer (Dutch) 1632

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist (1881-1973)

Art News - Hot Off the Press

by Fine Art Registry®

A brief summary of the examination by two international Salvador Dali experts, Frank Hunter and Nicolas Desharnes, of ten different sets of Dali prints sold by Park West Gallery for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Forged signatures and outright fake prints were found. Most of the prints examined were worth almost nothing. Read the full article.

Exclusive Articles from Fine Art Registry®

by Dan Koon, for Fine Art Registry®

As we mentioned in Part 2, someone around the time of the Renaissance had a novel idea, which, articulated, could be "Maybe God is not the measure of all things. Maybe man is." Whether or not the notion was introduced from the older, wiser China after Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road around 1300 is beyond our scope here. Regardless, it impacted a Europe which had been operating on a single-valued logic system ("It is God's will.") for a thousand years. It might have been heretical, but it was also an intellectual breath of fresh air. You could say it is an idea that caught on, and the world is changing even today because of it.
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by Anayat Durrani, for Fine Art Registry®

Much like the artwork they are auctioning off, the art auctioneer is the centerpiece of every auction. Articulate, often charming, the auctioneer is a master in the art of the sale. Skilled auctioneers make auctions lively and fun, yet keep audiences entranced as they move the value of an object to bigger and more lucrative bids. But where do auctioneers come from? What is their background? In fact, the auction house and auctioneer go a long way back.
Read the full article.

October Featured Art

Nightmare Josien Vos

Thrills and Chills Elizabeth Hill

Winter Peach Orchard with Crows Steven Chandler

At Play On Hallow's Eve Cybil Hopkins

Even Monsters Get Scared Cybil Hopkins

Cleaning and Preparing Your Pumpkins
1. Choose pumpkins that don't have any blemishes. (They might rot.)
2. Clean your pumpkin with wet towel or baby wipe.
3. Paint the whole pumpkin with a Multi-Purpose Sealer. Let dry; usually it takes a couple of hours to dry completely. Another option is to mist pumpkins with a light coat of a Spray Sealer and set aside to dry.
4. All set to to start painting or you can draw a face, pattern, or freehand design onto your sealed pumpkin with a permanent marker then paint.
5. Let Dry.
6. You should spray finished pumpkins outside or in a well-ventilated area with a Spray Sealer. Lay down a piece of newspaper or paper before spraying to catch excess. To make a customized spray booth, cut off the top and one side off a large cardboard box and spray your pumpkin inside. This will prevent overspray and will keep fumes and spray in one place.
*Always have wet wipes available to clean your hands or to wipe off any painting mistakes.

Chronicles of a One-eyed Patriot and Recorder of History

Let's travel back in time to a period of great unrest in our country, a time when the struggle to become independent from England and the King, was the burning desire of our forefathers. A tenacious people indeed, tired of the tyranny imposed by a kingdom far from the shores of this land and ripe for revolt.

Enter a young man by the name of John Trumbull, born in Lebanon Connecticut June 6 in the year 1756. At the tender age of 15 he entered Harvard in 1771 and graduated in 1773. His father, being governor of Connecticut at the time, without doubt gave him a certain sense of the intensity brewing in the political atmosphere that gripped the colonies. Following a compelling desire to join forces with those freedom fighters, he became a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army. The fact that he had only one eye that he'd lost in a childhood accident, served to actually enhance his attention to detail. In service to the cause he was able to sketch the plans of the British encampments in Boston, thereby rendering an invaluable service and then witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill. This incident surely impressed his fertile artistic mind.

Before resigning from the army in 1777, he had the honor of being appointed to 2nd personal aide to General George Washington and eventually adjutant-general to General Horatio Gates. Quite an astounding beginning for what was to become one of young America's most outstanding artists. But not before he underwent some troubling times which in fact only seem to serve well the soul of an artist.

After the war he made his way to London where he studied under the tutelage of famed artist Benjamin West. He instilled the idea in John's mind to paint small pictures of the war and perhaps miniature portraits. And history records that he did just that, in fact over 250 in his lifetime.

While still in Europe, a British agent was captured and hanged as a spy in America. The agent was of similar rank as was John and when the news reached London, he was then imprisoned there for 7 months. When released he continued his work under Benjamin West and in his studio he composed "The Battle of Bunker Hill" and also "Death of Montgomery" both of which are now housed in the Yale University Art Gallery.

While in Paris in 1785, he made sketches in portrait size for French officers that included "The Surrender of Cornwallis" and started work on the "Declaration of Independence" with the help of Thomas Jefferson and derived from the famous engraving by Asher Brown Durand. Many of Trumbull's paintings were purchased by the United States Congress and now hang in the U.S. Capital. Among them are; "Washington Resigning His Commission", "Surrender at Yorktown" and "Surrender of General Burgoyne". Apparently Congress ran out of funds and that is why only four paintings of Trumbull's Revolutionary War renderings are displayed in the Capital Rotunda. Absent from this prestigious place are; "Death of General Mercer at Battle of Princeton", "Capture of Hessians at Battle of Trenton", "Death of General Warren at Bunker Hill" and "Death of General Montgomery at Quebec". The Boston Museum of Fine Arts now houses Trumbull's composition entitled "The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789".

The single largest collection of Trumbull's works were purchased in 1831 by Yale University and included 28 paintings and 60 miniature portraits. New York City Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American History and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts are other locations where his historic compositions may be admired.

John Trumbull's contribution to this nation is not limited to just his prolific and detailed pictorial historical account of our country's birth, but with his keen eye to detail he acted as secretary to John Jay in London while negotiating the treaty with Great Britain and then appointed to be the 5th commissioner to shepherd and carry out the 7th article of the same.

The American Academy of the Fine Arts appointed Trumbull president and he held this position for 9 years. According to historical accounts, he found it difficult to get along with the students and ultimately did not support them, leading to rebellion of the students and the rapid downfall of the Academy. Eventually the students founded the National Academy of Design in 1825.

In 1841, John Trumbull published his autobiography and passed away at the age of 88 in New York City. He and his wife were laid to rest beneath the Art Gallery at Yale University that he had designed. His collection and their remains were moved to Street Hall at Yale and the old Trumbull Gallery was eventually razed. This appears to be an inauspicious ending to such a talented artist and integral element in the founding of this Nation. However, this story is greatly inspiring in illuminating the fact that a one-eyed artist can overcome such a handicap and eventually attain the heights of glory through his astounding detailed chronicles of the Birth of a Nation.

Compare to Stand Apart... Not With

Do you find yourself comparing your artwork with the work of others? If you do, it's normal but don't let it consume you. You have to know that there will always be artists that are deemed better than you, well, by art critic standards anyway, but luckily that will not determine your success as an artist. The art critics, gallery owners and judges with their juried shows have had a nice long run over the centuries but the good news is they no longer have a choke hold on artists and the sale of their work like they used to. Shhh! Don't tell them. It might hurt their ego.

Instead of focusing on how your work compares with others or worse yet, trying to be like others, I would suggest you focus on creating your own unique vision. If you find a lot of artists out there creating something exact or close to what you're doing then you're going to have difficulty separating yourself from the pack. What is it that you do or can do that makes your work different from anything else you've seen in the art market? If you can't answer that question, then keep working at it because you're not there yet. I talk a lot about originality because plain and simple... it's key. From a collectors stand point, it is one sure fire way to get noticed and ultimately, isn't that what you want? And even if you'd prefer to maintain a low profile while you evolve as an artist, 'tis better to work on creating your own style and/or spin on the genre you've chosen then to work on perfecting the work of another. Let me save you some time and recommend a paint-by-number set if all you want to do is be like somebody else.

There has never been a better time in history to be an artist in today's market. There are droves of people jumping into the art collecting arena. It’s no longer a passion and hobby reserved for the rich and I predict the number of collectors will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. Why? Because it has never been easier to search, find, research and buy... and buy right. God bless the internet!

So my advice to you as an artist is to be prudent in showing both new and seasoned art collectors out there that you have something well worth collecting. If you can do that, they'll be glad they started collecting and investing in your work and will enjoy telling others "they knew you when"...

- Star Noble   (Need advice? Email our resident expert: StarNoble@fineartregistry.com)

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