Entries from June 2009

06/30/2009

Another copycat…sigh

I’m just going to expose all copycats in the following manner from now on.  Click the photo to enlarge.  I may have accidentally Photoshopped it slightly.  My comments are in various shades of angry red.

This is from another one of her lovely auctions:

Here’s my proof of plagiarism:

My (original) originals can be found here.

06/28/2009

New series – “Entropy” & 2 more ACEOs

“Entropy #1″
18″ x 24″ – tempera on canvas – 1st in series

“A Little Bit of Hope #63″ (breast-created) – ACEO

“A Little Bit of Hope #63″ (breast-created) – ACEO

Interested?

06/28/2009

Black Pond 6/20/09

06/25/2009

Stress, 2 new ACEOs, and “New Hope #211″

Nothing seems to be going my way, including the following…
1. I’ve had cold symptoms for almost two weeks
2. The economy has been devastating since autumn
3. The heat/humidity is making happiness, comfort, and varnishing impossible
4. Copycats are openly stealing my words & ideas, wasting my time
5.  My computer’s RAM is shot already
6. My truck’s O2 sensor [...]

06/20/2009

“New Hope #183″ & 2 ACEOs

As soon as I update these 3 paintings, I’m going fishing!  At 4 a.m.!
“New Hope #183″ – 18″ x 24″ – Black, white, sparkling silver & iridescent silver – bidding starts at $150.00.

“A Little Bit of  Hope” #60

“A Little Bit of  Hope” #61

Sorry about all that drama yesterday…I was already in a bad mood and [...]

06/19/2009

The Tonight Show link, Kymber saga update & plagiarism

The original link to the full episode of “The Tonight Show” that aired on 10/01/08 was deleted from Hulu, but a clip of the segment “Stuff We Found on eBay” (that featured me/one of my paintings) can be viewed here.
Also, out of curiosity, I Googled the following:
kira varszegi “The paint is applied directly to my [...]

06/19/2009

ANOTHER copycat – PLEASE check this one out!

I’ve had enough.  I’ve been a professional artist who’s offered original breast paintings for 8 years (with moderate success.)  I’ve dealt with copycats many times before, and usually they self-destruct without too much participation required by me.
GEEZ LOUISE.
Generally the copycat has the common sense to change the wording around so my listing isn’t completely and [...]

06/16/2009

Tami’s portrait, “New Hope #205″ and a juried competition.

Tami’s portrait is finally finished, after I procrastinated for way longer than could be considered “reasonable.”  Thank you for your patience Tami!  This piece is based on my painting “Goddess Within.”  The tattoo literally took hours to get right since I’m not used to working with such detail in a tiny space.  It’s readable and [...]

06/14/2009

“A Little Bit of Hope” #58 & #59

“A Little Bit of Hope” #58

“A Little Bit of Hope” #59

Go bid!

06/12/2009

“New Hope #203″ – a 12″ square breast painting

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