art on the web—a new site

At long last, I’m happy to announce that my new art licensing website is up and running! It’s taken several weeks of focused work, but hopefully worth it. Over the past few months, I’ve received enough licensing inquiries that it made sense to create a separate site for art buyers to more easily view my art.

(You might be wondering, What sort of art buyers? And what sort of licensing inquiries? My art buyers range from art directors, editors and even individuals — in other words, anyone and everyone. For example, an engaged couple licensed my Tristan and Isolde watercolor for a wedding invitation. Along with wedding invitations, my art has been licensed for book covers, magazines, websites, dvds, calendars — well, you get the idea!)

Right now, I have over 600 images available for licensing. They range from goddesses to queens; from decorative details to borders; and even children’s book and fantasy illustrations from early in my career. All images are digitized and color corrected for print or electronic reproduction. I’ve also included a clear usage policy explaining how to license my art, making it accessible for anyone to use.

That written, my licensing website is an evolving project. With twenty years as a professional illustrator, it will take more than a few weeks to uncover and scan all of my art. Plus, there’s still a few last details to take care of on the site, such as adding some keywords and art descriptions. But after two weeks of tagging and keywording art, it’s time to move on. For now. When it comes to finishing enormous projects such as this, I always think of the myth of Cupid and Psyche; specifically when Psyche is stuck separating all of the seeds in order to prove her worthiness.

How about you? How do you deal with finishing a huge project—especially when it involves a gazillion mindless details that feel impossible to track? What’s the best way to keep boredom at bay? I hope you’ll comment below with any advice you might have. As much as I desire to meet my goal, I find it very easy to get sidetracked when the slog gets repetitive.

So you can imagine how pleased I am that my art on the web site is up and running, loose ends and all. I hope you’ll take a moment to visit!

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