Born to Wax
Today was the monthly meeting of the West Coast Encaustic Artists (WCEA) group, up in Novato. It was hot hot hot but its always so great to see people from the group and have a chance to say hello and re-connect.
Today was the day I was ready to tell the group the new website for WCEA was ready for its 'coming out' party. I have been working on developing this website in my spare time for quite some time and I knew some members were getting antsy to have something up but I just 'stayed the course' (as papa bush would say, thousand points of light and all that...) and kept working on it until it was something I would be pleased to have represent the organization online. Simple (no fancy flash or shockwave stuff) but professional - that's how I like to do them. I've never been a fan of websites that utilize such fancy advanced stuff that the load time is either too long or it is not available to some portion of the online population who may not be able to utilize those advanced features. But that's just me. I know there are MANY paths to great websites with good functionality.
It seemed to be well received and several people said it was "well worth the wait". I was quite pleased that people seem to like it. (WHEW!!! I thought...) Now I'll be their webmaster and maintain the website and keep the calendar, the newsworthy items and the artist profile pages up to date.
Here is the url if you want to take a peek:
http://www.west-coast-encaustic-artists.org/
At the meeting, we also talked quite a bit about the continuing planning on the Mill Valley O'Hanlon "Wax Works" exhibit in October, and about the Paula Roland Encaustic Printmaking workshop (which you can read about on the WCEA website, under the menu item of "workshops").
I had a lovely smoothie with Adele after the meeting and then headed home to the city to work on more art.
I continue to make progress on all the pieces I am preparing for Open Studios. And I'm starting some new 12x12" encaustics and laying down the 10 initial clear layers that I like to start with. I'm working on a simple short series exploring the idea of "strange horizons". Stay tune for work-in-progress photos.
Technorati tags: art , painting , encaustic painting ,website design
Today was the day I was ready to tell the group the new website for WCEA was ready for its 'coming out' party. I have been working on developing this website in my spare time for quite some time and I knew some members were getting antsy to have something up but I just 'stayed the course' (as papa bush would say, thousand points of light and all that...) and kept working on it until it was something I would be pleased to have represent the organization online. Simple (no fancy flash or shockwave stuff) but professional - that's how I like to do them. I've never been a fan of websites that utilize such fancy advanced stuff that the load time is either too long or it is not available to some portion of the online population who may not be able to utilize those advanced features. But that's just me. I know there are MANY paths to great websites with good functionality.
It seemed to be well received and several people said it was "well worth the wait". I was quite pleased that people seem to like it. (WHEW!!! I thought...) Now I'll be their webmaster and maintain the website and keep the calendar, the newsworthy items and the artist profile pages up to date.
Here is the url if you want to take a peek:
http://www.west-coast-encaustic-artists.org/
At the meeting, we also talked quite a bit about the continuing planning on the Mill Valley O'Hanlon "Wax Works" exhibit in October, and about the Paula Roland Encaustic Printmaking workshop (which you can read about on the WCEA website, under the menu item of "workshops").
I had a lovely smoothie with Adele after the meeting and then headed home to the city to work on more art.
I continue to make progress on all the pieces I am preparing for Open Studios. And I'm starting some new 12x12" encaustics and laying down the 10 initial clear layers that I like to start with. I'm working on a simple short series exploring the idea of "strange horizons". Stay tune for work-in-progress photos.
Technorati tags: art , painting , encaustic painting ,website design
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