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What's New - Spring 2010

Online Gallery Decides to Get Real
When it comes to making art both accessible and appealing, the trend eventually swings toward traditional methods. Web business www.gofigurative.com cultivates the market for figurative art and has built up a virtual network of contacts. Now it has decided to show works of its creative community “in the flesh” at its debut show, “Real”, to be held at Heatherley’s Fine Art School in chi-chi Chelsea. The dates are March 19th - 21st . If you go, be sure to look for three subtle paintings by SOTE client Patrick Palmer, including “Hush” seen here. See more at: www.patrickpalmer.co.uk

Are you missing something good?

If you haven’t visited Salt of the Earth’s Downloads page, you should! All of our past offerings are there, with a wealth of helpful advice and insights into things that really matter to artists and photographers. And it’s all FREE.

No more snow and icy winds – please! The sun is shining and the sky is blue, so let’s get out to look for the first blossoms. Botanical artist and designer Alison Tindall proves that even city-based creatives can produce a bouquet of gorgeous images inspired by nature.

Some species thrive better when transplanted, and photographer Barry Hitchcox proves the point. Ancient landscapes near his new West Country home have drawn him into deeper observation and clarity. Newcastle-trained Glynis Spiers now captures the colour of Welsh markets and architecture, but isn’t afraid to tackle “abroad”, as you’ll see! Spring Gallery.

New! 2010 Price & Sample Pack – and Lots of Savings!

In a world where prices keep going up, up and up again, Salt of the Earth has fought hard to keep costs for hard-pressed artists and photographers down. This year, through careful shopping and tough negotiating, we’ve kept increases to a minimum. In many cases we’ve either kept prices the same as last year or actually reduced them.

What we haven’t done is to sacrifice one iota of the quality and service you expect from Salt of the Earth. And here's a bonus: Every time you order five or more prints from any image, we'll give you a 10% discount.

Rest assured, we’ll hold our 2010 prices for a full year, too. So, in spite of oil prices rises that affect both our delivery charges and the cost of imported materials, or increases in postal charges, SOTE will absorb the pain so you don’t have to.

Request our new 2010 rates containing your FREE pack of printed samples

Leeds Photographer Wins Wildlife Competition
A big “well done!” to Deborah Benbrook for winning the £1000 top prize in the “Planet to Save” wildlife photo competition sponsored by Shorelark picture agency. Her sunset shot of a silhouetted leopard in a tree was taken in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.

She nominated animal charity Born Free Kenya to receive the matching £1000 award and received thanks and congratulations from its Chief Exec Will Travers. Deborah, whose work was featured in a previous Salt of the Earth gallery, said, “I hope future generations will be as lucky as I was to see the majestic leopard in the wild.” More on: www.deborahbenbrook.com

Cuba Comes to Cardiff
Flamboyant Guantanamo-born artist Raul Speek is one of the artists featured in the “Havana Pontcanna” exhibition taking place at Galerie Galles, 7 Romilly Crescent, Cardiff CF11 9NP. Raul’s work has been shown in major galleries internationally, and he and his equally talented photographer wife, Heather Bennett run their own gallery in Solva, Pembrokeshire. Dates for the show are March 11th - June 11th. Galerie Galles’s website is…rather minimal. Ring for opening times: 02920 257075. Also see: www.raulspeek.co.uk and www.heatherbennett.co.uk

Picture Business Features Animal Artist
Prestigious national magazine Picture Business featured SOTE client Julia Pearce in its January/February issue “Blank Canvas” section, which is devoted to up-and-coming talent. Her images of endangered species and other exceptional creatures great and small impressed the magazine’s staff so much they gave the three paintings and Julia’s artist statement a full page. You can admire Julia’s striking “Tiger’s Eye” on our Home page. And here’s one of her most recent works, a touching portrait of an Okapi mother and foal.

Contact Julia at: julias_online@hotmail.com

Medieval Imagery for Brecon’s “Journey”
Photographer/digital artist Martin Crampin, whose work has appeared in our web pages, is one of 12 artists showing new work in a variety of media at the Andrew Lamont Gallery in Theatr Brecheiniog, Brecon until April 15th. The show’s title, “Journey/Taith” allows exhibitors free rein to depict real and imaginary excursions and destinations. Martin’s intricate, glowing images derive from the architectural details and manuscripts of Welsh churches, taking viewers on a timeless spiritual and visual exploration.
See more at: www.martincrampin.co.uk

The Square “Ayes” Have It
Dozens of our artists and photographer clients have said a resounding “yes!” to our square print sizes. Square prints seem to be particularly popular with under 30’s buyers, whether they’re on a giclée canvas or paper. So we are now offering prints as A3 square (42 X 42 cm/16.5 X 16.5 in), A2 square, (59.4 X 59.4 cm/23.4 X 23.4 in) and a wowza A1 square (84.1 X 84.1 cm./33.1 X 33.1 in).

Cards à la Carte
For several years, we’ve been constrained by the U.S. manufacturer of our fine art giclée cards to only sell boxed sets of cards and envelopes in 50’s. Yes, the quality was superb, but we know some of you were a bit maddened by this, as you didn’t need that many. So you will be pleased to know that the new owner of the business will now give us an “open quantity” of the same archival quality cards and envelopes, which you may order from us (unboxed) in quantities of 25, 50 or 100.

More good news: the cards are a lovely, standard A5 size (not the fiddly, smaller size we had before that sometimes fought with our printer). So 1) you get a bigger image area and 2) we can now print either one side or both sides of your cards. Which means you can have custom giclée invitations to your shows, Christmas greetings etc. Request our 2010 pack for full prices & details.

Cellophane Card Wallets
Planning to sell cards? Here’s the finishing touch. Clear Cello wallets, for the above cards, can be ordered in the same quantities as your cards – 25, 50 or 100. Very affordable, too.

Hahnemüehle Print Spray
These German manufacturers are acknowledged as being top bananas when it comes to quality giclée papers. So we’re now offering their clear spray for added protection against fingerprints, water, UV rays and dirt. Hahnemüehle say it is “…fast drying, completely transparent and will not change the colours of either paper or the inks.”

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