Each month, this site features their top selling artists. This post links to the notification received via eMail for the best artists for February 2014.

Top 10 Artists in February | ArtFinder.com

I receive notifications via eMail. Of the Top Ten, Helen Wells is the artist I fancy. The image below is called “Happy”. Isn’t it lovely? It has been added to my Pinterest board collection of ARTISTS I FANCY. To date, my board has over 100 pins. I’m taking my time finding the artwork. What’s the rush? It’s like a pleasant eternal afternoon spent walking around an art museum. My first visit to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. and to New York, New York, I made it my mission to visit art museums or galleries. These days, I don’t get out much. But via the Internet, I let my imagination take me wherever.

Direct link to the Shop of Helen Wells
- Like Helen Wells, Artist on Facebook

ArtFinder.com fancies their site as an “affordable art marketplace”, a great place for shopping, where you can buy direct from independent artists and galleries. To date they boast over 2000 artists from 60 countries.

UPDATE: Reported on this marvelous art find in 2014. Fast forward to 2017. Found another captivating artist. Gordon Bruce, based in the UK. Shared info about him at my other blog "Joie de Vivre Magazine". His artwork is also available at Zazzle. (See below.) Enjoy!

Chinese lanterns Winter landscape Gordon Bruce
by gordonbruce

Northern lights aurora borealis painting poster
by gordonbruce

In a previous post, shared a cherished personal memory at this site and titled it My Introduction to Cuban Art. It was humorous but this post is serious.

Almost every evening, our PBS station (Public Broadcasting Service) airs the news hour and many parts of the program are special segments. Very recently, President Obama upset quite a few people when he announced his plans to strive to normalize relations between the USA and Cuba. Whether people agree or disagree, it's happening . PBS' special segment is a series called “The Cuban Evolution”. My antennas went up when it was announced that there was to be a discussion of the current art scene in Cuba. Jeffrey Brown, Chief Correspondent for Arts, Culture, and Society , is the lucky bloke who gets to travel to Cuba on official business to cover the series. Here are some of the highlights from the segment:

Havana Biennial Art Show is taking place (promotes “Third World” contemporary art)
Cuban art market is booming and Cuban artists are making a mark on the international art scene
There are still some restrictions on freedom of expression – nevertheless ...
Savvy art collectors are buying now because the value of their collections is sure to increase in the near future

You can watch the entire report on the PBS YouTube Channel . For me this news is exciting. The Cuban culture is so wonderfully colorful and vibrant. The people have been suppressed for way too long!

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