Jo M. Orise - Art Update, June 7 - June 10, 2018

You are invited!
I am displaying my work at the Annual Festival of Art.
Location: Senior College-Belfast at the University of ME, Hutchinson Center

See you there!

Thursday, June 7, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Night Reception and First Viewing (see below).

Meet the artists, join us for the refreshments, enjoy the entertainment.

Afterwards, visit me at my Orise Studio/Gallery, Owls Head, ME to view my latest work. Contact me for appointment. Open most weekends. Hours: Appointment or Perchance.

🎨 Jo

Jo M. Orise Art Update for August and September 2013

Blue Fog with Gulls, watercolor by Jo M. Orise

Good news! I sold four paintings at the Aldermere Farm Art Show and Sale event, August 10, 2013! The Aldermere Show is a one-day, once-a-year event. My first showing with the Farm. Proceeds from the show are shared with the Farm, which is a non-profit organization. Always glad to help.

More good news, I am now displaying work for sale at the Brown Bag Cafe, Rockland, Maine  for the month of August, and will be there for the month of September as well! Come visit! Take a painting home and enjoy your new window to an artist's vision.

Presently, I am working on a few compositions in my brain and can't wait to grab a pencil and brush.

Visit my virtual art gallery www.jomorise.com .

Be happy. Love your neighbor. Remember YOU are someone's neighbor too.

Smile in your mirror every day.

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Jo M. Orise Art Update for August 2013

After completing the July One-Man-Show, I was invited to join the August group show at the The Brown Bag Restaurant / Cafe, 606 Main Street, Rockland, ME. So come by again and take a peek, you may still have a chance to grab a painting for your home. AND, grab a sandwich or some of their great muffins, pies or bread. They have the absolute best baker and terrific chef. Tell them I said so.

I have a One-Man-Show for the month of August at The Highland Coffee House, Thomaston, ME. Sixteen works, a combination of originals and prints are on display. This is another great Coffee House—I only hang around really great places that offer ambiance and super food—for my delicate stomach and all. Wonderful coffee, pastries, sandwiches and lots of super entertainment. Shawn, the owner, offers weekly and artistic events from music to poetry, to benefit events. Come visit.

If you can't make it, then visit my virtual gallery http://www.jomorise.com to see what I've been doing most of my life.

Leave a comment. Love to get feedback.

Is This Another Scam Come My Way? Maybe Not. Or... .

Wow!

Received an e-mail with an amazing offer!

"Dear Jo. M. Orise,

I'm the webmaster of wikigallery.org, the largest "Open Community" Fine Art Wiki Project in the world. We receive millions of visitors monthly. Our database of Fine Art images and articles is in the millions and we continue to grow daily. We are a nonprofit organization. This is your opportunity to take part in our project.

I visited your website earlier today and wanted to congratulate you on a creating a well presented and informative site. I would like to add a link to your website from wikigallery.org and wanted to know if you would be kind enough to link back to us.

Adding a link from wikigallery.org to your website will greatly increase your Search Engine Ranking in Google, Yahoo, Bing and other websites. A link from our site to your site will mean that your site will ranked HIGHER on these search engine results pages which will translate to more visitors and better exposure.

If you are interested let us know, and I will get back to you with the exact link information that we would like you to use. Please also let me know what description you would like us to use when we link back to you.

Looking forward to hear from you,

Victoria
wikigallery.org
Webmaster

Disclaimer:
Your e-mail ID is taken in person directly via visiting your website online. Please reply to this e-mail if you are not the right person to receive this e-mail message or if you have received this e-mail by default."

Well, let me come down a notch—it sounded pretty good. Maybe it is a legitimate offer.

But why did it look strange? The e-mail—all text based. No graphics. From Wikipedia? In today's world of social interaction, there are usually graphics, pictures—something to look at.  As I read, I found a typo. Not very professional. There is a spell check and grammar check in all publishing software, and even in e-mail/web-mail software. Why hadn't they been used? Is this another scam come my way?

The signature? Victoria, wikigallery.org, Webmaster.

Only a first name, Victoria. Victoria who? The Webmaster? Why would a webmaster write this note? Why not the Art Coordinator, or other such title? Webmasters create websites. Perhaps Wikipedia's Wikigallery is on a very LOW budget. Somehow, I don't seem to believe that.

"... Our database of Fine Art images and articles is in the millions and we continue to grow daily..."

Why would I want to be 'buried' in a million+ swarm of artist? For me—I have no patience browsing. One million+ options to choose from sounds oppressive. I'd lose my bearings and throw up. Sorry. :-(

What prospective client has that much time to shop for artwork? Easier to take a holiday and make the gallery circuit in a quaint art community somewhere on the globe, or better yet, go to an interesting artist's web-page and talk to them. That has a personal touch. :-)

After an initial reading, I set the e-mail aside. A few days later I entered Victoria's signature and company name at http://www.snopes.com . Well, well. What do you know? It was been reported as a possible SCAM in 2011. I never heard of it until now. So is it really a scam?

Check out this link from linkedin.com written by Laurie, April 5, 2011:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/GOOGLE-LINK-SCAM-3722095.S.49448023

Here is another link:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1029012 

But, that is only two opinions. I didn't find any other signals of scam, which is a relief in a way. It's Wikipedia we are talking about here!

To calm my nerves, I went to the mountain http://www.wikigallery.org - at the very bottom right of the page there is a link Art resources and it does bring you to a large selection of artists. Some are WOW! others are heh? Looks legit. But like I said, I have no patience for such a plethora of links to so many people/galleries. It's a nice place to visit but... .

Will I ever join. Hmmm. Don't know. Dramamine anyone? :-(


Always check out the 'stuff' friends send. The Internet is NOT the book of rules or the bible. It is fallible—very, very fallible. Think about the writer: who, why, when. If it sounds too good to be true—IT IS! But this one? I think it is okay. What do you think?

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Thanks. 

Camden, Maine (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I am so excited! My artwork may now be seen and purchased from two galleries in Maine.

The Small Wonder Gallery
(Photo Credit: SW website)

The Small Wonder Gallery, 1 Public Landing,  Camden, ME

and the  

Store Upstairs Art Gallery, Port Clyde General Store, Port Clyde, ME.

Port Clyde General Store (Photo credit: Garrett Crawford)

All this happened this past weekend. You will see some of my original oil and acrylic paintings and limited edition water color and pen and ink prints of seascapes and landscapes, which include the popular belties.

Come to Camden and Port Clyde! Enjoy the ocean and friendly people who live and work in the area. Tom and I spend our summers in the area. Why? Because we love the Maine Coast—we were married on the Grace Bailey schooner in 1998 and spent six wonderful days out at sea for our honeymoon. We arrived unexpectedly and the other guests were elated at having a wedding on ship! We were all strangers when we arrived, we were a family when we left.

English: Grace Bailey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If there is ever a place to feel welcome, it is on the Maine coast. Rockland, Rockport, Camden, Port Clyde, St. George, and Cushing have so much to offer in the arts, lectures, restaurants, sailing, bicycling and so much more. We spend lots of time in the Rockland and Camden libraries. They have a fabulous collections of books and videos. You can sign up for a library card and start taking home books for your enjoyment.

When you come to Maine, send an e-mail and let me know what you thought of the area and if you did see my artwork in the galleries mentioned.

Here is one of my new paintings. Titled: "Wave", 8x10" oil on canvas with a silver frame. It is a crashing wave amongst boulders on the sea shore. A little jewel. Commission work is accepted. Just e-mail me at info@jomorise.com .

To see more of my art, visit my website: www.jomorise.com .

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