My latest self - portrait, done inspired by the "NEW LOOK" of AW. Captured by the system.
Those who know me, and are following my ART & words, since the 28 of Aug 04, in this site...
Learned to know me so well, during the years.
You know the kind of colourful personality I'm inside and outside. And the kind of positive joy, I try to bring here, USUALLY.
These last 5 days or so, since AW, Revolution , I feel totally different at the site.
I love this place, which I made my main virtual "HOME/GALLERY", to post and "talk" on everyday base.
During the last year, MANY Members of AW, send me, SO MANY invitations to other ART sites... I always thanked them..
But ... ...
Knowing how much I'm busy with creating my ART, my LIFE... And my LOVE to AW, and it's WONDERFUL members and friends I have here, I didn't checked it even.
After about 80% of my friends were also in RB, I decided to give it a try especially, because the RB way of showing the ART Products for print, is a professional way. Using the artist images, for the presentation... very easy & friendly to use.
YET, The first place, that I posted, stayed AW, for ME, home... My main place in internet to show new images everyday.
After the HUGE SHOCK of July, 15,08... With my critic, that partly could be read in my portfolio, or MORE at the AW thread, that they started.
I feel, This new shape packaging / wrapping, can't represent ME. It started from the basic understanding, that GREY + WHITE Contrasts as the "virtual walls of my AW gallery " is not correct and, not only that I can't live with it... I simply feel distant from my ART.
I feel the all area of the portfolio, is TOO BUSY, and not friendly.
During these 4 years here, I got used to several changes , that they made here, and surely, they will make many more in future.
Liked it or not...I always stayed and got used to it..
BUT, This change is TOO DRASTIC, in colour use... I see it as non- correct to view ART, On BUSY surfaces, such is the situation NOW.
As far as I know many artists, don't like this colour combination, that they chose for US...
How many artists at AW site ?...
I think as I see the picture, and I found AW, as professional and wonderful art community on the internet...
But where are they, in consulting US,the artists... especially, when they do such HUGE Change in the LOOK...
really....REALLY !!!...
I sometimes wonder, who is Andy, or his staff - How many members of staff are there.. ?
Can his staff decided for such huge community of artists without any democratic votes... ?
The background was a FREE CHOICE, for years...
Where is the FREE CHOICE Now...Deleted by the system.
Dear Andy, you represent huge community of artists.. Behind my Artist number , there's a very creative , sensitive LOVING soul.. Did you know that ???... I just wonder.
Sometimes dear Andy, you must ask yourself, do you really design the place, to the pleasure of already existing artists of this site... Did you took YOUR TIME, to send an e.mail to me, personally, or a collective mail, with several choices of colour use of background and lay outs..
Did you took the time?
Or simply made it as A FACT, now, that there's no background choice....
If you did it as a FACT, without consulting your BEST MINDS of AW members... Why did you made, such CONTROLLING Backgrounds... it seems SO RIGID.. SO COLD.. so much of HIGH TECH office design.
And so much NOT ME, That it's simply doesn't invite me, to open my own portfolio...
I feel that my own place here, is NOT MINE, This is VERY SAD, to me.
As I said, this new choice may help weak images, to make their show,
but it takes the attention, from the BEST IMAGES, of the site.
With my hopes, with my thoughts... With my LOVE, To SO many people that LOVE me..
I thank ALL those who send me mails to support me, during the last few days...
I LOVE YOU ALL...
Important note : I see the non - payers of the site = {equal } to the paying members of the site.
I don't think NONE of us should be afraid to "speak" and say the real opinion
I'm sure Andy would appreciate your thoughts, even, if you're not a paying member.
I think to be a REAL SUCCESSFUL site, we must be able to have minimum FREEDOM of choice...
Here , living HUGE COMMUNITY of artists together.
Dear Andy... I would appreciate, if you give me, the choice to paint my own walls of my gallery.
Best of LUCK..
Best of UNDERSTANDING
Copyrights to Nira & AW.
P.S: My REAL portraits , that represent the colourful personality, that I am, can be seen down my portfolio.