Dear Mark... I've known you many years now... here in AW. Thank you for this message. I am sorry, but I was not here for a while, being too busy in a not-so-easy life. As for AW, It is a business for AW Owner... definitely, I do not see it as any business for me personally. Yet true that I have become a worldwide artist, a familiar artist... and to my opinion, even if it started with my official website... I became more popular in the world when I started on this site or another. The fact that I became a very famous artist all over the world was done by a group of people probably from my country, without suggesting this fact to me, not consulting with me, and they eventually did wrong to me with the kind of publicity they made on me without me even knowing. It affected me not in a good way, sorry for that. While being young, I just knew I would become world well known artist.. I just felt it... But it happened not as I expected, nor as I planned it to be. The outcome is not suitable for me nowadays and in the last decade at least, As for the AW site... it is not working properly for years, since I have several guesses... There are fewer and less workers at this site, staff, I mean. Less active artists, although I must say I understand there are new artists here, yet not active at all. At least, I did not view them in my portfolio. And ask if the manager himself is still working, perhaps retired. I would say such a shame, since for me personally AW, was for a long while the best site for artists communities, for support etc... After all, think of it, its over 22 years that I am a member here... a long time, for internet changes, also life changes, growing, developing. AW made mistakes that did not consult with artists being active here; I was as such, some of the changes here were not good to many. As for books, or other items, why to suggest it, if, eventually, they would not print it, or would not make the efforts that an artists who create according to their instructions will not be able to get it... it is disrespectful, I would not believe it of a site that should develop itself into the Future, even if the manager retired. But then who I am just another number on this site, and there is not worker on this site, no replies to artists, and the one who work at this site, what he she will reply........ ridiculous situation, I must say. by the way, on the AW site they actually wrote they have 3 printers from 3 different parts of the world.... For love peace and safe privacy... Happy weekend.
Four books that I designed, illustrated and wrote in a period of about two and a half years. During a period that was not easy for me, during various wars in Israel. And to my regret... The books are photographed on a map that I designed and printed on the website: The books concentrate a small part of my work over almost four decades. Each book contains one hundred pages and a cover. I could refer to this book as a thousand-page book divided into volumes. This is due to the limitations of printing... which, by the way, should not have been in terms of my needs as an artist and designer. The book is intended for people who love or appreciate my work over the past forty years, those who are able to praise without reservation. The book is not dedicated to people who are unable to praise or harass.______________________________________________________________________________ The books were indeed uploaded to the Artwanted website, but Artwanted is unable to print for me or send to Israel. Incidentally, they had a hard time finding solutions, how after two and a half years of work in a given format to send to Israel.. This is after 22 years of membership on the site. A post I made on the subject... was moved to the end of the forums so that people could not view it. In addition, if I asked them to receive the PDF file, there was no response from them. The first book I purchased from them, it never arrived, and they did me a favor by receiving a refund after six months. Artwanted services. If they respond, it is by chance. Rarely. Thank you for being a partner in support for many years of creation, while appreciating. Copyrights (c) Nira Dabush.