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24 April, 2010

BallPoint Pen Art: historic starting!

Ball Point Pen Art International: http://jerrystith.multiply.com/

One Decade of Teamwork!

The year is now 2010! That indicates Jerry Stith has been introducing the Ball Point Pen Art movement via the WWW for one decade now people!

Jerry Stith is also the most prolific ballpoint pen artist, publisher, video producer and information provider on the WWW for the past ten years or in history! He’s currently publishing 800 ballpoint pen worldwide artists, 5,440 oil based ink drawings, 153 videos plus lots of related information for those interested. Mr. Stith therefore is archiving, documenting, recording, producing and creating Ball Point Pen Art to over one billion registered Internet users!

That dedication is based on his love of the ballpoint pen as an art medium plus a profound faith in Father God Almighty, Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit. Christianity advocates a love for others, helping people, spreading good will and peace through Jesus Christ, amen. A ballpoint pen’s superb half tone lines elevates the sensitivity level of graphic art and that’s an statement of gentleness or peace from within. Jesus is the Prince of Peace therefore a very, very gentle line is an act of peace making.

He’s the only person or artist dedicated to developing Ball Point Pen Art or the largest undeveloped art movement in history. It also represents the most popular pen system of the Pen and Ink Art movement that has been around for more than four thousand years or longer than most art mediums. Bringing attention to the most sold art or writing instrument in history certainly represents a popular idea or place in history. Countless billions of artists have used a ballpoint pen for art and ignoring that simply indicates how destructive the art community, brokers, galleries, museums, publishers, agents, collectors or our public educators really are people. Why do the quote “leaders” display that form of arrogance or stupidity?

Jerry Stith started publishing four ballpoint pen art group sites with Microsoft in the years 2000 which lasted about nine years and now is with Multiply. Ten years full time was dedicated to the development of a ballpoint pen art movement by Jerry Stith. In the past several years far more ballpoint pen artists have been surfacing via the WWW. Most of them are beginners or into inklings, doodles or sketches completed with black or blue inks. Some of the top new artists unfortunately are Godless, immoral people into the dark side of reality.

Mr. Stith started Web building in the year 2000 with the Microsoft Network. Today he has some sites, blogs, videos, message board posts, galleries with some art forums, animated works, digital or commercial ballpoint works plus many recorded statements dated and published as history. Therefore, the Godless “Johnnie come lately” boys are left out of the car. Mr. Stith has published the names of forty-five different worldwide ballpoint pen artists that we’re with his MSN sites for nine years. Those people made up a core group of this ballpoint pen art movement from 2000- 2009 on the World Wide Web. There were over one thousand ballpoint pen artworks, many oil based colors, mono works, lots of information plus friendships being produced.

One of the first ballpoint pen artist to surface was Don McIntire. He’s a colorist that does spectacular creative realism plus a Christian. Don was the first ballpoint master that worked with colors to surface on the Web other than Jerry. I remember, Jerry telling me he was amazed by Dons colors and spectacular detailed artworks. His story telling and brilliant illustrations are most excellent or an inspiration to many. After that Babis Kiliaris showed up with his impressionistic ink expressions. Jerry and Don are Americans while Babis Kiliaris if from Greece. All three of those fine artists worked with colored oil based ballpoint pens therefore the MSN group site started off as a winner from the get go!

A couple years after Don and Babis came around the great Vincent Whitehead appeared. Those four ballpoint pen artists pretty well got things going on a worldwide level folks because it all took of from there. I might add that all four of those masters are also Christians or followers of the Holy bible. Vincent did only black and while landscapes or historical buildings in those days my friends. Whitehead loved showing the group or world how little black lines could illustrate his thoughts or depict his surroundings. Those four ballpoint pen artists definitely demonstrated what could be done with a ballpoint pen like no others before here on the Web. The ballpoint pen art movement on the Web certainly didn’t have many ladies participating in those days!

Don McIntire definitely mastered colors, details, realism, illustrations or story telling. Remember all artists have their own special interest or direction in life so none fit a standard mold. Don was also the first real ballpoint pen master to share his works with the MSN group site. He brought something totally new to that art movement or group. A very delightful or pleasant addition to the ballpoint pen art movement to say the least people. Let history clearly show his abilities and stance in life as a ballpoint pen artist. Don had his own site plus lots or artworks that never seemed to hit the Internet. He never seemed to commercialize his site and eventually closed shop. I don’t think he was pleased with the lack of interest coming from the world pertaining to his art! How many artists know that tune?

Babis Kiliaris was the second ballpoint pen master to show up at Jerry’s site. Babis is probably the greatest ballpoint pen impressionist thus far in history. He’s also a “Renaissances Man or Artist” like no others, people. Babis Kiliaris is a painter first and foremost yet still retains his leadership in the ballpoint pen art movement as an impressionist. Babis does about ten different art mediums, has several sites plus demonstrates a great knowledge of HTML internet coding. He’s also registered with about fifty different art forums or networks throughout the WWW like no others. Babis Kiliaris currently has 114 ballpoint pen drawings posted at Jerry’s site alone which is really great considering he’s doing about ten different medium and media.

Babis Kiliaris resides on a Greek Island were he teaches others art, operates the local museum, works the WWW plus travels to Athens to put together his own one man shows. He’s mainly a painter that produces ballpoint point pen artworks on the side. He’s out producing all but two ballpoint pen artists on the Web as a painter. Babis apparently is very prolific or his counterparts are rather weak in the production department. Kiliaris loves using colors, works from life or out doors, drawings normal events or things surrounding him plus keeps his artworks geared around nature! Beauty seems to attract his eye as do the simpler joys of life which separates him from many others now on the Web. Working from life, using colors, keeping things refreshing or simple makes Babis Kiliaris a leader of the Ball Point Pen Art movement, inspiration to many and a producer of history.

Vincent D. Whitehead is another true master of a ballpoint pen. His amazing detail, brilliant perspective, well textured landscapes or historic building separate he from the rest of the group. Vincent resides in the USA, is a lefty, does predominantly black ink drawings and seems to enjoy working from a photograph unlike Jerry or Babis. Whitehead seems to love realism, details, older buildings and local landscapes or things found there in Ohio. His works seem to focus in on the life of a small town person or a place were most people know each others as that of a village.

He’s been placing himself with National or local landmark societies or groups. Apparently building or architecture styles of the past seem to meet his fancy. Vincent over the past several years has been reproducing his artworks and exhibiting in local art shows or shops. That seems to be working with him in addition to drumming up more commissions. Apparently he’s rather popular in that neck of the woods and that seems to satisfy him as an artists. Mr. Whitehead currently has about 70 ballpoint pen drawings at his own site or with several other locations.

Vincent and Don both seem to enjoy a quite life while Babis and Jerry are into reaching out to as many places worldwide as possible or like life on the cutting edge. That takes in adapting to what the Internet has to offer or experiencing new forms of art. Pushing the limits of creation seems to please Babis and Jerry because they keep expanding their knowledge and grasp of the modern art world via the WWW. Babis is using HTML on his site to display his ballpoint pen art and Jerry is doing animation, video, digital and commercial layout to advance his.

These four ballpoint pen artists were the first masters to share their artworks in one location for the enjoyment of the public in order to advance the developing ballpoint pen art movement. Needless to say that’s exceptionally important because countless billions of people are doing artworks with that very popular medium. Integrating ballpoint pen drawings into the rest of the art community is definitely taking place and important because that broadens the base line or significance of a new movement. People have to get involved, increase their production level, look at art from a business angle and maintain a high moral stance because sleazy people doesn’t please God or decent people. Each and every individual has their own degree of importance because the total unit is more important than any part. An art movement is based on all those that partake in such an activity not just one person. Varity is an individual thing that provides materials only others can bring to the table. Unique to its own! Nothing can replace the impute of others because those things consist of materials totally new or foreign to just one person. Each of these four ballpoint pen artists represent a different interest, perspective, skills, knowledge, wisdom, views, personalities and experiences which makes art so spectacular. To many things in life are based on conformity my friends. Art however is based on every work being different from all the rest! How fantastic creative thinking is or can be. Jerry has more the 1,500 ballpoint pen drawings, sketches, renderings, inklings or doodles mostly of people and or from life. Don posted polished colored illustrations that look much like photographs. Babis has very colorful impressions freely completed from around the Island that resides on while Vincent works from photo’s in order to produce black and white detailed historical landmarks or buildings.

Each represents something totally different on to their own yet unify each other as an art movement. We all get to observe how time demonstrates each persons role in history. Such demonstrates how ingenious or cleaver each artist is in relations to their surroundings. Producing lots of art works or something new doesn’t do much good if everything ends up being thrown away of lost in time.

We’ve already walked through the door of time one solid decade from when these four artists gathered at a Microsoft group site. Something spectacular was established before hundreds of millions of other via the WWW. How each and everyone of those people pursue those endeavors is still in the works therefore remains to be seen. History clearly demonstrates the strong survive while the weak perish or that a food chain theory is still at work. Everyone of them now has the advantage of the Internet to publish, promote, advance or develop their own interest or ballpoint pen art as a movement. Time will clearly display their interest, direction, goals, fortitude and resourcefulness.

All four of these brilliant ballpoint pen artists are Christians and people that started off something very special. Many new people are arriving on the scene daily so a struggle for recognition and success marches on. Photobucket, Flickr, Youtube, MySpace, Artwanted, ArtPapa, Metacafe, and AOL, Yahoo, Google video results are some locations currently displaying ballpoint pen art, videos or messages for those interested. Most of the new artists are beginners, young people or those interested in expressing themselves with a easy going instrument or ballpoint pen. The advanced artists are defining themselves and flexing their social muscles throughout the Web. Mr. Stith’s Ballpoint Pen Art International Web site has eight hundred of such artists posted for your pleasure. Videos, art supplies, links, information and new names or faces certainly provide fascinating viewing.

I’m pleased the opportunity has come before me to speck out pertaining to how ballpoint pen art got started here on the WWW in a meaningful manner. Today there are sever thousand people using a ballpoint pen as an art medium unlike the years of 2000. Documenting names, people, dates and events are how history takes place. I therefore using my time to record and produce Ball Point Pen Art history. Hopefully these four artists keep on establishing themselves as unique individuals and leaders of a new emerging art form or movement. Let the facts speck to us all because impute certainly counts in the long run because matter matters!

Don McIntire seemed to love posting only polished, refined or completed compositions. All the pictures that I’ve viewed are detailed, multi colored, very creative and completely thought out. Story telling was of interest as was expressing his great artistic abilities. I’m guessing Don worked mostly from photo’s because movement or action wasn’t something coming out of his works like it did in Jerry or Babis art works. Many modern day artists work from pictures instead of life therefore their pictures often don’t have much bounce to them. They’re rather stiff from working really slow or cautiously.

You’ll notice Babis and Jerry’s works are far more refreshing, colorful, fast flowing or completed from nature. Don really tones down his colors, fills in objects with color or details instead of attacking the moment, mood, movement and quickness of the situation. Working outside of live is far more exciting or adventures because life is everywhere. It’s taking place right before your eye’s, ears, nose and feet not just from a flat black and white photo tacked to your wall or desk. Don was often more interested in being a perfectionist instead of being alive or on the spot and those differences certainly can be seen!

Don was great when it came to details, form, objects, anatomy, shading or academics my friends. As a mater of fact he excelled in those qualities. He however stopped publishing his own Web site, communicating and posting things on the WWW. Some people are like shooting stars crossing the sky in a moment of delight yet short lived. People, there are over one billion people surfing, publishing or researching the WWW. That means each person trying to make a stand has to do something special in order to be noticed if more than 15 minutes of fame is desired.

Most of the top end ballpoint pen artists are commercializing their works. That means they’re showing they’re works in public places, galleries, getting published, producing their own books, limited edition, prints, post cards, t-shirts and so forth. Production art made from your original artworks brings income your may ladies and gentlemen. Artists have to deal with their artworks as businessmen if making a living as an artist is of value? Today, there are many sites that will produce works from your originals as well as permit sales to take place at their location. The world is a changing therefore the artist has to get with the program people.

Don McIntire certainly is an outstanding or amazing artist. Hopefully we see or hear from him again because he’s a brilliant artists and now part of Ball Point Pen Art history. Babis Kiliaris was the next ballpoint pen master to surface at Jerry’s group site. Babis is from Greece, he’s married, describes himself as a painter and for many years taught and ran the art museum on his Island. He’s geared towards the tourist that arrive at his Island which is most likely seasonal. Babis is also very well represent here on the Web!

Babis has several Internet sites, knows lots about Web development, promotions, marketing, sales and advertising unlike many other artists. Babis is on the cutting edge of society via the WWW, different art mediums or media. He also displays about ten different kinds of art forms o n his main site plus lots of personal materials if your interested. Apparently tradition and culture are very important to Bibis as a person or Greece and that certainly shows up in his work and on his site.

Babis Kiliaris is a colors and impressionist. He seems to work from life, deals with scene found around him, love the water and boats. Babis does portraits, buildings, landscapes, boats, animals, insects, flowers, streets, pictures of culture and much more. Life, energy, excitement, nature and spontaneity seem to be very important to him as an artist because that what I’m seeing as a viewer. He makes life real, alive, fun, adventurous and important. Bright bold flowing colors, nature and lovely ladies make his art beautiful plus real to life.

Kiliaris is a person that realizes the value of the WWW, many medium and media unlike to many others. He also takes the time to write out his thoughts which even makes him more valuable to himself and society. Babis has over one hundred and ten ballpoint pen drawings published in addition to all the other things that he’s done. He’s a painter that produces more ballpoint pen artworks than most full time pen and ink artists. Being prolific is another great quality of Babis and this art movement. Babis is on of the greatest ballpoint pen art impressionist in history and a great “Renaissance Man or artist”!

The next ballpoint pen master to surface was Vincent D. Whitehead. Don, Vincent and Jerry are all American’s and Babis Greek! A great example of how the Internet and a worldwide art movement works in this modern day or times. Vincent apparently resides in a village or small town out in the country. Away from any cities and where everyone knows everybody. Home sweet Home. Vincent and Babis therefore both live in small towns unlike Jerry that lived in cities populated with more than a million people for over thirty years of his life. Vincent works mostly with black inks and photo’s in contrast to Babis and Jerry’s colors or from life. Needless to say, variety is the spies of life. Everyone brings something different to the table or this art movement!

Vincent is much like Don McIntire because they booth work from pictures, love details and do completed or polished scenes. Vincent explored the Internet for several years yet seemed to focus in on family and local shows, commissions or events. He talks about producing a book pertaining to drawings, has others do his Web development, sell originals and production art plus seems very happy. Vincent can be found located with other sites yet seems to be interested with those around him.

Vincent started off with black inks, buildings, landscapes and historical landmarks. As the years went by Vincent Whitehead bought ISO archival pens or inks, started using colors and displaying his art at local shows. I think he likes the attention of the shows over the impersonal aspects of the Web. There’s a great time to remind people that Babis and Jerry love working outside or in public. Jerry worked in public for over thirty years and simply loved people coming up, their impute, gratitude and amazing positive comments.

Vincent Whitehead was the first black and white master, landscape or historical landmark ballpoint pen artist to surface via the WWW. Today he’s doing landscapes, water scenes, forest and portrait drawings. He’s introducing color and starting to do portraits which seems new to him. The first portrait that I’ve seen him do was a self portrait. I was very pleased to see how great that portrait came out. I was surprised how well his first ballpoint pen ink portrait cam out my friends. After that he did some other portraits then went back to a country thyme.

All three of those ballpoint pen artist decided to share and produce history at Jerry Stith’s MSN group site in the good old days. Jerry started his MSN site in the year of 2000 and that location lasted eight years. Microsoft discontinued their group sites therefore Jerry started publishing with Multiply which had advance html formatting. This year will mark Jerry Stith’s tenth year of publishing other peoples ballpoint pen art or drawings, videos, information or history. Mr. Stith currently has over 1,500 ballpoint pen artworks published on the world wide web. He’s therefore the most prolific ballpoint pen artist, publisher, video producer and information provider on the Web.

Jerry did over four thousand sketches as a ballpoint pen artist. He loves working in publish, outside or from life therefore many pictures go completed. He calls most of his works doodles, inklings, sketches or renderings. He also has drawings, illustration or some extraordinary detailed masterpieces. I love Jerry because he’s not worried about impressing others. He’ll publishes sketches or even unfinished studies because that’s the way life comes or goes while working from life.

He says, if you meet someone for a few minutes or see something out a car window it can still effect your life dramatically. Many amazing, fantastic or shocking events in life might not be seen or remembered in great detail yet significant within your life. Many things in life can leave a great impact on our lives yet not be seen with great details. Too many artists of today a interested with imitating the camera. Life is three dimensional and people art desiring to work from a two dimensional picture in order to produce a artwork that looks 3D.

If he’s working from a model or object spectacular details can be produced and turned into a classical realism picture. However, life arrives in many different realms, time spans and situations therefore many different styles are in order. That’s why Jerry does so many different formats, styles, techniques or colors people. Diversity of life is how things arrive when dashing about the place in modern day times people. That means more is expected out of life than a dry, still or mechanical artwork produced from a photo is how I see it.

All four of these fine people or artists live a normal life, represent morals or standards presented from a bibles plus produce picture grandparents with old fashioned values would hang on their walls. Many artists of today are godless, immoral, reprobates or bozos that are bring filth and destruction to our societies. They’re supported by the left while the church ignores the good guys or stuff therefore our cities and people are decaying. God hates an immoral people my friends!

Historically,

Gary Stith