Jane announces world tour - world moves!

A Message From Jane
As you can see from my recent posts, I have become a little less pessimistic and have begun to have a little fun. I really should be flattered that what started as a petition - not to buy my art - has now become a world wide movement. That’s why I am announcing a world tour where I will visit every country in the world like Dallas, Arkansas, Las Vegas, and New York. I will look under every rock and peek behind every tree. I will seek the counsel of today’s artists who are on the same level as Monet, Degas, Renior and of course Van Gogh. I will wait until they have just sat down to eat a delicious meal or are totally exhausted from selling THEIR paintings. Catching them off guard I will ask them this one burning question. ‘Why won’t anyone buy my art?’ I have already begun to write everything down in a book. Volume I is entitled Just Plain ‘Jane’ - WHY WON’T ANYONE BUY MY ART? Volume II is entitled Just Plain ‘Jane’ - WHY WON’T ANYONE BUY MY BOOK? If you think that you would like to buy a copy please email me. Thank you. Jane

#7 Letter and Paintings opened, shredded and marked 'return to sender'

Dear Miss Jane,
Once again we have received your request and viewed your paintings. And quite frankly we find the whole thing a bit disturbing. So #1. NO we will NOT put you on speed dial so that everyone’s ONE PHONE CALL will automatically be directed to you. #2. NO you can NOT drive a police car with the sirens on so that you can quickly get to potential customers. #3. NO we will NOT arrest anyone who refuses to ‘close the deal’ and take one of your paintings home with them. Miss Jane, as this is your 100th letter we sincerely invite you never to write to us about this matter again. Now, if you have a REAL EMERGENCY Miss Jane, please continuously dial this number 5555-5555-5555555. Sincerely, THE POLICE
This is the one that got away. Much more charming in person. 5x7 oil on canvas panel "Ballerina Slipper" $100.00 plus $10.00 shipping or best offer.

Before Painting #5

S E R I O U S L Y . . .
have you ever seen a 30x32 painting that SOLD for $15,000? (Jeff Legg on the left) I will sell you every painting I have ever painted in my LIFE for $14,999 (small sampling on the right)

Before Painting #4 Part 8

Please believe me - I truly appreciate the red dots that appeared on the map yesterday. This is very encouraging to me. It makes me want to continue to try to create paintings of beauty and integrity! That’s why I went to a well respected artist to ask her for some advice. She advised me to "paint what you know!’ She said ‘ Paint your life!’ Well, I think that this is excellent advice! So, since I spent a few days being health conscience (or conscious) I did an abstract painting similar to this one called ‘Oatmeal and Blueberries!’ and another one called ‘Antioxidants!’ And then there was 'Laxatives!' and 'Where's My High Blood Pressure Medication!' Somehow I don’t think that this is exactly what she had in mind. So back to the drawing board for now.

A moment of silence please . . .

Crash and Burn: I don’t know if I will ever sell on ebay again. I just don't know. I have been a member since March 2002. I just received a statement from them saying that from 2002 until today I have made $132.85 and because of their new ebay fee system I OWE them $265.70. It was a good run but now I think it's over. Jane, Jane, Jane

Before Painting #4 Part 7

Okay. I did receive some great momentum today. Some time ago I went to a site called ‘The Hot Link Zone’.

It is a link based search engine to the hottest deals, services and information. I posted my pictures on some of the great sites I discovered there.

At one site as you can see, over 4,000 people LOOKED at my pictures!

Of that 4,639 I got 3 positive comments and the rest said to. . .well let's just move on. . .

The Hot Link Zone informed me today that they support me 100%.

They gave me the honor of being the featured blog of the . . . http://www.thehotlinkzone.com/

Before Painting #4 Part 6

Have you ever seen a 12x10 ballerina oil painting that sold for $5,800? (left by Vasili Bratanyuk) If you do not believe me please follow the link.

I am only asking for $5,799 for mine (on the right) - or best offer!

http://www.greenhousegallery.com/

Before Painting #4 Part 5

So maybe you have asked yourself ‘What about her relatives?’ ‘Why don’t THEY buy her paintings?’ Well, I have one brother who blocks my emails, one sister who won’t answer the phone day or night when she sees my number on her caller ID, another sister who just keeps saying ‘who?... who?... who?’ when I say ‘this is Jane.’
I do have one sister though, who actually sent me a dollar deposit for this painting "Ballerina Tying Her Bow". But, for the past 6 months, whenever I call her to ask her for her new address so that I can mail it to her, she always says that she will give it to me ‘tomorrow’.

Before Painting #4 Part 4

Just a little side note: You may wonder ‘why am I numbering the paintings?’ Well, in a way, I have confidence that this blog will be about ‘the birth of an artist.’ Remember, the question is: ‘How many paintings will I post before someone, somewhere buys one?’ That number - that person - will be historic - for one moment time will stop - there will be a collective sigh of relief - and then everyone everywhere will ask themselves this one question: "aren’t there more important things for us to think about?" I will keep you ‘posted’. Meanwhile, this is the painting that is currently being rejected by everyone on ebay, etsy, yessy, artist rising and imagekind. Okay - message received. Very Jane Moment
Ballerina Toe Shoe $100.00 or best offer.

Before Painting #4 Part 3

Okay, does anyone else besides me name their art supplies? I paint with two brushes. One I call ‘doom’ and the other one I call ‘gloom’. My canvas is where ‘good ideas go to die’. My Pa-'lette' is called 'lett's not' and my turpentine is called ‘murky the terminator - the pure color killer’. These are some sketches that I did on canvas panel and quite frankly I’m a little afraid to paint them and mess them up. Don’t worry I will have many paintings available for your amusement. I would also like to thank the person from Spain who on this day became the first person to look at my blog showing that I am not alone. Jane has arrived!!

Before Painting #4 Part 2

Well, okay, it’s not as if I have never ever sold a painting. I have sold a FEW on ebay. I have one on there now - WITH NO BIDS. I am 'very jane' about this! (I will let you know if it sells.)
That's why I decided to add a map to this site so that we can see together if anyone . . . ever . . . at any time. . . visits this site. By the way, how in the world do you get minus visitors on that ebay counter? -25, -50, -100? I will be checking this map to see if the countries will also start disappearing - where's Alaska and Hawaii?

Before Painting #4

This is a true story. I used to be an art teacher. I taught a dentist, a pharmacist, a systems analyst, and others in the technology field (these are their finished masterpieces.) Until this day none of my former students will paint or go anywhere near a brush. One student moved rather than paint her apartment. Almost two years later, when I happened to see her at her office I asked her ‘have you painted anything lately’ and she said that she can only paint when she drinks wine and she vowed that she will never...ever...drink wine...again! If that wasn't a jane moment I don't know what is! More later . . .