Vinyl Art News
I've started a monthly email newsletter to keep you updated on continuing stories of my life and my art, and to share exciting events. If you'd like to subscribe, please email me at the address above and let me know! You can unsubscribe anytime by emailing me and telling me. I don't sell, it's just informative. It'll become probably the most intimate and most reliable way of keeping up with me. Below are some excerpts from each issue.
no.6 - September '09
...Imagine that. One nice thing about doing a course again, is I don't expect myself to be perfect right away. I'm supposed to not be, that's why I'm doing the course! So I don't put things off as much because, while I have the end in mind, I know I don't have to be perfect. I can actually get stuff done with intention.
One thing that's getting done is the show at Bookmans. I got all giggly last night because I got an email from Scott, the marvelous idea man at Bookmans putting this together. Remember I'd told you that they were going to be buying some outright before the show, so that Ear Candy Charity would definitely get some and that they could put sold dots on them to get people more excited about buying the remainder? Well, they are.
19 of them.
That's almost $1000 to Ear Candy.
As far as other shows, I sent 4 pieces to London. The Hendrix apparently sold...
no.5 - August '09
...That way we can put 'sold' dots on them and it guarantees that Ear Candy Charity will get some money out of the deal. My heee-UGE thanks go out to Scott for making the big idea happen. Details will be trickling down, and hopefully run smoothly.
I was asked by the David Lynch Foundation to paint another piece for auction! This time it's Mike Love of the Beach Boys! Yeah! So this next week at the benefit concert at which the Beach Boys are playing, he'll autograph the piece, I'll frame it and then it'll be auctioned for the foundation. Holy smokes. I'll definitely be updating you on that, and the auctioning of the David Lynch piece as well.
Rob Dyrdek's "Fantasy Factory" premiere's this Thursday evening. I don't have any idea if you'll be able to see my painting of Steve Winwood on Traffic's "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory", and won't see it anyway, as we can't afford cable, but the piece should be hanging somewhere in the offices of the factory. Hopefully somebody'll let me know if it's visible.
I have a fan page on Facebook now thanks to Barbara...
no.4 - July '09
...It'll be the perfect time to start thinking about Christmas gifts, and helping kids learn how to play an instrument would make a great story to go along with the piece. So keep that in mind. I'll certainly talk more about it the closer we get.
Another event I'll talk more about as details emerge is the auction of the David Lynch piece. His foundation received it after he signed it and I framed it, and they like it so much, they're kind of planning some event just for it! Really cool. Also, I'm going to find out the headliners of their next benefit concert and hopefully do some pieces for an auction associated with that as well.
This promotion of my art in connection with charity is most exciting for me right now. I've actually started to sell pieces directly and through galleries surprisingly consistently, and I'm turning around and trying to get more exposure and attention for my art by linking it with charity. My main purpose in creating my Vinyl Art is to reconnect people with their music, their memory, and other people, and getting to give back makes it even better...
no.3 - June '09
...Last month I also shared with you the cool news that I was going to get to donate a piece to the David Lynch Foundation. I get to donate, that's my mindset right now. So it went down! It actually happened! I painted that piece on the contest page, sent it to Mr. Lynch's assistant who had him sign it, she sent it back to me for me to frame and send to the DLF to auction off. They should be receiving it tomorrow! So cool. I hope it brings in a lot for them. I'll certainly let you know when I know details about the auction.
I also will get to donate a percentage of any proceeds of sales and commissions at my show in Bookmans early this Fall. I found and am in contact with the charity I will be working with called Ear Candy Charity...
no.2 - May '09
...I love giving in one way or another, like with the MPP. It's the Music Preservation Project created to preserve large collections of music and memorabilia. Specifically the amazing Bob Marley ark-hives of Roger Steffens. Having had the privilege to see his collection in his home, I can say it is stunning what he has amassed. That it will be in a safe environment all together is very very good. I was hugely honored to have been able to contribute 2 of my pieces to the collection. One piece is a painting of Bob inspired by a photo that Roger took himself. Very cool.
The Open House for the MPP will be June 19th and is in Santa Barbara, CA. The honorary board includes Matt Groening and John Densmore among others that I'd be blown away to have see my work. They've hung my pieces surrounded by some amazingly historical memorabilia including a cover autographed by Haile Selassie of his "War" speech at the UN set to music by Marley. I continue to be so humbled by being included in this collection...
no.1 - April '09
...The most exciting news right now is that my work is now hanging in a Hard Rock Hotel! A gallery in southern California contacted me and has reproduced 3 of my pieces at very high quality that are now above the headboards in the high-end suites at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. I got a preliminary
photo which I've posted on this page, (see below). If you're so inclined, please share this with others who might get excited to know too!
As part of the deal, I got my own artist proof copies, so I can tell you that they are amazing! When I first opened the package with the prints and the originals, I got confused because I grabbed the copies first thinking they were originals and wondered why they were so floppy. You can even see the grooves of the
records!
Press Releases
04/24/09
Vinyl Art to Hang in Hard Rock Hotel
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - A series of three pieces of Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen, reproduced by ArtScans Studio, Inc. through Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Inc., is being installed in 23 suites at the newly remodeled Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The original portraits on vinyl records of Carlos Santana, Mariah Carey, and John Lennon were scanned and printed at ArtScans Studio's highest resolution onto rag paper and framed individually in silver-leaf. They will be displayed above the headboard in the Beacon and Fillmore Suites once the rooms go through their stage of the remodel.
About Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen:
Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen is handpainted acrylic portraiture of musicians and entertainers on original vinyl pressings of the subject's recordings. Working largely on commission, Vinyl Art gives people back what they lost going digital with their music. People can once again gather and personally celebrate their music, their culture. Vinyl Art has been seen in several individual and group shows since Edlen began selling his unique portraits on vinyl late in 2006. Boutiques in southern California and Austin, Texas sell works on consignment as well. Pieces have also been given as contest prizes by radio stations in Phoenix, Arizona and sold at auction by music-related charities.
For more information, call 480-239-1688, email vinylart@danieledlen.com or visit online at http://www.vinylart.info/.
About the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino:
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is South Florida's leading entertainment destination featuring a 145,000-square-foot casino featuring 50 live action poker tables, and more than 2,500 of the most popular gaming machines. Property enhancements include a high-limit gaming room, VIP Plum Lounge, and non-smoking gaming room. A high-limit gaming room offers a cashier booth, check cashing services, ATMs, and safety deposit boxes. The new Plum VIP Lounge is an exclusive area for loyal Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Players Club card members. A non-smoking gaming room features ATM and redemption machines and its own Players Club Booth. This Four-Diamond, AAA rated, 500-room hotel offers 17 restaurants and lounges, 40,000 sq. ft. of meeting room space, a full-service, European-style spa, environmentally friendly hand car wash and auto detail salon, and 22 retail shops and 11 nightclubs in Seminole Paradise. Entertainment aficionados can enjoy national and international musical acts, comedic performances, and more in Hard Rock Live--a state-of-the art and acoustically-sound arena located on property. Lucky Street parking garage offers guests an additional 2,300 spaces for parking. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) exit Stirling and travel west (1 Seminole Way) in Hollywood, Florida.
For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1-800-937-0010 or visit us online at http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com/.
Other Contact Information:
Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Inc.
address: 9355 Culver Blvd. Ste. B, Culver City, CA 90232
phone: 310-558-9355
fax: 310-558-0553
email: info@freshpaintart.com
ArtScans Studio, Inc.
address: 11924 W. Jefferson Bl., Ste A, Culver City, CA 90230
phone: 310-313-3000
fax: 310-313-3302
email: dave@artscans.com
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