The conversation (recreated from memory as best as we could), overheard in the fall of 2008 at an Art Gallery between artist David Rankin, architect Thomas Woodman, and website designer Anthony Cannata . . . |
Tom: Hi Dave.
Dave: Hello.
Tom: I’m Tom Woodman. Love your artwork!
Dave: Thanks. Welcome to my exhibition. What do you do?
Tom: I’m an architect and a watercolor artist. I design homes in 3D.
Dave: What do you mean 3D?
Tom: I create them using my computer in the form of a 3D model so my clients understand the design.
Dave: Could you create this Gallery?
Tom: Yeah.
Dave: Could you create this lighting?
Tom: Yeah.
Dave: Could you create the frames this artwork is hung in or the pedestals these sculptures are setting on?
Tom: Yeah!
Dave: Let me get this right. You can recreate this whole Gallery in 3D using your computer?
Tom: Yeah, or anything I can think of.
Dave: You’re kidding, right?
Tom: No, I’m not.
Dave: Could you create a galley for me?
Tom: Yeah.
Dave: It would be great to exhibit my artwork in a gallery that wouldn’t take 40% or more of what I sell.
Tom: Is that what they get?
Dave: Yeah!
Tom: That doesn’t sound like a good deal for you.
Dave: You’re right, it’s not!
Tom: You could avoid this by showing your artwork on the Internet, couldn’t you?
Dave: I do.
Tom: On a website?
Dave: Yeah, I have a website, a blog, and I show my artwork on Facebook.
Tom: Have you sold any artwork off your website?
Dave: Very little.
Tom: Why is that?
Dave: I don’t know, but I suspect it might be because my artwork doesn’t look like it does in this Gallery.
Tom: I never thought of it that way.
Dave: I thought the Internet would help make my artwork more visible to the whole world, which it has, but sales of my artwork through my website haven’t met my expectations.
Tom: So what are you saying?
Dave: What I’m saying is that I am a bit disillusioned by how my artwork is displayed on the Internet.
Tom: What do you mean?
Dave: I mean it doesn’t look like my exhibition here in this Gallery, and I’m afraid that my artwork images aren’t presented at their best, or can’t be viewed in any detail on my website, and if I put hi-res images of my artwork out there on the Internet, they will get stolen.
Tom: I saw a friend of mine here tonight, who is a photographer, website designer and a tech wizard with website issues. By the way, here comes Anthony now. Let me introduce you. Anthony, this is Dave. Dave, this is Anthony.
Anthony: Nice to meet you Dave. I love your artwork!
Dave: Thanks, and nice to meet you. Tom tells me your a wizard with all things associated with Internet issues.
Anthony: I don’t know about a wizard, but I do know the ins-and-outs of website issues.
Dave: What do you know about protecting artwork images on the Internet?
Anthony: I know enough to protect hi-res images from being downloaded and stolen from websites.
Dave: Interesting, but sorry guys, I have to greet the other guests here tonight. Here is my business card, and let’s get together soon and continue this conversation in more detail at a later date.
Tom: Will do, and again, great work! By the way Dave, I have some of your artwork in my home!
Anthony: Sounds great. Let’s do it! And by the way Dave, I have some of your artwork in my home, too!
. . . and this website is the result of the following discussions and meetings after this conversation occured. |
