June
11, 2003 – I am very grateful to those who have sent support
and donations to date. My Los Angeles dealer, Nicholas
Wilder, once
said, "If you
want to support the arts, buy a painting." In my case, I
feel I have been trying almost single-handedly to champion and
promote
the continued
development of true modernism and aesthetically important abstract
painting and sculpture. This unique web site
is one of the ways I continue to do this, and keeping it going
feels like the right thing to do. Your help makes YOU a valued
sponsor.
Thanks to you, the educational and aesthetic value of the site
will continue to grow and survive.
June
10, 2003 — I
Am Still Online! — abstract-art.com
artists Julie Karabenick, Bill
Pettet, Herb Simon, Jackson
Dembar, Mark
Robertson, Jim
Wrinkle, Stephen
Beveridge, Paul
Herriott, Marilyn
Kirsch, Wendy
Lehman, Jenny Landfield of Paperworks.net, Ronnie
Landfield,
and Derrick Fludd have
all made donations. Others have made pledges and offers of
help. Those who donate or
purchase a work of art will be receiving a complimentary
Ronald
Davis giclée
print via USPS mail.
Thanks
to all for your needed support; and to everyone else, JOIN the Tribe!
With your help, I have
managed to
put out the bandwidth fire. But to keep abstract-art going
I do need a few sales, or outright donations.
June 1,
2003 — ABSTRACT-ART.COM AT RISK! Because
we are getting so many hits, and because of the thousands of jpg
images now online at abstract-art, extra bandwidth usage is costing
me $30-$40
per month extra in addition to the cost of server space, software,
and my time.
[Update - 7/1/03: I have moved the site from Verio to another server, AHB.ca, which allows abstract-art.com unlimited bandwidth.]
With very
little financial and production help, I have built the site up over
the past 7 years to its present status as a major destination on
the world wide web, attracting up to 1000 hits daily from all over
the globe. There
are no 3rd-party banners or popups. Do you value the site?
Are you willing to help?
Few art
lovers have been supportive of abstract-art.com (lots
of kudos – but that and $2.50 will get me a latté)
and to those, our thanks for donating. I hope others might be willing
to make a small donation as well. www.abstract-art.com can only
continue with
your help!
You can
now participate by contributing to www.abstract-art.com in three
ways:
1 • Purchase
a new print from my new digital painting series, payable online
with a 30-day money-back guarantee via Paypal, at the
new Ron Davis giclée print page;
2 • Make a donation in any amount to abstract-art.com via
Paypal by clicking the link below;
Or send
a check or money order to:
Ronald
Davis
P. O. Box 293
Arroyo Hondo, NM 87513
3 • ARTISTS: If
you include a submission for consideration as an abstract-art.com
artist along with your optional donation of any amount,
we will make sure you get a 4 x 6" original signed giclée
print from my new digital painting series, with a personalized
response
from
me, and a fair and better shot of being included on the
site. Or just submit your image anyway to ronhondo@newmex.com.
Whether you donate to get put on the site, or just to help
us keep the site running, Thank You! :–) - RD
4 • E-Mail
me with your questions ??????? abstract-art.com
question
If you
are a donor who also happens to be an artist, your work will be
included in our new Contributing
Artist Gallery, and if it feels right, another
image will be included in the More Artists Gallery, or the New
Artists Gallery, along with links to your web site. This is my
way of giving extra thanks to fellow artists who are able to help.
VIEW
NOW
With
your help, www.abstract-art.com can stay alive and continue to
serve! Thank you for your time, your help, and your
ongoing interest in abstract art. In the meantime, it's back
to the regular
grind. No more lattés for me!– Ron
Davis
