Now Christmas is coming up. That time of year when people suddenly discover walls they somehow didn't notice all year long. A good moment, then, to turn to the part of my site I'll admit I've been neglecting a bit: the art shop. I'm not proud of it. Over the past few months the Art Shop has led a pretty quiet life — neatly arranged, well lit and completely unchanged. Strictly speaking, a museum that's been showing the same exhibition for months is a storage room.
And yet I know exactly what keeps a section like that alive. Not the layout, not the tech behind it, but new work on a regular basis. Anyone who stops by twice and sees the same thing twice probably won't bother with a third visit.
So from now on I'll be rotating the artwork much more often. Feel free to hold me to that! I'm serious. I'm really going to do it. Promise. (Making this resolution in public is entirely deliberate, by the way. A resolution posted on my own blog is a lot harder to ignore than one I've only made to myself.)
First up: twelve new pieces, hanging in the shop as of today. Each one comes in an edition of ten, spread across all sizes. So if a piece eventually comes down from the walls, it's not a matter of whim. It's making room for new work.
There's one more thing close to my heart. A large museum-quality print is a real investment, I know that. Not everyone wants to kick off their art collection with a purchase that makes the bank call just to check that everything's okay. That's why I've brought back the small 8 x 12 inch (20 x 30 cm) format. You can order it again starting today. Same quality, same care, just less wall.
I think small formats are underrated anyway. A picture doesn't have to take over half the living room to make an impact. Sometimes it's the little print in the hallway that catches your eye every single morning, while the big one over the couch turned into wallpaper long ago.
On that note, enough self-promotion. Come take a look at the new Art Shop.