Gadgets help show off art …

I like technology and gadgets – heck, at times I love it. While items can sometimes be challenging to use, they can mostly save time. With that in mind, I realized I didn’t like viewing photographs, especially of paintings, on my smartphone. The viewing area was just too small. So I started looking for a solution to fill my wants (not necessarily a need).

Friends have iPads. And Nooks are available. Another option is a Kindle, but it didn’t have the color I would need whereas the Kindle Fire did. After seeing a demonstration of a KF and comparing costs of gadgets, I made my decision and ordered one.

Now that I’ve had a Kindle Fire for a couple of months, I’m really happy with it. Although, after placing folders* of paintings on it I found that I needed to retitle the folders. Other downloads were getting into the alpha order and the painting folders were harder to find. Solution: Relabeling the folder’s names with an ‘a.’ before the folder title on my main computer, deleting the existing folders from the Kindle, the new folders were ready to be downloaded to the KF. Task done! (Note: new folder titles are now viewed at end of KF downloads.)

Another item I’m placing on the KF is the reference photo for each painting, unless it was a plein air painting. This is due to a situation a couple of years ago where I found a show’s winning entry was a forgery (done in a class and an exact copy of a professional’s painting), notified the organization, but because they didn’t know me – they never asked the artist about the painting. Instead they challenged me regarding my art.

The Kindle Fire has allowed me to share my art with interested artists and potential purchasers. If the KF is updated to more speed or space, I’ll probably check it out.

*FOLDERS (contain low resolution/pixel photos): Animals, Boats & the Sea, Buildings & Architecture, Exhibits ‘n Shows, Flowers, Fruit, Landscapes, People, and Studies (otherwise known as miscellaneous, bad paintings – also known as collage material, etc.).


PS: I do use a case for the KF to protect its surface.