The inset photo above was on the front page of today’s LA Times (Rick Loomis), it shows the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. The Thumbtack Press image by Erik Swanson, Floodgates of the Soul, was painted long before this last hurricane season. We have added three new images by Erik as well in his section. www.thumbtackpress.com

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Oh sure, you may think putting Thumbtack Press prints together like puzzle pieces on a postcard layout is fun — and you’d be right! www.thumbtackpress.com

9/22/05: We have been getting submissions, submissions, and more submissions from Thumbtack Artist candidates, albeit we refuse about 99% of them — Why? Why do we reject so many artists and how do we go about selecting art that sells? We have a top secret (until now) fool-proof formula that we utilize:

Thumbtack Press Artist Submission [...]

Here’s the e-mail I (regretfully but unavoidably) sent to all of the Thumbtack Press Artists today.

Dear Thumbtack Press Artists:

Our projected launch date, Sept. 15th (tomorrow), needs to be pushed to October 15th. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you. Our business licenses and merchant accounts have been stalled through common bureaucracy [...]

Penelope Dullaghan joins Thumbtack Press! One of my strongest motivations to sell prints is to get artists to submit more prints (really). I’m looking forward to watching Penelope’s section grow and grow, her work is top-notch. The above print, Too Much To Do is a prophetic parallel to the state of our business, we [...]