Please find below details of our first online exhibition, which we believe represents a breakthrough in art online. Moving away from the trend of online auction sites, this format allows the client to interact with the artist and dealer and in doing so ensures that the personal contact so fundamental to a gallery remains an integral part of our presence on the Web.
If you would like to see transparencies of any of the paintings, or would like to see a demonstration of the live broadcast, please do not hesitate to contact me. Over the next few days I will send you a link to our website for you to insert, if you would like, for the duration of the exhibition. We will in return add your link to our website for the exhibition, a time when traffic to our site will be very high.
LARRY NORTON
WILD CATS OF AFRICA & ASIA
PRESS RELEASE
It is with great excitement that Burlington Paintings announce their first On-Line Exhibition, to be transmitted to hundreds of people live via the Internet. This represents the launch of ArtonAir.com, the result of three years of Internet development from Art Connection in conjunction with burlington.co.uk. The renowned African wildlife artist Larry Norton will present an exhibition of ten spectacular paintings broadcast live on our website. The real time chat room, hosted by Burlington Paintings, will allow visitors to interact personally with the artist and the video will allow them to see the artist talk in detail about each painting. Frame per second video will allow the highest resolution of images whilst being seen alongside detailed jpeg images of the paintings. Further, viewers will have the opportunity to purchase the paintings on-line or buy a limited edition print of "An African Moment" (Lioness and Cubs), for which there will be the opportunity to make a secure credit card transaction. This innovative exhibition features a breakthrough in art on-line, and is to be filmed by CNN to be shown in their Arts Club slot on the evening of Saturday 23rd October.
About the Artist and Charity Piece
Larry Norton was born in Zimbabwe in 1963. In 1988 he began a professional painting career and has since exhibited around the world, including several enormously successful exhibitions in New York and London. In 1989, Larry Norton received the Catasus Medal, the Society of Animal Artists’ most prestigious award. He was also the winner of the Safari Club International inaugural art show in 1990 and in 1997 Larry was awarded the Activities Press Print Award by the Society of Animal Artists, Ohio, USA. Larry first exhibited with Burlington Paintings in 1989 and has subsequently held four more exhibitions including a one-man show in 1998.
Larry continues to live and work in Zimbabwe where he is actively involved in wildlife preservation, supporting many charities. Indeed sales of his paintings and prints have contributed significantly to conservation both in Africa and Abroad. For his ‘Cats of Africa and Asia’ Exhibition, Larry has also dedicated a charity piece ‘Stripes’, for sale by silent auction to which all proceeds will go to the charity ‘The International Trust for Nature Conservation’. Participants of the live exhibition will be able to bid on-line for this painting. The show features ten paintings of African and Asian cats: Leopard, Tiger, Lion, Lioness, Cheetah and Snow Leopard, and hopes to bring the public’s attention the beauty and fragility of these animals. We realise that demand for these paintings will be high and therefore Larry is also prepared to accept commissions.
Cats of the Africa and Asia Online
Monday 18th October. Live broadcast begins at 5.00pm (BST or 4.00pm GMT) and will be repeated the weekend of 23rd/24th October, after the CNN feature. The site will be live from 1st October at www.artonair.com or follow the link from www.burlington.co.uk .
Interested?
Please contact us if you would like to insert a link for this exciting event on your website. In turn we will add your homepage to our ‘Links’ page. We believe this exhibition to be a leap forward in the utilization of the opportunities of the Internet for the art world, for which Burlington Paintings are a driving force.
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