Tiny Showcase

Every Tuesday I receive a gift, and many Tuesdays that gift comes cloaked in insights and sparkles with such creative brightness it nearly short circuits my screen. In less figurative language, it means that Tiny Showcase’s blast announcing the artist and limited-​edition print of the week has softly landed in our electronic domains, poised at the ready to coax feeling from the world. And the price for the art? Rarely more than twenty-​five dollars.
The founding duo handpicks each diminutive composition (for they really are quite tiny in proportions), limning their impressions in ways that give the pieces flesh and dimension. The artist chooses a charity with which to share profits, and I’ve learned of so many phenomenal artists and interesting partnering organizations.
When that envelope reaches your physical domain, you’ll grip the Hahnemühle paper, drown in the bold colors, and think not only about the sheer beauty that it adds to your space but that you’re not alone in your desire to grow and learn and improve. This relishing of unveiling hasn’t lessened, either.
Particular thanks for their welcome to 2010 which I resonated with on so many levels:
«Imaginary or not, a symbolic fresh start is something precious and should never go underutilized. Each year the resolutions fade but battle cries linger. Even now, five days in, last year’s „Feel More, Care Less“ mantra remains tough to let go of, but I’ve been internalizing that promise like the Pilgrim on His Way, so there’s room in my hyperbolic heart to move forward to „The Utmost“ in 2010.
The utmost sincerity, the utmost everything. Andrew said he didn’t need my optimism, he already has that for 2010. Well, I don’t think I’m remarking on anything that isn’t obvious when I say: it seems to me that my nearests are close to recovery from a year that tried to crush them; they are brimming; they are remembering the feeling of mischief; they are up late cold fingers turning dry pages; they are in their studios with their headphones on letting the schemes creep back up on them.
This year will welcome back our adventures, our over-​ambitions, our grand conspiracy. I’m psyched. I missed you, and I missed the reckless light you once harnessed for energy. If there is a gate, it is splintering; and I’m just psyched to be on the team I believe in when the greatness breaks the horizon.»
Here’s to sharing the Utmost, Showcase.

every week, on every tuesday,
has a new limited edition print by a different artist up for sale.
one of the things i like the most about this business is that they donate a portion the proceeds to a charity picked out by that week’s artist.
the prints can sometimes sell out within an hour or two of them being posted online, so if you like something, you have to jump on it quick. i think people can be a little secretive about this site, maybe to ensure just a little more availability of prints by certain artists.
in the past year or two i’ve picked up a few prints, and have found out about a couple of artists that i may not have learned about otherwise from this site. i always look forward to the e-​mail i get from them announcing that week’s artist, hoping it’s someone i like.