New here? Read this first.

Is this your first time here? Than read this first, if you want to know what the Twit2art art project is all about.

Launching Endless Mantra

Endless Mantra is a new artwork I launched yesterday. Endless Mantra exists only online and is largely based on collaboration. Every 5 minutes, it will publish an anonymous message. These messages come from you, and everybody else who likes to join in. See it as a public place to let of steam, to make confessions, to gossip, whatever. Anonymously if you will.

There are two ways to send in messages to Endless Mantra, via email and via Twitter. All info about the what and how of Endless Mantra is here.

UPDATE 2009/10/02: Apparently I was breaking Twitter’s terms of service. They deleted the @endlessmantra account.

Making of “Kiddo”

Here are some pictures to illustrate the making of  Kiddo, in case you’re interested.

Step 1, take a blank canvas:

Step 2, bring on the transfer:

Kiddo

You might remember I sponsored the Brussel Girl Geek Dinner #8 with a commissioned artwork. Sigrid won it. Her painting was already finished quite a while ago, but it wasn’t easy to find a date to arrange the delivery. Until today. May I introduce to you, “Kiddo”:

Title: Kiddo
Artist: Jan Leenders
Mixed media on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 2008

Some detail shots:

Skipping #50

No more replies to my mails, no payment received, so I’m skipping #50.

And the winner is …

Yesterday I went to the Brussels Girl Geek Dinner in Vooruit Gent. Had nice chats with the geeky girls and some of their sacochen. As you might remember, I co-sponsored the event. And the winner is:

Sigrid! Who, by the way, ordered Twit2art #29 a while ago.
Oh, and did I mention Auction Art #1 is currently up for sale ;)

Launching Auctionart.be

Today I’m launching a new art project: Auctionart.be. I have to admit the concept is not as exciting as Twit2art, but at least now I can paint what I want :) Anyway, go and check it out.

Sponsoring Brussels Girl Geek Dinner #8

I’ll be sponsoring the next Brussels Girl Geek Dinner (on October 9th in Ghent) with a commissioned artwork. Read all about it here.

Commissioned artwork for Baqmar

A while ago Tom (from Twit2art #47) asked if I wanted to make three paintings for the Baqmar Conference in December. Each of the speakers will receive a painting as a gift. Of course I agreed, I like to paint, you know. This is what they wanted:

- A small painting
- Two main characters: the Baqmar mascots “Baqman” and “Baqmadam”
- The text “Innovation through exploration”, which is the conference theme.

Here’s one of the three paintings I made:

Title: Innovation Through Exploration #1
Artist: Jan Leenders
Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 24 cm, 2008

Break

I’m taking a break. See you in about two weeks.

(Oh, one more thing: I’ll probably launch a new art project after the break. Curious?)