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Home Depot Textile Expansion Brings Death to The Company Store PIP

With The Home Depot acquisition of The Company Store, December 19, 2017, they've decided to pull the package insert program from the market. TSW recommends Plow & Hearth Package insert Program as a great alternative. 

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Art Tuesday - Dubiousness

It is Art Tuesday at TSWUS and todays focus is fun. Sometimes Art is not designed to be serious. Sometimes it is meant to lift the corners of your mouth, either in a full smile, or just a quirky What is that supposed to mean? gesture. We are featuring one of our more comical pieces today, which is a painting on board with silkscreen overlay. It is by Nathan Henry of New Orleans. It is worth …

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Art Tuesday - Texas in a Nutshell

It is Art Tuesday, and this week we are celebrating the launch of our Houston office, and our SXSW sponsorship on Thursday. Music, books, hats and longhorns are all "de rigueur" in Texas, but there is something even more quintessentially Texan. A pair of blue jeans on a barbed wire fence. We are fortunate to have this image evoking the spirit of Texas by Bob Calbert. His amazing ability to …

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Art Tuesday: Making Art & Making Friends

Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and we are kicking off the week with making art and making friends.Our featured piece is Thomas Swoffords Making Friends, one of the newest additions to our office walls.Although artists may have unlimited resources for circulating their work today, the process of art making, at least in the traditional sense, has always been accompanied with solitude; time …

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I'd Beavery happy to help you.

Meyers-Briggs personality profiles are meant to inform us about ourselves and our coworkers. Here at The Specialist Works US, we have an abundance of Beavers. Good thing too, because Beavers are make good workers. Beavers are in the Creative and caring quadrant. They like to see the big picture, are imaginative, forward-thinking, organized, and hard working - occasionally Beavers neglect …

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Art Tuesdays - Goodbye for now

It is Art Tuesday at the Specialist Works US and today I, Ben the Canadian temporary import worker, am once again breaking the fourth wall of internet blogging. On this day, we would like to highlight our personal contribution to the world of contemporary art, a movement we call post-photoshopism. We snapped this group selfie with our in-house TSW US selfie stick. Unfortunately, Stephanie …

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Art Tuesday: Gifts and Gimbap

It is Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and today we are highlighting abstract art from a local artist. Some time ago, a Korean restaurant where I used to frequently eat closed down, and being a regular they decided to leave one of their paintings with me. It was created by the owner's daughter, and we love the way the that the broad pastel brushstrokes blend into each other, weaving over …

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Art Tuesday - Aubrey Beardsley

It is Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and today we reminisce on legends. We are incredibly happy to have this Aubrey Beardsley sketch in our office. In this self-portrait Beardsley stands with his hands behind his back, confident and poised. A public and private eccentric, Beardsley never failed to shock or feared reprise. More than anything, his art was honest and insightful, which is …

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Art Tuesday - Still Life

It is Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and today we would like to highlight a still life by my mother, Pat Donohue, produced when she was 12 while living in New York. The warm richness of the colors reminds us of Matisse, as the gradient smoothly moves from orange to auburn to red, connecting the scene effortlessly in a sphere of color. Life can get cluttered sometimes, and at TSWUS …

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Art Tuesday - Silliness and Balance

It is Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and today we are embracing fun. In a recent trip to New Orleans, we acquired this piece of art that exemplifies just that. Often in life, we over think the things that are unimportant, and fail to embrace the short snippets of fun that are intended to jostle us along in our day. This painting on board (Masonite if we can be candid) is a mix of …

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Art Tuesday - Lino Cuts

It is Art Tuesday at The Specialist Works US and we are featuring one of our favorite executions, the Lino Cut! This rose and skeleton imagery will fall into our Tombstones for Media collection, but we wanted to highlight it as a piece of Art first. Bold graphics in black and red are reminiscent of the spot color used in older newsprint ads. The juxtaposition of the beauty of the rose …

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Art Tuesday - The Summer Solstice

Today, June 21st is the longest day of the year. The Summer Solstice marks the change in seasons abut it also represents a point in the year after which all other days will be shorter. Time is a thief. Seasons are thieves, but they are also times of rebirth, change, and in all of their power there is stark beauty. The change into summer from spring is much like our recent change to being part of …

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Art Tuesday - Walking House by Lee Laney

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we are highlighting a painting recently purchased at Artsapaloosa. This work by Lee Laney of Uncle Lee’s Folk Art is painted on board. It spoke to us because it is representative of where we are as a company right now. When a house is truly a home, it is a haven from the outside world. It offers stability and warmth, and does not change unless …

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Art Tuesday Wise Owl

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we are reworking our office space to make room for our new hires. In doing so we are moving many of our art pieces and adding to collections to change the look of the office layout. We recently bought this beautiful cut metal owl in New Orleans, and will be making it the focal point of an installation in a room where most of our decor is metal. We are …

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Art Tuesday the Ides of March

Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March.Caesar. What man is that?Brutus. A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. William ShakespeareThe Ides of March is a day on the Roman calendar that corresponds to March 15th. It became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Today is March 15th, but it is also Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and we found a suitably "soothsayer" styled …

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Art Tuesday Perspective Checking

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we are focused on perspective. We are not speaking of artistic meaning of the word, but in terms of "changing" ours. This Howard Finster-esque picture is by Colette (7). It was only natural for her to see a board with blue-green paint on it and assume it was a "canvas". It was an ocean ready to be filled with fish. What it was, in fact, was a test …

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Art-Tuesday - Haunting Art

Art speaks to us. When we hear but fail to listen, it often haunts us. We are not talking about "decorative" Art, but of the soul sharing, emotionally explicit variety of Art. It is the kind of Art that makes you uncomfortable. When something speaks to you and you walk away have you lost out or does the haunting mean as much as the initial experience? Does being memorable have as much value as …

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Art Tuesday Color Juxtaposition

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we are featuring a small piece in our favorite vivid red by Shelly Leitheiser. Her work appeals to us for both its color and imagery. Art gives you the freedom to express yourself outside of what is literally visible. In this picture, we are compelled by the juxtaposition of color with subject matter. The full blown red color as a background for …

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Art Tuesday Organic Growth

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we are featuring a piece titles Morris Green. Outside of our normal buying patterns, this piece appealed to us with its Organic pattern and coloring. Nature and grounding are both excellent visual triggers for this new year. In thinking about Organic, we can help address the issue of customer growth. Should marketing departments be focused on Organic …

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Art Tuesday Pink is the New Autumn

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and this week we are working on Canadian Media profiles, so we thought we would highlight this Autumnal maple leaf impression on tissue. Donated to the office by Colette, Age 6, it adds cheery color on some rainy and cold days without robbing itself of the feeling of the season. Pink is the new Autumn! On a serious note, often stepping back and viewing a …

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Art Tuesday Effervescence

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and today's Art is by Shelly Leitheiser. When we look at this piece, we see effervescence. The bubbling up of energy and color. It suggests movement and life in Art that is only really color. Impressions made through shape and color can dramatically impact the feeling evoked by an image. When advertisers choose the wrong colors and shapes, they are sending the …

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Art Tuesday - Comic Book Art

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and we are highlighting a signed print that is out of our normal pattern. It boasts tremendous color and detail. The comic book artist, Shelton LeBron, gifted it to us and we love it. The right hand side of the face is reminiscent of the King on a playing card. The left is an industrial interpretation of the same character. We enjoy both the vibrancy and the …

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Art Tuesday - The Appeal of Rural Markets

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and this week's feature is titled "Wired". It is a 3 X 4 dry-point etching by Lafayette, LA artist Bonnie Camos. Weather it is dove or crows, the image of birds sitting on a telephone wire is evocative of driving through the rural landscape. Just looking at the picture makes you want to jump in a truck and take off to where there are fields on either side of …

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Art Tuesday - Color in Advertising

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we want to talk about color. We know that in advertising darker colors like green and blue are used to convey the feeling of stability. Favorites of financial institutions these "cool" colors are often also defined as masculine. So what happens when you combine these stable, masculine colors with chaotic pattern, or with the freedom of no pattern? Is a …

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Art Tuesday Urbnpop Wood Burning

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we are excited to show you our newest addition from URBNPOP. This adorable horned and helmeted monster is a magnet. We haven't seen wood burning outside of the rustic country arena in so many years we were surprised when we encountered it here. The combination of the wood burning with the monster subject matter strikes us as just wrong enough to be …

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Art Tuesday Shelton La Bron The Red 1

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we are sharing a new acquisition which is a 4 X 4 finished sized wrapped canvas. This painting is, oddly enough, by a comic book artist Shelton La Bron. It is titled "The Red 1". It is a highly detailed execution of a tree in autumn. The idea of a crisp cool autumn day is compelling during the hot summer heat of Atlanta. Being attracted to an autumnal scene …

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Art Tuesday Artists Business Cards

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and today we are posing a question. "How do artists see themselves?" Often when you meet the artist behind a piece of work, it can be very surprising. They can be larger than life or surprisingly reserved despite what they will reveal through their craft. Most intriguing is how they present themselves in their marketing. We think the business card for S.D …

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Art Tuesday Nicolin and Suggestive Art

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and this week we are featuring one of brighter pieces. This signed print is by Charlotte Nicolin, a Swedish born artist that we know from Montreal. Her art focuses on nature and the marine world. This picture is titled "The Kiss" , not to be confused with the Gutsav Klimt masterpiece. It is playful, colorful and suggestive. We can't help thinking Rorschach …

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Art Tuesday Hanged Man Bat

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and today we are continuing with our Bat theme. This picture is actually a Tarot card, the Hanged Man. We own the original of the "Six of Bones" (Pentacles) in this entirely wooden representation of the Tarot deck. All of the images come from nature. We love the cheekiness of the Hanged Man being a bat, When artists make you smile with their wit, it is an …

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Art Tuesday Is it Art?

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?' Rudyard Kipling It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and this week we thought we would have a bit of fun! Is it Art? What a great question. We ask that time and again within the office even after we have made a new purchase. Is this Art? No. It is …

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Art Tuesday "West" of El Segundo

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we are in Texas traveling for business - which of course being Texas is also fun! SInce we are in longhorn country we thought we would take some time on Art Tuesday to highlight one of our favorite pieces of "Cow Art". We have several, but we love this black and white version of Robert Anschutz's " "West" of El Segundo". Robert is known for his brilliant …

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Art Tuesday Folk Art

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we are in a folk art mood after our all-American long weekend. This Folk Art piece is reminiscent of the earlier tramp art, but has the addition of vibrant color and mementos. The Churchill Downs betting chit is marked 1970. This piece hangs in our hallway and reminds us that crafty marketers of today's era would have an advertisement on the back of those …

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Art Tuesday Is a Doodle Art?

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we have been posed the question "Is a doodle Art?" "A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes." according to Wikipedia. What differentiates the doodle is the "artist's" focus of attention, not their execution. Our …

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Art Tuesday Linoleum Block Print

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and we are excited to share a Linoleum Stamped Print from 1961. The Artists was Patricia Donohue. Created as a Christmas card on bonded cotton paper, this reindeer motif is created by craving out solid forms form a piece of linoleum. Linoleum Block Printing or Linocuts were very popular in the 1960's. We are excited to showcase this today not only because we …

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Art Tuesday - Brent Woodside Clarity of Image

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and we are excited to share a black and white illustration by Brent Woodside. This image immediately resonated with us, because it is so reminiscent of the Rorschach prints we have been posting. While this is a clearly defined image of a "creature and rider", it has style elements that we see in the inkblots. Today's Art Tuesday selection brings up a good …

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Art Tuesday Quote Obsessed

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and today we wanted to highlight this new piece we bought on a whim at the farmer's market. It is a fortune cookie with a quote coming out of it. Is it Art? Yes, but to a greater degree the "quote" is what compels the purchase. From social media posts, to ad campaigns, America has become "quote obsessed". T-shirts, mugs, e-cards, pillows, and tote bags are all …

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Art Tuesday National Superhero Day

Today, April 28th is National Superhero Day, a day to celebrate the superheros that have inspired us. It is also Art Tuesday, so we thought we would have some fun and combine the two.We didn't have any Superhero art hanging around, so we we created some. This mixed media collage on board is 3 dimensional with different tiers in the wood, and it is over-painted to highlight our favorite elements …

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Art Tuesday - Fred Wise

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! This week, we wanted to highlight a watercolor and pencil that we just purchased at Artsapaloosa last weekend. It is a new piece of art, but not a new artist to our company. Fred Wise has 4 pieces hanging in our space, and we are proud to add this to our collection. fredwise …

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Art Tuesday SImple Pictures

It's Art Tuesday again at Elarbee Media. This week we have one of our smallest art pieces on display. Measuring a mere 2" X 3.25"this mixed media piece combines, color wax and nails on a wood.The extremely primitive drawing is childlike in its simplicity, but manages to evoke the calmness of a sunny day at the beach. We love the three nails that stick up out of the board about a 1/4 of an inch …

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Art Tuesday Bold Red Gold

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and we wanted to talk about bold color today. In art color has meaning, evokes emotion and tells a story. This painting titled Red Gold by Hope Hebert has incredible strength of color.

In advertising, color can catch the eye and hold attention long enough to push the message. Be Bold, but be appropriate.

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Art Tuesday Trees without Leaves

It's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. This painting on board is one of many we have in the office of trees without their leaves. In fact we walked around and counted four of them. One is an oil, two are acrylics and one is a pastel. Do we keep buying the same thing because the imagery resonates with us? Perhaps.In advertising, is that also what compels us to buy? Imagery is a powerful tool in …

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Art Tuesday Watercolor Butterflies for Spring

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and we are fortunate to share a beautiful watercolor that was a gift to us from Evie Rankin-Rachide. (4 years old) Her beautiful green butterflies are a hopeful presence in our offices, and a perfect reminder that spring will soon be here.

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Art Tuesday Ostrich on Copper

It is late on Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, but we wouldn't want you to wonder what happened to us. Today we are excited to share one of our newest acquisitions. This unsigned enamel on copper was just purchased for the new space. We are calling it "Ostrich". 

We are close to being unpacked, and "decorated" so look out for our open house party notice coming soon!

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Art Tuesday Product Photography by Elarbee Media

For Art Tuesday this week, we decided to highlight our in house product photography. Regardless of the content, the time and care taken in putting the images together shows through, Check out more of our images on our new Product Photography page. http://www.elarbeemedia.com/product …

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Art Tuesday Donne Moi ta Bouche

Its Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! We thought this picture by our favorite French Canadian artist Luc Nadeau titled “Donne moi ta bouche”, would be a perfect tie in with one of our favorite “business” quotes.

“Never drop your gun to hug a grizzly.” - Old West Proverb

Literally translated “Donne moi ta bouche” is “Give me your mouth”, just in case you were curious.

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Art Tuesday Black and White Warriors

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! This week we have chosen to highlight a black and white titled “Warriors”. This piece, circa 1971 by Stuart White, is only 3 X 5 unframed but the impact is so much larger. The stark contrast of the heavy black ink on the white paper (now slightly yellowed) is powerful, and reminiscent of a Rorschach Test. Its simplicity begs the question – “When is …

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Art Tuesday Breaux and the Power of Red

It's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and today we are excited to share a painting by Julie Breaux that was acquired in Lafayette, LA. You can almost smell the earthiness of the swampy water. This painting ads a dramatic shot of color in our common area despite its small size. This 8X8 boxed canvas drives color home with intensity. For advertisers, Red is a very powerful and impacting color - as …

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Office Move Filing for Art Tuesday

The stars aligned today and we finally moved in to our new space! (One of the coldest days this year in Atlanta). We were lucky enough to bring along these cool blueprint filing cabinets for free! They will be perfect for all of our unframed and over-sized art pieces for Art Tuesday.

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Art Tuesday We Love Texas

It's Art Tuesday here at Elarbee Media, and we are excited to reveal our newest edition. This depiction of Texas will be one of the first pictures we hang in our new offices, and is particularly special as it was a gift. 

We do indeed love Texas! We love the gift so much, we have decided to celebrate today as Texas Tuesday!

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Art Tuesday Tree Frog and Kissing Princes

It's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. This woodblock print, number 1 of 6, is titled "Amelia Island Tree Frog". It is by artist Paul Massino and is part of our acid green collection. It reminds us on a regular basis that you need to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince. In business, we kiss a lot of frogs when engaging new clients and prospects. Not all client relationships end up being …

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Art Tuesday Farewell to Our Old Office Themes

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. When we first set up this office space, we created offices using unique color palates. The "Black and White" office has pops of red, the "Tiger" office is brown and orange, and the kitchen is acidic green. We are excited to announce that we will be upgrading our space and expanding our offices at the first of the year. Before we leave here, I will be posting …

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Art Tuesday Pirate Turkey

It's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media and in honor of Thanksgiving, we have chosen to highlight this stunning work by Rache Elarbee titled "Pirate Turkey". If you look closely, the turkey has a patch on one eye. 

At Elarbee Media, we are thankful for these small treasures!

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Art Tuesday Leaves and the Power of Color

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. “Leaves” is a black and white etching, that is then over-painted. Atlanta artist Marjorie Bowers achieves a photographic effect with her extremely detailed execution. Her pop of red makes the background almost “feel” frigidly cold, a perfect match for our weather here today. In advertising, color also makes a huge impact on response. Focused color to …

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Art Tuesday Yarn Art

 Its Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. We thought we would go interactive on this week's post. This is a piece of art we have over our sofa in the lobby. Who else loves yarn art?!

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Art Tuesday 6 Bones for Halloween

Its Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. Here is our spooky and yet refined Halloween Week selection. It is titled the 6 of Bones. At first you don't notice the creepy sixth finger because the graphic detail of the hand itself is so stunning. It is subtle enough to elude your first glance. What does this mean for business? Take a closer look. Things aren't always what they appear. Sometimes they are …

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Art Tuesday Sculptor Ivan Baliey

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. We are lucky to have enough space in the office for a few pieces of sculpture among our favorite art selections. This piece is by the late Ivan Bailey of Georgia. The sculpture is of a snail crawling on an onion. It reminds me that slow growth is sustainable growth.

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Art Tuesday Knabstrup Pottery

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. Today’s selection is this mid-century Danish earthenware platter from Knabstrup pottery. Who doesn’t love Danish Modern? I know I do, but that is likely because I grew up with it all around me. This platter is simple in form and simple in design. It is both earthy and honest. When you hold it you know someone else’s hands have touched it before yours …

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Art Tuesday Rache's Apple

It's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! I am so proud to show off our newest addition this week. Acid Green Apple, by Rache Elarbee. It is a pen holder for my desk, and the color is superb. This is my very first piece of clay art to come home from school, and oddly, it looks like it was made for my office. I can't wait to add it to the collection! No doubt, long after I have finished in advertising …

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Art Tuesday Autumn Transitions

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media, and today we are celebrating the Autumnal Equinox when day and night are nearly equal lengths. This untitled wood block print is equal parts dark and light, symbolizing the equinox. The artist has used the autumnal color orange to boot! It is one of our more stark and graphic pieces here, but I always notice it transitions from dark to light. What does this …

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Art Tuesday Wishbone

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media. This week in honor of our travel to Las Vegas for the E.R.A Show, we chose to highlight this sterling wishbone. The joys of business travel are limitless! (sarcasm) Hopefully this little silver wishbone makes this week's trip not only tolerable, but fruitful. Cheers to all of you road warriors out there! The Elarbee Media team hopes your travels this week are …

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Art Tuesday Earthy Color

It is Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! Today’s painting is in my office opposite my desk, and is what I look at every time I look up from my computer. It’s a large canvas about 4 feet wide by 5.5 feet tall. It coincidentally carries all of the colors that I chose for my personal office space (greens, browns, yellows, oranges and teal blues). Colors have meanings and are symbolic to us as people …

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Art Tuesday Blue and White Graphics

It’s Art Tuesday again at Elarbee Media! This week’s picture is a highly textured abstract piece in blue and white. It begs the following questions: Is what we see what really appeals to us? How much of the appeal is in the desire to touch and feel what we see? Is the compulsion to reach out for something more important than the resonance of the message? It might just be.

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Art Tuesday Make Art Matter

It’s Art Tuesday again at Elarbee Media. This painting of a leaf floating over the water is one my Mom painted in the sixties. I have always loved it. As a child, it reminded me of the highly stylized doves that were embroidered on the panels at church. It was always a stretched canvas growing up – unframed. About 7 years ago, I found some vintage framing materials, and had my friend Charles …

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Art Tuesday Tough Day

Having a rough day, dear? Well it's Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media again and this sixties pottery mask looks like it has had a “rough day." It is one of a collection of five in earth tones in our Creative Director’s office. Hopefully she has a better time at Elarbee Media than he does!Always remember, tomorrow is another day! We’d like to make it better. Let us know how we can help!

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Art Tuesday Color and Pattern

It’s ‪#‎ArtTuesday‬ again at Elarbee Media! This week’s selection of our company art is a set of four highly colored giclée pictures. These are four interpretations of the same image, repeated, but re-interpreted.In advertising, repetition is key to making sure the message is driven home. Some advertisers may choose to place an ad that is a carbon copy across all platforms, others may …

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Art Tuesday Perception Lense

It’s Art Tuesday at Elarbee Media! This painting has an inclusion in the belly, which is full of pills suspended in clear gel. When I look at the painting, rather than finding it “dark," I see the figure as showering down good wishes (represented by the X’s). In art, life and business, the same thing can have different interpretations depending on what attitude you bring to the table. Is a …

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Art Tuesday Lock up Next Years Contracts

It’s Art Tuesday again at Elarbee Media. This photo of the "love locks" in Paris was taken by my brother. Use this as a reminder that if you are in a contested category, August is the time to lock up your 2015 contracts. With appropriate cancellation policies in place of course!

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Art Tuesday Photography is Art

Is photography an art? You bet! After spending the past month doing product photography for a new consumer website, we at Elarbee Media know that there is a big difference between “pushing a button” and creating an image. Making uppers, lowers and gaskets look sexy is hard work- and YES, it is an art. Cheers to all of you photographers out there that make it look easy.

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Art Tuesday Targeting

It's Art Tuesday and today I made the connection between this painting on wood I bought in South Africa and the phrase “who are you trying to reach?"The artist reached me with this painting, but often advertisers aren't so lucking in hitting their target audiences. The key to getting it right starts with knowing your audience and reaching them through the right channel with a message that will …

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Art Tuesday Macrame and Digital Advertising Trends

It's Art Tuesday! Macrame: who of a certain age doesn't know it and fear its resurrection?We love this awesome Taurus piece in our office, but dread the thought of seeing another plant hanger with beads woven in to add that “pop” of color. Trends, like the macrame of the '70s, are opportunities, and traps alike in business.For what they are worth, here are some of the current digital …

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Art Tuesday Naked Art

Naked Art!The Art at Elarbee Media is certainly eclectic; I buy it when I feel compelled by it. Often, it is a cheap nothing that speaks to a memory from childhood, but it can also be a significant investment that helps me realize I have reached a milestone in my life. Art that speaks to me is very rarely something with a broad appeal-- and almost always something that is very telling about my …

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Art Tuesday Green Advertising

We’ve seen an increase in client interest in advertising the “green” nature of their products. Do consumers see this as an advertising strategy? Or are they genuinely interested to learn how businesses are embracing change and more environmentally conscious practices? Overall, results are mixed in the marketplace.Either way, this compelling painting by one of our favorite artists, Brian …

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Art Tuesday Dead Fish Go With the Flow

These glass fish sit in the Elarbee Media office as a reminder of one of our favorite quotes about life and how we conduct business: “Only dead fish go with the flow.” What are some of your favorite inspirational business quotes? #ArtTuesday


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Art Tuesday Creativity in Business

"Creativity has to be fostered and learned, rather than mandated or prescribed. Seen this way, the art world has plenty of problem-solving lessons that can be applied to the world of business." ‪#‎ArtTuesday‬http://ow.ly …

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Art Tuesday Art in Advertising

"Artworks and artists are increasingly becoming elements of advertising campaigns, not only for products and services aimed at the types of older, affluent consumers who have traditionally been patrons of the arts, but also for products and services seeking to reach consumers in their 20s and 30s who are already making art part of their lives." ‪#‎ArtTuesday‬http://ow.ly …

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Art Tuesday Hank Williams

The art on the walls at Elarbee Media inspires us daily in the work that we do and how we conduct business.We firmly believe that originality and ingenuity are key factors to the success of our company.Hank Williams said it best:

"I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself."

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Art Tuesday The First Art Tuesday Post

At Elarbee Media, we believe in creating a work environment that fosters creativity. The walls of our office are covered in art from all over the world. This week's piece is from local Atlanta artist R. Land. #ArtTuesday

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