News and Announcements

.carolinecblaker.studios. now open for Web Development

2010-04-10T18:08:32Z

I am pleased to announce that I am available for hire as a web developer for any current standing web design in need of intuitive, easily managed development. I develop web sites in Expressionengine, the most secure, expansible PHP/MySql web platform available, and Jquery/javascript for Ajax/JSon effects making your site do and behave exactly the way you expect. Your website will be 100% valid, compatible with SEO, and manageable by you or your management team. I can offer more specifics on a project-to-project basis.

My experience includes many intense custom programming challenges and staying current on today's most cutting-edge technologies. I'm a self-taught coder with rapidly advancing skills and understanding of the web. I keep a portfolio of current and recent web development here for you to be able to see that my skills are right for your project.

New painting posted

2009-09-25T02:39:14Z

The History Lesson is one of a few in the series of fantasy and faerie paintings in which I indulge myself here and there. This particular work took 2 years to complete. This particular depiction is of a teacher who is touched by her own lesson after it comes to life in her sphere. Prints are available - specifics will be provided on an ongoing basis.

Online Shopping on its way

2009-09-11T04:20:35Z

Also:

Now on Etsy.com, DeviantArt.com

2009-05-25T17:59:30Z

Now that these profiles are available, I expect that I will be expanding my product lines via Etsy, and participating in the critique community that deviantart provides. Time nonwithstanding, hopefully I’ll have time to expand these profiles soon to include multiple images/products and share more art with the world.

Summer exhibit in St. Louis Confirmed

2009-04-16T16:05:03Z

Details of a St. Louis cancer survivorship anniversary show have been finalized. Still Within is a reflection of the healing process related to survivorship. The opening reception for the show will be held on June 5 in the evening, exactly three years after the day of my cancer excision. The show will be exhibited all month in June as a celebration of life after cancer, reflection on healing, and for cancer awareness in the community. More information will follow.
Participating Artists: .carolinecblaker. and Julie Malone.

Rants and Raves - new blog on .carolinecblaker.com

2009-03-22T18:36:58Z

I'm pleased to announce a new blog in the About section called Rants and Raves. This new blog fills the void of a place to just post random interesting stuff and to cut an extra slice out of my personality for the internet to love. I had previously run a similar blog on myspace called Rant Station that came with quite a few subscribers, though I have all but departed myspace and miss the outlet. I had been tempted to leave my rants to the existing blogs on this site, like Conceptually Driven but naturally they didn't fit there so I needed to find another solution.

Have fun on Rants and Raves and leave me lots of comments!

A Tiny Update

2009-01-26T04:13:29Z

After a whirlwind Christmas, applications for further Art opportunities, and a change in household dynamics, I'm finally getting back to the website after nearly three weeks. During this time, I added artwork in The Wooden Cow art space, including C-Prints of The Three Graces, The Violinist, and Aquarium. Prints are matted in a complimentary white or off-white mat and frame at 16x20.
In addition to all of this, the studio is moving to Paradise Hills, that's right - my home. This decision to move back to my home comes as a further effort to optimize my work time and schedule. I look forward to having more available soon, including prints, posters, and originals. Tuesday Night Ritual is almost there!

Dugg!! Story I posted to Digg.com reaches over 1200 digs

2008-12-29T02:11:12Z

The article link: http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23/exclusive-cheneys-admissions-to-the-cia-leak-prosecutor-and-fbi/

I can’t take all the credit for finding it, but I must have been one of the first to find it on http://huffingtonpost.com

The Digg.com social networking site is known for its popularization of news articles, videos, and other content online. Though thousands of articles are submitted every hour, few ever become popular, let alone reach 1200 Diggs. To reach such a viral article so early and have first posting is rare and takes practice in discernment and an eye for explosive journalism. It took me 2 years! You should digg it too.

http://digg.com/politics/Exclusive_Cheney_s_admissions_to_the_CIA_leak_FBI

Comments, Forms now work!

2008-11-29T03:29:20Z

SQ FT exhibit by Art Dimensions open to artists nationwide.

2008-11-16T03:23:00Z

New Home Page

2008-10-27T03:43:00Z

Launch in 10..9..

2008-10-13T04:26:00Z

I'm uber-pleased that site development has reached this distance of development. You will find links to the left for the "beta" version of the website. In place now are the Portfolio Section, Current Projects, Conceptually Driven blog, news, and more in Scene, and About - Artist Statement, FAQ's, and more. As I continue to develop, there should be no reason to hide these sections anymore. They are mature enough to show, small enough to grow. I'm glad you're here to see the site at this phase, because you'll love it even more in the future.

This does not mark the end of the development phase, but rather, the Beta version, IE - its live and growing, being tested, but not yet grown enough to call itself complete, ready, or mature. I still have many images to add to the galleries, new galleries to make, sophisticated styling to carry out, and heck, I have the right to change my mind! At some point, the site will be rolling along with new content and not a lot of changes stylistically, structurally, or functionally. This will be version one. Then someday, I'll change the look and feel, add some sections.. that will be version two. You see where I will be going with this.

Again, so glad you can be here to see the site in this phase. Please poke around. Email me with any questions or concerns (contact forms of all kinds coming soon.)

Free Ad space here!

2008-10-04T22:35:00Z

Read more about the “Absolutely Free” ad space here.

Goodnight Paul

2008-09-30T11:58:00Z

Though I never knew Paul Newman personally, and had never met him, I, just like everyone else in my southern Connecticut town, "knew" of Paul, his charities, and where his house was located. Unlike other stars in the area, his was actually visible from a semi-busy public thoroughfare, and in my travels around Westport would pass it often and just as often would remark to myself that that was Paul Newman's house. It is a dreamy hillside mansion made of white stone, with a stream running down at the bottom, on a private road with tall, windy trees. Its also the place he died. He loved it there - who wouldn't have? His passing almost makes me miss life in Connecticut - almost.

I never really followed Paul's movies much, as his work was so much before my time. But I do remember seeing his face on a tomato sauce jar before most of the rest of the world. He had appropriately chosen our shared upscale community as a test market for "Newman's Own." I remember remarking on how incredibly vain an elderly actor must have been to place his face on the front of a tomato sauce jar in hand-drawn fashion, and admittedly, I was not immediately fond of his green pepper laden sauce, but still the line grew and grew, both in products and distribution, and then I noticed that the whole thing was an engine to fund charities, and at that point, it no longer mattered whose face was on this, but that person clearly had no need for the funding these products would produce, yet had expended more time and energy into the process than an ordinary person is usually able to, for zero return. And then there were his local charities, like the Hole in the Wall Camps where some of his funds, both personal and charitably raised, went into action to truly enrich the community and the lives of children. He lived among people as wealthy as he but was by far the most charitable, the most giving, and most life changing person of the whole community.

From time to time, he could be seen buying his own groceries at the Westport Stop and Shop or directing theatrical productions at the Westport County Playhouse. He was as accessible as any person not of his stature, and as such never lead a celebrity existence, except for the benefit of others. In this place where I grew up, I know he will be missed as that man that everybody is proud to live around, hear about, and catch a glimpse of. Even Martha Stewart (who is also a mutual neighbor of a you-guessed-it reputation) liked him and kept tabs on him. Robert Redford said that "My life _ and country _ are better for [Paul's] being in it." On a smaller scale, so was Fairfield County, and my home town. Thank you, Paul, for everything you did.

Oh, So CLOSE!

2008-09-28T00:15:00Z

So this is basically where I'm at- the site is pretty well built, but not quite complete. As I mash through the construction process, I'm still coming up with basic content, new feature ideas, and bug fixes. I would still like you to see it at this stage though, because it does look dern cool. So here it is:

Portfolio: The Portfolio Section
Portfolio: The Projects Section

Everything else is still lacking true announcement, but feel free to click around in there anyways, maybe check out the layouts. As you can tell, this is going to be a massive continuous project.

Thank you and Namaste. Come back and see me soon.