Urban Art Association

I hope the Artist in question sees this and sorts it out for you Grollies.

That's just shameful imo! To accept payment and not keep enough set aside to complete fulfillment of the actual order concerned is absurd. You don't have to be brain of Britain to work that out, especially if you're someone used to living on a tight budget.

I've bought from some of the artists in here too and ALWAYS been exceptionally impressed with the way I was treated and how responsive they were to my messages (THANKS). I'd like to think that the above scenario and the Luke Dixon thread are the exception, rather than the norm' - there are a lot of artists in the forum these days after all. I also hope that artists will take pride in having people pay for their work and the service they give in return if people are open about sharing these experiences. Word of mouth happens to be the best marketing out there (and it's FREE!).

I have bought direct from SPQR, Sickboy, Static plus other artists on here and every time it has been a painless experience. Big up for these guys and hope this gets sorted

I think we would all end up with one.

I did a Trade with one nearly 3 months ago and still waiting but apart from that i have deal with 6 to 7 other artist and the experience has been really good and sometimes you commision something and they deliver something better , never been dissapointed with commisions

Sorry to hear that Oliver.Would i be right in saying that this person was raving about it on here and then put it on Ebay ?

Yep thats the one, he certainly did put it on ebay, even saying there was going to be a donation to charity to assuage his guilt. However I can neither confirm or deny the hairy toe

Not a clue tbh, I know he took it off their when it got pulled by ebay for some reason but then he put it back up a few weeks later with a different listing

Ha ha good point, I kind of feel that her ending up winning the giveaway of one of my paintings was only fair after all the pound coins she gave me over the years

I only got IOUs off the cow.

what he said!!!!

DEFINATELY What they said. Anyone calling themselves an artist with an flickr account and an email to the management. Hey presto, a red star

Maybe Artists should earn little stars like the rest of you guys to show dependancy ect?
This may put people off if they are concidering buying off a new Artist who has none on the other hand?
dow!

Sorry for your troubles Hero (hope you get paid naturally), but none of this is very relevant imo except your 1st line or 2. I don't mean to be a p*ick, but an artist may lose a few hours of their time and a few quid in materials for something a member might pay let's say between £30-130 for. Ultimately artists produce art (by definition)! That's what they do, regardless of whether someone's buying it or not. Artists with just a year or two or a few years experience, producing art to order is a new concept for me and as a stand alone model it really doesn't work imho. Either you're an artist or your not, but being one doesn't and shouldn't guarantee a living imo. There are loads of talented artists out there who struggle to sell their work (they're a dime a dozen, especially these days). Customers are an honour that some of you seem to appreciate more than others (no fingers pointed your way of course, you seem a nice fella and noone's ever complained about you to my knowledge). People sending their money and losing it, don't want to hear about artists getting knocked, and that isn't their problem or the subject of this thread.

Personally I feel the answer might be to have a code of conduct for artists, based on that red star they receive...... And I think the best way to go about that, is for members to make serious suggestions as to what they think should be expected of artists or people offering services within the forum e.g. (for instance) Artists not being obliged to sell, but being obligated to honour promises after accepting money for works. Or perhaps not asking for more than 50% of the value (or up to a fixed cap) before completing and photographing the piece etc etc.... Let's see what sort of ideas people have instead of just complaining about it and perhaps give admin something to work with. It's easy to find fault people, so if you really want to improve the system, throw your ideas into the ring and maybe some of them will come to fruition or lead to positive change.