20,000 hits per month and growing
At the beginning of this year, we were excited to receive 8000 hits per month. Today, Studio Art Direct’s website www.studioartdirect.com receives well over 20,000 hits per month. As the site grows in attention and with a little help from Google Ads, we expect to be at 100,ooo per month. As websites go, that may seem like a small number, but it is better than 90 % of the 876 million art websites on the internet today. Consolidating regional artists into one “home base.”carefully selecting relevant key words, online ad placements and direct marketing to design professionals assures that visitors to the site are qualified.
The average artist who maintains their own art website may receive 200-500 hits per month resulting in very limited exposure. Banning artists together with one online presence gives Studio Art Direct’s emerging artists about 100 times more exposure.
Here are the TOP 20 most viewed artworks (ascending):
| Field of Gold
La Lumiere |
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| Thistles and Lace | ||
| Before the Storm | ||
| Opposite Attraction | ||
| Over the Top | ||
| Sunflower | ||
| Wrens Habitation Triptych | ||
| Beginning | ||
| Series III Untitled #1 | ||
| Contest | ||
| Hirondelles de Vigne | ||
| Homage to Rothko 3 | ||
| South to Tillamook Head | ||
| Cracked | ||
| Ancient Lines I | ||
| Thistle and Lace II | ||
| Leaf Gesture II | ||
| Aesthetic Philistine | ||
| Legna Pendant |
Congratualtions to these artists.
Commissions for corporate art booming
Portland, Oregon – Studio Art Direct has been busy commissioning local artists for several exciting projects. Some noteworthy commissions and custom designed projects include a penthouse at the Strand with Ankrom Moisan Architects in Portland OR: Specht Development offices in Beaverton OR; 7-story office building in Vegas NV; the new Brasserie Montamarte restaurant and jazz bar in Portland OR; Prange Law Offices in Portland OR; Wildhorse Resort in Pendelton OR; Dunthorpe wine cellar mural in Lake Oswego OR, and law offices in Honolulu HI.
The pipeline holds some very inventive designs including a boutique hotel with a rock and roll art and lyrics theme, a golf resort in San Francisco, a condo project on the Oregon coast, and more office buildings in California and Oregon.
Artists who have been commissioned for work include Martha Pfanschmidtt, Jeni Lee, Elli Milan, Jean Marie Rogers, Gina Kulig, Elizabeth Kimes, James Armer and Michelle Harris.
