About Us
I have been in some form of a creative business since I was old enough to pick up a pencil. ART, cartooning/Illustration/design/logos/magazines/greeting cards/t shirts/cd covers/movie posters. WRITING, ads, jingles, short stories/books. PRODUCING ads, documentaries, events, and CHOREOGRAPHING, live shows, and even a few music videos.
I owned an ad agency at one time that dealt with the fortune 500. I did one project at a time, with a superstar group of freelance talent. Then in 1996 I got the first of 7 Cancers. During 2 years in Isolation I became a Fine Artist, with a world wide reputation. That cancer battle lasted 16 years. As of March 12 of this year I am in Remission 5 years.
I like to work. I have the talent and integrity to pull off almost any kind of job, that needs a creative touch. I have the connections to make almost anything happen,..that depend on their schedules.
click artbympm.com and read my story, view my art, see some videos, and hear a song or two. I'm Michael Patrick Maness
How We Got Started
When I was 8 years old, my family moved to a new state, a new city, a new school. I was a smart kid, but I stuttered. Kids belittle, and bullied kids like me. I wasn't shy, but I didn't like to be picked on. I sat in the back of the class room. My teacher was beautiful, and I began flirting, by drawing cartoons with captions. My Teacher, began selling my Cartoons to the magazines, Jack and Jill, and PTA. That Christmas, she felt guilty selling me, and gave my parents a check for $400. My Dad cashed the check and tried to talk me into saving the money in the bank, but I went out and bought my MOM a pair of ear rings. That teacher represented me till we moved again, when I was 17. I have been drawing or writing something for somebody ever since.
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Recommendations Received (13)
"Michael's existing works are breathtaking, but if you've always wanted to commission a portrait..."
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"Michael's existing works are breathtaking, but if you've always wanted to commission a portrait of your favorite person or location, please contact Michael! You can thabk me later."
"Such gorgeous artworks!"
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I began designing logos before computers when you had to know how to draw. Give me a ball point pen and a napkin, I don't need a keyboard to make ...
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"The first thing one notices about Leon.. even before you meet him, is his Baritone voice can melt..."
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"The first thing one notices about Leon.. even before you meet him, is his Baritone voice can melt butter. So Deep, so smooth, women swoon. Just follow his fans.
Leon is an extreme. A writer, Producer, director, Voice over, and regular actor, announcer, and marketing and advertising Guru.. He's all you need in a marketing war. His integrity is beyond question. And his talents.. well follow his fans. "
"Happy ART. It sets the mood when you enter the home or office. Chrissy Dodd's ART will bring a..."
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"Happy ART. It sets the mood when you enter the home or office. Chrissy Dodd's ART will bring a smile, from every place it's seen. "
Recent Activity
I lost 3 ART shows across the country,.. I now have over 80 painting in inventory,. I guess I'll have a covid sale, with lots of booze to help with the inspiration to buy.
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I lost 3 ART shows across the country,.. I now have over 80 painting in inventory,. I guess I'll have a covid sale, with lots of booze to help with the inspiration to buy.
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I have a pre-existing condition, in fact I have a few them,.. which does and will make my health insurance either unavailable or extremely expensive.
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I have a pre-existing condition, in fact I have a few them,.. which does and will make my health insurance either unavailable or extremely expensive.
Fine ART is an Impulse buy..The year, the month, the week, the day, does not matter. The right person, has to view the painting, at the location the ART is displayed. Social Media can, and has helped create interest, but the Impulse, along with the bank account, are still the primary influence.
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Fine ART is an Impulse buy..The year, the month, the week, the day, does not matter. The right person, has to view the painting, at the location the ART is displayed. Social Media can, and has helped create interest, but the Impulse, along with the bank account, are still the primary influence.
My major career is Fine ARTist. It hasn't changed in a few thousand years. The buyers are Impulse buyers. Even in this day of Social Media, and Internet marketing, people are not buying Fine ART without the viewing, touching, and intimate reaction with a creation. My OLD career of Commercial...
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My major career is Fine ARTist. It hasn't changed in a few thousand years. The buyers are Impulse buyers. Even in this day of Social Media, and Internet marketing, people are not buying Fine ART without the viewing, touching, and intimate reaction with a creation. My OLD career of Commercial ARTist / Illustrator / Cartoonist / Logo Designer / Copy Writer / Creative Director is not in vouge. Not being in the 20's or 30's and enveloping my career is Social Media Marketing, I'm rarely in demand.
My other life as a Caregiver to my cute, lil', 88 year old Dementia laden MOM will be just as challenging as it has in the last 12 years.
If ya'll know of a better way to sell Fine ART, please let me know.. or better yet buy some ART...have a grand 2020..
ask, the new talent in your town,.because the older, more experienced Creatives have been used and abused by many charities over the years. My ART has raised in silent and live auctions of 30 years over 6 million dollars for over 150 world charities.
Charities, change management every 2-3...
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ask, the new talent in your town,.because the older, more experienced Creatives have been used and abused by many charities over the years. My ART has raised in silent and live auctions of 30 years over 6 million dollars for over 150 world charities.
Charities, change management every 2-3 years, and they forget who helps them out over the years., Charities DO NOT live up to the hype, and all the promises they give to Creatives. They LIE, just like politicians to get our Creations. I have found over 30 years who ever makes the promises, delegates the ART to be in the auction to another committee member, who does not tag the donation with what the promise was..and thus the ARTist with hopes that the promise will be fulfilled, is disappointed and their hope hopes are crushed. Which is why I suggest you get a new creative, who still believes. Sorry, but it's true. I went from saying YES, to all charities, to asking in writing that the charity does what they promise. If not, I will never deal with that charity again.
Thus far in the digital world it is Instagram, and Facebook,.both FREE !! But the best is still word of mouth, and charity events. As an ARTist, it is an impulse buy,..and if the ART can't be seen, by the people who may buy it, it stays either in a gallery, a business, or in my home. ...
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Thus far in the digital world it is Instagram, and Facebook,.both FREE !! But the best is still word of mouth, and charity events. As an ARTist, it is an impulse buy,..and if the ART can't be seen, by the people who may buy it, it stays either in a gallery, a business, or in my home. Unfortunately most of my collectors already have walls filled with ART. The new social media buyers, prefer to google ART sites, and buy from there... Few go out to ART shows,.. so they must be caught by an attractive post, in hopes they buy directly off the social media pages.
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I go to where the money, and people with influence go. Certain Charity events. I used to just donate to be seen, now I place the paintings on consignment, be seen, get a great reputation, and make some money.
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I go to where the money, and people with influence go. Certain Charity events. I used to just donate to be seen, now I place the paintings on consignment, be seen, get a great reputation, and make some money.
I have several topics I can speak on. Business, Cartooning, Advertising, event planning, Writing and Publishing a Children's Book, and Finding the Creative Concept. Personal, I can lecture on Cancer, Heart Failure, Charities, Being Optimistic, Finding your YES, Dance, Broadcasting, Personal,...
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I have several topics I can speak on. Business, Cartooning, Advertising, event planning, Writing and Publishing a Children's Book, and Finding the Creative Concept. Personal, I can lecture on Cancer, Heart Failure, Charities, Being Optimistic, Finding your YES, Dance, Broadcasting, Personal, you got to be kidding Stories, my Travels, or my latest accomplishment, Being a Caregiver / Entertainment Director.
I'm an ARTist,.when people walk in to see me, they know they are attending and ART show. And most people want to meet the ARTist, ME. So I greet them, introduce myself, by putting my ART into their conversation, and take them to bar. I answer all their questions, if I can, and I move on to the...
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I'm an ARTist,.when people walk in to see me, they know they are attending and ART show. And most people want to meet the ARTist, ME. So I greet them, introduce myself, by putting my ART into their conversation, and take them to bar. I answer all their questions, if I can, and I move on to the next person who walks into my Show Room.
As a child I was a Stutterer, and answering a question in the classroom meant public humiliation, and I was going to be bullied during recess. Then I signed up to theater class, where I learned how to be someone else, and concentrate on being that other person. It worked. Concentration slowed...
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As a child I was a Stutterer, and answering a question in the classroom meant public humiliation, and I was going to be bullied during recess. Then I signed up to theater class, where I learned how to be someone else, and concentrate on being that other person. It worked. Concentration slowed my thought pattern, and made me emphasize each and every word. In College I was a DJ. After College, I lectured to Colleges on the Creative Thought, and Where to Find it, and during my 16 battle with cancer I was a speaker to groups, schools, and hospitals on the subject. Occasionally I'm asked now to Speak on my Cancer experience, or about the who, what, why, and how of an original Painting that I just Created for a Charity. I conquered my Fear, you can too.
