Naming art - Poseidon's Realm #2

Poseidon's Realm #2 - 2018 by Teresa Navajo

I love how my work can be seen through many eyes and tell a unique story to each person who gazes. That's really my sweet spot I think... that's what feeds me.

I shared this painting on my facebook page recently in a post that said "currently untitled - what do you see" and the response was amazing. I loved each one so much I wanted to share them here:

This piece ended up being called Poseidon's Realm (#2) and is currently available in my shop. It's a mini, only ranking in at 8"x8" - but wow, look at how mighty that tiny thing is! So many people saw so many different, powerful things in that little square.

Creating a "pin-it" button for your blog

Aside from my own website and newsletter, Pinterest is my favorite form of social media. I love browsing it for inspiration, looking up healthy food ideas/recipes and also tend to gravitate to pinterest before any clothing shopping. I realize that Pinterest is technically a search engine and not really "social" media but still - it's my favorite and it is the platform that drives more traffic to my website than all of my other social accounts combined.

After all of the pretty curated boards, the next best thing about Pinterest is that it doesn't take much effort to pump up your feeds and get people to see your stuff. As an artist, I post my artwork, share blog posts (yep, this one!) and create relevant boards that make sense for me. The beauty in this - people search and find you based on what you are already doing and enjoying... Im sure there is an algorithm but it's NOTHING like instagram's crazy roller coaster! I maybe spend about 1 to 2 hours a WEEK on my Pinterst feed and I consistently hit 24-26K in views.

Now, if you know me... I am always trying to make things ultra efficient. So this really simple add on that Pinterest offers makes the easiest and more fruitful social media even easier. It's a "PIN IT" button. You dont have to be tech-savvy to make one either.
Creating a PIN IT button, here's how I did it in less than 2 minutes:

Visit the Pinterest Widget Builder
Select your preferences on how you want your button to look using very simply to use drop downs.
Copy and Paste the code that Pinterest writes for you - it will be located under the example of your Pin It button and clearly says - paste this code!

Once you have the code copied, head over to your website's editor and locate the HEADER of your site. It's usually very clearly marked and often you have to find it by clicking on something like "SEO" or "SETTINGS"

Once you find it - simply paste that code, hit save, then refresh your website in your web browser and hover your mouse over an image already embedded on your blog or website gallery. You should now see a Pin-It button that will allow you AND your visitors to easily post your content to Pinterest.

Best Foot Forward - Fringe Art Show at 7venth Sun Brewery in Seminole Heights

JP DiCarlo, Teresa Navajo + Mark Williams 

A few of the crew from Fringe Art Show helped me install a new show at 7venth Sun Brewery in Seminole Heights called Best Foot Forward... it's probably not a coincidence that this show's initials are BFF - all of the Fringys are seriously like family.

I am so excited to celebrate this show on Friday, July 13th.
Join us at 7venth Sun for a beer and some hang out feels. We will be there starting at 7pm.
The show will hang into August, so if you can't make it - pop in when you can and snap a selfie in front of our art show.

SHOW DETAILS:
7venth Sun Brewery
6809 N Nebraska Ave,
Tampa, FL 33604
7pm - 10pm (opening reception)
On view: Teri Navajo, Mark Williams, JP DiCarlo, Kara Voorhees Reynolds, Hoolie Rowe, Curtis Whitwam, Mria's Mezzanine, Macy Higgins and Mark Stevens.

Take me to The Castle - 2018 by Teresa Navajo