Over the past couple of years I've looked at and played with a lot of computer programs for keeping track of artwork. Here are past blog posts on the subject: Art Inventory Systems, here's what I've tried and then this Update on Art Inventory Systems Alyson Stanfield has also written about this riveting subject on her great blog here . I come to these systems with built-in bias. I prefer a FileMaker based system to an Access based system because I think it's a more powerful and smoother software to use. I'd worked for a nonprofit that used Filemaker and it's what I know. I also prefer a system without goofy graphics. I'm an artist. I care how things look. If I open up software every couple of days I would like it to be clean and simple and not ugly. But computers evolve and the next direction is to the cloud. That is a system where software doesn't live on your computer but you access it via the internet. I operate on 3 devices: my iMac in my ...
'West'. 2019, Oil on Linen, 36" x 48" Today is the last day of the Seattle Art Fair ! This painting, West, is on display at Smith and Vallee Gallery's booth D-59. The entire show is fantastic and I'm delighted to show my work with such remarkable artists. You can see more of my work at my website, www.lisamcshane.com, or on my inventory site .
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