About this project
If this project succeeds, I will distribute the fine art thank-you prints and release this painting to the public domain. I'm happy to read your emailed questions and comments! Please join the conversation on http://www.facebook.com/908illustrate
Thanks to everyone who funded my last kickstarter project http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidliao/christmas-watercolor-for-sale. If you were a backer from my previous package, you get a 10% refund coupon for any prints you purchase from this project!.
Update 2009 November 19: Order one reward, and get a 13x19" print (11x14.4" image) of Cleveland Tower from an autographed edition limited to 700 by adding $24 to your reward price. For example, if you order a $42 Jersey shore pastel, pledge $42 + $24 = $66 to get Cleveland Tower too!
The low prices for prints here include shipping and taxes. Collectors paid 24% more for prints after my last kickstarter project than collectors who paid during the kickstarter project itself. Don't miss your chance to get your print at this low price.
The original painting is an oil pastel of a saturated dusk fading into evening along the Jersey Shore. Highlands, NJ near Sandy Hook. Sakura cray-pas on 12x18" Borden and Riley #410 textured paper. (C) 2009 David Liao.
Image preview: http://art.davidliao.com/index.php...
You can keep reading if you'd like to see the contract-looking version of the project.
THE AGREEMENT
If this Kickstarter page secures its pledge goal before time expires, then the Proposed Artwork belongs to the Public Domain, and the "Backer Rewards" will be distributed.
This means that I promise to do the following after the scheduled project expiration if the project is successful
+ Post the proposed artwork in full resolution on my website art.davidliao.com and post an update here on Kickstarter to indicate the URL within 5 business days
+ Wait up to 5 business days for each backer to provide one mailing address in the 48 contiguous United States for physical rewards
+ and then for each of those addresses, submit physical "Backer Rewards" to the United States Postal Service, commercial courier, or the backer address in person within 10 business days of the scheduled project expiration.
Proposed Artwork
A larger preview is available at my art website (see URL above). The full image I can release would be a PNG with at least 300PPI resolution at 12x18".
Refunds
No refunds issued beyond 30 days after scheduled project expiration. By backing this project, you agree that in no case shall any refund to you exceed the amount of money actually drawn from you through Amazon Web Payments into my account.
Jurisdiction
This agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of New Jersey, except to the minimum extent necessitated by the fact that this Content is hosted on Kickstarter.com with its own agreements interpreted under the laws of the State of New York.
Version
This version of the description was posted 2009 November 12.
FAQ
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on November 19, 2009.
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7.3x11" giclee image on 9x13" fine art paper with Epson pigment ink. I will sign no more than 10 of these 7.3x11"-format prints in my lifetime.
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Christmas cat watercolor (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidliao/christmas-watercolor-for-sale) giclee. Sold 8 of 10 limited autograph editions: I will only sign 2 more of these giclees in my life. Image and border with autograph fit within 8.5x11" paper area.
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Cleveland Tower watercolor giclee 11x14.4", autographed edition limited to 700. Preview: (http://art.davidliao.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=62).
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11.3x17" giclee image on 13x19" fine art paper with Epson pigment ink. I will sign no more than 5 of these 11x17"-format prints in my lifetime.
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Original painting: Sakura Cray-Pas on 12x18" Borden and Riley #410 paper. A thin vignette exposes background paper.
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My time as a young researcher in physics inspires many of my pieces. I create impressions of nature, illustrate scientific concepts, and paint buildings of scholarship. My art reveals learning processes: nature paints perceptions, we frame its art in conceptual boxes, and we gather ourselves in the boxes of the academy.
My published scientific illustrations include a figure in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. I was commissioned for a watercolor Princeton University printed on Christmas cards sent to 2500 graduate alumni. The English Wikipedia’s front page has featured my watercolor of Cleveland Tower as “Picture of the Day."
Born in Red Bank, NJ and raised in California, I paint scenery from both States and from frequent travel. I received a B.S. in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA and an M.A. in Physics from Princeton University.