Image Use Policy
Prices and image use policy:
"I thought we were living in a praise-based economy; what's all this money stuff about? I want in." --Katleen Hudspeth
Limited edition prints
are created only a fixed number of times through various printing
processes including, silkscreen, lithography or digital means and are
either directly made by the artist or a master printer in concert with
the artist. They are made with archival inks and carefully selected
choice archival papers.
They are signed and certified. Sometimes they are hand altered after
printing. They are both expensive in terms of time and cost to produce. All prices in USD.
What can you expect to pay? Prices vary based on printing processes and
edition numbers...the finished works on this site and many others not
shown range from $200 (the smallest sizes and largest editions) to $7000
(very large...usually between 4-8' ... and with very few editions).
I have some open edition prints that are very affordable and range from $45–300.
The Animal Card packs "Shelter Babies and Former Street Kids" are $15 each for a pack of 9 and all proceeds are going to animal rescue.
Until I set up a online store...in progress now, please contact me about anything you like. info@rebekahhiggins.com
For many of us with limited funds; I am working on a book and another site with works that
can be purchased via creative commons copyright that are not limited and will
be highly affordable…but alas, you will have to wait a bit. In the meantime consider a small tip or donation, everything helps.
I know I'm repeating myself, but " ...please consider paying your art bill. I know it's all modern and free thinker like to want art and intellectual property to be available to the public for nothing, but until the day comes when we don't need money WE ALL have rent to pay...If you like my work or what I'm trying to do with it, then make a right now decision to buy it or donate so I can keep doing it, everything helps so please don't wait...and if you see other artists work that you like or if you share it please provide a credit and a link to their site and consider finding a way to tip your artists."
"The Parable of the Hose." The YMCA across the street from me have been hooking their hose up
to my house without asking every summer. As innocuous as that sounds, it runs
up my water bill and even if it didn't, it is simply bloody rude. Just ‘cause it’s out there and
visible doesn’t mean it’s for public use. I'm sure the dude didn't think of it as um...stealing or anything, the spigot was just like there and really convenient
being at the front of my house and
all. Well, one fine day he forgot and left the hose attached to my spigot when I got home...and I finally had PROOF. Funnily enough if he had just asked me, I probably would have let him
or charged a very small amount to offset my costs because I like what they do
in the community and everyone would have had a warm, fuzzy hug...but instead he chose to sneak about and steal from me and I got really pissed, I mean PISSED, like I wanted him FIRED pissed, wanted them to PAY pissed. I made myself pray for days before going over there. When I finally went over I was able kindly asked the manager to please explain to the
employee that, while I didn't want him in any trouble, what he was doing was stealing from me, a very real person
just like him. He wasn't taking the water from the house, but from a person.
I think one can understand the parable here, but just in case…Someone using your work without permission is the same as having someone just hook up their hose to your spigot. it is absolutely not OK with me for anyone to help themselves to my images, it is not simply taking an image from a webpage, but from me...a real person. In the big picture I can't stop anyone from doing it to me or anyone else, but it would be a better and happier situation for everyone to just ask me and then work something out or go to a site where it is explicitly stated that you can use their images, there are many.
As a teacher and artist I despise intellectual theft and plagiarism, for many, many reasons. Somehow I am still just delusional enough to believe that humans are better and more capable than they think they are and they can be decent enough to ask to use someone's images...or faucet. Thank you in advance for being an honorable one. I know that if someone wants steal my stuff they will, but they should know the instant my images are pasted into their files their genitals will burst into flames. Don’t believe me…go ahead try it:)
