Ok... might sell... but CH might not be your best resource. I know there are a lot of Canadian members, but not sure how many landscape painters there are.

So all the landscape painters, speak up and prove me wrong :)

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Also, why just paintings? Personal preference? Photography might give you more resources to leverage. (artists)

I love the picture. Would this be a coffee table book?

Like the idea,
Can be done for any country actually.
Will you find the right persons here?
I have my doubts.
Anyways if thereis one country with nice landscapes...
Success,
Tommy

cool...whats the business model?

@saigon To sell a book, apparently. :)

lol cRitter :)

Yes, the model seems clear: Create a book, sell that book to as many people as possible. Then create more books and sell them.

how do you get the paintings together? or are you selling photos of paintings?

Yeah Critter as a book but i dont think a coffee table book could sell million copies?

There are easily enough landscape painters in Canada. As I see it, the pros: A great way to get images as well as some interesting stories if the artists are required to paint their local areas and provide some history of the subjects. Some reference documentation would be provided by the artist to verify accuracy of the historical details. Cons: The market is limited to Canada and trying to find a Canadian publisher who is willing to pay and distribute is next to impossible. If the book was designed to be used in schools, it has a much better chance of getting published and distributed. The payout: profit on a book to the authors might be 10% of the selling price and when you split that 700 ways, well, you get it. Forget self publishing for an item like this, the distribution to retail outlets is totally dependent on the authors.

something driven by passion?

A great idea. There are many photo table top books already. One with paintings may be more unique.

This is good idea.

So, it is a photo site?

Have you done investigation into the name "Group of Seven-Hundred"? You might check with the McMichael collection in Woodbridge, Ontario. A name that close to the "Group of Seven" may raise a few hackles.

it's called lulu... other than working out the colloboration, why should this be here?

GroupofSevenHundred, I'd suggest using a social networking site which provides more multimedia capabilities than Cambrian House, or at least making sure your search includes other such sites.

I'm sure you want to quickly review the paintings from others. So set up either a FaceBook group, or a photo set on Flickr. People who want to contribute upload their content to that set/group.

This really is an idea which can be accomplished using existing infrastructure. Are you familiar with Flickr?

This is a great idea with an actual product to sell.