What happened to conceptart.org?

[JosephCow]

Site has been down for several months at least now. In the past it would have some database issues and could be down for several weeks at a time but would always come back. Now its looking like the site is finally no more. What happened? I searched google and couldn't find any official statements.

If this is, maybe its for the best. The site was a mere shadow of what it once was many years ago.

I've been wondering the same thing. I wish there would be some statement about it somewhere. 
From what I can gather, the owner of the site was paying the bills on it, but not really maintaining it, or active in it. For a while it got shut down one or two days a week, and then I guess he just decided not to pay for it anymore at all. I agree though, it wasn't really worth keeping up anymore, however it was nice to be able to read old threads and things. It's a shame that's completely gone.