Oh You will love this
11 months ago
I am a muralist/watercolor artist/teacher and my sis is an abstract acrylic painter. Our works are on cottagesweetcottage.com. Go see! We love collectors
How to buy an original piece of art
It made me
Gobsmacked ! 
"It was totally uplanned & Exhilirating !"
How I did it: On a non-rev day trip to San Francisco in 2000, I wanted to show my friend the shop in North Beach where scenes from "So I Married An Ax Murderer" were filmed. It turned out to be an art gallery ~ The North Beach Gallery. This gallery had previously been a butcher shop and was called Meats of the World in the movie. As fate would have it, there was a collection of Jim Leff's work on exhibit. I felt instantly drawn to a particular piece titled Ex-Patriot in Yelapa. The gallery owner took it down from the wall and carrying it into the old "meat locker" where a viewing room had been set up with spotlights and a couch. He carefully re-hung it and said to take as much time as we liked enjoying the piece. I knew I wanted it before it had been placed back on the wall! I charged it, had it packed up & shipped home.
Lessons & tips: I've never made such an extravagant purchase in such a short time. Usually walking away to give myself 24 hours to think about it.(I broke this rule since I was leaving in a couple of hours to fly back to Seattle.) I've never regretted this gift to myself & my husband (turns out he likes it almost as much as me !) I now check myself at the door when entering any art gallery! And try to frequent Museums as much as possible to get my art fix. The price of admission is a bargain ..
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Untitled
20 months ago
Thanks to Edina for commenting on my entry and reminding me of this goal. I just reread the entry I wrote 10 months ago – I haven’t bought this piece yet, but I did indeed get a tax refund recently. My intermediate goal now is to go to the artist’s studio in Janury to see her new series and definitively decide that I want it (and so I’ll buy it) or I don’t, so I can stop thinking about it.
creative presents
23 months ago
We went to the Artists Against Aids show this year and M bought me a couple of pieces for our anniversary. What a thoughtful gift. I’ll take some pictures and post them soon.
My thing #13 - Buy an original piece of art
2 years ago
I have a fantasy about having a whole collection of original pieces in my home, and having a gallery for them. I was at an open studio event last spring when I found an artist I love…her name is Linda Cordner and she works in encaustics…such a warm, tactile, sensual medium. I’d love to have one of her pieces, and have decided many times that I’m going to go ahead and buy one, but in the end I can’t get my head around spending the money. Her works are smallish (12” x 12”) maybe if they were bigger I would feel better about it? I know that’s not the way to think about art, but it is unfortunately the way I’ve come to think about money. I guess the real goal here is “change my preconceived notions about the value of money.” Anyway, I think she is doing a new collection now. I’ll try to go back to her studio at her next event (first thursday of every month) and see what she’s working on. I’d like to buy something during June (maybe w/my tax refund, if I get one). I’ll consider this goal accomplished when i have the work hanging on my wall!
Misty is researching ecovolunteer and international volunteer opportunities.
Black-n-White Oil
2 years ago
I haven’t seen too many black-n-white oil paintings before, but this one of a Parisien city scene stole my heart. It reminds me of the week I spent there in cold February. I just get lost in it. It’s awesome to find an orginal painting that just calls out to you like that.
You've got to love it
3 years ago
Whatever you decide to buy, you have to be able to forget how much you paid for it, and love it as an object rather than an object that’s “worth” something. Find something you’re crazy about.
