Q: It seems like fewer and fewer people are buying or commissioning original oil paintings. How do artistssurvive nowadays? I'm proud ot own an original painting by a local artist and wish I had the money to acquire more.
A: I've got about twenty originals by other artists. Half I've bought over the years when I had the money to do so. The other half I've bartered for, trading some of my own paintings for theirs.
My favorite is by an artist from Texas named Hamilton. It's a mixed media portrait of four women from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds waiting on a bench at a bus station.
(I also hang some of my own work on my walls. Every now and then I take some down, change some around and add others. Rotating the paintings adds a freshness to the environment and lets me be...
I have an original oil painting and would like to know the steps I should take to find a buyer for it. Is it a good idea to have it appraised first and if so how do I find an appraiser?
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Macungie Woman Wins Oil Painting by Artist Bob Boehmer By Jennifer Marangos A Macungie living recently learned that she is the lucky winner of an original oil painting by artist Bob Boehmer, put up for raffle during the Sixth Annual SnowBlast Winter Fete. Fran McDonnell purchased a raffle ticket and more » |
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Original Oil Painting and Cakes to be Auctioned at Annual Rotary Charity Auction
This year's element to look for is an original oil painting donated by Lynne Griffey. It is titled “The Clarksville Hospital.” In 1927, the WB Anderson well-versed in on North Second Street was purchased and remodeled into a hospital. It served the region until the
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Artist heads to the Hills — Beverly Hills that is HOLLYWOOD Confined: Burlington artist Ron Greig and his signed prints of Peaceful Passage (the original oil painting is pictured above) is heading to Beverly Hills to be part of the tension generated by the Oscars. He will be gifting his prints to the |
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artnet Auctions Presents the Modern and Contemporary Indian and South Asian ... Peerless Postmodern paintings in the sale include an early and rare oil painting by Sadequain (Pakistani, 1937-1987), Untitled (Skeleton), estimated from US$35000 to US$50000, and a extraordinary Untitled (Portrait of a Man) by Akbar Padamsee (Indian, and more » |
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At the galleries Dweller pastel painter Burr displays original landscapes inspired by Door County. Work by more than 50 other artists on revelation in oil, watercolor, pastel, prints, pottery, stained glass, wood, jewelry and yard art. 10 am to 5 pm everyday.and more » |