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mimico_polak

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Yes art.

Where do you get the art that you put up in your house? I had a few drinks at a buddy's on the weekend and was amazed to the type of art he has. It's primarily all original, from original artist that he happened to find here and there throughout his life and wanted to support them.

Another colleague was there also and he said the same thing. 'I don't want anything that someone else has, even if it's a tiny 12" x 12" painting that's original...it's coming to me'.

I talked to my wife and she's open to the idea instead of buying the prints that thousands of others have in their house. I never actually considered it until recently but our walls are empty outside of a few photos. And a hand painting from Cuba / Mexico when we went there and bought on the beach.
 
I have some crap art (think hotel/homesense) that looks ok and fills some spaces. Some of them are nice, some of them, I have no love for. Some were presents (art as a present is a tough deal). I love the people that gave them to me but meh to most of the art. It's still up but is moving to the basement as I get stuff I like better. I still see it but not daily. I have a few originals. I like them better. I don't have the disposable income to play in most art markets. If I love something and it is a few hundred bucks, I may get it. If it's thousands, I won't.

I got this last week. Artist is beyond lovely. Huge poster of this bowl is downtown creemore if anyone is riding through. While it's bowl shaped, it can never be used for food and can never be cleaned. It is purely art made with passion and love. I'm mentally working through a cool way to display it.

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I hate the mass produced hotel type hart. I am super picky on art (while not all that knowledgeable) which makes it difficult and keeps my walls all empty of art. I don't need original, but finding art that I truly love and want on my wall I find difficult. I am also in a unique position as I have access to high end wide format in my house as when we merged our family print business with another I kept a high end 44" wide printer with 6 or so rolls of media for printing. So I can print high quality art on silk paper stock or if I really wanted to go fancy I could get a roll of canvas and print direct onto that. A piece I love that I will eventually print and frame is by Winslow Homer an American artist. I believe it is Harvard that has the originals and when I emailed them they sent me a high res file for printing.
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wonderings said:
I hate the mass produced hotel type hart. I am super picky on art (while not all that knowledgeable) which makes it difficult and keeps my walls all empty of art. I don't need original, but finding art that I truly love and want on my wall I find difficult. I am also in a unique position as I have access to high end wide format in my house as when we merged our family print business with another I kept a high end 44" wide printer with 6 or so rolls of media for printing. So I can print high quality art on silk paper stock or if I really wanted to go fancy I could get a roll of canvas and print direct onto that. A piece I love that I will eventually print and frame is by Winslow Homer an American artist. I believe it is Harvard that has the originals and when I emailed them they sent me a high res file for printing.
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In my case, the originals I like have physical depth. That's much harder to reproduce and adds a lot to the art imo. My dad has some he picked up in Vietnam/Cambodia/Malaysia that have a glow to them that I've never seen in a print either. Right medium for the right image/feeling. I like your canoe pic and it looks like it will work well as a print as watercolour didn't have physical depth and the cooler colours print better than a warmer glow imo.

On an unrelated note, I did a job in a residence that was like a gallery. So many beautiful pieces it was crazy. Also so many wangs. Some art was literally just a painted dick. Those were definitely not my style.
 
GreyGhost said:
In my case, the originals I like have physical depth. That's much harder to reproduce and adds a lot to the art imo. My dad has some he picked up in Vietnam/Cambodia/Malaysia that have a glow to them that I've never seen in a print either. Right medium for the right image/feeling. I like your canoe pic and it looks like it will work well as a print as watercolour didn't have physical depth and the cooler colours print better than a warmer glow imo.

On an unrelated note, I did a job in a residence that was like a gallery. So many beautiful pieces it was crazy. Also so many wangs. Some art was literally just a painted dick. Those were definitely not my style.
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The flatbed printer we have at work can print paintings that look like they were the original... if you have the scanned that can scan the original artwork for its depth. I am fine with flat prints, though the look of ink on canvas is fantastic and has me playing with switching over to just print canvas. It costs a bit in ink as I have to flush my blank ink line to switch over to ink made for uncoated stock like canvas. The quality is amazing though. I like knowing something about the artists and that there is more to the art itself. I am speaking of paintings in general, when it comes to sculptures and other pieces like that I don't really have an optioning or even a desire for that at the moment in my house.

A documentary on art I like by Sir Roger Scruton:
 
Really nice collection to choose from. And a nice ride.

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I have the 2nd or 3rd largest non-museum collection of Gary Brunt (Uncle Gary) paintings. local guy, real abstract stuff Log into Facebook

I met him in the '70s, when he was a raging alcoholic, sorry... that's when I think he did his best work, most of what I have predates most of the published stuff. My wife commissioned a couple of pieces
Gary painted a mural on a wall of a house and when we moved a buddy took the wall with him. I've moved that wall 3 times
 
We have a house full of "group of seven" prints , we like them , but they are 1 of several thousand. we do buy art when we travel , local artist stuff to remind us of where we were , its decorative and fun but zero value really .
There is a 100lb bronze bear in my front hall , one of 25 from a casting , and one orignial 20x36 acrylic painting of my old race boat . Again none of this has real value beyond what we like about it.
I'm thinking about getting a portrait of the dog painted for my wife as a Christmas gift.
 
mimico_polak said:
The one my buddy had was from: Jeff Dillon Fine Art - Jeff Dillon

Beautiful work.

I'm seeing some of the links posted and yowza....3k is def out of the price range. But good to see people supporting local art.
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If you like the art, $165 for prints is surprisingly cheap and you are supporting the artist. Tbh, when selling, with only a few exceptions, it doesn't matter whether it was original or a print, you aren't getting much. You may get slightly more for the original but as a percentage it is abysmal. For most artists you would be lucky to get into double digits percentage wise on an original. You buy it because you love it and it makes you happy. For the art you or I consider buying it is a terrible investment.
 
There's nothing inherently wrong with prints, especially if they're from the artist directly. We have a number of signed and numbered prints that we love and we never could have afforded the originals. (Especially the print of a Raphael that's my wife's favourite painting in the world, though it's sadly not signed or numbered...)

To us, the art we love is a combination of things we find aesthetically pleasing and things that remind us of a place or moment. An example would be I have concert poster prints by a group called Malleus that I both love the look of and reminds me of shows I've seen of bands I love.

We also have printed photographs of some spots in BC that are meaningful to both of us that we bought in Harrison, I have some Tintin prints from the Hergé foundation that I dearly love (and that my wife is mostly confused by), some antique art we've picked up over the years, some photography by my late uncle who was semi-professional, an original painting of a TT racer by an artist who lives on the Isle of Man, lots of home printed photos of family, some original portrait paintings of the dogs we had about 10 years ago, some antique stained glass hung on the wall, some prints from a Hamilton artist of the city, historical maps of Rome and Europe, some antique blueprints of classical architecture, and various other bits and pieces we've collected over the years. Oh, and some Ikea prints of a fake Italian bar and gelateria menu.

To me, it tells the story of your life back to you in some way. My parents house is full of art, much of it from friends and family, and it speaks of them in a way. It's often quirky with a sense of humour, and very different from ours, which tends to be more formal.
 
two suggestions:

1. blow up pictures that you guys take either on vacations, family outings, family gatherings etc.
2. contact your local community fine arts society or check out their website and see if any local artists catch your eye...we have one in Milton and lot of their stuff is on display in the Milton Fine Arts Centre...
 
Try roaming around the eclectic shops downtown.
 
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