Whether your art collecting is serious or recreational, maintaining adequate records for the artwork is equally essential as getting sufficient insurance coverage and performing proper maintenance. Adequate records present a potential buyer with something beyond the visual appeal of the piece. Records may provide a background story that the buyer connects to, a detail about the artist that the buyer…
The 57th Venice Biennale is underway! We were lucky enough to be there for the opening weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed spending time strolling through the city and checking out the shows. If you’ve been to Venice before, you will already have an idea of what you want to see, and if you haven’t yet been, it will be all new—lucky…
Irina Gretchanaia: “When I started painting, my biggest inspiration was Georgia O’Keefe. My flowers speak for themselves and this was my main goal: give the voice to fragile creation in nature that only blooms for one day. We as humans destroy many things in nature every day. Maybe if we look closely how beautiful our world is, we will do…
Surekha Sadana:“A distinctively meditative experience is the trademark of my paintings, since I draw inspiration and focus from the highly spiritual way of life in which meditation; yoga and music play an important role.” surekhasadana.com
Born in Berlin, Germany, Martin Schreiber and his family immigrated to the US to escape war-torn Europe. He enjoyed a long and successful art career as a commercial art director and as a passionate creative geometric artist exhibiting in NYC; Miami; Boca Raton; Dallas; Montreal, Canada; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Through subtle changes of color and intensity, his hard-edge band…
Jordan Matter: “My photographs attempt to make the ordinary extraordinary. I take everyday situations and add a twist. My emphasis is on celebrating life, and my images tend to be bright and joyful.” jordanmatter.com
Humberto Benitez: “My figurative work has been built around the idea of drawing attention to moments and movements rather than personification, and I believe this gives the work a more personal quality for the viewer. It allows the viewer to take the reins of how they could interpret the pieces by not having to sift through identities: in this way,…
Expressionist Cuban born painter Leonor Anthony gets the inspiration for this piece from the French novel Le Petit Prince. Focusing on that which lies within and cannot be seen with the eyes and connecting with the pure and innocent is the message of this work. Leonor’s preferred mediums are oil on canvas, charcoal drawings, digital art and mixed media. The…
“Growing up on Lake Superior gave me endless images from which to create my art. This piece is a combination of the far horizon, beautiful skies, the ancient rocks that line the ‘North Shore’ of Lake Superior along with the copper which is is added as the representational element of all the minerals and ores that are mined from the…
Sócrates Márquez: “Textures combined with my paint-splatter technique are distinctive marks of my work. My intention with the texture is to compel the viewer to getting closer and finding a particular area of interest within the vast universe of the entire picture plane. The paint splatter more than a random effect is my conscious decision of capturing movement and energy…
