Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
If you are looking to buy art, what are you looking for (style/medium) ? What price range are you comfortable to spend on a painted picture?
-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
What do you look for in art?
- Thread starter Spirit of Light
- Start date
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
I am a cheap skate. I like Impressionism as a genre, but most of the art I like is beach, boat or coastal related. I like the lighter media, like watercolor or acrylic.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I like watercolor and acrylic too, but prefere oil painting
but if I can make it as an artist i will also create art in watercolor and acrylic too.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I'm so cheap I frame my own! I prefer non-representational generally. I also like the Far Eastern "aesthetic."
Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
Professional framing is sooo expensive.
Orbit
I'm a planet
I buy art from artists and galleries, ranging from $200 to $1,200 so far. I look for innovative use of color, especially bright colors.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
What kind of style would you say you like best? Styles like Impressionism, or other?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Round about £100-£200 depending on size of course...
I've only bought art twice. In both cases, it was religious art. The more expensive was $20.
I couldn't afford any of what i'd like,love surrealist paintings like Dali Manray or Piccasso,there are too many to list in that genre,i like Raphael.Titian.De Vinci and just about any classic painting but my favourite which even if you had all the money in the world you could not buy,the lascaux cave paintings,15 to 17000 bce and imo amazing.
The original art we have in the house is of places that mean a lot to us.
The kids commissioned my favourite spot to sit and think. Painted in oil. One of the nicest presents i have ever received, I've not asked how much they paid but i guess it wasn't cheap.
Another small oil of one of the forest trails that we walk that cost €120
We have some watercolours, one a village scene, the other a landscape looking over a wooded valley, and a goat, looking through a 2nd story window of a stone farmhouse, quirky, i fell in love with it.
€160, €130 and €80 respectively
An ink drawing of our house was another present from a local artist soon after we moved here, his work usually sells between €60 and €100
We also have a a print of one of my own works, value, we charged £125,000 for the whole project, the print cost ink and paper and a lot of pleading with the customer to allow us to produce the print.
exchemist
Veteran Member
I've always liked these wire sculptures by Luciano Bonomi:
This one is "Ulysses' Return" and is in my living room. I've got about a dozen of them, bought over the years by my late wife. They have a certain wit and warmth, like good-natured cartoons in metal. Always a pleasure to look at, and nice to talk about to visitors. (Penelope looks almost as shocked as her suitors, to see Ulysses back again!)
This one is "Ulysses' Return" and is in my living room. I've got about a dozen of them, bought over the years by my late wife. They have a certain wit and warmth, like good-natured cartoons in metal. Always a pleasure to look at, and nice to talk about to visitors. (Penelope looks almost as shocked as her suitors, to see Ulysses back again!)
Orbit
I'm a planet
I like "outsider art", which is another word for folk art. I have 3 impressionistic paintings and 4 folk art-style paintings.
I've bought paintings from a couple of people. One artist did our animals and one did my wife and our dog at the time. In these cases the subject was the most important thing with a suitable background. I was uninterested in abstract expressionism but wanted something representational although the background did not need to be totally representational.
I can't speak to price because I've not thought about it.
Recently I've been impressed with the work of Jane Adams. If you look at this page her ability to give life to the eyes is what really draws me to her work. One example:
I can't speak to price because I've not thought about it.
Recently I've been impressed with the work of Jane Adams. If you look at this page her ability to give life to the eyes is what really draws me to her work. One example:
My tastes are varied and cost budget dependent but you might get a good idea of print prices from places like Deviantart and canvas originals from places like Etsy.
The last art I bought was a sci-fi poster print from a series I like.
The print was $30.
The last art I bought was a sci-fi poster print from a series I like.
The print was $30.
I like art that moves me, or challenges me, or alters my perspective. I have no particular preference for painting, sculpture or medium.
But the arts include much more than the visual arts, and I love art that lives -- music and theatre, mostly, which are new every time, and everywhere they are performed.
Thus, I don't surround myself with expensive "great works of art," because they don't live. I can go back to the gallery to see them when I wish. Thus, in my home, we change what's on our walls regularly, but all of it just prints and the like, not expensive originals. Even the greatest artworks (Picasso's Guernica, or Leonardo's Pieta) can become mere background if you're looking at them, all day, every day.
But the arts include much more than the visual arts, and I love art that lives -- music and theatre, mostly, which are new every time, and everywhere they are performed.
Thus, I don't surround myself with expensive "great works of art," because they don't live. I can go back to the gallery to see them when I wish. Thus, in my home, we change what's on our walls regularly, but all of it just prints and the like, not expensive originals. Even the greatest artworks (Picasso's Guernica, or Leonardo's Pieta) can become mere background if you're looking at them, all day, every day.
MyM
Well-Known Member
I am very fortunate that my daughter is an artist God bless her
I don't really know anything about art, but if I want a pic of some sort, I just go and see what appeals to my eye. If it isn't too expensive I might get it, but tbh, I hate paying for pictures when I need so many other important things lol like food! lol
My answer probably won't be encouraging, since although we love art, but we don't spend much on paintings. Our walls are covered with them, but they are mostly done by my wife or local Mexican artists. Victor Alcazar, who is a friend, does work like you see below. We encouraged him to raise his prices, since he was only charging about $20-30 USD for paintings like the one below when we met him.
Most of our art is ceramic statues (Sergio Bustamante, like the ark below), custom stained glass windows and hanging art, carved African dark wood, and assorted handcrafted art such as a large Huichol lizard and hand thrown Mexican and southwestern pottery. Also, a dozen assorted crosses made by local artisans made of pewter, ceramic and wood like below.
Most of our art is ceramic statues (Sergio Bustamante, like the ark below), custom stained glass windows and hanging art, carved African dark wood, and assorted handcrafted art such as a large Huichol lizard and hand thrown Mexican and southwestern pottery. Also, a dozen assorted crosses made by local artisans made of pewter, ceramic and wood like below.