Online Art Galleries Transform the Hi-End Oil Paintings Industry
By: Amitai Sasson
Over the years, online businesses have grown to unbelievable heights. So much in fact that many brick and mortar street stores and vendors are becoming obsolete.
In 2001 the Wall Street Journal reported many mom and pop stores in the optometry market were losing out big to web-based suppliers able to provide similar eyewear at half the cost to consumers, same with the travel industry, where local travel agents gave way to online behemoths such as Expedia and Travelocity. Seven years later, that trend has carried over to other markets such as the wall art industry.
OverstockArt.com, one of the web's leading producers of reproduction oil paintings, has reported many of its buyers come from brick and mortar art galleries around the West coast. continue reading
By: Amitai Sasson
Over the years, online businesses have grown to unbelievable heights. So much in fact that many brick and mortar street stores and vendors are becoming obsolete.
In 2001 the Wall Street Journal reported many mom and pop stores in the optometry market were losing out big to web-based suppliers able to provide similar eyewear at half the cost to consumers, same with the travel industry, where local travel agents gave way to online behemoths such as Expedia and Travelocity. Seven years later, that trend has carried over to other markets such as the wall art industry.
OverstockArt.com, one of the web's leading producers of reproduction oil paintings, has reported many of its buyers come from brick and mortar art galleries around the West coast. continue reading
South African Art – A Unique Tradition
By: kath
South Africa has been home to some of the most beautiful art forms in the world. From the rock art era of the ancient civilizations to the Bushman or San art forms or contemporary art styles of today, all have played their roles to help make the art and culture of South Africa one of the most unique one in the world.
Presently, the vibrant and talented contemporary artists are carrying forward this tradition of million years by producing some of the most unique and stunning African paintings.
History of South African art
To actually know about the colorful and interesting art of this land, you need to go hundred and thousand of years back in time. continue reading
By: kath
South Africa has been home to some of the most beautiful art forms in the world. From the rock art era of the ancient civilizations to the Bushman or San art forms or contemporary art styles of today, all have played their roles to help make the art and culture of South Africa one of the most unique one in the world.
Presently, the vibrant and talented contemporary artists are carrying forward this tradition of million years by producing some of the most unique and stunning African paintings.
History of South African art
To actually know about the colorful and interesting art of this land, you need to go hundred and thousand of years back in time. continue reading
A Deeper Look at Oil Paintings & Colors and their Affect on Our Emotions
By: Arthur Bishop
Colors effect our emotions. In fact, it's been documented that colors can affect our pituitary glands, which in turn can change hormone production and mood alteration. And it's not just in natural settings this phenomenon occurs. continue reading
By: Arthur Bishop
Colors effect our emotions. In fact, it's been documented that colors can affect our pituitary glands, which in turn can change hormone production and mood alteration. And it's not just in natural settings this phenomenon occurs. continue reading
The Evolution of Modern Art
By: Suzanne
Modern art opens up a broad spectrum of innovation and movements that cropped up in the mid-19th century. The Industrial Revolution ushered in a series of changes in the society, thereby forming the platform for a series of movements. These movements have left a huge impact on the art and culture of the contemporary period. continue reading
By: Suzanne
Modern art opens up a broad spectrum of innovation and movements that cropped up in the mid-19th century. The Industrial Revolution ushered in a series of changes in the society, thereby forming the platform for a series of movements. These movements have left a huge impact on the art and culture of the contemporary period. continue reading
Ten Tips for Arranging Oil Paintings
By: Amitai Sasson
Express your creativity, and add sophistication to your wall - mix framed oil paintings in creative ways. Like fine ingredients in a fabulous meal, individual works of art can be combined to produce tantalizing wall decor arrangements.
The following is a list of ten well-established practices for assembling great displays that turn your ordinary wall into something special...
1.Balance - No matter what desired effect you wish your art to convey, successful art displays all have one thing in common: a cohesive balance of order, color and scale.
2.Offset large art with small. Grouping small works of art together with a single large art piece brings to life the arrangement.
3.Pay attention to the spacing between objects. continue reading
By: Amitai Sasson
Express your creativity, and add sophistication to your wall - mix framed oil paintings in creative ways. Like fine ingredients in a fabulous meal, individual works of art can be combined to produce tantalizing wall decor arrangements.
The following is a list of ten well-established practices for assembling great displays that turn your ordinary wall into something special...
1.Balance - No matter what desired effect you wish your art to convey, successful art displays all have one thing in common: a cohesive balance of order, color and scale.
2.Offset large art with small. Grouping small works of art together with a single large art piece brings to life the arrangement.
3.Pay attention to the spacing between objects. continue reading
Top Ten Most Popular Oil Paintings for 2007
By: Amitai Sasson
OverstockArt.com releases its Top 10 list of best selling oil paintings each year to show which works of art are the hippest, most desirable paintings on the market -- a fact many people are interested to know.
A lot of people want to know what's selling best because it gives them an idea of what's trendy, what's hip, what's cool and what their respective peer groups are going to enjoy.
This is especially true in the business world where offices have to keep up with the latest interior decor trends and maintain a sense of modern quality to impress customers and clients... a lot of business owners like to make sure they're up to speed.
By tracking sales statistics, OverstockArt.com is able to compile data allowing them to create the list.
In 2007 OverstockArt.com sold more then 80,000 oil paintings. They are considered by many to be the "Amazon" of hand painted art on the web. continue reading
By: Amitai Sasson
OverstockArt.com releases its Top 10 list of best selling oil paintings each year to show which works of art are the hippest, most desirable paintings on the market -- a fact many people are interested to know.
A lot of people want to know what's selling best because it gives them an idea of what's trendy, what's hip, what's cool and what their respective peer groups are going to enjoy.
This is especially true in the business world where offices have to keep up with the latest interior decor trends and maintain a sense of modern quality to impress customers and clients... a lot of business owners like to make sure they're up to speed.
By tracking sales statistics, OverstockArt.com is able to compile data allowing them to create the list.
In 2007 OverstockArt.com sold more then 80,000 oil paintings. They are considered by many to be the "Amazon" of hand painted art on the web. continue reading
An Inexpensive High-End Wall Decor Solution
By: Amitai Sasson
If you need works of art for your home or office but don't have time (or money) for the gallery scene, consider shopping for art online, where you can get a masterful art reproduction, hand painted just like the original. In addition to expanding the market beyond regular galleries, online art is a great inexpensive solution to decorate your home in style.
These hand painted oil paintings come in all different sizes and the majority are reproductions of very famous works by renowned artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Klimt and many more. Expect to pay anywhere from $90 to $400. continue reading
By: Amitai Sasson
If you need works of art for your home or office but don't have time (or money) for the gallery scene, consider shopping for art online, where you can get a masterful art reproduction, hand painted just like the original. In addition to expanding the market beyond regular galleries, online art is a great inexpensive solution to decorate your home in style.
These hand painted oil paintings come in all different sizes and the majority are reproductions of very famous works by renowned artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Klimt and many more. Expect to pay anywhere from $90 to $400. continue reading
How to Hang Art on your Wall
By: Amitai Sasson
No buts about it... canvas art revitalizes your decor like no other decor essentials can. The art on your wall defines your taste and who you are to the world. continue reading
By: Amitai Sasson
No buts about it... canvas art revitalizes your decor like no other decor essentials can. The art on your wall defines your taste and who you are to the world. continue reading
Steps to Framing an Oil Painting
By: Breiana Cecil-Satchwell
Framing an oil painting is not cheep, but it's definitely worth it as sometimes frames are a great compliment to a painting.
But how can you tell a good framer from a mediocre one?
First, if you can get a referral that would be best. If not, and you are walking into a frame shop trying to decide if to invest your precious artwork in the hands of this artesian, observe the neatness of the framed paintings hanging on the walls. Is that something that you would fancy? Does it look like it was well done? Particularly, observe how carefully the matting has been cut. continue reading
By: Breiana Cecil-Satchwell
Framing an oil painting is not cheep, but it's definitely worth it as sometimes frames are a great compliment to a painting.
But how can you tell a good framer from a mediocre one?
First, if you can get a referral that would be best. If not, and you are walking into a frame shop trying to decide if to invest your precious artwork in the hands of this artesian, observe the neatness of the framed paintings hanging on the walls. Is that something that you would fancy? Does it look like it was well done? Particularly, observe how carefully the matting has been cut. continue reading
Art Auctions: Grotesque Art
By: John Ugoshowa
That there is an overwhelming number of pieces that represent this particular grouping of artwork seems false to believe, but this is happens to be on the rise as we get further into the new millennium, and realize the shedding of our cultures skins time and again. Grotesque artwork pulls us back into the human forms we have been born into, and truly seems to give us a reaffirming sense of who we are. There are many artists, though part of other artistic movements, which have proven to fill the criteria for this grouping of concepts.
Grotesque art from the past ranges from varying degrees of mood and theme, but always seem to draw from those factors that are widely considered by most to be taboo or dark in nature, adhering to some of the most brutal and thought-provoking events in history. continue reading
By: John Ugoshowa
That there is an overwhelming number of pieces that represent this particular grouping of artwork seems false to believe, but this is happens to be on the rise as we get further into the new millennium, and realize the shedding of our cultures skins time and again. Grotesque artwork pulls us back into the human forms we have been born into, and truly seems to give us a reaffirming sense of who we are. There are many artists, though part of other artistic movements, which have proven to fill the criteria for this grouping of concepts.
Grotesque art from the past ranges from varying degrees of mood and theme, but always seem to draw from those factors that are widely considered by most to be taboo or dark in nature, adhering to some of the most brutal and thought-provoking events in history. continue reading
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