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ASK THE ARTSPERTS THE PRICE OF FINE ART www.harmonmeek.com
by Juliana Meek and Kristine Meek
Dear Artspert:
I’ve been afraid to go into a gallery like yours because I don’t
think I could afford anything in it and I’m not sure if I can just
come inside and look around. Do you have anything affordable?
Signed,
Sticker Shock
Dear Shock, “HERSHEY BAR” BY DON NICE, WATERCOLOR 11”X 14” 2014
Of course you can come look around the gallery! Going to
galleries is a great – and free – way to develop your eye and to
shape your taste for art. Often we have works in our solo or ON DISPLAY DECEMBER 8-26
group exhibitions that have either been exhibited or will be
exhibited at a museum. Seeing the work in the gallery can be a
more intimate (less crowded) experience. For example many of
the works in our upcoming one-woman exhibition for Gabriella
Gonzalez Dellosso will be on exhibition at the Butler Museum
of American Art in 2016.
Whether a work of art is affordable is relative. Some people,
like ourselves, feel we have to have fine art in our lives and budget
for it like we do a vacation, new car, or expensive dinners out. We
both have enjoyed the work of several artists for many years and
while we might not be able to afford a large work by a particular
artist, we have enjoyed collecting smaller works. Small works (20
inches and smaller) are fun to collect as you can always find room
for them.
We also have watercolors, pastels, lithographs, and drawings in
our personal collections. Often works on paper are less expensive
than an oil or acrylic on canvas. Price is still determined by the
artist’s reputation – we have a watercolor on resale by Andrew
Wyeth in the gallery that is quite a bit more than the oils by
some of the other gallery artists. But for a given artist, generally
speaking, works on paper are less expensive. And typically the
price is based on size so a smaller work is less than a larger work
by the same artist, in the same medium.
Works by lesser known artists will also be less expensive, as the
artist’s reputation and demand for the artist’s work is what really “WINTER STREET” BY ELLIE BARNET, OIL ON CANVAS 10”X 8” 2014
sets the price. But collecting an artist that has been acquired for
the permanent collection of a museum (not only exhibited at a
museum) helps to ensure the artist will be remembered and their
reputation perpetuated – which helps to retain or increase the
value of the artist’s work. ON DISPLAY DECEMBER 8-26
Sincerely,
The Artsperts
88 Life in Naples | December 2014
ASK THE ARTSPERTS THE PRICE OF FINE ART www.harmonmeek.com
by Juliana Meek and Kristine Meek
Dear Artspert:
I’ve been afraid to go into a gallery like yours because I don’t
think I could afford anything in it and I’m not sure if I can just
come inside and look around. Do you have anything affordable?
Signed,
Sticker Shock
Dear Shock, “HERSHEY BAR” BY DON NICE, WATERCOLOR 11”X 14” 2014
Of course you can come look around the gallery! Going to
galleries is a great – and free – way to develop your eye and to
shape your taste for art. Often we have works in our solo or ON DISPLAY DECEMBER 8-26
group exhibitions that have either been exhibited or will be
exhibited at a museum. Seeing the work in the gallery can be a
more intimate (less crowded) experience. For example many of
the works in our upcoming one-woman exhibition for Gabriella
Gonzalez Dellosso will be on exhibition at the Butler Museum
of American Art in 2016.
Whether a work of art is affordable is relative. Some people,
like ourselves, feel we have to have fine art in our lives and budget
for it like we do a vacation, new car, or expensive dinners out. We
both have enjoyed the work of several artists for many years and
while we might not be able to afford a large work by a particular
artist, we have enjoyed collecting smaller works. Small works (20
inches and smaller) are fun to collect as you can always find room
for them.
We also have watercolors, pastels, lithographs, and drawings in
our personal collections. Often works on paper are less expensive
than an oil or acrylic on canvas. Price is still determined by the
artist’s reputation – we have a watercolor on resale by Andrew
Wyeth in the gallery that is quite a bit more than the oils by
some of the other gallery artists. But for a given artist, generally
speaking, works on paper are less expensive. And typically the
price is based on size so a smaller work is less than a larger work
by the same artist, in the same medium.
Works by lesser known artists will also be less expensive, as the
artist’s reputation and demand for the artist’s work is what really “WINTER STREET” BY ELLIE BARNET, OIL ON CANVAS 10”X 8” 2014
sets the price. But collecting an artist that has been acquired for
the permanent collection of a museum (not only exhibited at a
museum) helps to ensure the artist will be remembered and their
reputation perpetuated – which helps to retain or increase the
value of the artist’s work. ON DISPLAY DECEMBER 8-26
Sincerely,
The Artsperts
88 Life in Naples | December 2014
