Riky
"Riky", 14x11, Oil. Recently purchased by my new collector, Joe from
Cincinnati.
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Collecting Advice from an Old Source
There are many artists at work right now. How does a budding collector
sift through all the choices as their awareness of the larger art
community grows? I think this quote is very helpful:
The person who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the
desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. She needs no one
to give her an art education; she is already qualified. She needs but
to see pictures with her active mind, look into them for the things
that belong to her, and she will find soon enough in herself an art
connoisseur and an art lover of the first order.
-The Art Spirit, Robert Henri, 1923
Why share this with you? As you begin to see my new portrait/figure
paintings being posted, you might wonder, "why would I buy paintings
with subjects I don't know?" This is a good question to ask, clearly!
How could a portrait of a person you've never seen ever mean anything
to you?
Truly, this painter can't answer that question for you.
Out of the blue, a man named Joe messaged me on Facebook to purchase
"Riky" (above). I didn't ask him why, but I suspect that he looked into
the painting with an "active mind" and found things that "belonged to
him": a shared humanity, a memory, a connection to antiquity.
Whatever the reason, I'm glad Joe followed his heart. It teaches us so
much about the purpose of collecting. Thank you Joe!
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