Buying art from Self Representing Artists is a sound investment. (ACEO, Small Format Art, and more) When you buy art through a bricks and mortar gallery, you often pay 50-75% more than the artist nets! Why?...
Ever since the African American artists now known as the Highwaymen were introduced to the world from an article in a trade journal thirteen years ago their paintings have become very collectible. Five of the...
The Folk Art Pattern was introduced by the Pfaltzgraff Company in July, 1980 and was designed by David Walsh. He was also the designer of such other popular patterns as America and Tea Rose. Folk Art has...
Collecting art, coins, autographs is fun and rewarding But for art buyers who are sometimes putting substantial amounts of money that are serious about the "value"of what is is they are buying should know and...
Here is a few simple, short, sweet techniques that you may not have heard of for aging your dolls, bowl fillers, prim tags! Need to make a prim tag in a hurry??? Dip your hang tag into walnut ink solution...
WHAT DOES ACEO MEAN?ACEO stands for Art Card Originals and Editions. They are kissin' cousins of ATC's or Art Trading Cards. Both are by definition cards of artwork measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches, the same as a...
African Art -- The World And The Spirits The West African nations like Benin, modern-day Nigeria, Ivory Coast, etc were in contact with Portuguese and other Europeans from the 1500's onward. These wealthy...
Keep your primitives, PRIMITIVE!!! Keep them handmade! Don't be lured in by those imports that claim to be "Handmade" because they are NOT.....they are made by some poor person who doesn't have a clue as to...
I have had so many emails from fellow ebayers asking me about the abbreviated letters "OOAK".........very simple...It stands for "One Of a Kind".....Sure hope this helps you out........We have to abbreviate a...
I love creating primitive arts, crafts and dolls which almost always requires some painting. Through trial and error I have found the best fabric to use is cotton. It is durable and the paint absorbs well....