Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Socrates once said a man without art in his home, is a man without soul.
Art it is strictly an a emotional purchase, as someone who sells art for a living .You have to know your clients.Buying art is personal .I tell my clients, it is like falling in love for the first time .You know your in love, you know that you want this person,their is no reasonable explanation why. Love at first sight it's unexplainable. But it is real.
Art is very similar ,you see a painting or a sculpture and it moves you ,you gaze at it, stirs an emotion within.You may even fall in love with it .Do you buy it, well most people walk away.There are many reasons why, one is price,another justification. The kids school,car payments the new shoes.I have even heard the excuse" what would I do with it".We get scared just like the guy who fantasizes about his neighbor or co worker but still never asks her for a number or a date.
When buying a great piece of art their are three rules ,you have to love it ,it should be within your means and third most important again "you have to love it". I hear sales consultants ask do you have a place for it .Ok good question but 90% of the time, if they love it and can afford it they will find a place for it .
Justifying selling art: You love it, you can afford it but what is stopping you from putting the piece in your home. First of all you will hear every excuse in the book .First I tell my clients,,art will not get you to work in the morning,it will not cook you your breakfast and it will not jump up and down when you come home.
Art is strictly a piece of beauty that is frozen in time .Art moves you like music ,it touches deep like a past love, an unforgotten memory.When you look at a great piece of art ,you fall in love ,you wonder how the artist read your thoughts. How does the artist know what I am feeling . This is called being connected to the art.
Art is a visual stimulation, one of the strongest senses we have,Why deny yourself this feeling, But people do,they do not allow themselves to feel good .In this day and age you would think we would gravitate to anything healthy to make us feel good ,The smart ones do, they surround themselves with positive and beautiful things that won't break the bank.
I love when I bring a piece of art to a client that has an average car ,average house and some of the most incredible art I have ever seen .Just like Socrates stated your home is a sanctuary.Why not surround yourself with beauty.
Socrates once said a man without art in his home, is a man without soul.
Art it is strictly an a emotional purchase, as someone who sells art for a living .You have to know your clients.Buying art is personal .I tell my clients, it is like falling in love for the first time .You know your in love, you know that you want this person,their is no reasonable explanation why. Love at first sight it's unexplainable. But it is real.
Art is very similar ,you see a painting or a sculpture and it moves you ,you gaze at it, stirs an emotion within.You may even fall in love with it .Do you buy it, well most people walk away.There are many reasons why, one is price,another justification. The kids school,car payments the new shoes.I have even heard the excuse" what would I do with it".We get scared just like the guy who fantasizes about his neighbor or co worker but still never asks her for a number or a date.
When buying a great piece of art their are three rules ,you have to love it ,it should be within your means and third most important again "you have to love it". I hear sales consultants ask do you have a place for it .Ok good question but 90% of the time, if they love it and can afford it they will find a place for it .
Justifying selling art: You love it, you can afford it but what is stopping you from putting the piece in your home. First of all you will hear every excuse in the book .First I tell my clients,,art will not get you to work in the morning,it will not cook you your breakfast and it will not jump up and down when you come home.
Art is strictly a piece of beauty that is frozen in time .Art moves you like music ,it touches deep like a past love, an unforgotten memory.When you look at a great piece of art ,you fall in love ,you wonder how the artist read your thoughts. How does the artist know what I am feeling . This is called being connected to the art.
Art is a visual stimulation, one of the strongest senses we have,Why deny yourself this feeling, But people do,they do not allow themselves to feel good .In this day and age you would think we would gravitate to anything healthy to make us feel good ,The smart ones do, they surround themselves with positive and beautiful things that won't break the bank.
I love when I bring a piece of art to a client that has an average car ,average house and some of the most incredible art I have ever seen .Just like Socrates stated your home is a sanctuary.Why not surround yourself with beauty.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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One of the reasons I decided to open my own gallery "Bellagio International Gallery" was to have the opportunity to work with numerous artist .Where in the past I had worked with one artist that owned numerous galleries. Also to bring in different styles of art to give customers a variety of medium's and techniques to learn and experience all the different forms of art and artists from around the world.
We have such a variety of talent, major superstars and up and coming stars that are taking the art world by storm. We have a brilliant new artist from Quebec City .We also have some phenomenal veterans from, San Francisco, L.A. , New York , Argentina and even Russia
While selling art in Las Vegas I felt a little confined working with one artist. I wanted customers to be able to walk into a gallery and experience all forms of art .Give them a variety of choices to choose from. We all know every one's tastes differ .That's what was so exciting, to pull a variety of artist in one gallery. But keeping in mind not to make the gallery to overwhelming.
Again art does compete with art ,but a nice variety of completely different style's and mediums makes for a nice selection.Which has made for a very successful galley.
I love seeing new and young artist become a success ,the reason why is the art business is very hard to succeed in.So when a new artist starts to take off, it usually means he or she is doing something new and different. Do not be afraid to buy from a gallery with a new artist, if you like their work. It is very difficult to have your work placed in galleries.
So the gallery has a good reason to put up the work,they believe in the artist.
One of the reasons I decided to open my own gallery "Bellagio International Gallery" was to have the opportunity to work with numerous artist .Where in the past I had worked with one artist that owned numerous galleries. Also to bring in different styles of art to give customers a variety of medium's and techniques to learn and experience all the different forms of art and artists from around the world.
We have such a variety of talent, major superstars and up and coming stars that are taking the art world by storm. We have a brilliant new artist from Quebec City .We also have some phenomenal veterans from, San Francisco, L.A. , New York , Argentina and even Russia
While selling art in Las Vegas I felt a little confined working with one artist. I wanted customers to be able to walk into a gallery and experience all forms of art .Give them a variety of choices to choose from. We all know every one's tastes differ .That's what was so exciting, to pull a variety of artist in one gallery. But keeping in mind not to make the gallery to overwhelming.
Again art does compete with art ,but a nice variety of completely different style's and mediums makes for a nice selection.Which has made for a very successful galley.
I love seeing new and young artist become a success ,the reason why is the art business is very hard to succeed in.So when a new artist starts to take off, it usually means he or she is doing something new and different. Do not be afraid to buy from a gallery with a new artist, if you like their work. It is very difficult to have your work placed in galleries.
So the gallery has a good reason to put up the work,they believe in the artist.
www.bellgiointernationalgallery.co
Bellagio International Gallery has experienced an amazing year in Fort Lauderdale Florida ,carrying artist from all over the world .
Start paying close attention to to a few women artists that have been creating some amazing work.
These artists are definitely worth taking a look at . These are artists are Sue Averell, Joelle Blouin, Regina Lyubovanaya, Pamela Suhkum ,Jenny Simon and Laura Shipley .Each one of these artists are clearly defined in the style of art they paint and mediums .
It is not just a men's game in the art world any more .Women artist are making big statements with new and innovative style's
Bellagio International Gallery has experienced an amazing year in Fort Lauderdale Florida ,carrying artist from all over the world .
Start paying close attention to to a few women artists that have been creating some amazing work.
These artists are definitely worth taking a look at . These are artists are Sue Averell, Joelle Blouin, Regina Lyubovanaya, Pamela Suhkum ,Jenny Simon and Laura Shipley .Each one of these artists are clearly defined in the style of art they paint and mediums .
It is not just a men's game in the art world any more .Women artist are making big statements with new and innovative style's
Monday, April 30, 2012
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Steven Rothman "If you can sell art ,you can sell anything".Apr 30, 2012 06:15 PM
featured artist this month
Sue Averell
Painting is more than just a creative discipline; it is my
vocation. Even as a child I looked at the world with the eyes of an
artist, trying to figure out how to capture what I saw on paper. My style has
evolved through the years, but it stands today as a process of escaping the
confines of optical reality.
It is my intent to enable the viewer to feel the energy I put forth in the
creation of my works through the use of expressive paint and color application.
All of my paintings are made by applying thick, juicy layers of paint which is
often wet into wet, allowing the color on top to almost melt into the layer
below.
Rather than painting photographic imagery, I strive to create my own reality
on canvas. I leave ambiguities in the finished painting so that the viewer is
able to participate in the completion of the piece and see something new each
time they visit the image.
Sue was born in Ohio in 1957, but her family soon moved to Southern California where
she spent her childhood. Even as a child, Sue spent much of her time drawing
and knew early in life that she was going to be an artist. Her signature style
intrigues both new and experienced collectors. Averell’s paintings are
displayed and collected world-wide, and are included in collections in London,
Switzerland, France, Germany, Thailand, Singapore and the United States.
Please send this to Sue Averell on our behalf:
The delivery men carried the crate off the truck and left it in our garage since it was too big to fit in our front door.
Ben and Brian are so lucky, as are Jen and I.
Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough.
Sue Averell
Painting is more than just a creative discipline; it is my
vocation. Even as a child I looked at the world with the eyes of an
artist, trying to figure out how to capture what I saw on paper. My style has
evolved through the years, but it stands today as a process of escaping the
confines of optical reality.
It is my intent to enable the viewer to feel the energy I put forth in the
creation of my works through the use of expressive paint and color application.
All of my paintings are made by applying thick, juicy layers of paint which is
often wet into wet, allowing the color on top to almost melt into the layer
below.
Rather than painting photographic imagery, I strive to create my own reality
on canvas. I leave ambiguities in the finished painting so that the viewer is
able to participate in the completion of the piece and see something new each
time they visit the image.
Sue was born in Ohio in 1957, but her family soon moved to Southern California where
she spent her childhood. Even as a child, Sue spent much of her time drawing
and knew early in life that she was going to be an artist. Her signature style
intrigues both new and experienced collectors. Averell’s paintings are
displayed and collected world-wide, and are included in collections in London,
Switzerland, France, Germany, Thailand, Singapore and the United States.
Please send this to Sue Averell on our behalf:
Hi Sue,
We
received Rainbow Chicago today at our home. The crate in which it was
delivered was huge, needless to say we were shocked to see how large the
crate was. I don’t think we realized what we had acquired until we saw
it.
The delivery men carried the crate off the truck and left it in our garage since it was too big to fit in our front door.
We spent about 30 minutes getting it out of the crate and carrying it into our house.
When we bought it from Steve , we had no idea what we really had purchased.
It’s overwhelming Sue. We can’t put the impact into words.
We
were so nervous buying it, it’s a lot of money for us even though we
are collecting, we hadn’t ever collected like this before. So fair to
say, it was a huge decision for us.
Now, we can see it, we just don’t know what to say. I’m speechless, my wife is too, we just sat and stared at it.
Sue, we’re stunned.
Our
boys, Ben and Brian haven’t seen it yet. They are 8 and 5 years old. We
started collecting so we could expose them to art and educate them.
Most importantly we wanted to open their minds, to teach them about
imagination. Imagination means anything is possible, anything. At least
that is what my parents and Jen’s parents taught each of us.
We also wanted a legacy to pass onto them.
They won’t have any idea how fortunate they are to someday inherit this, not until they’re older will they really get it.
When they do get it, they will be so educated, and open to all the possibilities the world has to offer.
Jen and I weren’t really sure if collecting art would do this for our sons, but now to see Rainbow Chicago, how could it not?
Ben and Brian are so lucky, as are Jen and I.
I
will say this, when you are in museums, and I say when because it’s
very clear to me that will happen for you, please call us or Steve.. This piece, it belongs in a museum, not our house, doesn’t it?
I can imagine as I sit here staring at it, someday it will be part of
an exhibit at the Getty, or maybe the National Museum in DC, something
like that. This piece will be in the exhibit, it will have to be.
It’s
way, way beyond our home, and our family, it’s something the entire
world has to see. I realize that may sound contrite, but it’s true.
I
was thinking about the first time I saw Picasso in DC, I walked through
the Museum and came across his blue period pieces. I didn’t know he
painted those. I certainly didn’t know what to say then, It was
overwhelming. I have the same, exact feeling now when I look at Rainbow
Chicago. I didn’t want to leave the Museum, and I don’t want to stop
looking at this piece either.
Thank
you, for the labor, passion and intensity with which you painted this. I
understand you labored over it for almost a year.
It shows Sue, it shows. It’s the most amazing painting we have ever seen.
Simply put, I’m stunned, my wife is too.
Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough.
I
wish my dad could be here to see it, I know Jen wishes her dad could
too. Who knows, maybe they’re looking at it now and are stunned like we
are.
Paul D
On Behalf of Jenifer and Paul D
Ben and Brian too.Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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