Subscribe in a reader       Subscribe to Newsletter The Gallery Exhibits Resume Brochure About the Artist Bibliography Paint America 2008 208 Talbot - St. Michaels MD Hyatt Regency Resort - Cambridge MD Adam Whitney Exhibit Westboro Fine Arts, Topeka, KS St. George Art Museum, St. George, UT Charles Russell Auction Who's Who In American Art Arts for the Parks Gerlinde de Beer (auth) Ketterer Auction - Hamburg Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon Governor's Award Capturing Life and Movement Sea & Surf en Plein Air Artists of America Exhibit Catalog Dictionary of Sea Painters Federal Reserve Bank Home Page Over The Shoulder - Video Blog Mystic Maritime Gallery What's New in Books See the Book Previews Butterfly Book NAPPAP Adam Whitney Whats New in Cards | Butterfly Cards | Holiday Cards & Invitations | Panoramics | Travel Thankyous | Waternotes | Wedding Thankyous | Feedback | The Plight of the Pollenators Contact Us Feedback Silence of the Bees Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators Buyers of art have been told they are "investing in art" whenever they walk into a gallery or a show and buy art. They worry about making the right choice. Buying a giclee print is not investing in art. Why does it have to be? What you are doing is similiar to buying a cubic diamond. It looks beautiful, it serves the purpose of decorating, but it is not an original and hence instead of paying $10,000 you are paying $500. Purchasing a giclee is simply purchasing a piece of art to improve the beauty of the home, to enjoy, to enrich your life. Dealers may tell you that a print should show all the texture of the original oil. WHY? To me the textural quality of an oil can't be reproduced photographically and the image loses all its aesthetic. You have the image and the color of the artwork but why try to imitate an oil on paper? Isn't just the image what you are buying and what you like? As a buyer of art you can enjoy art without investing alot and still have the image to enjoy but don't expect the diamond for cubic prices. Deborah Chapin All contents are © copyrighted 2003 Deborah CHapin NHStudios established 1980 All Rights Reserved: NHStudios Press are the sole property of NHStudios. For permissions to reprint contact nhstudios@nhstudios.com

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