[CaptainCrunch]

I'm assuming that you're not looking at collecting art as an investment.

I wish my dad was still in the art game because I would put him in touch with you, he worked galleries as his retirement job.

I'm assuming you're looking at buying originals and not prints as well.

Do your research on the artist and the art, make sure that all of his work matches what you want or are interested in.

Make sure you get a certificate of authenticity, so your not getting a reproduction, if your going to buy art or collect art you want originals (Just my opinion). You'll pay more, but if the artist has a life span it'll retain some value.

Don't buy fad art. There's too much of it out there, and people will buy it on impulse and then just as quickly move it to the basement man cave.

Just to give you some ideas.

There were two artists that I outright loved. Steve Hanks and Fabien Perez. I really also really liked Pino, but the problem is I bought pieces of all three, and then I'm looking at it and realizing there were too many similarities in the three artists.

When I talk about popular art that slides, I look at a guy like Michael Godard. When his stuff came out people bought it like crazy because it was bright and weird and had a lot of character. He did a lot of gallery tours and people made a fortune. But eventually all of the gallery's were carrying his work and people moved on to the next big things and his work went for discount rates.

A good gallery display will allow you to invision the art in your house. For example with the gallery that my dad worked in they had variable lighting on the high end show items, so you could adjust the lighting to your home. A bright painting will look faded in bright light, and darker painting in darker light will lose its detail.

Make sure its art that you really like and won't one day look at it and it doesn't resonate anymore. Why do you like it? When you look at it what do you feel? Does it give you an emotional response? Does your wife like naked lady pictures on your wall?


No there are not hidden sailboats in all paintings. Unless its Ferjo, and then you replace sailboat with egg.