Question has to do with odds of receiving this "free" print. Comment she
gave it up pretty easy for a "valuable" piece of art. I am not expe ting a
great piece of art but wondering what if anything I will get at this point.
Anyone with experience in Park West dealing reading these days?
J Coulter
The artist is Tarkay and I like his work.
We have dealt with Park West and will only buy from them at a land
auction, where I carry my artwork home with me. We have bought quite a
bit of artwork from them and they have some very good artwork(no flames
please, I know a lot of you do not think much of art auctions).
Two times we bought a piece of art from them and we did not recieve it.
Both times we wound up with a credit on our mastercard, so we were not
out any money. The second time, we had bought the artwork at a very low
price and we thing that they might of gotten a better offer at a later
time.
I do not know if you will or will not get your free artwork. Keep after
them and who knows what will happern. Let me know what happens.
Sue
p.s. we got started on our art collection when we won a free painting at
an art auction at sea.
Sue
DEE
Live and Love to travel.
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But I'm happy to report that the value went up $400! (if those COA's can be
believed)
Jean
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>Travlmapa,
> Where in Michigan is the Land Gallery?
>Paul <-----Rochester MI
>But I'm happy to report that the value went up $400! (if those COA's can be
>believed)
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I've learned that if you are nice and approach them with a "will you
please help me" attitude then you'll get a much better response from
them.
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Dee
>always come through for me. I recently went to have a piece framed
>that I bought a year ago and realized that the one they sent me didn't
>have a signature. It was my fault for not realizing it sooner - but
>they quickly sent me a replacement (a more expensive one) and even
>framed it for me for free.
> We took it to the land gallery here, and they were planning to
> restore it for us. Instead, they replaced it with another of the same
> piece, which they had located in another state,
This just confirms that what they are selling are decorations, not art.
--
Charles
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Both original pieces and reproductions can be considered decorations.
--Tom
The term restoration actually involves the coating of varnish that is
applied to an oil painting which is painted on canvas (or other
surface). The varnish is place on the finished painting about 6 months
after the painting is completed. Oil paint doesn't "dry" so much as it
"hardens" via an oxidation process (it needs light to harden/dry
properly). And the oil paints often need up to 6 months to harden/dry.
Then it can be varnished
The varnish used is actually intended to be soft and easily dissolved at
a later date. It's a "removable" varnish.
After a number of years, once the varnish yellows, accumulates dirt,
grime, etc., the old varnish is removed using solvents, and new varnish
is applied over what is again nice clean oil paint (which had been
protected by the original coat of varnish). This is called
RESTORATION. It can be done repeatedly to good/great paintings... but
it ain't cheap.
But this is ONLY done with original oil paintings... where the oil paint
has a coating of varnish to protect it. Water colors are not
varnished. Instead they are mounted under glass with a matting. Oil
paintings should NEVER be mounted under glass, since they would
basically rot and get mildew under the glass with all the oil in the
paint. They need to be exposed to the air to stay dry. I'm not sure
what's done with acrylic painted pieces.
But litho copies have nothing to restore. The have no paint. They are
only ink copies on paper. There was nothing to restore. They had to
give you a replacement. Just another of the thousands of copies that
they made. Aside from the frame, the cost to them for the extra piece
was probably about 10 cents. Unless they paid the artist a few bucks to
personally sign it.
--Tom
>But litho copies have nothing to restore. The have no paint. They are
>only ink copies on paper. There was nothing to restore. They had to
>give you a replacement
Plus... you shouldn't put real "paint" under glass, except for water
color paint.
If you bent a canvas oil painting, paint chips wouldn't fall off. In
fact they are often rolled up.
Signing your lithograph, and adding oil or acrylic paint would make it
more unique than simply one of 10,000 copies, but it's not a real
"painting" which could be restored. The solvents would immediately
destroy the ink and paper. In the end, all you'd be left with is a few
chips of "real" paint.
Next time... look for a gallery at one of the ports, and see if you can
buy a real painting (oil, acrylic or watercolor) by a local artist for a
reasonable price. Plus you would be supporting a real artist, not a
major corporation. You'll be helping him/her feed their family rather
than feeding the profit line of Park West. I remember going to Piazza
Navona in Rome which is an artist hang out. There were hundreds of
original paintings that you could buy for under $100. Some were
absolutely outstanding works. Look around.
A tip though... look for a painting done on linen canvas. It's more
expensive than cotton canvas for the artist, but it shows that the
artist cared enough about his painting to use the "best". Linen will
last hundreds of years, while cotton has a different coefficient of
expansion from oil paint, tends to "rot", and won't last for long.
Famous paintings on cotton canvas often have to have fallen chips of
paint glued back in place over time. And NEVER buy anything done on
paper except for true watercolor.
--Tom
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>OK so there's paint, but then there's nothing for the paint to properly
>adhere to. Canvas is given a very specific "ground" that allows the oil
>paint to bond. I
--Tom
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