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When to buy art?

1/29/2014

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When you see something that touches you deeply! When it stops you in your tracks! When these two things happen you are on the verge of owning an object of immense satisfaction to your inner self. A good piece of artwork offers something unique to who you are and will bring long lasting satisfaction. It will also be part of your legacy that will contribute to the satisfaction of others near to you. It will be there for you as long as you live. It will tell your descendants what fired your soul. It will tell them who you were.

A good piece of art will, in all likelihood, intensify those initial sensations of deep satisfaction, the more that you enjoy it. It will do so because the first elements will always exist in it, but over time you will discover other aspects that will bring meaning and satisfaction.

I came across an anonymous quote: “When buying from an artist you’re buying more than an object…. you are buying a piece of a heart, part of a soul, a moment of someone’s life”. This is the same heart and soul and moment in life that is somehow intricately interwoven with your heart and soul and moments in your own life.

These soul-satisfying experiences will capture you, not only at the time you stop to gaze at it, but in future moments over the course of your lifetime.

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donna spangler
2/23/2014 07:06:42 am

I have loved the visual arts all my life and many works have brought me great joy but two pieces particularly touched, moved and completely overwhelmed me as I stood in front of them - one was a stunning portrait by da Vinci at the National Gallery and the other was a small relief at a gallery somewhere in the midwest by a local artist. That one has haunted me for years, I regret not buying it and I often wonder who did, hoping they cherish it. But it will forever hang in the gallery of my soul where I can view it whenever I desire.

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Victoria Addington link
9/19/2022 09:46:58 pm

It was most captivating when you shared that a good piece of artwork will give constant satisfaction. My mother is looking for an art piece to display in her living room. I should advise her to visit a fine art gallery to shop for a good piece.

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    C. Aubrey McWatt is a Fine Artist residing in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania.

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