Where to Buy Art

The thing about art is that it’s original, it has texture, brushstrokes, thumb prints; it grabs you in ways you can’t explain; it makes you feel something. This is because it has been created by someone expressing something and, in some indefinable way, it has an impact on you. For this to really happen, you should try to buy art in an art gallery. In an art gallery you can see the paintings and other artworks as real physical objects, you can view them alongside other objects and see them in a setting which gives you a good sense of their size and proportions. These features are very hard to assess when viewing a website, however good it is. Most art gallery owners will also be prepared to move paintings or sculptures so you can see them in different lights and at different heights.  This will help you visualise the works in your own home.  If you are buying ceramics you will want to feel the surfaces and glazes; if it’s glass you are after you will want to see it with light shining above or behind it. All this is impossible online. So the best way to buy art is in an art gallery. If you are lucky, you will find an art gallery, like the Polly Skye Art Gallery, where there is actually an artist at work. This will enable you to chat about the art and understand more about the process as well as the meaning. You might also be able to commission a piece of work for that special place in your home.