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Original Art -- seen this?

15 years ago

I just found a really neat place to buy ORIGINAL hanging art -- paintings, photography and so on. It's http://artid.com/

You can scroll through the pictures to find what you like and get that perfect color for your sofa, or wall, or bed. Some artists accept PayPal. I think it's neat because we can support local artists... starving artists... enterprising entrepreneurs... and the money stays in the country. I feel good about that. You can also tell your artistic friends and family members about it and maybe they'll make a little $$.

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twizzis
15 years ago
Thanks for the heads up. I'm in the market for art at this moment. After browsing I realized my style of art is expressionism.
IdaClaire
15 years ago
You. Are. Evil. ;-D

(Just what I needed ... another art obsession!)
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oceanna
Original Author
15 years ago
You're welcome! And Jen, lol!

There are some paintings there that are really good, for really reasonable prices. I know lots of folks here prefer originals to prints. I'm still having fun bopping around there. They might make great gifts, too.
pattiem93
15 years ago
Great site, Oceanna! Thanks!
mahatmacat1
15 years ago
Did you by any chance find this because it was mentioned on a radio show today? :)
nicole__
15 years ago
Love to look.....and yes....I would rather hang originals.
atlbeardie
15 years ago
There's another good web site that I found because an Asheville, NC artist that I like sells her work through it. I buy directly from her because she's local to me, but I did go on line to see the site and was impressed by the breadth of the offerings. In addition to orginal art, this site has jewelry, pottery, papercrafts etc. Like the other site, you are dealing direct with the artist (with payments through Amazon). No, I'm not affiliated with this site in any way - just thought some other GW members would also enjoy browsing it.

Here is a link that might be useful: 1000 Markets
mistihayes
15 years ago
Thank you Oceanna. That is a really neat site. I could have spent the boy's entire nap time looking at the paintings. The photography was pretty too. I have to visit Bryce Canyon someday. There is an amazing photo of the canyon. It's beautiful.

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