Category Archives: Collector’s Notes
Helpful guides, expert advice, and honest answers for art buyers at every stage. From first-time purchases to seasoned collecting, this category offers practical tips, FAQs, and insights into how to choose, frame, and care for artwork.
There was a time when the idea of buying a painting online felt almost unthinkable. Yet, as with so many parts of life, the way we buy art has evolved.
Few painters capture emotion through colour quite like Suzanne Dinkes. Her canvases vibrate with energy, layered pigments and a rhythm that feels almost musical.
There’s a reason the South of France has drawn travellers and painters for generations. From sleepy village squares to bright harbours and the glittering coast, it’s a place where atmosphere lingers as much as the light itself.
Every so often, we come across an artist whose work seems to bottle the very spirit of a place. For Fanch Lel, that place is coastal France.
A timeless muse
Wherever you find people, you usually find dogs. They sit at our feet, race across fields, curl up by the fire, and, of course, slip into our art. Painters can’t seem to resist them, and who can blame them? A dog in a picture has a way of pulling you in, giving a scene heart and character.
In the quietly expressive world of Josine Vignon, colour isn’t just seen, it’s remembered. Her paintings have a way of settling into you quietly.
They may be small in size, but miniature paintings can bring big personality to a space.
Whether tucked into a bookshelf, layered on a mantle, or hung within a gallery wall arrangement, small-scale artworks offer one of the most versatile — and charming — ways to bring original art into your home.
Some paintings don’t shout. They don’t need to. They offer instead a quiet kind of brilliance – confident colour, loose but thoughtful line work, and subjects that make you feel like you’ve walked into a scene just as something worth noticing has happened.
On the surface, it does not look like there is much left of Vincent Van Gogh’s life yet to unearth and discover. After all, books have been written on his ear, his love life and of course the many struggles and adventures he had. It is his time in Paris, that I personally have been […]
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