All the New Releases are In! Fall and Winter are the Seasons for Fine Art

The holiday season is going strong and if you want to give a gift that will truly be appreciated all year round, you cannot got wrong with a fine art print. Best of all, your artwork will arrived beautifully framed in time for make someone very happy for the holidays.

Check out this beautiful giclee print of a painting, "Christmas Bells" by James Christensen. He has had a life long fascination with angels and this is a very detailed piece.This particular print is a limited edition with only 125 prints made. Each is signed and numbered by Christensen.

See the full size artwork.

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If you have any questions, just ask! We're here to help you pick out fine art you're going to love for years to come.

Art - The Answer for the "Hard to Buy For" Question

You love them dearly but they sure do stress you out around gift buying season. Who am I talking about? That hard to buy for person on your list. Fortunately, art is a great way to please someone with something they will enjoy for years to come and you have so many choices when it comes to making a gift of art.

Fine Art Prints are the Bomb

Let's talk fine art prints as gifts. There are so many amazing choices. Major artists like Thomas Kinkade, Terry Redlin, Robert Duncan and Pino all have limited edition prints. Many people begin collecting art from getting their interest peaked in an artist or a particular style of art by getting a gift. The beautify of a limited edition is only so many are made in a series, the artist is usually involved from start to finish and they are usually signed by the artist.

It's not like someone slapped a completed painting on a copy machine and sent you the print out. It's a lot more involved than that and you're not limited to getting a print on paper, often there are prints produced on canvas. It's fun to watch the market year after year and see if your limited edition grows in value, often they do. 
See our fine art prints showcase.

Designer Decor 
For the ultra-hard to please on your gift giving list, that is also a lover of designer decor - consider the fantastic productions out of Paragon. From living rooms to kitchens to all rooms in between (including kids) there is a Paragon design to suit every taste. See the huge number of selections Paragon offers in our showcase.

Sculpture Lovers
A sculpture makes a fantastic gift and there is literally something for every taste in our gallery. From religious to fantasy to western to bronze and more. 

If you have someone that collects frogs - you can find a sculpture to make their eyes bright and their smile huge as they unwrap your gift of art. This Mark Hopkins sculpture "Found a Frog" is a great example of the humor in his work. 

See all the sculptures available in our showcase now.

What's My Art Worth? Try These Three Resources to Find Out

James Christensen "Passage By Faith"

As we mentioned in a previous post that limited edition prints aren't just photocopies of paintings, there is also a value with a limited edition print whether it is on paper or canvas.

There many styles of collection limited edition prints. Some collectors collect by the artist. Some people get into it because someone gave them the gift of an artwork that was a limited edition print and stoked a love of a particular artist's work. After that all the paintings that were done as prints are sought out and collected.

The work of James Christensen is a great example of this. He does a widely diverse array of subjects but the uses the same crisp style that anyone that knows his work can immediately identify and he has a loyal following of collectors of his fine art as well as limited edition prints.

Another way many people get into collecting art is that they simply find a particular piece that speaks to them and they get interested in a particular artist. Other collectors collect by theme. Someone may only want landscapes and collect the best artists they can find that produce work of that genre. Others may enjoy abstracts with a particular color theme or other subject matter.

The one thing all these collectors will have in common is that they expect their investments to pay off and they hope many if not all of their limited editions will increase in value. That old addage of an artist having to die to be valuable isn't exactly true, it gets down to how in demand the artist is and how savvy they've been in issuing their limited edition prints.

We know of three great resources to find out how much your art is currently worth.

InformArtMag is the “Blue Book” value listing for Limited Edition Art : http://www.informartmag.com/index_main.cfm
AskART is comprehensive directory and provides auction results: http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx 
And Ebay http://www.ebay.com

Simply search and see what your favorite artists are going for on the average in sales to others. That will give you a good idea of the fair market value. Are you ready to get involved in creating a collection of your own? Start searching now at our art showcase.