Sallie Bowen Marcus Daly Legacy
Wednesday, 05 September 2018 / Published in Buying Art, Painting, Watercolor

Watercolor Show: Uptown Cafe, uptown Butte, Mt.

  A watercolor show of the work of Patti Henry and Sallie Bowen is on exhibit at the Uptown Cafe. Located at 47 E. Broadway in uptown Butte, Mt, the show runs through November 2, 2018. Their watercolor show is titled “Botanicals, Interiors, and Landscapes.” It consists of almost forty original watercolors. Background: Artists Sallie Bowen and
Pink Roses, fugitive color
Wednesday, 16 May 2018 / Published in Buying Art, Colors, History, Permanency, Watercolor

Fugitive Colors: What are they? Why does Beauty Fade?

Fugitive Colors in History of Painting:   Artists J.M. W. Turner, Vincent Van Gogh, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, whether knowingly or not, used fugitive colors. This term has to do with colorfastness and the quality of fading over time. The prime reason has to do with their degradation due to light. During  the Spanish colonization
Sallie Bowen Studios Snoqualmie, painted on d'Arches paper.
Thursday, 25 January 2018 / Published in Buying Art, History, Materials, Watercolor

Buying an Original Watercolor

Buying a Watercolor:What to Ask the Artist or Gallery about Permanency Permanency of Watercolor: So, buying a watercolor? Is this a wise choice? Is watercolor a permanent medium? How should the painting be protected? What questions should I ask the artist or the gallery? History of Watercolor: Albrecht Durer’s The Hare, created in 1502 is still on exhibit
cherubs flooring in a warm, undefined space
Saturday, 20 January 2018 / Published in Buying Art

Giclee? What is it? Questions you should ask

Prints, Reproductions and Originals, and now, Giclee? Giclee is another word to add to the confusion for new art buyers. In my previous blog, I defined the terms: prints, reproductions and originals. Giclee is a fairly new word, invented in 1991 by Jack Duganne. In French, it refers to the ink spray coming from an inkjet printer’s
limited edition print
Monday, 15 January 2018 / Published in Buying Art

Original, Print, or Reproduction?

What is an original? What is the difference between a print and reproduction? I hope to clarify the terms for many that see no distinction between print and reproduction. Why Does It Matter? Why does this matter? If a buyer is a newbie in the purchasing of art, the terms reproduction and print are often bandied about