Would you pay �190 for a painting?

[mrs.chappie]

I saw a lovely painting (a charabanc trundling along a leafy, country lane) and decided to buy it - until I saw it was 190 quid.

I went off it quick!

Would you pay that much for a painting?

[GYMRAT]

yes and more easily! im really into the banksy and similliar type of art as i used to graffitti when i was younger so i appreciate and love this type of art.

[imhotep]

Oooh no,I don't think I would pay that much for a charabanc painting.
But I wouldn't mind paying a fiver for the frame.

[Ethel]

Yes. I've paid more than that for a print.

[slinkycat]

A Picasso would be a bargain at that price! agree with you there gymrat, bought my lad a Banksy book for xmas, its brilliant!

[pastafreak]

if it is an original...think of the hours that one person spent painting it......even at min wage....and 20 hours work....is cheap.

[GYMRAT]

mrs chappie,never let price be a factor,if you like something then have it! ,you only have one life and lifes for living! the bills,food and rent can always wait till next month! sod the recession i say!

[mrs.chappie]

Aye, y'all right. If I was feeling flush at the mo I'd go back and get it!

[imhotep]

This is a nice painting I might think of buying.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rStLxpaxY

[tamborine]

Could you do the same? How long would it take you? How much would the tools cost you?

Artists I know spend weeks on their art and no two paintings are alike.

Invest in art as it is a living for the artist and will last as long as its looked after. Should you get bored with it, you could re-sell it or give it to someone as a special present.

[on.knowledge]

i have sold some of my own paintings for more than that.

[LoftyLottie2]

Yes I would, and more too, if I could afford it! �190.00 is not actually too bad for an original painting that you really like. It sounds just the sort of paining I would like too Mrs Chappie - I'm not into modern works of art!!

[sara3]

if you're going to love it every time you walk past it, it's a good investment.

[LoftyLottie2]

Very true Sara. Go back and buy it Mrs Chappie. It will make you happy every day, so it's not that expensive considering.

[jake-the-peg]

Rather depends on how much �190 is to you too!

In 1952 Glasgow Council bought a Salvador Dali for �8000 and got a lot of stick for wasting rate payers money on it.

But they bought the copyright too - they get money for every reproduction of it and it's more than paid for itself

Not really the same thing I know but I love the story

Here's another 2p for Glasgow

http://dali.urvas.lt/forviewing/pic20.jpg

[Bbbananas]

yes - to be honest mrs,c, �190 is not that much for a painting. Well, it depends what medium it is - but if I liked it that much, I wouldn't consider that too expensive.

The most I've spent on a painting was �460 - a fortune to some, not a lot at all to others - but worth every penny from my personal point of view for the pleasure it's given me by having it on my wall.

[Bbbananas]

It's a black gold & white mosaic-type nude of a woman. I tell people it's me!

[webbo3]

i would and i have, 3 time ive got 3 limited edition prints by an artist called steven townsend, one of which is worth over �700

i have this one

http://www.pictureperfectgallery.co.uk/Warmth- Of-Nature-Polar-Bear-Cubs_art_4B5

this one

http://www.pictureperfectgallery.co.uk/Affecti on-Tigers_art_13FC


and this one

http://www.collect-art.com/The-Three-Musketeer s-Black-Labradors_art_1222


Dave.

[on.knowledge]

nice paintings Dave , looks like a scene from my back garden barring the Polar bears.

[smudge]

Hi mrs_o - late in as usual. Nearly got lost in a snow drift!

If I saw a painting I liked & had the money, I would buy it. I'd then get my husband to hang it on the wall, then stand back & admire it. -xx-

HTH

[webbo3]

this is a friends business and ive see these hand painted pictures first hand and they are very very good.

http://www.canvas-art-direct.co.uk/


Dave.