Art Talk: I am an art collector

in #arttalk3 years ago

It is strange for me to say this....I am an art collector.
I am excited to be able to say this....I am an art collector.

I am an art collector using Hive to purchase great art from fellow Hive artists from all over the world.

Yesterday I received the first painting Stone staircase that I purchased with Hive from a fellow Hive @armandosodano. He also sent a pamphlet and magnet in the package.

@armandosodano is a prolific artist posting a new painting a day on Hive. While there are many paintings of his I have liked the simplicity of this watercolor is just right for me.

It also says a lot about Armando. It is set in Italy, it is romantic, like he is. I also have a dream of someday walking with my husband on a stone staircase in Italy together like this.

Some of my favorite art collectors are Americans that were purchasing great art in the late 1800s to the early 1900s such as Isabella Stewart Gardner, Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Mellon. All of which have museums with their wonderful collections in Boston, New York City and Washington, DC.

I have admired art collectors and their collections for years (these are 3 of my favorite museums!) and I feel that I am in a place in which I can start to collect using Hive.

The first piece that I collected on February 17, 2021 is Pond on the Field a photograph by @sharker. Denis tells a funny story in his post about the man fishing and being disturbed by his drone. I was also drawn to the simplicity, the colors and that this is in @sharker's home country of Russia.

My dream is to have a small studio (maybe a 20 foot shipping container) with the collection of art from Hive artists. It is very exciting and I am looking for more art to add to it.

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Do you think that you will collect NFT art pieces, whether digital only or physical pieces? Or have you already?

Good question Casey. I was just talking to @jarvie about NFTs and I don't know. There is so much unknown still that I feel more secure with physical pieces. I do realize that I need to make clear the boundaries when I am collecting digital pieces like @sharker's photograph. So much to learn!

I have not yet fully understood about NTF yet either, but I think this is an interesting direction for collecting.

Well I'm very glad you got the painting. A big hug and hello to your husband.

Thanks so much! So excited to have one of your paintings!

Thats awesome that you support local artists of the Hive chain. Those are nice pieces for the collection.

Thanks a lot. I am so excited to keep adding to this collection.

Cool... I must get also some work from this man soon 👌👌👌👀🍺🍺🍺 I have some eye on some works .

Collecting is a very interesting activity, exciting and full of discovery. And then art collections are often really worthy of a separate perpetuation in museums just as a whole.
I am very glad and even proud to be the first in your collection, thank you very much! I'm so happy that you liked that my photo.
Find beautiful art, it doesn't matter, photographs or drawings, digital or physical pieces, and let your collection grow and please you and those around you :)

Thank you I definitely will.

Your post is reblogged and upvoted by me. It is a good post. Thank you @sjarvie5

Thank you