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In this holiday season, if you are considering buying art as a gift or for yourself, buy "the real thing."  Of course, I’m not saying you must buy an original. Limited-editions and legitimate reproductions make wonderful gifts. What I’m saying and the point of this blog: Don’t buy a knock-off of someone else’s blood, sweat and tears. ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 13 December 2012 | Hits: 538
Hi.  Lenny here -giving Arlene some well-deserved, good behavior time off from being our official blogger. Spring is here.  I know, not officially as of this writing, but I declare that spring is here.  ‘Cause I’m tired of the cold, tired of getting colds and tired of being cooped up in the house. So there! And now that spring ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Monday, 25 March 2013 | Hits: 254
Any plans for Valentine’s Day? Hope your celebration is better than this woman’s - she & her husband go to the card store every Valentine’s Day, pick out cards, read them to each other and then put them back on the shelf. (Yes, cards are pricey, but come on!) And I hope your spouse is more romantic than this woman’s - her husband (now ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Tuesday, 05 February 2013 | Hits: 411
... believe since I don’t feel that old!  I’m pictured on The Art Shop sofa after a staff meeting with Molly & Emma – our two rescued babies. Rescuing dogs is another thing I’m passionate about, but this is a blog about The Art Shop, so I digress. While I love picking out framing in general, I especially love framing invitations and announcements ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Monday, 19 March 2012 | Hits: 724
Judging by the ratings, Lenny and I aren’t the only ones glued to coverage of the Olympics. We’ve been eating dinner in front of the TV and going to sleep at night with it on.  (Please comment and tell me we aren’t the only ones doing this.) What does this have to do with art?  I just learned from Janelle’s Facebook post that the ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 03 August 2012 | Hits: 864
I tend to make New Year’s resolutions every December 31 and by January 14, I’ve forgotten all about them.  Something tells me I’m not the only one guilty of this. I saw a very interesting alternative to making resolutions, so I’m hopeful this year will be different.  It was in an article in PSYCHOLOGY TODAY entitled: "Five ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Monday, 31 December 2012 | Hits: 587
A New Year’s Resolution – Buy Local and "Call the Man!"  There’s an expression Lenny and I use nearly every time something needs to be repaired in our house – "Call the man, Aunt Bea!  Call the man!"  If you’re an ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW fan, you’ll recognize this right away. In a favorite episode, Aunt Bea tries ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Monday, 26 December 2011 | Hits: 1039
Here’s a great quote from English social reformer John Ruskin (1819-1900):  “There is hardly anything in this world that a man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and people who consider price alone are this man’s lawful prey.  It is stupid to pay too much, but it is still worse to pay too little. When you pay too ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Thursday, 04 April 2013 | Hits: 277
... is unique about this photo is that it was taken in Germany in the 1930’s. What is unique about the school is that it was a segregated school for Jewish children located on the grounds of what was then called an insane asylum. When the Nazis came to power, all the Jewish children in the town were sent there. Walter, the second child from ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Monday, 02 April 2012 | Hits: 638
... we kept locked in the attic. First chore was to find the key to unlock the trunk.  Found it. Since the temperature is about 130 degrees in the attic this summer,  the second chore was to drag the trunk down the stairs so we could wade through all the memories in cool comfort.  (Yes, that's Lenny and me on our way to our honeymoon.  ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 13 July 2012 | Hits: 1257
... extremely  limited.  If you would like to join us for this event, add a comment below.   Send us a paragraph or two about why you would like to have dinner with Vidan.  If you are a collector, be sure to tell us about your collection. Please make certain that you are available on May 4th at 5:00 p.m. for dinner and 7 – 9 p.m. ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Friday, 09 March 2012 | Hits: 9308
... as much as we want you to know us as a business.  In this age of big box stores and online shopping, I think it’s refreshing to do business with people you know or at least know something about. In the nearly 18 months of writing blogs, I've written bios of the staff, told you what they love about what they do, told you about a letter ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 03 May 2013 | Hits: 226
13. Memories
...  Dolin, moved the gallery to 3912 W Market St from 118 W Market St (downtown) in 1972, so this postcard was probably done shortly after the move. You old timers might remember how close to the street the original gallery was.  There was a narrow sidewalk separating the front door from Market St.  Once, on a very rainy day, ...
Section: Content | Category: Framing | Date: Friday, 11 January 2013 | Hits: 669
... the photo shoot with the client in their backyard garden. And take a look at the video we created from this portrait commission by  Johnson. (above) Think about investing in a portrait that will pay you dividends every day of your life as you walk past it and that will be an heirloom to be valued for generations.    ...
Section: Content | Category: Artists | Date: Thursday, 07 June 2012 | Hits: 1403
This Sunday will be Andy’s 15 year anniversary at The Art Shop! When Gallery Director Andy McAfee joined The Art Shop on July 1, 1997, his goal was to help make The Art Shop an award-winning internationally known art and framing gallery. The Art Shop was voted Top Gallery of the Year for five straight years by DÉCOR MAGAZINE, so I’d say he achieved ...
Section: Content | Category: Community | Date: Friday, 22 June 2012 | Hits: 1049
 
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