| I've a gallery that a local businessman financed. He | | | | his canvas or not. A good number of my patrons, |
| sought a location on the town square that | | | | even so, want their paintings signed. So, when I |
| featured religious paintings. I've been occupied | | | | am buying religious paintings, I look for ones that |
| buying religious painting for several years. I have | | | | the artist signed. |
| discovered some comfortable pieces and I've a | | | | The artist that I decided was my personal |
| lot of people purchase paintings that I've found. | | | | favorite uses the lost language of symbolism in his |
| One of my favorite artists is someone that I | | | | original paintings. He told me that his paintings are |
| actually stumbled across when I was buying | | | | inspired by the ancient storytelling frescoes of |
| religious paintings. He was not famous, but he had | | | | Pompeii, Italy. He has a trademark style that he |
| some of his pieces at a local show. I found that | | | | calls Religious Graffiti. |
| he primarily paints and sells his work online. | | | | I get a good number of requests for certain |
| It is difficult to describe all of the feelings that I | | | | subjects in the paintings that I buy. I have been |
| had when I saw his first piece. I really liked that | | | | searching for religious paintings of Mary and Jesus |
| he used the scripture Psalm 139:14 and made it | | | | and also painting of Mary and Angel Gabriel. I have |
| gently legible within the layers of fresco colors. I | | | | several families that have wanted these classic |
| thought that this was a fantastic choice for my | | | | images in their homes. I have another family that |
| gallery. Buying religious paintings is exciting. | | | | wants me to find an oil Madonna with Child to |
| When my painting arrived, it was on gallery wrap | | | | hang in her church. |
| ¾ inch stretcher frames and was ready to | | | | There was one religious painting that I bought that |
| hang. My patrons came to a private preview of | | | | was very sweet. The image of Our Lady, Jesus |
| the piece and were so pleased with my success | | | | and St. Giovannino was very provocative and it |
| at buying paintings. The piece was actually five | | | | hung prominently in the gallery for a half year |
| original canvases, each 15" X 30" with charcoal | | | | before I let it go. I get attached to the religious |
| painted gallery wrap edges so that no frames | | | | paintings that I buy and then get to view every |
| were needed. | | | | day. I've a policy that no painting will leave the |
| The title of the piece was long, but suitable. The | | | | walls of the gallery for four months. |
| title was "I will praise thee for I am fearfully made | | | | My new favorite piece is an abstract triptych that |
| marvelous are Thy works and that my soul | | | | I found while I was in Atlanta buying religious |
| knoweth right well". One of my patrons sought to | | | | paintings. The piece was called Guardian Angel and |
| buy it and hang it in his home. I had to convince | | | | I am fond of it. My patrons fell in love with it as |
| him to let me show it for four months before he | | | | well. They have asked me to track down the |
| did that. It is exertions finding and buying suitable | | | | artist and see if he has any longer religious |
| religious paintings. | | | | paintings available. |
| In regularly that I've spent considering and buying | | | | The only religious paintings that I actually don't buy |
| paintings, I am starting to feel as if a specialist. I | | | | are ones that reflect the image of Jesus on the |
| look for paintings in an assortment of mediums to | | | | cross. I do not have a problem with them, some |
| keep the gallery feeling fresh and vibrant. My | | | | of them are really well done and would more than |
| favorite religious paintings use fresh earth | | | | likely sell well, but my investors made it very clear |
| minerals, pigments, oil glazes and acrylic varnish. | | | | when they financed the gallery that I would not |
| I actually don't have preference if an artist signs | | | | put that image into it. |