Io. Laganá

Art Progressif

Exposer ma peinture pour la faire vivre, l'éloigner de moi et la donner aux autres...

Autodidacte, ma peinture émane de vues de l'esprit, d'utopies :

Celle de ma vie intime confrontée à la force de la Vie.

Elle parle de douceur, de multiplicité visuelle et tactile, de chaos, de turbulences, d'aptitude à se renouveler.

Elle est avant tout une énergie gestuelle, mise à la disposition d'une œuvre.

Elle ne peut donc être qu'abstraite et expressionniste ;          

Comme un refus conscient des référents concrets, un travail plus viscéral sur

"comment dire un moment au travers une représentation picturale".

Web Site : http://www.laganart.fr 

Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/io_lagana

Expositions :     à l'Atelier d'Herblay (95)

                         Grand Marché d'Art Contemporain de Bastille (11°)

                         Salon des Indépendants (16°)

                         Centre Culturel d'Herblay (95)

                         Court-circuit La Villette (19°)

                         Marché régional de l'Art (78)

                         Salon du Secours Populaire (92) (prix du salon)

   Galeries :       Lagan'Art   2, rue de la Convention Paris (15°)

                         Grand Prix d'Argenson (8°) (galerie Everarts)

                         Le groupe des Quatre (3°) (galerie Art Présent)

                         Exposition personnelle (8°) (galerie Everarts)

                         2^ème Rencontre internationale du petit format de Paris (17°)

                        (galerie Encardra)

Daryle Lambert's 31 Club Blog 

Lynn Bogue Hunt, "Blue-Fin Tuna" sold for $126,000 at Copley Fine Art Auction.

We've talked about the value of some fishing lures and their boxes in a past Blog, (www.31corp.blogspot.com)  well as duck decoys and some that have sold for over $1,000,000. But, today I want to expose you to an area of the Fine Art Market that isn’t so closely followed, and that is hunting and fishing paintings – or sporting paintings.

These types of paintings are commanding higher and higher prices with each auction. It seems that the market simply can't get enough of these paintings to satisfy the would be buyers. The great thing about sporting paintings is that they appeal to several markets, and these markets bid against each one another to purchase the better pieces. First you have the outdoor sportsmen that love the sport, and then there are the collectors of individual artist’s works. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the collectors who just like paintings of the great outdoors.

I could list some of the greatest artist in the world that have painted hunting and fishing scenes, but I thought I would share some with you that might not come to mind quickly.

Alexander Pope’s,"Hunters Still Life" sold for $187,000. Or how about the $143,750 a buyer paid at Cobb’s Auction for Philip Russell Goodwin’s, "Unexpected Game" in 2002. Let’s not leave out Lynn Bogue Hunt and his painting called "Bluefin Tuna" that crossed the auction block for $126,000, after having been estimated to bring in between $15,000-20,000. These artists aren't household names, and you might run across one of their paintings some day. I did, and it was a painting by Frederick Morgan I sold for $115,000.

To my surprise, often watercolors in the hunting and fishing paintings seem to bring as much as the oils. Frank Benson’s watercolor "Gulls at Sea" brought $153,500, while Aiden Lassell Ripley’s watercolor painting titled "Rising Woodcocks" was hammered at $41,400. I think you will find that these are very favorable prices in the watercolor market.

Some have ask why I give examples of paintings that sell for so much money when they think their chances of ever finding a painting that will bring them the large bucks is unlikely. The reason is that I personally know so many people that have done just that, so why couldn't it be you?

Don't ever assume a picture on the wall is a print. Be sure to examine any hunting or fishing pictures very closely. Today there are so many watercolors in these fields that the supply is almost endless and these valuable watercolors can very easily be passed over as prints.

The hunters will soon be in the fields and the fishermen on the lakes, but the money is on peoples walls, so keep a keen eye out for these paintings.

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My husband's grandmother gave him a painting, by distant family member Charles Caryl Coleman, about 30 years ago.  We recently "found" the painting and are now trying to learn about the artist, and value of the piece.  It's an oil of a countryside windmill, measures approx. 4-1/2" x 3" and seems, to our untrained eyes, to be in good condition.   We've been told, by my mother-in-law, that both Charles and relative Charlotte Buell Coman, both studied in Holland.  There is possibly a signature on the bottom front, though it's hard to decifer.  It's signed on the back, in pencil, with three interlocking "c's" and dated at the bottom 1862.  There's a written inscription on the back of the painting, in pencil:  "an original by Charles Caryl Coleman who is a cousin of Grandpa Storrs.   C.S.C." 

If anyone can shed some light on this, and help us fill in the blanks, we'd be grateful.

Thanks.

Susan and Michael McFaddin

Okay, I'm going to start collecting (or painting!) art lunchboxes like these: http://www.lalalandgallery.com/ They are so awesome!  La-La Land in LA had an exhibit of these recently.

Oil Paintings For Everyone

Have you ever wondered why Hand Painted Art is so expensive?

Does it annoy you that it is only the so called elite and wealthy that seem to be able to afford real art?

Is the only art you own just prints or poor imitations?

Is there another way?

There is a new revolution sweeping the art world and it will turn all the stereo types about art on their head and remove a lot of the secrets about why the methods and madness in the art world are the way they are.

The world is going through a phenomenal power and socio-economic shift whereby in the very new future, China and India are going to emerge as the new global superpowers. This means they will be the primary dictators of world affairs, culture and where the greatest business opportunities will present themselves. Now without going into some sort of rant about the pros and cons of this seismic shift in the status quo which is the US filling this role, this does present an interesting opportunity when it comes to art. You can get in early and both enjoy some of the greatest masterpieces the world will come to know in the coming years and also be making sound financial decisions at the same.

There are tremendous amount of talented artists particularly in China, all desperate to get both their name and their creations out into the global arena. To visit with these artists and to observe their hand crafted masterpieces is to realise that you are the presence of artistic genius as if you were lucky enough to stumble upon a Beethoven sitting at the piano at the first time. Previously there has never been a convenient nor practical method, short of travelling to China and visiting these undiscovered wonders at their studios or market stalls, to accessing this art for yourself.

However there are now options and systems which have been created to allow people the world over to access these creations and adorne their homes with oil paintings and the like making family members and friends crazy with jealousy. Paintings covering an entire wall, hand painted to the finest detail, which Westerners assume would cost a minimum of thousands of dollars, are now filling people's homes who earn nothing more than minimum wage. What is more people are having life size paintings of themselves, possibly in front of a famous monuments like the Taj Mahal, commissioned and painted for them. They may be taken from a photo from a recent holiday and suddenly brought to life by their very own Van Gogh or Da Vinci.

To get a sneak preview at one of the new wave of organisations bringing these oil paintings to everbody's lounge room, go to www.jiveexchange.com. There you will find oil paintings that are the first and newest selections of this new Asian revolution that will sweep the world in decades to come. It may just be that Art may be the newest hobby toy of the masses, finally accessible to everybody who so desires it. Art is very personal and what one may find a wonder, another might deem hideous but that is essentially the beauty of paintings as like music it leaves an impression on the person long after it is has left their active stream of consciousness.

Till Next Time.............................

Chris Jacob

Born 25th December 1981 in Melbourne, Australia, Chris (commonly known as CJ) graduated from Monash University in 2003 after completing Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Business Systems. He went on to co-own a Computer Troubleshooters franchise which also introduced him to the opportunities of writing for the News Corp, mX newspaper and the Metro News (formerly Toorak Metro) in Australia. He continues in that jounalistic capcity today. He sold the business in late 2005 allowing him to pursue other opportunities both around Australia and abroad. At last check he was involved in global enterprises covering bereavement and business broking, writng a couple of books, becoming an art ditributor and developing an education platform for the new millenium. Chris can always be found having a good time on the dance floor and at any good restaraunt around town usually with a wine in his hand. He currently has no permanent residence but still calls Australia home. Look out for Chris in the coming years on the global stage.

Source: CJ, A Biography