The Stroll

Painting on paper.
Signed unframed work.
Year - 2008
Size - 20cm x 30cm

Written By: Waterolour Paintings

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New items available for sale

Were pleased to provide some new items for sale as follows. Interested parties who wish to purchase, make an offer or simply to know more should contact us via the links to the right. Insured postage for these items is £20 for framed items, otherwise £10.

Alexander Millar - Leap Frog - Print only - £65



Alexander Millar - Rogue traders - Mounted - £270



Szikora - Who's The Daddy - Mounted - £550



Szikora - Stripteaser - Print only - £200

Szikora - home early - Print only - £200


Szikora - Massage - Print only - £200


Szikora - Bunker Chunker - Mounted - £150


Szikora - Two o'clock Temptation - Sculpture - £150


Szikora - Two o'clock Temptation - Mounted - £150


Doug Hyde - The Man Behind The Smile - Book + 2 prints - £350 each

Peter Smith - Thank You - Framed + Remarqued - £950

Alexander Millar - Original Gadhy Man sktech by - Framed - £1200

Gary Walton - Original - watercolour/oil 'The Old Steamer' - Framed - £1300

New availability including Dani Bergson originals

We're very pleased to be able to make available to our customers, the following selection of originals, prints, and box canvases

If you have any interest in any of the items below or wish to know more details please contact us now.


Dani Bergson - Saphirra - Framed Original - £1259

Dani Bergson - Clementine - Framed Original - £1259

Gloria Marojevic - Heat I - Framed - £139

Gloria Marojevic - Heat II - Framed - £139

Govinder Nazran - Ruby Tuesday - Framed - £789

Govinder Nazran - Soft Ollie - Framed - AP - £689

Govinder Nazran - Sweet Valentine - Boxed Canvas - AP - £689

Govinder Nazran - The Midnight Hour - Framed - £1049

Govinder Nazran - The Wise - Boxed Canvas - £1049

Govinder Nazran - Testing Euclidean Theory - Framed - £379

Govinder Nazran - Bad to the Bone - Framed Canvas - £729

Govinder Nazran - Love & Peace - Framed - PP - £579

Paul Horton - World of Imagination - Framed Board 3/250 - £689

Paul Horton - In My Life Porfolio - Boxed - £479

Paul Horton - In My Life (I Love You More) - Framed Canvas - £729

Peter Smith - A Fool's Moon - Framed - £579

Peter Smith - So It's Not Fancy Dress? - Framed - £839

All prices above exclude delivery, and have CoA (except the originals).

If you have any interest in any of the items above or wish to know more details please contact us now.

Jane Austen and Clive James

Not typically two names that would come together other than to say Clive James writes nothing like Jane austen. However, when the allegedly only existing painting allegedly of Jane Austen was allegedly put up for sale at Christies yesterday, then allegedly it seems no-one was very interested in buying it (BBC).

Maybe that's because no-one's quite 100% sure of it's provenance. The debate continues, but the fact is it was up for sale in the US because no-one wanted to commit to the purchase in the UK when it was up for sale here. It seems US buyers weren't convinced either.

But Allegedly Clive James came into the debate (reported on NPR) saying that the girl depicted was too 'hot' to be Jane Austen, otherwise her books would have been entirely different. Now I don't want to judge the alleged validity of the painting, but I do object to someone judging a book by it's cover, or in this case a book by the picture of it's author. We recently had the issue of a publisher changing the cover (BBC again ) of a new Jane Austen biography because the one planned for use on the cover wasn't pretty enough [to sell enough books I take it], but Clive James' comment sounds to me just a little bit dumb. I suggest that the picture on the right below simply can't be Clive James because someone looking like that surely couldn't communicate so well or write books as witty as the real Clive James. Touché.

  

Price smash on Peter Smith Thank You 'Deluxe'

We're doing some huge price smashes on some items over the next few weeks. We'll be dropping the price on a particular item, and when that's gone, well do it on another item until that ones gone too, and we'll carry on doing it until we're all out of offers! So don't forget to keep popping back to check out the latest offer-du-jour.

To get the ball rolling, we're dropping an amazing £200 off the price of Peter Smith's sought after 'Thank You - deluxe version', of which we have two - now at just £499 each including UK delivery.

   

One Love

Something of a coup: we've managed to get hold of Edition number 1 of Caroline Shotton's latest box canvas release - Love is in the air. Priced at £550 this is a chance to own a popular piece in an extremely rare edition number - we've never seen a number 1 edition released by Washington Green in the UK before so we're very pleased to be able to offer this for sale in the Caroline Shotton section of the Where4ArtThou store.

Merry Xmas

December the 25th and... MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our visitors, past, present and future! We hope 2007 brings everything you would like from it!

Best Wishes from Where4ArtThou.

Just in and available now - in store is Edition number 2 of both of Paul Corfields fantastic new relaeses 'Home before Sunset' and 'Shades of Autumn', both at £245 for these ultra low edition numbers

Paul Corfield seems to be taking on touch of Paul Hortons successful styling - take a look at the coloured houses - it's more than a nod and a wink to Paul Horton, and it'll be interesting to see what comes out next from Corfield, but his work seems to be selling exceptionally well and we think Corfield is one to watch.

Peter Smith Pile High Club and Romper Room now available

The new Peter Smith stock are now in store for immediate purchase at £345 each for edition mumbers 2 and 3.

   

Latest Peter Smith prints

We're very pleased to announce some new Peter Smith stock about to be added to the store. From a limited edition run of 295 we have edition numbers 2 and 3 of Peter's newest works: Pile High Club and Romper Room. Prices as below

If you wish to reserve any of these prints before we get them online, please contact us.

Peter Smith: Pile High Club #2 or 3 £345

Peter Smith: Romper Room #2 or 3 £345

Where4ArtThou - Finding Service

Here at Where4ArtThou, we have made it even easier for you to request us to find a sold out, or hard-to-find print, but we have also expanded this very successful service so as to try and locate an item at the lowest price we can find. You may have located your print, but are you happy that you are not paying over the odds? We have saved customers over 30% on the price they were prepared to pay elsewhere. We provide a Gold and a Silver finding service, and with a no-obligation initial request, what have you got to lose! - find out more and give us a go.

The New York Times reports that a Jackson Pollock has sold for about $140,000,000 which makes it the most expensive painting ever sold, but just one thing bothers me about Pollock...

I mean...take a look at the picture. $140 million!!?? I just don't get it! There simply has to be more worthy things to do with your money than spend a 9 figure sum on a bit of 8 by 4 MDF that someones had an accident in the paint cupboard with!

Great New Stock with big discounts

We're pleased to say that we've just got in new stock of Sarah Jane Szikora and Paul Horton prints. Some of these are the lower edition size US prints, and some UK prints as well, including just one copy of Pauls's extremely sought after piece: 'The special Gift'.



Discounts apply to many of these pieces and are up to 25%, while stocks last.

We also have a few new copies of Szikora's sought after 'Taking the Biscuit' which directly follows on from the highly prized 'Foolish Little Biscuit' for which we've seen prices of £1000 to £2000. We're not sure if Taking the Biscuit has the same potential, but prices have been seen pushing £800 recently for this canvas edition.

Welcome to Sunday Telegraph readers

A warm welcome to all Sunday Telegraph Readers. If you're visiting us after spotting our ad in the Seven magazine with the Sunday Telegraph from 22nd October, then we're delighted to offer you an extra 10% off all prices in our online store.. Just note the code shown in the ad, and when you go to the products page, enter that code in the discount code box at the bottom of the page before clicking on the 'ORDER' button, and 10% will be taken off the total price. We hope you'll find something of interest and that you'll enjoying having a look around.

The American Dream - gashed

So imagine you're at the top of the pile - you've made your fortune, you've got some nice pictures on the walls of your pad - you know the sort of thing - a few Cézannes, Renoirs, Picassos, etc. You've built a 59 story hotel and casino and named it after your favourite painting, (lets say it's a Picasso, Le Reve maybe) but you've been offered a tidy sum - I don't know, let's say $139,000,000 - and it's the worlds largest sum ever paid for a painting. So you have a few friends round to say goodbye to the painting and you're enthusing and gesticulating about what a great painting this is when suddenly Rrriiiiippp - you've just stuck your elbow through the painting. Gutted? I should say - and then some! Well, unbelievably, this is exactly what happened to Steve Wynn (as reported here by the BBC).

Well, the deals off, of course, and that's a $90,000,000 profit down the drain - not to mention the extra $3.99 for the masking tape to stick it back together again, although actually - looking at the painting it looks like the woman in the picture (Picasso's mistress, Thérèse Walter) may have covered up the gash herself to avoid embarrasment!


Picasso's Le Reve (The Dream) - damaged goods

Superb Govinder number sets of 3 canvas on board

We have in store Govinder Nazran's sold out set of 3 hand embellished canvas on board prints: I need you, I love you and I need your love. For a limited time we are offering a same number set of these three sought after unmounted boards at 20% off the RRP.

  

Paul Horton - Magic of the Cup

We have in store two copies of Paul Hortons sought after Magic of the Cup which sadly have damaged tips to a couple of the corners. The damage would probably be covered up by a suitable frame or in fact the whole mount could be trimmed by half an inch all the way round without affecting the print itself, or the overall appearance. For this reason we've dropped the price by a huge 30% off the RRP, making them just £299 each

Buying a masterpiece - not a masterstroke

The Guardian reports on whether buying a masterpiece is actually a great investment. The verdict seems to be that, well - ok an investment in a great work of art might be fractionally better than bonds, but it's not going to be a whole heap better than US and UK equities in general and in fact, if you take into account buying and selling costs, insurance, storage etc, then you're unlikely to see any return for your money unless you pick something outstanding.

What do I mean by outstanding? Well, as Slate reports in more detail, Ronald S. Lauder thought Gustav Klimt's 1907 society portrait Adele Bloch-Bauer I (below) was pretty outstanding because he shelled out 135 million dollars for it!

Now, last time I dug around to see how much I had to spend on a good investment piece, I didn't quite have $135m in my wallet - and I did check thoroughly between the dog eared tesco receipts and the half dozen or so partially completed Cafe Nero loyalty cards.

If I did find a little money there, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't go for a masterpiece. For one thing I can't think of many contemporary masterpieces, because it's contemporary art that most people want these days - something that looks good for the modern living environment. I can't begin to imagine a tired old Constable (painting that is, not your local bobby) sitting square in the middle of your living room wall with your pale beech wooden floors, hint of mocca corner sofa and carbon fibre 42 inch plasma TV.

So - if you're looking to invest in art, forget a masterpiece; take a look round our store and pick an item that suits your living environment, your budget, and your taste, and who knows - you might get a better return on your money than poor old Mr Lauder will.

Three LS Lowry paintings stolen in raid

The BBC reports that three paintings by LS Lowry (including Two Women and Children, below) were amongst 15 paintings stolen from the Clark Art Gallery in Hale (Gtr Manchester) yesterday morning.

I'm not sure we classify very highly up there in the ranks of known fine art dealers that the new owners might wish to approach us, but we're always happy to list third party owned art on this website, so if anyone has these pictures then do please get in contact with us - not least because we'd quite like the £25,000 reward for the safe return of the paintings - oh and the small matter of capturing the gang that stole them.

To Bill Clark whose gallery had only been open for a week - my commiserations.

To the stolen paintings - I say Where 4 Art Thou?

Gift Certificates now available

With Christmas gift ideas needed soon, we have now introduced Where4ArtThou Gift Certificates which can be sent at any time of year by email to friends, family, staff or anyone you feel would love to receive a gift of art of their own choice. Values range from £25 to £500.

Read more about them here or purchase from the Where4ArtThou online store.

Caroline Shotton is Over the Moon

Where4ArtThou is pleased to make available for purchase (individual or as a set), a complete set of Caroline Shottons "Over the Moon" release of seven hand embellished and varnished box canvases in the low low edition number of 3 / 95

  
  

To purchase, just vist Caroline's section in our Where4ArtThou store

Regards
Roger

Fancy yourself as an artist?

The Riverhouse Barn in Walton-on-Thames is hosting a competition to create a design in any medium to be made into a textile panel 240cm x 120cm, on the theme of "Community". Deadline for submissions is 27th October. The work will be exhibited at the Robert Phillips Gallery from 15th November to 3rd December and there are cash prizes. Log on to www.riverhousebarn.co.uk to find out more.

Keith Taylor - Cambridge Photographer

We're pleased to announce that we are now listing Photographic art and our first photographer on board is part of what will be a growing portfolio of artists (painters and photographers) in the local Cambridge area. See more of Keiths work in store.

      

      

Janice Windle

Jan Windle has just returned from another trip to the Amalfi Coast with a new series of gouache paintings and ink and watercolour drawings to offer for sale. The gouaches, on heavy (300gsm) watercolour paper, are vibrant and fresh, poetic and lyrical reminders of the atmosphere in summer on the Neapolitan Riviera. These original paintings are priced at only £600 each - affordable and excellent value.

         

New Neil Dawson Originals

New in stock we now have a few Neil Dawson originals. Visit the Neil Dawson section of our store for more information.

   

   

New stock of Szikora Sculptures

New in store we have a range of Sarah Jane Szikora scupltures, including Gasp!, Two o clock temptation, Tickly feet, Peekaboo and Smooching - all at 25%. off the Retail price.

   

   

Paul Horton: Community of Spirit

A new acquisition by Where4ArtThou, the much sought after 'Community of Spirit' by Paul Horton.

Released in 2002 as part of the Homes and Hearts tour and with an edition size of 295, this piece has become extremely hard to get hold of so we're very pleased to be able to offer this in our store.

Paul Horton: In My Life, Portfolio

A new addition to the Where4ArtThou store - Paul Hortons Limited Edition boxed set of six prints - the 'in my life' portfolio. Just £249 which is a bargain considering the RRP of £493.

Mackenzie Thorpe limited edition number 2's

Recently added to the Where4ArtThou store is a pair of Mackenzie Thorpe limited edition number 2's of Saturday afternoon and Mother and Daughter which are both recent releases. This pair of very low number editions is a special addition for any Thorpe fans' collection.

  

Where4ArtThou Store Now Open

Our visitors can now buy pieces from our own personal collection of Limited Edition Prints and Original Paintings. More items being added all the time. Come and have a look at the Where4ArtThou Store. We have many hard to find items, Sold out prints, Low edition numbers, Remarques, etc.

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It's art but is it insured.

A study by insurer Norwich Union found that high net worth customers are typically under-insured by 70%. Art collectors should also check not only their overall contents cover, but the cover for each individual piece of art which might typically be £1000 per item - not nearly enough for many collectable items - including not just originals, but more and more limited edition prints these days, as Vetrianno limited prints barely start at under £1000.00 for anything that's been released for more than about 5 minutes...

Buying Art as an Investment

icWales tells us here about a rise in the interest of buying art as an investment as an alternative place to put your money in order (maybe) to get a good return.

[The value of art may go down as well as up. Seek professional advice before committing to a large purchase; Your house may be at risk, blah blah...other disclaimers etc etc etc blah blah ]

Art for under a grand at the Serpentine Gallery?

The Telegraph reports on art prints available at the Serpentine Gallery.

Of course Ellsworth Kelly's 'Red Curve' (More work here) may not be everyone's cup of tea - in fact you might feel that you could have created the same thing in less time than it takes to have a cup of tea. But clearly someone feels that this work is worth £850 for a print albeit from an edition size of 100. Well - if this is the next picasso - I'm afraid this Picasso's not for Mio. I think though, that if I did like it, I could find alternative ways of creating this shape on my wall without spending £850, but then in a year or two's time I wouldn't be able to sell it on for £2000 would I! More Here...

Vettriano auctions this Saturday

The telegraph reports: "The biggest test of the Jack Vettriano market since 2004, when The Singing Butler sold for £744,800, takes place on Saturday when Shapes, an auction house in Edinburgh, offers Dance Me to the End of Love, the original painting for one of the artist's best-selling prints." More here...

Alexander Millar to have his first 'Atelier' Collection.

Alexander Millar is to have his first Atelier collection from Washington Green - The 'Homeward Bound' collection consists of seven superb images produced using a printing method which incredibly recreates the texture and feel of the original oil paintings. Limited prints with an edition size of 95, priced around the £900 to £1500 mark, this is going to be an expensive, but I'm still sure, sought after, collection.

See the collection and the quality of the 'Atelier' prints here.

The Fine Art of Hanging

The Times gives some excellent advice on hanging art, concluding with the following summary:

• Do take down all artwork when you buy something new, and start afresh
  
• Don’t display everything at once: rotating paintings keeps the look fresh
  
• Do get the lighting right: it has the same effect as cleaning a painting
  
• Don’t put a tiny picture in the middle of a vast space
  
• Do choose pictures that harmonise in some way when arranging groups 
  
• Don't be afraid to play with scale and introduce something oversize
  
• Do arrange groupings in crisp geometric shapes: a cross looks great
  
• Don't hang works too high. Eye level is the best starting point
  
• Do call in the experts if a painting is particularly heavy or valuable
  

Mystery buyer looks for top art

The Telegraph Reports here that a mystery buyer has been buying up fine art pieces around the country, many of them not even finished!

Peter Smith - Tails of the unexpected

Peter Smith's latest collection - known as the Tours Collection - or 'Tails of the unexpected' - from Washington Green becomes available this spring - consisting of the following 9 Prints. More details about these as we get them.

Always and Forever & Are we there yet


Scenes of Mild Peril & Shall we dance


Tails of the unexpected & That old devil called love


We are family & When two hearts beat as one


You're beautiful

Welcome to Where4ArtThou

Where4ArtThou is a new website targetted at the UK Fine Art Scene. This blog will be run alongside the development of the site which we hope to become an informative and invaluable resource for helping collectors and investors to buy or sell fine art in the UK.