Art you must acquire
artdc.com is presenting a regular list of works that you simply must acquire. This work has been selected for its quality, concept, impact, and/or artist’s activity. This art must be recognized, and we’d like to see you own this art.
Each work will be presented with information about the work and the artist. As the site grows with our selections, we hope to make an impact representing top-notch work. When thinking about acquiring art, we want to know that the work itself is of high quality and that the artist is serious with the intent of producing art for the long run. Personally, this is even more important than an artist with an established career.
artdc.org was founded in 2004. Since then we’ve spent a great deal of time looking at Washington, D.C.-area art. There is a tremendous amount of great work available for art lovers and collectors in this area.
I once heard an art dealer say, “If I could buy stock in this artist’s career, I would…” I’ve carried that thought with me, and I keep it in mind when I collect a work of art and think about the possibility of the longevity of the artist’s career. While there’s no way to guarantee what happens in anyone’s carreer, one can get a feel for who’s serious.
Owning a work of art is an important emotional experience, which brings the energy of creativity into the home, and supports the society of creativity. It’s often difficult to select a new work of art, so we turn to galleries and art dealers for advice or insight into what’s happening. We’d like to see artdc.com play a similar role and help through suggestions of what we think are important works. Art is, however, subjective. We think the work on this site is absolutely amazing and we’d love to see collectors buy this art as soon as possible.
Contact us for details on how to get in touch with this group of artists. Sales will be made directly through the artist.
Why contact us first? Creativity is a tough business, and often artists don’t have the time to market themselves, so they turn to art dealers and galleries to help. This allows the artists to focus on the most important task—creating art. Support our site, and you’ll be supporting artdc.com, artdc.org, and the artists by helping us continue our efforts.
I would love to own these works myself, but I can’t collect everything, so you should instead.
For more information on any of these artists, from artdc.com’s picks or from the studio, please contact us here.
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