It has been such a joy to see the trees coming out in bloom in the last few weeks.  Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy the emergence of spring all year round? 

Here are a few images from RED DOT Project artist members that celebrate the season.

Sara Guren  ::  Bud  ::  Photography on canvas

 Barney Taxel  ::  Daffodil Hill, Lakeview Cemetary  ::  Photograph

Fuchs & Kasparek  ::  Erie Spring  ::  Photograph

Lee Heinen  :: Earthly Delights ::  Painting

A toast to everyone who is Irish or Irish for today.

Jay Patel  :: Enchanted Forest  ::  photography, various sizes

Ann Caywood Brown  ::  On the Way to Mom’s House  ::  pastel, 26″ x 36″

Jeanne Regan  ::  sleepwalk  :: print, 14″ x 15″

RED DOT Project artist member Richard Tuschman, Rose and Faces, sized 19″ x 13″

Richard Tuschman has over 20 years of experience as a fine artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He creates digital prints that layer painting, sculpture, photography, found imagery, typography and 3D computer generated objects. He combines these various stimulations to convey a sense of warmth, poetry and emotionality in his digital prints, all things not normally associated with technology. 

In preparation for Valentine’s Day this week, a romantic images of Barbie and David from Steve Sorin… 

Desert Rendezvous

Hero’s Journey

Steve has worked with Barbie and Ken, documenting their relationship.  These images are taken in environments throughout Northeast Ohio.  Steve attempts to subvert photography, the ultimate medium of factual representation, to produce images of “unreality.” Sorin works simultaneously on three different series which, while visually highly disparate, share common features and conceptual goals.

Glomerulous

Solar Storm

I am often asked what art sells best.  My reply takes on a rambling quality about the variety of art styles, colors or visual content has been selling.  The art that sells is the art that satisfies an individual requirement.  Sometimes it is color (’we need something blue to go with our carpet’). 

 Betsy Molnar, Cosmos

Sometimes it is content (’we want to show Cleveland’). 

Barney Taxel, Downtown from Garfield’s Monument

Sometimes it is style (’we want something contemporary’).   

Brock Winans, Untitled

More recently, a client found a print she loved by Kate Ward Terry.  Her sister had gone to school with Kate, and she was thrilled to add Kate’s piece to her collection. 

Kate Ward Terry, Disordered

It is hard to quantify what sells best because each decision is based on an individual’s or company’s goals.  What does work best is discovering an artist or a piece of artwork that you love and buy it, hang it up, and enjoy it.

This image comes via Housemartin.  Amy Butler sums it up best, “Great style comes from confidence.  Love what you love, and don’t be shy about it.”

Artwork selection can be inspired by color.  Do you want to pull together an environment by using a color that is already found in the upholstery, rug, or furnishings?  Or do you need that pop that will make a space sing?

As we enter another cold cold weekend, yellow is the color that can add warmth and vibrancy or a shimmer and suggestion. 

David Moskovitz, Sunflowers, oil on canvas, 60″ x 48″

Andrew Morrell, Rivets Yellow, photograph, 13″ x 19″

Ruth Bercaw, Prism, acrylic on shaped canvas, 51″ x 81″ x 8.5″

Jeanne Regan, Sleepwalk, limited edition print, 14″ x 15″

Look for new search features on our website this year, such as search by color.