Major art collection sold to U.K. galleries

A British art dealer told Wednesday that he has agreed to sell a major collection of modern art to national museums at a discount price.

London art dealer Anthony d'Offay, 68, has agreed to sell 725 works by artists including Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons at the price for which he bought them — $53 million. That's just over a fifth of their current estimated value of $250 million. The money has come from the British and Scottish governments and from art funds.

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Joes's Waterhole named top artist

The iconic Live @ Joe’s music venue at Joe’s Waterhole Hotel, Eumundi, has once again managed to secure some top artists including Loudon Wainwright III (USA), Ron Sexsmith (Canada), Guy Davis (USA), Jake Shimabukuro (Hawaii) and Rory McLeod (UK).

Episode of Picasso

I was staying with Picasso in his studio. Every day, dealers would come by to authenticate paintings they were trying to sell... they would ask the painter if the painting was real or a fake.

A dealer came by one day, Picasso glanced at it and without hesitating said, "fake." Later that day, two more were identified as fakes.

The second day, a different dealer came by. Picasso hardly looked up. "Fake!" he bellowed.

After the dealer left, I couldn't help myself. "Picasso, why did you say that painting was a fake? I was here, in this studio, last year when I saw you paint it."
Picasso didn't hesitate. He turned to me and said, "I often paint fakes."

Paint which soothes your mind

I try to be very selective when participating in any Art exhibitions in an effort to protect my artwork. My paintings measure of different sizes and with safety measures in some place.

I like to paint anything which soothes my mind and body. I feel paintings with great ambience and unique homes and shops made this a wonderful area to capture on canvas.

- by Sudhir Kundi

Mini Series by Sudhir Kundi

However, sometimes you just don't have the energy or time to paint. When this happens to me, I limit my series to just a couple of paintings or depends on my limit. This is why I named this a "mini-series." It's useful in a limited way, and gives better results, but if you do lots of them over time, they can help you grow, but can leads to not so satisfactory result too.

So, as a painter you should know your limit and do follow your imagination.

Painting with a Series

Doing a full series can take a great deal of energy and time. By "series," I mean several paintings -- say, six or more -- that deal with a particular theme. The idea is that you keep all variables the same. This includes the choice of pigments, the dimensions of the canvas, the method of applying pigment, and, of course, the subject. This forces you to focus on developing your vision and not on your tools. You can really grow as an artist this way.

Sudhir Kundi - Favorite piece of Painting

My favorite piece of painting, which I painted when my friend Luke stayed came for a night stay at my place and he insisted me to paint something unusual than others. The painting looks like that some badass Angels chucking a bunch of devils out of heaven. The figures all interlock in three dimensions, forming a sort of open spong patterns made of the "little devils". I must have spent 20 minutes marvelling at the detail, as well as the wicked imagination of the artist. If you want to understand this painting then just keep a sharp eye, because this one is tiny, and easy to miss.