1/ Endorsement thread: I purchased three still lives from Kendric as a gift for my wife for Christmas. I'm not a hoity toity person from the social class where one "buys art". But I decided to bc * gift for wife * support a friend * pix looked good onlinehttps://twitter.com/kendrictonn/status/1382433420236623874 …
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2/ and, frankly, I was kinda terrified. Buying art, as I suggested above, was not in my comfort zone, "not what people like me DO". Also, like any product, you pay for quality. If I was going to drop $, was I going to regret it? Maybe every day? After all >>>
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3/ maybe people like me don't buy art FOR A VERY GOOD REASON. Like, maybe this is frivolous nonsense that only the chardonay sipping elites do? But, I grimaced and pulled the trigger.
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4/ ...and...
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5/ I have never been more satisfied with the ROI on a purchase. First off, oil paintings look so much better IRL than any picture of them can show. There's a (literal) depth to the painting, where light penetrates in under the surface layer of the varnish and you can TELL.
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6/ Also, the colors of high quality oil paints are astounding. The gamut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut is way larger than what you're used to with computer monitors or prints of artwork. There's a reason some paints cost hundreds per ounce.
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7/ And, finally, the craftsmanship. I won't belabor the obvious; check out the pictures. (but, as I said above, a picture on a monitor is a poor stand in for seeing a thing IRL). Anyway, literally twice a day or more, when I walk past the paintings, I enjoy them and >>>
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8/ am reminded what a good decision it was. There's a place for pragmatism - spending money on tools, home improvement, etc. But there's definitely also a place for enjoying very fine things. Exeunt.
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Replying to @MorlockP
I really appreciate your writing such a thoughtful thread, and I really appreciate your taking a flyer on the work in the first place. It's really a source of amazement & honor for me that people take my work into their daily lives, and thank you for it!
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