Jack Vettriano had to wait for Artistic Success
Artist Jack Vettriano (birth name Jack Hoggan) was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. But unlike many gifted artists who start painting while in their teens, Vettriano only began teaching himself to paint after a girlfriend gave him a set of watercolor paints for his 21st birthday.
In 1989, at the age of 38, he felt ready to display his paintings in public and submitted two works to the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual exhibition. Both were accepted and sold the same day, after which the artist was approached by several galleries wanting to sell his work..
In 2004 The Singing Butler, Vettriano’s best known painting, was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000. In the same year he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts.
Although his work is often dismissed by art critics as devoid of imagination, Vettriano is one of the most commercially successful living artists. While his original works regularly fetch six figure prices, it is believed he makes more from the sale of reproductions.
And that’s lucky for non-art critics who appreciate his work as Jack Vettriano Prints are now readily available and affordable for those who can’t fork out huge amounts of cash for originals.
Because of modern technology and advances in digital printing, it’s now possible to produce art reproductions at budget prices. The quality of fine art prints has simultaneously improved. Sophisticated inkjet printers using a broad range of inks can produce brilliant, pure colors, outstanding detail and subtle tones previously only manageable with the most expensive of machinery.
This means the normal person now has access to Vettriano posters and fine art prints reproduced from his original artwork. Reproductions are made on archival quality materials and often include stretched canvas prints, providing an even more authentic appearance.
When looking for quality reproductions, it’s worth checking if the work is available as a Giclée print. Giclée prints (pronounced “zhee-clay”) are fine art reproductions using special inkjet machines that print on a variety of paper surfaces or substrates, including textures such as watercolor paper, canvas, or artist textured vinyl.
When selecting a fine art print, one has various framing options available that allow one to infuse the artwork with individual preferences, ensuring a degree of originality.
Selecting a frame that complements not only the print but also the interior design space will add immensely to one’s appreciation of the artwork. Unless you’re very daring, it’s safest to keep it simple – modern frames with contemporary art, and so on.
Using basic interior design principles combined with considered selection of the artist’s framed prints, it’s now quite easy to decorate your home or corporate walls to look like a personalized art gallery – without breaking the bank.
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