Living with original–even “important”–art is a gift to one’s self and soul that shouldn’t be limited to the 1%…and doesn’t have to be! Thirty years working in and with art museums and galleries taught me that visually engaging and thought-sparking art is out there at affordable prices, able and eager to enrich the day-to-day life of day-to-day people by gracing their homes. I’ve found that many of the best gallerists–even those directing long-established galleries that are acclaimed by critics, respected within the professional visual-arts community, and beloved by those who matter most: artists!–take particular pleasure in sharing art they believe in by working thoughtfully and graciously with genuinely interested and enthusiastic new collectors.
The Ideal Museum? It can be your own home. I’d be so happy to help you build your own ideal collection of art, whether it be a few pieces on a prime bit of “happy wall” or a house filled with treasures.
“Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.”
-Abraham Joshua Heschel
Chris Johanson (cup) and Jesse Goldstein
On wall, clockwise from center top: Charles Burwell, Joy Feasley, Paul Swenbeck, Dennis Stephan, Kim Alsbrooks. On mantel, left to right: Jim Winters, Dennis Stephan, Alex Stadler
On wall, clockwise from top left: James Rosenthal, Jim Winters, Jim Houser, Rebecca Westcott. Jim Houser. On chest: Robin Miller print, Stuart Netsky multiple (Wedgwood dish and pearls), Henry Bazemore, Jr. (face-jug)
Gabriel Martinez and portrait-miniature by unknown artist
Clockwise from center top: Shelley Spector, Jack Gibbons, Dennis Stephan, Cary Leibowitz, Joy Feasley, Shelley Spector, Zoe Strauss
Robin Miller, "Cathedral"
Left: Tim Gierschick; right: Steve Lauf
Left to right: Jim Winters, Phil Blank, Richard Saja (textile panel). Maryann Devine, Shelley Spector, Cary Leibowitz
Left to right: Candy Coated (ceramic and print), Paul Swenbeck (hanging piece, ceramic, cast bottle), Joy Feasley (hanger), Tristin Lowe (photograph), Jim Winters
Phil Blank
Left to right: Shelley Spector, Cary Leibowitz
Virgil Marti
Left to right: Cary Leibowitz, Tim Gierschick, Bonnie Brenda Scott
Left to right: Maryann Devine and Tim Gierschick
James Rosenthal, Cary Leibowitz, and Jonathan Adler
Clockwise from center top: Dennis Stephan, Ben Woodward; triptych by Jim Houser, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Ben Woodward; Candy Coated, Tim Gierschick, Jim Houser
Top, left to right: DFW (Isaac T. Lin, Barry McGee, Andrew Jeffrey Wright), Raymond Pettibon; center, left to right: Jack Gibbons, Howard Hussey, Richard Torchia, Gary Baseman (mezuzah), Leslie Friedman; Bottom, left to right: Jim Houser, Jim Winters, Barry McGee, Jim Winters
Clockwise from top left: Richard Torchia, Gary Baseman, Barry McGee
Clockwise from top left: Steve Lauf, Ben Woodward, Elke Reva Sudin. On ledge: Mercer tiles by Moravian Tile Works
Left to right: Tim Gierschick, Mose Toliver, Cary Leibowitz
Clockwise from top left: Tristin Lowe, Robin Miller, Jonathan Adler (ceramic)
Cary Leibowitz
Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee
Fraktur by Dennis Stephan, primarily; Susan Daul on bottom left. Print on linoleum tiles: Leslie Friedman. Print on paper: Andrew Jeffrey Wright. Redware bowl: Bob the Potter. Chest and bird-tree: Jim Murphy
Left: Cary Leibowitz; right: Tim Gierschick
Left to right: Steven Dufala, Paul Swenbeck, Virgil Marti
On wall at left (bottom), left to right: Tim Gierschick, Bonnie Brenda Scott; on floor: Benton Spruance; above staircase: Jim Houser. On right-hand wall, left to right, bottom to top: Isaac T. Lin, Robin Miller, Steven Dufala, Paul Swenbeck, Virgil Marti, Tim Gierschick
Left to right: Alexander Minott, Judith Schaechter
Left to right: Judith Schaechter, Eileen Neff
Left to right: Eileen Neff, Zoe Strauss
Cary Leibowitz, "Liberty Bell/William Penn Fan Club Yarmulke"
Painting: Cary Leibowitz, "Painting with Something Missing"; Jonathan Adler and various early-20th-century American art-pottery (McCoy, Weller, Roseville, etc.)
Left to right: Elayne Scott, Jenni Desnouee, Cary Leibowitz
Clare Rojas
Jim Winters
Left to right: five ceramic works by Becky Suss; ceramics by Jonathan Adler; face-jug by Henry Bazemore, Jr.
James Rosenthal
Left/top: Shelley Spector; right/bottom: Cary Leibowitz
Top: Richard Cardona; bottom: Leslie Friedman
Jeff Wiesner
On left-hand wall: Candy Coated; on wall above chest: Patrick King and Jonathan Adler (ceramic); on chest, left to right: Chris Johanson, Cary Leibowitz (bat and ceramic pig), Shelley Spector, Jesse Goldstein
Left: Mary Mack; right: Robert Venturi
Jim Houser
Left to right: Cary Leibowitz (glass tumblers), Andrea Stern photograph, Greg Shooner vase, Cary Leibowitz mug
Andrew Jeffrey Wright
Minister Johnnie F. Simmons
Phil Blank, "Bee Maidens in the Land of Milk and Honey" and Cary Leibowitz mugs