Looking at my love for painting a local businessman whom I know financed a gallery locally for me. He was keen on the place in town for religious paintings and he respected and liked my choice in other paintings. This made me look at the religious paintings everywhere and I have been buying what I like for many years now. I have been lucky to find some beautiful religious paintings.
The favorite artist whose paintings I liked was not a famous one but I just happen to find him while searching for religious paintings. He had some of his pieces at a local show. Mostly he sells his paintings via internet. I liked what he had painted and it was difficult to express my feelings when I saw his first paintings. He has used the scripture psalm 139:14 and was filled with layers of color.
When the paintings arrived, I called my patrons for a private viewing and they were all impressed. It was like I was a successful religious painting buyer. The paintings were five original canvases. The title of the piece was long but very apt. It was known as ” I will praise thee for I am fearfully made marvelous are Thy works and that my soul knoweth right well” One of the enthusiast wanted to buy it immediately but I took four months from him to show off the paintings in my gallery. Finding religious painting is a hard but satisfying work.
After so many months I feel I have become an expert at trying to find good religious paintings and getting some good ones. The paintings I try to find are in various mediums. My favorite is oils, earth minerals, and acrylic. Personally I do not care if the artist has signed the painting but most of my clients want the artist to sign their paintings. So I try to find the ones which the artist has signed.
The artist I know calls his paintings a Religious Graffiti and he uses symbolism in his paintings. He says his paintings are inspired by the original ancient storytelling frescoes of Pompeii, Italy.
Many of my clients request for particular subject in the religious paintings. For that I have looking for paintings of Mary and Jesus and of Mary and Angel Gabriel. These are all time favorites with the people and they want to hang it in their classic homes. The other family wants me to find a painting of Madonna with child in oil for their church. The one which was my favorite was of Our Lady, Jesus and St. Giovannino which was very provocative and I did not let it go for six months and was proud to keep it my gallery for so long. For that I made the policy of keeping the paintings in my gallery for a minimum of four months. That is due to the attachment I get with the paintings and do not like to part with them.
While in Atlanta while buying religious paintings I found an abstract triptych which was my current favorite. It was called Guardian and Angel. My clients loved it and want some more paintings of the artist and they have asked me to track down the artist.
The only paintings i do not touch is the paintings of Jesus on the cross. The problem is not with me I don’t care much for it either but I do not mind keeping it my gallery but my gallery financer business man made it clear form the beginning that I will not put that image in my gallery.