Moving from fine Art prints to original paintings is quite the expensive endeavor. The slow growth of my art collection over time with a focus on urban art, street art, bridging into fine art has been fun… But expensive. Martin Whatson is a Norwegian street artist who is known for his fun, eye popping, colorful, graffiti tags. He has gained quite a following. I love his use of grayscale with pops of colored graffiti. This is a stencil and spray paint on canvas with paint pen graffiti tags.

Todd Pavlisko

“Untitled, Violin #1”

“Untitled, Violin #2”

“Untitled, Viola”

Carved Wood, (Lacquered), Metal, Basketball

Dimensions Variable

2014-15

Kevin Peterson produces amazing lifealike urban art pieces. The majority of his work captures a child and a wild animal in an urban landscape. The detail and precision brings, realism, surrealism together in a dream-like state. His original paintings are getting pricey in the $5,000 to $15,000 range, however, his prints can be purchased at reasonable prices for a couple hundred dollars. These are a limited edition, signed, and numbered. They look great when matted and properly framed.

Ardif, a French artist that I met about 7 years ago, still has affordable art (both prints and paintings) and will work on commissions as well. They intricate details on his “mechanimals” have a steampunk like quality that belies his start as an architect. But his stuff while you can as it slowly continues to rise in collectability art, cost, value, and depth.

Todd Pavlisko

“A Portrait of Richard Pryor”

Pencil Drawing with 1930’s Joe Louis Souvenir Pin-Back Buttons w/ Vintage Ribbon

24in x 24in

2010

Private Collection