august gay, society of six painting at the auction house.

[duccio]

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August Gay (American, 1890-1948), "Sardine Boats", oil on board, signed lower right, 12"h x 16"w
Estimates: $15,000. - 20,000. Open: $7,500. Hammer: $30,000.
Out the door: $38,400.

Comments

[shinsetsu]

Oh man. I need to take up painting...

[duccio]

My thoughts exactly. Seeing paintings like this, one realizes they have wasted their lives on whatever else they did. I'll start if you do. We can share over LJ. I'll send you free art panels. I make them for my artist friends, and I just made about 50 of them out of all the wood scraps I have. They all are about the size of this one +/-. I know you love painting; do you do art work of your own?

[shinsetsu]

Thanks, but with my projected affordable art endeavours, which I believe will have to consist of old ballpoint pen on the back of used copy paper from years gone by, you may want to expend your panel efforts on something more promising. :P

I can draw women's faces with big hair. I have some crayons around here. If I can find some matches and a candle, I might be able to make some impressionistic melted wax art like I did when I was 13. lol My home insurance policy is up to date. Hmm...that just gave me an idea. *checks insured amount*

I call myself an art appreciator, Duccio. I may not know a lot about art, and in fact, I think the art world is a bit over the top, but I know what I like. I go back and look at all the hundreds of paintings I have saved in all my various online diary journals, and I think they are so beautiful. If I had money, I would like to own a museum/gallery type of thing. I have one diary I save photographs in, and even though I love them, I like the paintings better. I like how the internet allows someone like me to look at and save such beauty for no price except the cost of the internet connection. It's a form of escapism for me and a way to make this brutal earthly existence at least partially aesthetically fulfilling.