Where to buy hand painted art from?

baby_frogmella

Hi
Looking to buy hand painted wall art, just wondering are there any websites in UK which stock a wide range of paintings which don't cost a small fortune? I did place an order with allposters.co.uk (USA based i believe) but their only hand painted painting turned out to be out of stock so they cancelled the order. Local art galleries are way too expensive & they don't have much of a choice.

Artoyster.com (USA based) has a good range with reasonable prices (between £100-£400) with free delivery to UK but i'm a bit suspicious on how they can claim to stock nearly every painting in every size!!! Any other suggestions?

philhoggins

Ebay can be an interesting source for little known artists. I have bought several original art works from there.

Hughjass

I sell on Saatchi online, its a huge site but some original bargains by UK artists to be had:)

http://www.saatchionline.com/?cpid=1&gclid=CL-vkKCUwbICFYcLfAodhV8AkQ

oliveoyl

http://folksy.com/
http://www.etsy.com/

Fenella

Look out for local art society exhibitions. You may be surprised at the high standard of the paintings, the variety of subjects and the reasonable prices.

baby_frogmella

After a lot of dilly dallying i finally went ahead and ordered this oil painting from artoyster.com in a custom size 180 x 80cm. It arrived it today and oh boy it looks even better in real rife:


I paid £260 incl delivery ($424) for this which IMHO is a bargain...pretty sure painting of similar quality/size would cost hell of a lot more in UK. Despite the artoyster website looking a bit iffy, its definitely legit and i'd highly recommend it for reasonably priced price hand painted oil paintings...they have a pretty good range. Now have to find a decent frame :cool:

BTW i work for artoyster.....just kidding;)

HelloSunshine_2

This may sound a bit mad but if you look around on Pinterest there are loads of amazing ideas to make your own art work, talent not necessarily required.
It might be worth a go for something totally your own and if it doesn't work out you haven't lost anything x