Sweet Yet Sour

Art for Sale

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 | The Daily Special

A few years ago a friend asked Mike to put some of his photography up on the walls of a business that she was opening.  Mike had plenty of beautiful shots that he taken in recent years, so he spent a few hundred dollars getting a nice selection of photos framed.  We had thought that there might be a possibility that some of them would sell to clients of the business, but none ever did.  Last month, Mike’s friend decided to close her business and asked Mike to come and retrieve all his photos.

They are beautiful photos all of them, ranging from some of Mike’s close-up photos of plants and flowers:

To his nature photography photos, like this one that he took in one of our favorite places in British Columbia:

All of these photos, with their simple black or brown frames are now occupying our office/guest room.  I love these photos, but we don’t have room for all of them on our walls, and some of them we already have up.

I’m also terribly proud of my husband’s photographic talent – the man truly has an eye for this stuff.  In the past few years his time for what used to be his favorite hobby has dwindled to nil.  Now his photography is limited to the few photos that he takes of the kids, when he can, generally with my camera.  And while I think that Mike knows that these are beautiful photos, he would never offer them up for sale and if he were to sell any to family or friends, it would be at such a discounted rate that it would barely cover the cost of the photo.  He’s generous that way; my friend Jen recently convinced him to sell her a set of four photos and said “take into account your value as an artist” when she asked for the price.  (Wait to go Jen!)  It was the first time in a long time that Mike asked anyone for more than $50 for a photo.

Below are the links to the framed photos on Mike’s photography website.  I know it’s a recession, and art is not the same as food on the table, but still, just in case they would look better on your walls than in our office or basement, take a look…  I’ll sell them to the highest bidder…(with Mike’s approval – of course!)

1. Another Wavy Leaf
2. Gerbera
3. Wave
4. Anna is Sleeping #3
5. Anna is Sleeping #5
6. Sunday
7. Merry Go Round
8. Mystic Beach
9. French Beach II

Oh, and feel free browse all of Mike’s photos on his blog – all of them are available for framing and sale!  (I’m shameless, I know – but I’m also the proud wife of a great photographer!)

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