How To Show Off Your Art...

With Out Being A Show Off

Having achieved something this special you'd love to

share it with others. By having it in your home it is an open

invitation for all to enjoy and draw from. When showing the

works to others I like to keep it soft. If a guest asks you

about a particular piece you're entitled to be proud of it and

inform them as much as they care to learn.  However

holding an impromptu "museum tour" is probably going to

wear thin quickly

Your art collection is an incredible value to you.

Other people may have a different taste from yours. What

you think is a fascinating story of how you met the artist and

spent 2 hours in her studio speaking about the reason and

why she paints ecological disaster areas in oil may have your

guest standing with a forced smile.

I've been treated to a few of these home tours while

visiting as a dinner guest and the host wanted to get my

personal advice on... every piece in their home.

Including ones in the bathroom. And each piece has a story

of where it came from, how much it cost and why they

chose it. Several martinis have often failed to keep me civil.

If you have friends with children coming to visit it's

definitely good form to inform them ahead of time

about your artwork. A straightforward approach I use

when friends with children are planning to visit for the first

time; is saying to them, "You know this is a great

opportunity to talk to the children about the importance of

art and how it's different from their toys." But at the end

of the day don't let the big guest reach out and touch

either.