Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Excellent Online Gallery

I've had an email recently from Gordon at artgallery.co.uk. He was bringing the site to my attention and I'm glad he did. It really is a good online gallery for both artist and customer.

Buyers are given very easy to use navigation to allow them to search for prints or originals with any number of different criteria such as price, medium, subject, style or even colour (incase you are looking to match your art with your decor). I find it slightly strange that the lovely clean white interface changes to a black background when you choose to view an individual piece but I suspect that might be something that will change in the future. When I'm on a website and the interface changes, I always wonder if I'm still on the same site I started on. Black background not withstanding, the site is very easy to use, the information about pieces of art is comprehensive and the buying process looks pretty straightforward.

Artists will find that unlike some other sites they don't have to pay a penny to exhibit their work here. Artgallery.co.uk only take commission on completed sales. The signup process for artists is fairly straightforward but be aware that there is a selection process in order that they can keep the site full of high quality art. More about selling your art here. The gallery is open and honest with customers, giving them a 14 day no quibble returns policy which artists must adhere to. This is understandable really as buying art online is a very different kettle of fish from seeing a painting in the flesh where you can really appreciate the dimensions, colour depth and texture.

All in all it's a good place to buy or sell art and I wish artgallery.co.uk the best of luck.

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