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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional? [/quote]

Ok will attempt to clarify.  I’m an art lover with a smallish budget.  I don’t use art just as decor, l take it more seriously.  I go to a lot of museums and galleries and researching art that speaks to me is a hobby.  So when l add a piece to my collection it’s been thought about a lot…that’s what l mean by intentional. I do try to hang my art in aesthetically pleasing groupings, but the art itself is more important than how it goes with a color pallet for the room.

Just to give an idea of original art (or limited edition prints) I’ve purchased in about the last 4 years, to show it’s not all breaking the bank

1 original collage $50
I original painting $650
2 signed prints small edition (5 to 20) about $150 each
1 well known DC artist, print from small edition (5), $1500

I wish l had a bigger budget as l love art and supporting artists.  But still I’m very happy with my small and slowly growing collection
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I see what you’re getting at in terms of intentionality but not maturity, unless you’re equating maturity with money earned over time. [/quote]

Right? It’s nice that PP is following his or her own taste, but it’s pretty immature to believe that your personal taste is more mature than other people’s. Maturity means accepting that other people aren’t just like you, and that the way you are is not necessarily the highest evolution of being. [/quote]

+1 My grandmother worked in galleries before marriage and then collected for decades. Once my grandfather died, she gave away her entire collection and bought flower prints because they made her happy. [/quote]

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