Not all paintings are equal! Often people find no value in the paintings they purchase and that’s because it’s purchased in the same way a pillow for the couch is purchased. Do you like the color? Does it match the set? Will it make me comfortable and what is the material it’s made from? While this mentality is great for pillows on couches and beds, it has nothing to do with paintings. Paintings aren’t wall hangings for decoration! If you find they are, you’ve probably paid too much for that $2 torn print you put in that yard sale frame.

When it comes right down to it most people don’t have any understanding for paintings other than, if I like it I like it and if I don’t, I don’t. While that is an excellent starting place, you’ll never fully realize the value a great painting can bring to your life each and every day. They don’t have to be offered by Sotheby’s or be expensive, but they can be, if you can find them or they can find you, “priceless”.

Here are Seven things to consider:

First, these paintings live and breathe and communicate, which means for you that:
1. They recall the things of your heart, memories of love and relationship.
2. They bring reminders to your minds eyes of beautiful experiences and places of refreshment.
3. They communicate encouraging messages each and every day you are engaged with them.

Second, these paintings offer hope, optimism and positive reinforcement, which means for you:
1. They have triggers that set off the positives in your thinking and in your emotions
2. They give you constant reminders of good experiences and good feelings
3. They put these activated positives into combat against negative thinking and stress

Thirdly, paintings come from passionate expressions of creativity, which means for you:
1. They peak your interest in acquiring a better understanding of the artist painters
2. They push you to seek out more knowledge of color, balance, composition and alike
3. They create a desire to know more about the style, the technique, and the medium

Fourthly, paintings, great paintings contribute to your life and health, which means to you:
1. They change your moods and bring about noticeable changes in your thinking
2. They shape the way you look at things marking a cause of well-being and health issues
3. They allow you to personally witness the power of positive memory recall

Fifthly, paintings affect your environments and decors, which means to you:
1. They give you anchors during stressful times and not just pretty images without meaning
2. They offer you positive, hopeful laden messages rather than meaningless wall decoration
3. They evoke positive personal reminders to you rather than things that match pillows

Sixth, paintings contribute to culture and society, which means to you:
1. They connect and engage you to grow socially and culturally
2. They broaden the scope of your insight and understanding
3. They bring to life that it is not just about you, individually

Seventh and finally, paintings aren’t just about collections, auctions and monetary returns which means to you:
1. They let you grasp the effect of finding paintings that capture the heart’s emotions
2. They make you realize the many benefits of acquiring engaging works
3. They give you a new perspective of investment and return

Remember it’s not about just Paintings, just Prints, just Pictures, or just Images, or just Money; it’s about finding and acquiring great paintings that captures your hearts emotions. They truly are “Priceless”!

Douglas Auld
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Douglas Auld
Artist, Painter, Poet and Writer
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