When it comes to buying art, most of us are not exactly experts. The thought of choosing the perfect piece can keep us stuck and our homes lacking the originality we want. We went looking for help and found the perfect solution in King Consulting, headed by art supporter and consultant Everett King Waldrep. We spent some time asking all questions art recently and think you’ll agree that a little help from our friends is always a good thing.
TG: What first gave you the idea that there was a need for your business?
EK: For several years I was helping friends and acquaintances find works of art that made them happy. I loved making those connections for them. Thankfully, my business coach Sallie Holder guided me into the truth that: I could actually build a business, pursue my passion, AND help clients start their own collection or grow an existing collection.
TG: What has been the best part about what you do?
EK: I get to connect clients to new artists and works of art. It doesn’t get much better than bringing art to life.
TG: What has been the biggest surprise?
EK: This work is fun! Nothing makes me happier than a delighted client with a new work of art that refreshes their current collection, home or office.
TG: What is one thing you wish everyone knew about choosing art for their home?
EK: Don’t hurry. Look at original art—support working artists. Discover what you love and invest in it!
TG: How do you convince people to invest in art?
EK: I don’t. It’s a process that I facilitate for the client. You invest when you are ready, after looking. Sometimes it is instant: you fall in love with a painting and keep going back to look at it. I try to make it easy for clients by bringing art and artists to their attention, bringing art into the places they live and work.
TG: Where do you find the art to present to clients?
EK: I have enjoyed getting to know so many creative people in the past several years. My growing friendships with local and regional artists and galleries are the foundation of my work.
TG: What advice would you give someone who is new to collecting art for their home?
EK: Look. Visit galleries and museums. Look. Look. Look. The more we look, the more we see. Discover what works draw you back, what art makes you happy. Then invest in what you love.
TG: What is the most common fear in investing in art?
EK: Budgets. Art can seem “non-essential.” But I’m here to tell you that art makes the home. Art reflects YOUR personality. It makes a place your own.
TG: What is the most common mistake people make in purchasing art?
EK: When you find a work of art that lights you up, you will always treasure it. Don’t compromise because of price. Of course, we all have budgets to honor. But don’t settle for something that doesn’t truly make you happy because it is just out of budget. Many galleries and artists will work with you on payment plans
TG: How do you help someone discover what they like?
EK: We get to know each other. We look at art together. I introduce them to a range of artists’ works. It is a process of mutual discovery.
TG: What is the process you go through with a client?
EK: I get to know them, their family, pets, how they live, and what their collecting goals may be. I gather ideas, present options and together, we establish a plan. We usually begin with a broad range of options and narrow down to final selections. Whenever possible I bring art to the client or the client to a gallery or studio. I like to throw in a little surprise that is just outside the client’s comfort zone.
TG: Prints or original art?
EK: Oh, interesting question! Both, if you are referring to giclee prints! My husband teases that im not allowed to purchase any prints, only originals. But I think there is absolutely a place for prints. Its a wonderful way to start a collection or gift to others or use in an auxiliary space where you want a certain look without the price tag.
LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.
More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.
The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.
They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.
“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”
It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.
Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”
Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.
“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.
