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We have a custom made replica oil painting displayed in our library.  It’s a portrait of a woman in the 1770s in Spanish Costume reading. Every single day I look at her and I am amazed as to what she might be reading and thinking, sometimes I feel as though the painting has changed somehow, maybe she’s turned a page, maybe the story in her book developed since yesterday. It gives new meaning every time I see it. Every person who has looked at it had a different interpretation of what she might be feeling, or what her story is. It sparks the imagination. It triggers your emotion and makes you think. Such is the power of portraits created by the brilliant artists.

Oil Paintings give visual appeal to any room in your home or work place. If you place a painting on a wall strategically it will create a serene and inviting ambiance to your home.  Our friends have always verbalized the fact that they feel very at ease and unusually at home at our place but couldn’t pin point what it was exactly that makes them feel that way. If this is applied in a commercial setting, it might even give you an edge over your competitors because your customers or clients feel at ease in your office!

Did you ever wonder how you could buy those high quality, stunning oil paintings? Most galleries present you with only a limited range of painting. Only the exclusive and famous artists have the opportunity to display the art in such places. The only place you could find work of art from both prominent as well as upcoming artist are real high quality websites. I have bought one of our paintings online (actually through eBay), but make sure you do your research before you hand over your money.

At first even I was of the opinion that online purchase of such work of art may not be the best-suited method to get genuine high quality work. But when I heard about custom designs from well-known artists that could be offered right to your doorstep I was just thrilled. There is also a money back guarantee if there is any dissatisfaction towards the delivered material. Obviously the money back guarantee is only useful if the seller is actually trust worthy. The eBay buying platform is good because it is based on a feedback system, so we bought from someone who has had good feedback from buyers who bought from them for paintings of similar price.

The purchased painting was shipped to us in sturdy tube containers for a small additional cost. Every care was taken to deliver the work of art safely to us. There was also a choice of framing services but we chose to frame the painting afterwards ourselves to save on postage costs.

We always used to worry that a transaction was not safe over the Internet. But now we think that if you are wary and do your due diligence, the chances of getting cheated are minimized. Online transactions are now quite protected with secure payment systems such as PayPal. So if you don’t end up receiving your painting I think you can dispute it through the secure payment system. If you paid by your credit card, you should also be able to get your money back by lodging a dispute with the credit card company with the details of the transaction and asserting that you did not receive your goods.