About Original Artwork

EXCLUSIVELY HANDMADE ARTWORK
Each painting is 100% original and handmade. These paintings are not prints, giclees or reproductions of any kind. All paintings are created on high-quality canvas.

FRAMES
Paintings are on gallery-wrapped canvases that do not need to be framed. They may be framed by the purchaser if desired. Each piece arrives ready to hang with all necessary hardware already in place.

PROTECTION OF PAINTINGS
Every painting is bubble wrapped and shipped with protection for the corners in reinforced boxes as needed. All paintings are fully insured.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
A certificate of authenticity is provided on request with all of my paintings ordered via the internet. The certificate states the painting's name and dimensions, artist’s name, year the painting was created, media used and a guarantee of the fact that it is a 100% original, handmade piece.

Pricing and payment

PRICING STRUCTURE
Works are generally priced by the square inch to keep the prices as objective as possible. Obviously this means smaller works are less expensive. This pricing structure curves up at the smaller end (more per square inch) and down at the larger end (less per square inch).

SHIPPING
Shipping, handling and insurance are calculated at 15% of the total purchase amount for the United States and US territories.

PURCHASE OPTIONS
To purchase a painting from this site, please send an email with the title of the paintings(s) that you wish to purchase and the means of payment (credit card or check). This will reserve the painting(s) for you. Payment plans are available for paintings of $100 or more. I will send an electronic invoice to your email for credit card or Pay Pal payments. See more information below about payment plans.

PAYMENT CONFIRMATION
I will confirm when payment has been received and will send an email when your painting has been shipped, usually within three business days. If you wish to pay by check, please send your check to the following mailing address: Kathleen Karlsen, Living Arts Enterprises LLC, 311 N. 18th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
All works are 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Returned works (within 30 days of purchase) will be charged a 15% shipping and handling fee.

Interest Free Payment Plans

Our interest free payment plans are available for all art priced at $150 or more. This plan allows you to break up payments into three or four installments. The cost for shipping and handling is included in the first payment. Your painting will be shipped once the first payment is received. Payments for the subsequent months will be billed at the beginning of each month, regardless of the date when the first payment was sent.

This is an honor system. Please only use this option if you are able to fulfill the commitment for all payments. If you return the painting for any reason in the first 30 days, you will recieve the first payment back, minus the shipping and handling. Paintings returned after the first thirty days will not recieve additional refunds even if additional payments have been made.

Gift Certificates

Give a gift that lasts a lifetime! If you aren't sure which piece is the ideal choice, buy a gift certificate and let the recipient chose their own art. Perfect for housewarming gifts, graduations and retirements, baby showers, birthdays and more.

Each gift certificate is individually numbered, signed by the artist and valid for a full 12 months after purchase. Paintings can be purchased in part or in full with gift certificates. Refunds cannot be given for unused portions, but credit can be held for future purchases. Shipping and handling can also be paid for with gift certificates. Send an email to request a gift certificate.

Your Essential Guide to Buying Original Canvas Paintings Online
By Fabrizio Van Marciano

If you've always wondered what canvas paintings are then you're going to find out right now. A canvas painting is basically a painting on canvas. It is a sheet of canvas material stretched over a square wooden frame support and fastened on the reverse with small tacks. The surface of the canvas material is then primed with white acrylic gesso or primer, it is then smoothed down with abrasive paper making it ready for the painting to be created on. I'm sure that some of you may have heard of canvas prints as they are pretty popular with pop art. We're going to take a look at buying quality hand painted original canvas paintings; how to choose the right one for your living or working space. If it's something you like the look of, we'll take a look at what types of canvas paintings are available to buy online.

First off, the types of canvas paintings vary from modern contemporary paintings to abstract paintings to floral and figurative artwork, landscape and seascape paintings etc. If you know what your favorite subject is i.e. landscape paintings or abstract paintings, then this makes the process of looking for the right piece of canvas art a lot easier.

You may look to buy canvas paintings to finish off a newly decorated room. This can either be something to match your existing decor such as soft furnishings or something to add that extra vibrancy and create a relaxing moody atmosphere for you and your guests. Canvas paintings displayed in an office wall space can bring something special to a working environment. It can create a relaxing working atmosphere, like an imaginary escape window for when the tough gets going, a place of Zen. 

When buying canvas art online make sure that its of the highest quality in materials used to create them with. As most canvas paintings online are purchased direct from the creator or the artist this makes communication and asking questions a lot simpler. At the end of the day if there is nothing that takes your fancy or is not suitable for the room you want to put it in, then you can always request to have a canvas painting customized by the artist. Customizing canvas paintings also known as a commission, opens up a whole new opportunity to really have something created to your requirements from size, color, theme and style, and you can now also choose to have multiple canvases making up one scene known as triptychs. If you're buying direct from an artist then make sure that your piece of artwork is signed on the front as well as signed and dated on the reverse. Some artists include a signed certificate of authenticity with their canvas paintings.

Canvas paintings purchased online can be considerably cheaper than purchasing from your high street gallery. Normally buying direct from an artist means you there isn't a massive commission or gallery fee slapped onto the final price of the artwork thus saving you a shed load of cash even with shipping and postage fees added.

Where are canvas paintings displayed? Well absolutely anywhere you wish. However if you're placing your canvas art in your living space such as your lounge, most people would display them above their sofa or fireplace. In a bedroom then this would normally be displayed above their bed or the wall space facing the bed. Hallways and dinging rooms is simply a matter of preference.

When it comes to choice there is an abundance of styles and colors to choose from out there. There surely is something to suit every taste, every mood, every room color scheme. All I can say is that you do your research well before parting from your hard earned cash. Once you've successfully picked out the right canvas paintings for your room then you can then think about the rest of your living quarters, good luck in your quest.

Fabrizio Van Marciano is the author and founder of Van Marciano Art. Canvas Paintings are his passion in which he shares with over 3,000 unique collectors worldwide. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Fabrizio_Van_Marciano