Florida Art On Amazon Or Buy Direct From Artist?

Is Amazon Art a doomed venture? Let’s hope so. I do not think it will revolutionize the art world. Especially Florida Art!

Amazon recently announced that it’s partnered up with over 150 galleries and art dealers across the US to sell you fine art through its new initiative Amazon Art.

The site offers over 40,000 original works of fine art, showcasing 4,500 artists. That, perhaps unsurprisingly, makes it the largest online collection of art directly available from galleries and dealers. Partners in the project include Paddle8 in New York, the McLoughlin Gallery in San Francisco, and the Catherine Person Gallery in Seattle.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon—which will reportedly take a 5 to 20 percent cut on all sales—was planning to launch the new service. At the time, it seemed that plenty of galleries thought that selling art online via Amazon may be distasteful. Clearly, that negative feeling hasn’t stopped Bezos & Company.

Given Amazon’s last attempt at selling art—a project with Sotheby’s back in 2000 — only lasted 16 months, it’ll be interesting to see how the initiative works out.

My suggestion is to buy direct from a living artist the dead ones don’t need the money! One such living artist is renown Lloyd Dobson Artist from the Siesta Key – Sarasota area. Lloyd also ships FREE to the USA.

Lloyd’s paintings hang in hundreds of private collections throughout the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, New Zealand, Slovakia, and Switzerland.

Siesta Key – Sarasota, Florida Lloyd Dobson Artist paintings shine a spotlight on the beauty of God’s palette that he sees. Lloyd always is pushing himself to hone and evolve his artistic skills to create art that is fresh, original and a genuine expression of his personal view and connection with his beautiful tropical paradise surroundings.

You can find Lloyd Dobson Artist and his Florida Art and beach themed oil paintings every Sunday from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Siesta Key Farmers Market in the Village at 5104 Ocean Blvd. Siesta Key, Florida. Come by and say hello.

Now besides the Siesta Key Farmers Market you have Coastal Flow Gifts & Décor and in The Meadows the Fidela’s General Store in the Sarasota area also represent some of Lloyd’s Florida Art paintings.

Now if you are unable to visit any of the above locations here in paradise, you can always visit Lloyd Dobson Artist 24/7 on his website at the “GALLERY” And Lloyd ships FREE to the USA.