Written By Katelin Fallert.

The Great Western Art Gallery (GW) is a terrific place to purchase fine art. The gallery offers more than just traditional Western and Native American art. In the gallery you will find fine art ranging from hand-blown glass to jewelry to modern abstract expressionist paintings and modern digital photography. All the artists are local and regional Denver artists with exceptional talent and some with national and international recognition for their abilities.

Buying fine art in today’s declining economy seems to some as a monetary risk rather than a positive investment. The value of fine art will only increase in the coming years and can be a terrific personal investment when done correctly. Does this mean that you should go out and buy the artwork that everyone else is saying you “should” love? No. Investing in artwork works best when it is a purely personal choice. As a buyer you want to buy “the art that you can’t live without,” doing this will give you a much richer and enjoyable experience with your investment. Keep in mind that buying fine art should enrich your life not break your bank account so make a budget and stick to it when collecting, only making exceptions for those pieces that really deserve it in your mind’s eye. Start small and work towards those larger pieces that you dream of owning. Your collection should reflect your own artistic preference and no one else’s since you will be the one enjoying and experiencing the artwork the most. Allowing yourself to exploring collecting a variety of mediums will also help you to find the right niche for your taste. GW is one such place to explore a variety of mediums in which you might be interested in collected.

The GW offers a warm and friendly place to start or continuing your art collecting. The store offers a variety of mediums and genres allowing for a large range of likeability. The store supports local and regional artists such as bronze sculptor Donna Arndt, who brings to live a variety of subjects with her metal. Some of her work includes the joy of a child with his first balloons to the life of a doe and her young fawn. The realism in the sculpture balances well with the realism found in the paintings of artists such as James Faulkner, who depicts wildlife in his extremely detailed and skilled paintings. Other artists in the gallery work with multimedia or abstract forms of paintings. Chuck Chroma is a skilled painter working in multimedia paintings creating Native American quilts, some including animal skulls mounted along with the painted quilt. Other artists in the gallery work in mediums such as colorful hand blown glass, Raku pottery, and turned wood bowls. The digital photographers in the gallery capture the live in and around the Denver area with their magnificent colors and amazing clarity.

The gallery store is located in exciting down town Denver. The store offers not only high quality artwork but also custom framing for anything ranging from large artwork to diplomas. For those just starting their art collecting endeavors the gallery also sells original prints by many of the artists, which allows for an original piece that you love to be bought without breaking your budget. This blog and the website are designed to help the buyer to learn and understand about the artists on more personal level which gives a unique experience of not only buying the art but understanding the meaning behind the purchase. GW also has a couple websites for buying art online, http://www.fineartliquidation.com/ and their home page http://greatwesternartgalleryllc.com. The home page features all the artists that can be found in the gallery and allows for the buyer to purchase the piece on the site, it also gives the buyer an idea about the artist, their life and their work. Fine Art Liquidation features some of the same artists that can be found in the gallery and allows for a speedy purchase with google checkout without having to leave the comfort of your own home. All of these aspects combined make the Great Western Art Gallery a place to buy a variety of fine art without breaking your budget and making sure you find exactly what you love. The staff is helpful, friendly and experienced and is willing to help you find exactly what you’re looking for in a work of art.