Monday, April 26, 2010

Peter Max

Tim and I first discovered and began to appreciate Peter Max on our Honeymoon Cruise. Carnival teams up with Park West Art Auction House on board and Tim and I really enjoyed attending the auctions. We bought a few items on our Honeymoon and again on our 5 Year Anniversary Cruise this March, but just daydreamed about the Peter Max paintings, especially after noticing a significant increase in the price from five years earlier!

I particularly love his flowers, hearts, and angels.


Tim is drawn to Umbrella Man.

Tim saw that Peter Max was coming to the nearby Wentworth Gallery and decided to make an evening out of it for us and Timmy. My parents came along as well, and since it was their 39th Anniversary, we went to dinner afterwards to celebrate with them! We were hoping to get Max's autograph or at least take a picture of him and to see some pieces we had not seen before. We got to do all of these things and, unexpectedly, purchase a piece of his art!!! The Wentworth Gallery prices were much better then the Max prices on Carnival, and they had a nice financing option! We are so excited to own a piece by Peter Max!!! By purchasing it with him there, we also got a few additional perks, Max signed, dedicated, and drew a sketch on the back of our piece, took a picture with us, and dedicated a book of his artwork for us as well. It was very exciting! They had a proffesional photographer on hand and as soon as they email the pictures to me I will be sure to update this post, as well as when we get our piece hung! For now, here is a picture of a similar piece to what we bought!

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