One of
Rick's greatest attributes is that he has documented every painting he
has ever done. This in itself is why his work is so highly appraised.
Another aspect of his work being so highly valued, is the amount of time
it takes to create. Many others in the Aviation Art field can whip out
a painting in very short order. Some take a weekend, others up to a few
weeks. This is generally based on the style of painting they do.
Rick's Original work can take up to 4000 hours to complete. His 2005
Class painting "To Match My Mountains" took nearly 4000 hours studio
time to create. That is nearly 24 weeks working 24 hours a day. Put
that into a normal work schedule and it would take 100 weeks to create
one masterpiece. That is nearly 2 years! With that, you may be asking
why it takes him so long. The answer is in his style of painting.
Rick
paints in the Old World Flemish style. This is the same technique that
Rembrandt used. This style of painting revolves around hundreds of
layers of transparent paint. The final product gives you a dramatic
effect in the sense that the painting "moves" or "changes" depending on
the lighting. Most artists avoid this type of painting style because of
the time involvement. They paint in "opaque" , or solid color. This is
why Rick takes the time he does to create his original works.
Although many can't afford an Original painting by Rick Broome, we offer
reproductions at well below fair market value. Most of his older
reproductions are available in limited edition prints. These prints
cost between $35.00 and $2000.00 depending on the number of editions and
the status of the prints. The technology used back in the day to create
these editions was the use of an offset printer. These large machines
would use plates and color separations to create the print. Although we
have a number of his older works available as limited edition prints,
new technology has enabled us to be more flexible, and increase
production allowing us to produce any of his works without the high
price and volume of creating an edition.
We now Self Publish almost all of Rick's work. With the increase in
digital technology, we can now avoid having to produce a large number of
prints in an edition at great cost and only produce what we need when we
need it. We invested in this technology in late 2004. This has enabled
us to be able to produce ANY of Rick's work in medium to large format.
Also, with the increase in this technology, the color, vibrancy, and
detail is greater than it has ever been. We now publish in 7 color
formats. Before, it was limited to 3 to 5 color. Hence, the
reproduction looked washed out, or lacked the vibrancy of Rick's work.
Now, our editions are almost Identical to the original, at a fraction of
the price. We now publish most of our editions on Canvas, which
increases the look of the artwork to near original quality. Rick's
Starlite Editions
are even more dramatic now than ever before! (Picture Below).
Finally, there is one more question to answer? Many people invest in
companies with Risk. Why not invest in Artwork that will last a
lifetime. If you do the math, one of Rick's normal Canvas Reproductions
costs about $195.00 for a 20x24. This artwork will last for a
lifetime. Minimum, 75 years. Doing the math, that equates to $2.60 per
year. Not a lot to invest in something that will be worth more than 10
times that over the duration.
Thank
you, and enjoy the site! If you have any questions, feel free to
Contact us.
