Pricing
Most of the works presented on this Blog are for
sale and are of the “Painting a Day” category, i.e. generally
looser work done in the field, or perhaps a bit tighter if still-life. There will also be other more finished work of similar
size, as well as occasional larger Oils; there may also be the odd Watercolour
or Drawing at times. The pricing philosophy
of the Oils for sale or the starting price at auction is generally by size, since they are mainly on-site
works. But there is a distinction between studies &
sketches and more time consuming paintings. With
the former, Size is the main criterion for pricing, and are signed with a
Monogram of my initials “STJ.” With the paintings,
signed “S.T.Johanneson,” (and some studies), being
more lengthy to complete, time is more of a consideration when it comes to the
price. This latter has always been the method I have used when pricing my
detailed Watercolours throughout the years. It should become apparent
when perusing the various postings.
Signing with Vermilion
Incidentally, since the late 1980s I have signed
all my work in a Vermilion Red colour, and it has become kind of a
personal trademark of mine. Of course I am not the first nor the only
painter to do this, but perhaps the reasons that I do so are my own (who
knows). I appreciate Late Medieval & Early Renaissance Art and in
those times, Vermilion was a pigment that had an inherent
value in its own right, much as did Gold
Leaf and the pigment Genuine Ultramarine, made from the
semi-precious stone Lapis Lazuli.
Also the Woodcut Block Prints of Japan, which I really like, were signed
in Vermilion pigment with a special stamp as well. As a tribute to these
periods in Art History I thus sign my work.
