ArikiArt is all about promoting original art for sale on behalf of upandcoming artists. You could say that ArikiArt is me, John Corney, and my artist friends. I guess it all started way back in about 1980 or 1981 when I was going to university in my native New Zealand I now live in California. That was when I bought my first piece of original art, a watercolor called Midsummer by New Zealand artist Essie HogarthGill, at an art exhibition run by the Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. I still have it today. That was the last piece of original art that I bought from someone I didnt know for a long time, as I started soon after buying a few pieces as I could afford it from a friend, Mario Mazzorana. Of course, I have all those pieces still too. See Marios brightly colored splatter painting Distractions and his male nude painting Bum As time went by, I met more artists and from time to time bought art from them. One of the things I wanted most for my artist friends was for them to sell their art. For a start, I thought it was good art, and that others would agree if they got to see it. However, I noticed that my artist friends were often too busy painting, or too humble or perhaps too reserved to promote their own art vigorously. I guess this is one of the reasons why there are so many starving artists.

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