Jeanne Fancher Roberts…..That ART GAL.
I didn’t start out to do this.
I became an Art Broker because I knew people who needed help finding art, and I knew artists who needed help finding customers. I don’t have an “art” background. I was going to be an attorney. Changed my mind and got into sales. Fashion jeans and screen printed tee shirts. Ended up working with lots of artists and loved that “creative thing” they had.
Years later, quit my career, had a baby, and missed that “creative thing". Started taking art classes and started learning about art, by doing it. Then fell into my new career, selling art.
It started with one artist and a bunch of girlfriends at my house for an “art party” in 1998. And it grew. And grew. And for 13 years I continued to work out of my house selling art by word of mouth, and having an "art sale" once a year.
That ART GAL. was formally launched with the opening of a gallery at Bellevue Square Mall in late fall 2010, where the intention was just to stay for 7 weeks during the holidays. We stayed 20 weeks. It was great fun, hard work, and we sold a ton of art. I got to do what I love; help people find art in an unintimidating, user friendly environment, where there is lots of work to choose from at prices that are reasonable not ridiculous.
From there, we went to a stand alone gallery in Old Bellevue, but it just wasn't enough fun.
In the last 17 years I’ve learned that most people are intimidated by art. Although they have a sense of what they like, they often don’t have the vocabulary to describe it, and they don't know how to start to find it. And the gallery scene is just too daunting.
So I help them find art, that they love and that they can afford. And we have fun while we’re at it!
My philosophy is simple: See it... Like it... Buy it…Hang it…... Simple!
I didn’t start out to do this.
I became an Art Broker because I knew people who needed help finding art, and I knew artists who needed help finding customers. I don’t have an “art” background. I was going to be an attorney. Changed my mind and got into sales. Fashion jeans and screen printed tee shirts. Ended up working with lots of artists and loved that “creative thing” they had.
Years later, quit my career, had a baby, and missed that “creative thing". Started taking art classes and started learning about art, by doing it. Then fell into my new career, selling art.
It started with one artist and a bunch of girlfriends at my house for an “art party” in 1998. And it grew. And grew. And for 13 years I continued to work out of my house selling art by word of mouth, and having an "art sale" once a year.
That ART GAL. was formally launched with the opening of a gallery at Bellevue Square Mall in late fall 2010, where the intention was just to stay for 7 weeks during the holidays. We stayed 20 weeks. It was great fun, hard work, and we sold a ton of art. I got to do what I love; help people find art in an unintimidating, user friendly environment, where there is lots of work to choose from at prices that are reasonable not ridiculous.
From there, we went to a stand alone gallery in Old Bellevue, but it just wasn't enough fun.
In the last 17 years I’ve learned that most people are intimidated by art. Although they have a sense of what they like, they often don’t have the vocabulary to describe it, and they don't know how to start to find it. And the gallery scene is just too daunting.
So I help them find art, that they love and that they can afford. And we have fun while we’re at it!
My philosophy is simple: See it... Like it... Buy it…Hang it…... Simple!