# Where can I find paintings online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043 "2014-11-19T04:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/1 "2014-11-19T04:01:45Z")
I have been tasked with decorating my own office. The walls are empty now and I have to find pictures to fill them up. My boss asked me to find him some paintings that he can buy. Where do I look? So far I’ve checked Ikea and Overstock (this is the kind of budget we’re dealing with here.) My only issue with these places is that I might get a painting that everyone else has hanging on their walls. I want to go for something different, if possible. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/2 "2014-11-19T04:21:46Z")
Try eBay. They even have Art Direct from the Artist: [http://www.ebay.com/chp/Direct-from-the-Artist-/60435](http://www.ebay.com/chp/Direct-from-the-Artist-/60435) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/3 "2014-11-19T05:35:53Z")
Deviant Art has some good stuff. If you’re amenable to giclee prints on canvas, [they have a category to fit that bill.](http://shop.deviantart.com/?qh=product:wallart/canvas__in:traditional/paintings&q=) ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/4 "2014-11-19T19:18:24Z")
Oh, oh, oh! Just kidding. I needed to get rid of a few. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/5 "2014-11-19T19:31:45Z")
Seriously though, what exactly are you looking for. You say something different, but are you talking “peaceful landscape”, Pop art, a copy of a little known great master work? ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/6 "2014-11-19T19:50:52Z")
[Here you go.](http://brandonbird.com/paintings.html) For our first (i.e. paper) anniversary, my wife just got me a signed print of [this](http://brandonbird.com/highsea.html). ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/7 "2014-11-20T01:59:53Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Seriously though, what exactly are you looking for. You say something different, but are you talking “peaceful landscape”, Pop art, a copy of a little known great master work? Um… I think I would like pictures of real estate, since I work in real estate. That makes the most sense to me. Paintings of buildings in the NYC area would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/8 "2014-11-20T03:11:47Z")
Well, trailer parks and shotgun shacks qualify as real estate, but probably not up your alley. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/9 "2014-11-20T03:20:35Z")
[Allposters.com](http://Allposters.com) is great - has a huge selection which can be prepared on a variety of different media. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/10 "2014-11-22T00:07:22Z")
I like this picture of the [Brooklyn Bridge](http://takmaj.deviantart.com/art/Brooklyn-Bridge-325481175) I found on Deviant Art. Anyone have similar suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/11 "2014-11-22T04:05:22Z")
If you go on Etsy, and look under “Vintage” and then “Paper Ephemera,” a lot of people sell old\* prints and posters, there are some interesting architectural renderings, facades, and even floor plans. Some people sell the plates from old architecture text books, some of those are neat. Some of the images are in the public domain, and are reproduced as posters or prints that are fairly common. So if you want something that is NOT fairly common, you can do a google image search to see if it turns up a lot of similar items in gift shops. If you need things in a larger size, you could also consider getting a series of related postcards or small format prints, and then having them matted and framed as one large piece. Do not attempt this yourself unless you are a professional. Here is one example of an Etsy seller who has this sort of thing: > **[View Design/Landscape by DustCoverPaperati on Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/shop/DustCoverPaperati?section_id=13695310&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1)** > > Shop items by DustCoverPaperati. \*old can mean either it really is old, or that it looks old. I find this to be very uneven from seller to seller, but even the “it looks old” stuff would look fine when framed in an office. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/12 "2014-11-22T08:43:05Z")
If you have the time to look [http://www.saatchiart.com](http://www.saatchiart.com) has some very nice work for sale. The prints (rather than the originals) might be more in your budget. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/13 "2014-11-22T15:06:06Z")
Check out [art.com](http://www.art.com/). They’ve got a huge range of styles - everything from modern minimalism, to prints of 17th century paintings, to old concert posters. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/14 "2014-11-22T19:14:03Z")
I found some of Tim Cox at Amazon,but I doubt that’s the type you’re looking for. However,if you like horses,cows and clouds done right,check his work out ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-paintings-online/705043/15 "2014-11-22T20:51:33Z")
[Amazon?](http://www.amazon.com/Art/b?ie=UTF8&node=6685269011)