Is the art market starting to open up again ?

Congratulations to Richard Berghammer. We received this email and  are also happy to hear that by the end of the weekend they may have another sale in place.

Subject: artspace2000
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:32:24 -0500
From: "Richard" <[email protected]>
To: "4he Artist" <[email protected]>

We would like to advise that the Berghammer family just recently sold an original art piece right here in Ontario for $70,000.00. The
buyers are Mr. Mrs John Vankooten. As soon as we receive some updated photographs we will provide you with one.

 Kind Regards 
Dale Johnson
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Berghammer loved wildlife but learned to appreciate all forms of realist art workings. One of his favorite painters was Count Von Imhoff a religious painter who lived near St. Walburg not 20 miles from the Berghammer farm. But as he grew older he idealized the work from another German painter who painted in early Quebec from 1815 to 1872. This artist was Cornelius Krieghoff who's life was spent among the natives and early European settlers who came to Canada for a new life.
Today at 62, Berghammer still paints on a leather surface using acrylic paints and high-spirit dyes. He paints on canvas and cardboard as well but believes that his heart is with three-dimensional leather and one can easily see why he makes a distinction between the two mediums. His work he says, is much better on leather but those who purchase his canvas art believe they are wonderful, and at a fraction of the cost. The leather paintings can cost upwards of $80,000.00 while most of his canvas paintings sell for less than ten thousand dollars.
 Mr. Berghammer is listed in The Dictionaries of The Masters in the USA, the UK and in Israel publications being printed for 2004. Berghammer lives with Multiple Sclerosis and with that he suffers from seizures, aphasia and severe swelling of the spine. He lives with his daughter in Northern Ontario Canada and tries to paint every day that his ailment will allow

To see more of Richards work go to http://www.richardberghammer.com/