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Saper Galleries Michigan Collection: Artists from the Great Lakes State Now exhibiting in the east and center galleries! ![]() Click image above to see more! Read The State News article from 1/14/10 The ten Michigan artists exhibited are: Arthur Bauman Mike Callihan Bruce Campbell Kathleen Chaney Fritz Lou Heiser Randall Higdon Barbara McCleary Tunis Ponsen Peggy Lynn Smith Paul Varga Paintings, limited editions, sculpture, mobiles |
Click here to read the Professional Picture Framers Association's
January publication cover story on Saper Galleries. Whoa! We just received this! Saper Galleries was The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes
outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year,
the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved
exceptional marketing success in their local community and business
category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of
small business through service to their customers and
community. And...Saper Galleries Won the 2009 National Award of Excellence! Wow! We also won the "Oscar" of
art galleries for the best gallery event of
2008 as awarded by Art Business News.
Read all about it here
and here.
And...Voted the Favorite Art Gallery in the 2009 People's Choice Award by Towne Courier Readers (again!) Although there are a couple
dozen
wonderful art galleries in the area, every year we are honored to have
been selected by readers of the Towne Courier as their favorite.
(See news article here.)
Thank you to our many friends and clients who
continually show
their appreciation of what we do by recommending Saper Galleries for
art and framing services. Know that we will never let you down
and always give you all we can to ensure you have the best of
experiences at Saper Galleries -- as we've delivered to thousands of
satisfied customers since 1978.
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| Have a question about Saper Galleries, our exhibitions, or artists? Searching for a work of art for your home or office? Call us now on line with our live chat option. If we are at our computer we can chat with you instantly! Click the red box to the left -- any time of day or night! We look forward to chatting with you now! | If we are away from the computer you can call and leave us a message right now for free! Click the CALL ME button and your phone will ring and you can leave as detailed a phone message as you'd like! Or, you may send us an e-mail. |
| Gallery Photos of the Month! (Click photos to enlarge.) ![]() Roy, Jennifer, and Nathalie enjoying dinner February 24, 2010 at the new Enso restaurant (East Lansing) which selected Saper Galleries for matting and framing services. ![]() Students studying Spanish at East Lansing High School visited the gallery November 24, 2009 for a class project. ![]() Roy Saper was the successful bidder on the "Lifesaver Bra" at a November 11, 2009 fund-raiser that will allow more women to have mammograms to detect cancer. See the video here. Want to display the bra in your medical office? Call us! Click
here to see more Photos of the
Month from Saper Galleries!
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A
full-service Michigan-based art gallery, we specialize in free
art search services and friendly, professional assistance in
providing
fine art to everyone from beginning collectors to sophisticated connoisseurs
everywhere. Saper Galleries is a bricks-and-mortar
gallery, created in 1978 by Roy C. Saper who, with a highly competent
team of art professionals,
work daily to ensure client satisfaction in
all aspects of the
visual arts.
(To see photographs of the
gallery, click here.)
Saper
Galleries is highly regarded for its friendly, personalized
attention with
art selection assistance, special commissions, archival-quality matting
and framing, conservation and restoration services, and
installation
services
world-wide. Saper Galleries also manages the Tunis
Ponsen estate paintings. (Click here to see what recent
clients have
said about us!) < New! In August, 2009 Saper
Galleries was awarded (by Art
Business News) the national Award of
Excellence for the best gallery exhibition (The Art of Dr. Seuss)
in 2008. Two years earlier Decor
Magazine presented its top award to
Saper Galleries for our Picasso exhibition of 2006. In 2003 we
were honored as one of the Top
100 galleries in the USA.
Locally, in June, 2009 The Towne Courier readers voted Saper Galleries their Favorite Art Gallery of the couple dozen in the area. In May, 2008 Lansing City Pulse and, again, Towne Courier newspaper readers voted Saper Galleries as Best Art Gallery. Saper Galleries and Custom Framing was honored to have again been voted the Best of the Best among art galleries in the 2007 Lansing State Journal readers' poll. Also in 2007 (as in prior years) Saper Galleries earned two "Best of the Best" awards from The Towne Courier newspaper -- for best art gallery and also for best picture framer. In 2003 gallery owner
Roy Saper was honored by
being named the Outstanding Small Business
Person of the Year by the Lansing
Regional
Chamber of Commerce! (Click here to
learn about Saper Galleries in its community.)
Learn more
about who we are, all that we do, and why Saper Galleries is
different
than any other gallery anywhere!
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![]() Peggy Lynn Smith paints amazing still life "portraits" with such amazing detail that the subject props look life-like with appropriate fullness, texture and realism. Enjoy these intimate sized beautiful pastels and paintings and be mesmerized by her attention to detail and quality. See all the available images here. |
![]() Bryon Sutherland is
one of the most creative, high-quality hand-blown glass artists working
today. His glass is brilliantly colored, excellent value,
exquisite designs, and with quality detailing. Most are created
in groupings of 3 in various sizes. He can also create walls of
colorful glass vessaels. A true master of the medium. See
more here!
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![]() Kathleen Chaney Fritz is not only one of Michigan's best artists, she is also one of the best oil painters anywhere! She beautifully captures the feeling of Michigan's many shoreline attractions and is also noted for her exquisite floral paintings. Saper Galleries is honored to be able to present for your enjoyment the rare and phenomenal quality paintings of Michigan artist Kathleen Chaney Fritz. See more here! |
![]() Dr. Seuss limited edition prints and sculptures were the focus of a major exhibition of the artist's work between 2008 and 2009. The display was recognized by Art Business News which awarded Saper Galleries the top exhibition gallery of the year award in late 2009. On display now is a selection of artwork from that exhibition including many of the illustrations used in the Seuss children's books, his secret art that was not published during his lifetimem and the unusual "unorthodox taxidermy". Click here to learn more! |
The hand-blown glass
vases, bowls and paperweights of artist Robert Eickholt have been one
of the most beautiful attractions of Saper Galleries over more
than two decades. Since his retirement we have been displaying
the last works he created, exquisite glass that evokes amazement at his
superb talent in mastering the medium. Click here to see the current inventory of the very
desirable hand-blown glass of Robert Eickholt. |
![]() Paul
Braslow's cast bronze sculptures show
life as he would like it to be --
graceful, elegant, and hopeful. They inevitably recall the work
of Brancusi in their startling grace, and the work of Giacometti in
their intensity. After first impressions, one reads the
sculptures for their strength of balance, and only then the sense of
emotion becomes apparent and remains the lasting impression.
Saper Galleries is proud to make available to collectors the
figurative, highly finished and unique cast bronze sculpture of Paul
Braslow.
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![]() Michael Callihan's softly-focused Impressionist-like oil paintings are based on real and imagined landscapes around Michigan. His paintings are reflective and peaceful and richly formed with depth and feeling. There is a connection to place in a Michael Callihan painting, like images of places you've visited, if not in person, at least certainly in desire. See the many paintings of Callihan's impressions here! |
![]() David Herzig's watercolors of
familiar flowers are like poetic portraits. Enjoy his life-like
paintings of tulips, lilies, amaryllis, poppies, sunflowers, iris and cyclamens. Many are now on display
in the center gallery. Enjoy viewing them now here!
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![]() Kathleen Chaney Fritz
is not only one of Michigan's best artists, she
is also one of the best oil painters anywhere! She
beautifully captures the feeling of Michigan's many shoreline
attractions and is also noted for her exquisite floral
paintings. Saper Galleries is honored to be able to present
for your enjoyment the rare and phenomenal quality paintings of
Michigan artist Kathleen Chaney Fritz. See more here!
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Ruth Faktor's ceramic
bas-reliefs are beautiful, colorful tiles that collectors both hang on
the wall and display on small table-top easels. The images depicted in her solemn designs
are of families, children, musical themes, and villages. The
Israeli artist uses clay from Jerusalem in creating these captivating
works of art. To see the most recent additions to our vast Ruth
Faktor inventory, click here or visit us
in downtown East Lansing, Michigan!
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![]() Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
is recognized as the most important artist
world for his contributions to the world of modern art and for being
the most prolific artist in the world. Saper Galleries
displayed 77 original Picasso graphics and ceramics in a two- month
exhibition ending July 9, 2006. Although the exhibition has
ended, you will enjoy reviewing the several web pages describing
the exhibition, illustrating several of the Picassos which are
still available, and providing detailed information about the women of
Pablo Picasso, printmaking techniques, and historical and descriptive
information about his art. All this and more can be found by
clicking here. Do let us know
should there be specific Picassos you are seeking for your own
collection!
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![]() Dutch-born
artist Tunis Ponsen
(1891-1968) was a traditional painter
who painted what he saw without
embellishment. His imagery focused on the rural landscape
of his western Michigan home and then urban scenes when he later moved
to Chicago where he taught and exhibited frequently. Saper
Galleries is proud to represent his estate paintings which numbered
more than 1,000 oil paintings, watercolors, and a limited number of
single-color lithographs and linocuts, all discovered soon after he
died close to 40 years ago. Click here to see more of his paintings that are in
inventory now.
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Michael Callihan's soft, tranquil
Michigan landscapes convey a sense of quiet spirituality in a world
which is strife with conflict and cacophony. On display the
paintings become windows into a world of contemplated calm based on
real or imagined places that artist Callihan has visited. The
Michigan's artist's paintings never stay very long. Click here to see what is available today!
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![]() Ioan
Nemtoi, the Romanian glass artist creates extraordinary,
brilliant, decorative glass vessels. Their shapes and large size
make them stand out considerably from that of other glass
artists. His hand-blown glass vases, bowls and other dimensional
pieces are unique and compelling. Their unusual forms seem to
dance, displaying a fluidity that represents the molten state that is
now frozen into beautiful sculptures of captivating color and
form. See more here.
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![]() Bill Mack is a master of the
sculptural relief medium. His
low and high-relief figurative sculptures are captivating in evoking an
emotional connection with the viewer. Click here to see additional examples of his cast
relief figurative wall sculptures.
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![]() The Magic Realism of Rob Gonsalves
continues to engage viewers who delight in the creative imagery of this
one-of-a-kind artist!
Take a ride to the land of fantasy
and imagination by exploring the genius talent of Canadian artist Rob
Gonsalves. We have in inventory a large selection of his Magic
Realism as well as his recent books which illustrate his more
popular imagery. See the entire
collection here!
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Brian
Davis -- his magnificent, brilliant floral paintings
beautifully
capture the subtle shifts in color and shadows that we often take for
granted when viewing the nature in our environment. Davis
brings attention to the beauty of nature by allowing light to dance
about the image, allowing the breath and depth of the flower to
seemingly come to life. A wonderful selection of Brian Davis
canvases are now on display at Saper Galleries! More images are shown here!
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ALVAR ,
the famed Spanish painter who is known to collectors throughout the
world for his colorful and poetic hand-colored embossed
lithographs flew to Michigan from Spain recently to open the exhibition
ALVAR: An Unveiling of Paintings, Watercolors,
Drawings, Sculpture and Embossed Lithographs. The exhibition,
which continued through December, 2003 displayed
50 works of art including his rarely-seen oil paintings, colorful
watercolors, exquisite pencil drawings, cast bronze sculptures, and his
most recent lithographs. To see Alvars
available as of today, click here. A very limited number of
Alvar books are
also available. To see pictures
of the opening reception click here!
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Laurent
Schkolnyk,
master of the mezzotint medium
of engraving, was at Saper Galleries June 1, 2003 for the opening the
the Saper Galleries 25th Anniversary exhibition. "Laurent Schkolnyk:
Still Lifes by the Master of Mezzotint" featured 50 of Schkolnyk's
exquisite, phenomenally-executed still life mezzotints. Schkolnyk, one
of only 5 major mezzotint artists in the world, is recognized around
the world for the delicate, glowing imagery of his ethereal designs. Please click here to see the Schkolnyk
mezzotints now on display and available for acquisition.
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Barbara
McCleary is a painter of vibrant florals, lush
gardens, tranquil waters, and sun-swept landscapes. Visit Saper
Galleries now to see a selection of her recent oil paintings influenced
by trips to Provence, France, and Mexico.
Click here to see an example of her beautiful paintings and learn
more of this extremely talented Michigan artist! We look forward to
welcoming you to the vision of reality from the eye and brush of
Barbara McCleary!
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Michel
Delacroix, the most noted naï f
painter of our time, recently
exhibited paintings of his native Paris at Saper Galleries. Several of
his paintings and a selection of his limited edition graphics including
the new serigraph "Moulin Rouge sous la Pluie" are still on display.
Stop by to visit or click here to see
pictures of paintings available for immediate acquisition . We look
forward to welcoming you!
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John
James Audubon's "Fifty Best", recreations of 50 of
Audubon's famous Birds of America hand-colored engravings from
Chicago's Field Museum of
Natural History opened October 7, 2001 and continued through December,
2001 at Saper Galleries. This world premiere of 50 of Audubon's best
images from his famous Birds of America portfolio is still
able to be viewed on line. You
may order your Audubons by visiting Saper Galleries in person or
contacting us on line now . To learn more about this special
collection and see each of the images, please
click here.
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