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Rafi is an award winning contemporary artist who creates emotionally charged works. He is best known for his use of texture and bold color palates in striking pieces that each has a story to tell.
Rafi is a self taught artist who spent years refining his own techniques and creating a style that is all his own. He has a unique ability to absorb colors and emotions in a very abstract way and is somehow able to translate it into the high energy fine art for which he is known.
"He is driven to communicate visual qualities of perhaps the external environment which offers us freedom and inspiration as we cope with awesome focal points in the vast open space surrounding our existence. He attempts to show the internal passion of human sensuality that brings quality to our senses stimulating and extending our consciousness elevating life as individuals or sharing space with others around us. Ultimately Rafi seems to convey simple sophistication and intellectual freedom as he uses the visual language to express the human potential." - Spiros Zachos (PO10TIAL Magazine)
Yes indeed! The artist community is an excellent ecosystem that supports itself in that way. We went to a local opening this weekend and I was talking with one of the featured artists about this very thing. She agreed and added “Of course, artists LOVE art! Why wouldn’t they purchase art if they have the means?” Sometimes we don’t have the means, sometimes we do. I think artists are some of the most prolific art buyers out there.
Yes, and in my experience, artists are the best art collectors. That’s why I never understand when artists at a show will turn up their nose when they find out I’m an artist. It’s an immediate turn off and I end up not buying any of the work because it changes to me.
A question… Do you buy other artist’s work? I have a collection of work I can afford and I want in my life. I have always thought that artists should support each other as much as they can. The successful Impressionists bought a lot of paintings by less successful artists because they deeply appreciated the work and wanted to help the other Impressionists survive and paint.