60th Anniversary National Endowment for the Arts 📸

     October 1st 2025 marks the 60th anniversary for the National Endowment for the Arts

In order for us all to enjoy and share this landmark day, created 60 years ago today, it is up to us to enjoy, view, create and make our own contributions. 

Mine have always been photography, therefore I can offer my world to the world from my website Rich Collins - Official Art Shop

Once there you will see what I have on display for all to see, to choose from and to buy for your walls, your fireplace mantels, your shower stalls, your phone cases, your Yoga mats, you can even choose a puzzle on the Jaguar below. I have many options depending on the print you choose. 

Here's but a single example. Look at the prints and then choose from the different products you can apply it to. It's a fun way to spend time celebrating this most eventful day as well as saving from no price increases during this turbulent time

Jaguar  with Golden eyes

With Christmas coming before you know it...Look Now....👁️.....🎄.....Buy Now

How many times have we suddenly realized that Christmas is just a week away and not done that special gift shopping for those closest to us?  

Don't let that happen to you this Christmas. Do it right now and you'll thank yourself many times over throughout the new year, 2026. 

And you'll discover that prints you pick out for those very special family members and friends are so affordable. Inflation hasn't hit my website for Photographic Wall Art Prints.

Here's your starting point Wall Art at my Official Art Shop

 

Chrome Eye

Looking Doen from St Helens

Shadow Mountain Road

Latourelle Falls 4b 

These are just a small sample of prints you can choose to prck from, or you can choose from the following products that may better suit your gift giving which vary by print. It may seem early, but get that Merry Christmas tingle in your heart now

Is Inflation Happening in the Art World?

 Inflation is not happening within the world of art, YET

Here is my photographic prints website so you can see why I've written this article for you, Affordable Wall Art  by Rich Collins, and here's but a single example

It is happening elsewhere, and it appears it will continue to increase throughout the world. If for example, you have spent even five minutes looking at the cost of rent and housing, you've found that inflation has skyrocketed to a level that has caused home prices, though not rent to be in a state of limbo. So much so that counties are recording a dramatic slowdown in population increases, as people are in effect, financially burdened with staying in their existing homes for the time being. 

Automobiles and truck dealerships, are also reluctant to raise prices, which has already slowed consumer interest, as the tariffs have dissipated the profits to a lower tier, meaning rising prices would slow sales even further.

Restaurant menu prices, brand name groceries, tires, fuel, even household goods, from paper plates to major appliances have all risen to such a degree that we are finding ourselves, questioning is this product we are habitually buying, really a necessity? Or has it become a luxury?

But in the world of wall art, you will find, is still available at a very fair and value-driven price, for both short term and longer term, but not for a long term. Decorating your walls is still an affordable choice to make. I want you to do yourself a favor, and perhaps thinking ahead to next year, think twice about spending as much as you did this year on fireworks, or concert/theater tickets, dining out, replacement furniture, more than affordable exercise equipment, club memberships, sports channels, you name it, and think about how much the art in your home truly means to you and how affordable it still is. The caveat is this will only last as long as the tariffs don't expose us to imported printing costs. Large scale printers are mostly all produced out of the US, so the rise will happen. But there is still some time left, which by any standard is the unpredictable leverage. 

Leap, don't saunter to the art world My Photographic Prints

Have you ever Spoken to Someone who doesn't............

.......... I don't think I've ever spoken to anyone who doesn't enjoy taking pictures

It's only natural. See something you like and 1-10 shots later you can share with friends and family, in person and online. We all do this and almost daily for some of us. And the thrill is almost as quickly gone. But there's something most of us don't do as a follow up to all these pictures that we share which makes the effort a timeless keepsake. We don't print them, frame them, and gift them to our family and friends.

An example of a pic you might have taken while on a trip to a park or trail. Now think of it hanging on your Sister or Mother's wall in a frame and this 2-3 second glance on your phone will still be there for months, years, perhaps even generations. It's simple or complicated depending on how easy it is for you to get these printed and framed. And the frame doesn't have to be expensive. It can be if it's a really special capture. 

So if you're not interested in going through the process of doing this, perhaps you could just find a pic online which you feel would make the same impression.  Here's a link to my website you can view, choose and order very easily, and you'll end up with a similar gift that will last a very long time for a very affordable investment.

Affordable Prints for those you love

Today is the Day to ask Mom which Print she wants for Mother's Day

If you haven't already purchased a Print for your Mother's walls, for Mother's Day, perhaps today you could make it happen. The last thing you want to do is purchase a print she won't cherish. Let her pick it out. Take her to my website

Pink Flamingo

There are plenty of other prints to choose from, and this one well deserves a frame, and still at pre-tariff prices, you'll want to get in on the deal, now

Any questions? Use the Comment section below and I'll get back to you

Would you buy Mom this for Mother's Day? 😍

 

Foggy Parrot?

or

Blue Parrot

Get a close up look and let me know what you've decided

What's Missing on Your Walls? ⭐️

White Oak in Fog

 Your time to fill your walls is now. Why? Because prices have never been lower and haven't yet been raised. Link to my photography website for a review of affordable and incredible prints 

Rich Collins Photography