It's about time that technology got smart about art. These Web pages allow art lovers to search for prints of specific painters, art styles or even prints in certain colors. After retrieving the perfect picture, the shopper can pick out the matte and frame, order on-line and have the art hanging in his or her living room within a week. Some sites promise delivery in two to three days.
Quality varies widely on the Internet.
On a recent sweep through the Net, this reporter found everything from top-notch businesses complete with secure order forms to tiny little poster shops. One site was written in appalling English, a sure sign of a foreign site, but there was no address given anywhere. It would take quite a leap of faith to send a credit card number to this merchant. One look at the site explains it all. Cleanly designed, with quick download times, the site will find just about anything from post-modern abstracts to ecclesiastical icons.