While in the main area of our site-the main home page and connecting links, you will see a selected collection of works from promising contemporary artists from around the world.
Each piece in this area is considered for quality, value and authenticity.
We often work hand in hand with these artists to support, nurture and develop the artists' creative process and direction, as well as to present the artistic experience, and of course the final product, for the art buyer.

Registering with Theartseen.com

In order to get the most out of our site it is necessary to register with us.
The registration process is free and secure, and it guarantees you the continued use of our full range of services.
All registered members have a safe streamlined shopping experience secured with 128bit SSL certified security.
You have access to our art consultation services. We will always do our best to help you with your art related questions and purchases.
And soon you will be able to set up a personalized gallery of your favorite works and a history of your purchases, as well as having the opportunity to receive notices about special member coupons and benefits.
Registered members may also receive our informative **newsletters that include news and commentary about the art world, information about artists joining Theartseen.com, feature stories, promotions, personal interest items and event and exhibition updates. **(the newsletter is an optional service which you may decline during the registration process).

To begin looking through our collection, simply return to our Home Page. Browse the artwork piece by piece at your leisure. If you're looking for something particular, use the Advanced Search to help find exactly what you are looking for.
If you have general questions about art while viewing our collection, simply click Art 101 for our guide to quick and easy art information.

Many galleries and print companies like to talk about their panels of distinguished art educators and historians, critics etc...and though this can be a good way of selecting art, it is also in many ways stifling to the creative process. After all it was those very same art critics and educators of the day who scoffed at Cezanne in his time.

The design of our website allows us to stay true to our philosophy and use an open door policy so that a wide variety of creative people can have a place to show their work.
At the same time, we can offer our customers easy access to different types, styles and levels of artwork and art expertise.
The artwork on the main area of the site, and in the various featured items areas, is selected by our entire team, which includes the expertise of artists, art educators, a writer, a historian, and an entrepreneur. Our voices as a group are tempered by the fact that we all share TheArtSeen philosophy and appreciate the eyes, the hearts and the voices of actual artists.
We hope that you will find our approach refreshing and vitally important in the recognition and selection of true art...and that it leads you to find the heart of true value.

Artists shown in the main area of our website must be selected by us and installed by hand from the Unfiltered area.
There several criteria which we consider in making the decision as to whether an artist is appropriate for display on our main site.
Among these are the quality and style of the artwork itself. We do carry many styles of artwork so most important to us is the feel of the work.
We ask ourselves - Does it carry an emotional or other message and does it do this well?
We also take into consideration the artists themselves. How consistently does the artist produce work?
What kind of of work has the artist done, and is it of consistent quality?
This is not our primary concern as we love to work with and support new and emerging artists, many of whom have never even had a showing of their work!
In fact, check out our up and coming not-for-profit children's art program. There you can see some of the truest art there is. It is amazing what children produce.

You can break down the criteria for display in the main site area into these basic categories:

• The art should contain all, or some, of the prerequisites of quality original art: originality; understanding of composition, color, design, texture, pattern and form, imagination, personal expression, inventiveness, deft handling of techniques and an understanding of materials.
• The artist should take what they do seriously enough to respect it.
• We look at the artist's history...even if it a short one. This includes any gallery showings, sales history, education, etc. the artist may have.
• We also look at the artist's consistency and level of production. Prolific artists stand a good chance of gaining our support.

This is all extremely flavored by the simplest and most important quality we feel that art has, and that is the FEELING of the piece. Art is art because of how it makes us feel, not because of a name attached to the piece. This is one primary difference between theartseen and other art sales venues which we value.

It is all about the art...not the pretense!

We accept all artists in our “unfiltered” area. Here artists can show and sell their work free from judgment and here they can receive the encouragement and support which art truly deserves.

Much of the artwork on our main site comes from artists who initially displayed their work here. Our staff surfs through the archives of the unfiltered area looking for talent. Upon recognizing a possible artist for inclusion in the main site our staff goes through an extensive interview process with the artist. This process is covered in the criteria above.