You don’t have to decide at the door. And just looking is good.
So Yes, you can book a studio visit even if you are not ready to buy a work. For me, buying art in person begins with looking, not deciding.
A studio visit is not a sales appointment in the hard sense of the word
No pressure to decide
A studio visit is not a sales appointment in the hard sense of the word. It is a quiet moment to look, ask, feel, compare, hesitate, return to a work, and see what stays with you.
Some people visit because they are seriously considering acquiring a work. Others come because they want to understand the work more deeply before making any decision. Both are welcome.
I prefer careful looking over quick decisions.
There is something important in the time between seeing a work and knowing whether it belongs with you. Sometimes recognition is immediate. A work catches you before you have found words for it. Sometimes nothing happens at first, and then, a few days later, the image returns. A colour. A figure. A strange edge. A piece of sky. A mark that stayed somewhere under your skin.
That matters.
Seeing the work beyond the screen
A painting does not always speak clearly through a screen. Sometimes a colour is flatter online. Sometimes the scale is difficult to feel. Sometimes the surface, the texture, the small shifts in material or light only become visible when you stand in front of the work.
A screen is useful, of course. But it is not the same as being in the same room with the work.
During a studio visit, you can see original works in different phases. Finished paintings, works that are resting, studies, material traces, and sometimes pieces from the studio archive. You can also ask about specific available works, series, symbolism, materials, sizes, prices or practical details.
But there is no obligation to purchase.
If a work moves you, we can explore what is possible. Availability, size, context and price can be discussed clearly and without pressure. If you need time afterwards, that is completely fine. A work may also stay where it is.
Taking time
I know that choosing art can feel intimate. It is not the same as buying a chair or a lamp, although I like chairs and lamps very much. Art has another kind of presence. It keeps looking back a little. It brings something into a room that is not only decorative, but also emotional, physical, layered.
That is why I do not believe in pushing the moment.
A studio visit gives you the chance to experience the work in person. To see the skin of the painting. The layers. The awkward parts too. The places where a work almost fell apart and somehow found itself again. Those things matter to me. They are part of the work’s life.
So no, you do not need to be ready to buy before booking a studio visit.
You only need attention.
And perhaps a little curiosity about what happens when a work is no longer an image on a screen, but something standing quietly in front of you.
Buying art in person may simply begin with attention, before anything is chosen. - see which works are currently online available