Park West Staff Goes Above and Beyond

We are pleased to share the following Park West Gallery testimonial with you. If you have recently cruised with Park West at sea, we would love to hear from you. So whether you are inspired to write to us about the Park West Collection offered onboard, the fabulous Art Auctioneers you met, or anything else, we can’t wait to receive your reviews!
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Please forward my heartfelt thanks and great appreciation to the proper department concerning your associates in sales and auctions. I was able to meet and participate on the recent New York/New England (Sept 30-Oct 10) cruise group; but due to prior commitments could not go for 10 days.

I wanted to really commend the friendly and caring staff who made my daughter and I welcome. Tim, Sebelle, and Oscar seemed to be everywhere: smiling, engaging, answering questions, and keeping our group informed.


For the number of participants, everything went so smoothly. We enjoyed our time with the pre-cruise group and were thrilled to meet Peter Max. We are planning another visit to New York soon; as our appetites have been awakened!

Again many thanks. I promised the group that I would go on the next outing. Seeing the great preparations have made me a true fan and believer!

Thank you so much,

Debrah W.
College Park, MD
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Collectors Write to Artist Tim Yanke

Here at Park West Gallery we strive to give our collectors unique, hands-on art experiences. This includes bringing collectors together with Park West artists. A favorite of many Park West collectors is artist Tim Yanke, and often times once they meet him, they understand and appreciate his artwork even more.
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We have received all of our pieces of yours with the exception of “Ship Sails at 10:00 p.m.” which we asked to have shadow boxed, so maybe that takes longer. We are thrilled with the other five Yanke’s we’ve received. We so thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and “getting” your work!

Please keep in touch!

Karen and Jeff W.
Gilbert, AZ
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It was a pleasure meeting you and seeing you create your art. Thank you for signing and decorating the wine bottle for us. Attached are some of the photos that we took during your creation of the canvases and of us holding the bottle with your creation. There are also some of the photos from the dueling piano performance on Saturday night.

Thanks again,

Mary Ann & Ted R.
Avon Park, FL
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The Latest Art World News from Park West

Attention Park West Gallery Newsletter fans,
ISSUE 15: NOVEMBER 2009 is here!

Issue 15 features include:

• Park West Gallery CEO Talks Da Vinci with WJR


• Decoding the Durer in Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol


• Simon Bull Salutes “The Champ”


• Lucas & Spielberg Rockwell Collections to Go On View


• Agam Interview: Eating from the Tree of Knowledge


• An Interview with the Artistic Director of the Museo Picasso

READ ISSUE 15: NOVEMBER 2009
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Auctioneers Make Art Auctions Fun

We strive to make all of your experiences with Park West at sea enriching and enjoyable. In addition to experiencing the Park West Gallery Art Collection and the Park West artists, it is our hope that you will also meet wonderful new friends along the way. Please keep sharing your latest Park West stories with us.
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Dear Chris Lindsay, Art Auctioneer:

I had a good time at the art auction last weekend, here in California. I wanted to let you and your staff know that we were well taken care of, you were very fun and funny and it made bidding of course very easy.(I think Park West figured that out long ago)


The hotel was nice and my interactions with Sam, EJ, Ashley, the brothers and Simon, they were all very professional. Even the Mac and Cheese was fine.

I loved talking to the artists; I could have listened to Anatole for hours. I am looking forward to my next auction, I still have wall space.

Oh and thanks for the door prize.

Sincerely,

Mary W. & Cindy F.
Long Beach, CA
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Park West Gallery Creates Memorable Experiences

Park West Galleries can be found onboard cruise ships around the world. The Art Auctioneers maintaining these galleries can enhance your cruise experience by giving you an in depth knowledge of the Park West artists and the Park West Gallery Fine Art Collection. Join in the fun at a Cruise Art Auction and let us know all about it when you get back from vacation.
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Dear Tom (Cruise Art Auctioneer):

We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the opportunity to experience a luxury cruise with you, Anne, Jen and Tim. The gathering for cocktails and dinner the first night was marvelous. Before we stepped on the ship we had met new friends with whom we could enjoy Park West’s generosity.

Your itinerary of cocktails, dinner and auctions was well planned and balanced. The selection of art was extensive and we appreciate the education we received about specific works including the masters.

While disappointed to not have the opportunity to meet Anatole Krasnyansky, the Park West staff and Tim Yanke exceeded our expectations with their knowledge and friendly hospitality.

The NCL Pearl provided pleasant accommodations and their staff was professional. We enjoyed every minute of the cruise.

We want to give a special thank you to Anne for acknowledging our 30th wedding anniversary. Our celebration was enhanced by the attention the Park West staff exhibited to us and to all who were a part of the VIP group.

Words cannot express our appreciation to Park West, Anne, Jen, Tim and you Tom for providing us with such a memorable experience. We continue to add to our art collection, including the masters, and we look forward to seeing all of you again in the future.

Sincerely,

Ken and Pam W.
Arvada, CO
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We Loved Every Minute with Park West at Sea...

We strive to make all of your experiences with Park West at sea enriching and enjoyable. In addition to experiencing the Park West Gallery Art Collection and the Park West artists, it is our hope that you will also meet wonderful new friends along the way. Please keep sharing your latest Park West stories with us.
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Dear Park West Gallery Friends:

Just a note to say we had a great time at the Alaska VIP event. It was a great adventure. We enjoyed every minute of it - as well as - meeting your knowledgeable staff. They all represented your company well.


We purchased some great art...and loved the unique socializing with other VIP's. The art selections were delightful, the staff was professional, and very friendly, personable, and helpful.... seeming to truly look out for our needs and art desires. We love our choices.... and of course Tim Yanke was a super star treat!

Keep us in mind for other art adventures....

Until next time...your friends in art...

Jimmy and Jackie W.
Theodore, Alabama
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Park West Fine Art Events are Informative…

Park West Gallery prides itself on providing its collectors with memorable, informative events. Whether you’ve joined us for our Cruise Art Auctions or a land-based event, let us know what you thought. Park West Gallery receives customer reviews regarding many aspects of our events such as the Art Auctioneers, the Park West artists, and the Park West Gallery Art Collection – and we enjoy reading them all.
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Dear Park West Gallery:

It was nice to meet the Park West team in Phoenix. My wife and I and our good friends, Mel and Leslie, had a fine time, and we look forward to receiving the art works we purchased.


Please place well-deserved gold stars on the chart for Simon, who initially contacted us with the invitation to attend, as well as to EJ, Chris Lindsay, Oscar and the rest of the truly professional team who made the VIP event enjoyable and informative.

Sincerely,

Donn P.
Las Vegas, NV
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Art Auctioneer Enjoys Working with Park West

The Art Auctioneers maintaining the Park West Galleries on cruise ships around the world lead extraordinary lives. While they do work hard running Park West’s Cruise Art Auctions, they also get to explore all of the exotic locations they find themselves in – all while meeting some fantastic people along the way.

We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse into their activities as much as we do. We also love hearing about your experiences with Park West at sea, so please feel free to share them with us.
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"Without question one of the best career decisions I ever made was to work with Park West as an Art Auctioneer. I am an American and I was raised in Mission Viejo, California. When I was young I never got to travel further than Arizona. Everyone dreams of having that great jet-setting job traveling the world earning tons of money. When I finally decided to become an Art Auctioneer on a cruise ship I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was scared because I knew very little about art; actually all I knew for sure was that this job was like nothing else I had ever encountered.

The training shore side was intense, and the first four months on the job was a blur. As an Associate Art Auctioneer it was all about hard work and dedication, and you are constantly learning new things. Everything you do is preparation for the final phase: to become a Principal Art Auctioneer on your own cruise ship.

Needless to say at some point pretty early on in the job I found myself typing away on Facebook on a Tuesday during a day off in port. One of my old friends was chatting with me while on a break in their cubicle at their 9-5 job. They asked me where I was, what I was doing, and what this new job was that I had gotten myself into. I told them that I was on Cozumel Island in Mexico at a beach resort. I was lounging by a pool drinking cheap Coronas at No Name Bar (trust me, you will love it when you get there) after spending the morning SCUBA diving on some of the world’s best reefs. My new girlfriend from Sweden was sitting next to me and she was chatting with other shipboard friends from England and South Africa and Romania and Thailand. I was an art auctioneer / art dealer representing the world’s largest art dealer and I live and work on cruise ships all over the world.

My friend of course quickly replied “lol – what are you really doing.” I think it was at that point that it hit me. I had found that dream job.

Working with Park West takes a lot of determination, hard work, creativity, people skills and a can do attitude. There are plenty of easy and fun days when the ship is in port and plenty of long hard days when the ship is at sea. The work is hard but the rewards are huge. This is not a 9-5 office job – you wake up in a new country every morning. You live for free on a luxury cruise line and have friends from all over the world. You have the opportunity and privilege to work with world class original artwork from some of the world’s greatest living artists and even some of art history’s greatest masters. The first time you ever pick up a 300+ year old Rembrandt your heart races; then it races even more when it sells to an excited client. You work with fun and happy guests who are on vacation and you can educate them and enrich their lives. You are part of a very strong team made up of top of their game outgoing go-getters who are wonderful to work with and call your friends.

Working with Park West is the best move I have ever made in my life, and I cannot wait to see what the next 5 years have in store for me, because somehow it just keeps getting better."

Art Auctioneer Jason
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Exhibit Features Matisse and Rodin

Henri Matisse is an artist of classical greatness and one of the strongest influences on the art of the 20th century. The Park West Gallery Collection is one of the world's finest, showcasing fine art by masters including Henri Matisse. Browse the Park West Gallery - Matisse Collection >>
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PARIS -- The Rodin Museum is staging a face-to-face encounter between two outstanding creative artists who were only a generation apart, Henri Matisse and Auguste Rodin. Rodin was the dominant figure in the sculpture of the period while Matisse, Rodin's contemporary for the first seventeen years of the 20th century, introduced revolutionary changes in its painting. The story of the encounters and relations between these two major artists is one that has remained unexplored until now.

When the two artists met for the first time, in 1899, Matisse was thirty years old and Rodin sixty. Matisse & Rodin will put forward some fresh thinking on what Matisse, the master of Fauvism, made of Rodin, on what his works can tell us about the affinities, correspondences or differences between the two artists.

On show to the public will be a wide-ranging selection of Matisse's sculpture, an aspect of his work to which no specific exhibition has been devoted since 1975. By selecting certain specific works and using a thematic approach, Matisse & Rodin sets out to show both points of convergence and divergence in the sculptural and graphic work of the two masters. It aims to explore Matisse's sculpture and drawings and, from the perspective of Matisse's art, to see Rodin in a new light.

Matisse & Rodin is now on view through February 28, 2010.

For more information, please visit www.musee-rodin.fr/expomatissee.html
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Collectors Spend Time with Artist Tim Yanke

Park West artist Tim Yanke enjoys spending time with his collectors – and they enjoy spending time with him too! We wanted to share a small portion of the wonderful thank you letters Tim receives from happy collectors. Next time you are cruising, be sure to check out the Park West Galleries onboard and visit the Cruise Art Auctions. You never know when an artist might show up!


We received the painting this week and wanted to send along our thanks. We are really pleased with the piece - the colors are great and you certainly personalized it for us! Thanks for the dedication on the back - it makes it even more special. The entire piece is a great reminder of the wonderful time we had in Santa Fe.

We look forward to seeing you again sometime in the future.

Merle & Donna
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Thanks for helping make our VIP cruise experience so enjoyable. We would love to have your family over for dinner the next time you are in South Florida.

Let's stay in touch.

Alan & Noa
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Ron, Ronnie and I want to say thank you for his Butterfly picture along with the saying on the back. That was so sweet of you. Ronnie really loved it and it will go over his bed in his new apartment. I would love to know what the saying is on the picture.

Thanks again.

Dori
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