This gallery attended GIFC, an event specifically designed to sell original works to collectors who…read morecould not afford gallery prices, and bought works to resell at 100% markup without sharing the profit to the original artist. Although legal, this is completely unethical and wrong; this is equivalent to poaching.

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I though the entrance to the gallery was very welcoming. It had a good amount of natural light and…read morethe it was kind of working the whole modern warehouse look - which has its appeal. I found The Prairiebrooke to be well designed to house art in its open, airy natural setting with an interesting metallic-y silver and bronze floor and recessed lighting. I think the venue actually made some of the art look more appealing to me. The guy working the room asked me if I needed anything, which I did not. I told him I was just in there to look. He told me to grab some complimentary cookies before heading back to work on framing. PG not only sells the work of artists, but they also specialize in custom framing and design display. I peaked into their workshop where they do the framing and it's more like a garage. They do some serious work back there; I think I even saw a flicker from a blowtorch. My thinking is, if a gallery spends that much of its space working to make your purchased painting framed so well, it's a two in one masterpiece. You don't have to buy a painting at location A and then drag it to location B for framing - it's just handy. I'm not sure about the presentation of the art in the back. I found a really cool Picasso-like painting shabbily hung in the coffee break room next to the fridge - huh? It was strange. Why did they need six offices anyways - it just took away the space needed in the main gallery room so that they were forced to hang paintings in poor places - like the break room where few customers wander anyways. If I were the artist, that would be unacceptable marketing on their part - I mean honestly, who would do that? I liked the main gallery though. The brick walls were fitting to the scheme of the design and the leather seating area was a nice touch. I really like how the guy trusted me enough to be alone in his space. Keep in mind, I had spent the last two hours being followed around by skeptical older women who thought I was trying to steal - so it was a relief to be able to relax in here without feeling like someone was breathing down your neck. And it was with the freedom that I broke the cardinal rule of gallery attendance: I took photos - gasp!

Contemporary Art in middle of suburbia Kansas. Hey, it works! In all seriousness, PB Galleries is…read morean alright spot to see some great pieces by national artists. Now here's where it gets dicey. I'm at odds about the feelings I got from the place though. Pretty awkward and certainly had a tinge of "frame shop" as another reviewer so cleverly pointed out. I never felt I was in a gallery really. It was more like a place that housed art for framing. Here I was getting a "sales pitch" on the place having great, national artists without ever talking about any of the artists or maybe even the work itself. The owner of the gallery came over and we chatted. The "forced and faked" convo ensued and I was left with the heebie-jeebies. I enjoyed some of the art in the shop, just not the shop. What to do? Why look those artists up online perhaps for a purchase, of course. God Bless cyberspace, ebay, and the "shopping cart" checkout system.

Great first Friday Art is displayed with Great attention to…read moredetail. Wide variety of art availabl.

Recently I bought a new Lyman Whitaker wind sculpture from Leopold Gallery. They threw in a bottle…read moreof wine, a Malbec, which I appreciated and enjoyed. The wind sculpture was delivered about a month ago when I was out doing errands, so Jose wasn't able to bring it in for me as he normally would. Brian, my lovely next door neighbor, brought it in for me, It sat in its box, along w/ the box containing the poles, in my dining room until the weather cleared and Brian had time to install it. He came over last week, then discovered he didn't have the brackets he needed to attach it to the deck railing. My brother Jim attached my other wind sculpture to the deck railing w/ zip ties several years ago but those failed during high winds a few months ago and Brian reaffixed it to the railing, using brackets which will outlive me. He ordered more and was able to come over yesterday and install the new one. When he finished he observed that it looked like a menorah, which I hadn't noticed, but it does. I can see it from my seat at the dining table and if I stand up I can see it from my office window and I love the way it looks. Brian can see it from his deck. I'm going to be sending photos of it to Paul, who owns the gallery, so he can see how it looks.

I brought a painting that I have had sitting around the house for 20 years to the Little Gallery,…read moreand they did a beautiful job on it. I was shown a number of different options for frames according to the style and colors in the painting (a nude by Leo Jansen, 1930-1980) and one of them was absolutely perfect, with an inner border that echoed the theme of the pearls being held by the subject of the painting. The work was done days before it had been promised, and I will definitely recommend this business to everyone. I can't imagine what the other reviewer is talking about. Maybe he should get out more.

From the owner: For more than 50 years, we have worked with businesses and art lovers from the novice to the…read moreserious collector, providing custom framing, art consultation, color theory and design services as the area's leading full-service gallery.