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About Us
The business originally started by selling framed paintings to the gift and furniture
trade in 1978. This later developed into mainly selling unframed paintings to the
art trade and rapid growth continued making it one of the largest suppliers of paintings
in the UK during the mid Eighties.
The high interest rates of the late Eighties and
early Nineties deeply affected the business and the turnover dropped substantially.
A decision was then taken to move the business into the retail sector. Over the following
years other radical changes were made including moving to smaller and more suitable
premises and later ceasing all trade sales. This has resulted in a highly specialised
business that has numerous of contacts within the art trade and can advise customers
with authority.
How can Just Paintings offer original paintings at such low prices?
Most galleries
selling original work have the paintings from artists on sale or return. This is
great for these galleries as all unsold paintings are returned to the artist. The
only problem is that many artists have to load their prices to cover paintings that
are unsold; they also have to pay the cost of framing them all and storing all unsold
paintings between exhibitions. Frequently artists try to save money by framing their
own work, but naturally the standard is very rarely to the level of preservation
that we use. So ultimately you pay dear for a painting in a poor quality framing
job.
At Just Paintings we have a totally different policy. All paintings in stock
are owned by Just Paintings. Every painting that we like when delivered to us is
paid for immediately. Many artists find it is better to sell batches of paintings
at a lower price than to wait for individual sales at higher prices. The savings
we make are passed onto customers in the form of lower prices and a larger choice
of stock by those artists. Also all paintings are framed for their long term protection.
How to find us
We are situated close to the junction of the A2 at Gravesend with the A227 Wrotham Road. Our premises are very easy to find, just follow the signs for Services and when you see the BP forecourt continue on and then turn left across the end of the forecourt towards the car wash area. We are on the back corner of the main building. You can park directly outside the property.
For anyone using a Sat Nav the postcode is DA11 7NP.