Brauker Impressionist Oil Painting Nude Red Couch

Original Impressionist Oil Painting

This is your opportunity to get an original, oil painting by American Impressionist artist, Bill Brauker.  It is 5 X 7 inches, painted on a wood panel.  The painting is titled, The Red Couch.

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For more information, or to see the many other paintings I have available, use my Ebay, "Me," link, or do an online search for Bill Brauker.

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I have tried to display the colors accurately, but please be aware that color can vary from one monitor to another.  (I have heard from some of my buyers, that the paintings are much better than the photos.  I have tried a number of  techniques to get the photos better, without much luck.  In almost every  instance, I believe it is safe for me to say, that the image you see here on eBay, will not be as good as the painting itself.   I have noticed that if you lean back away from the monitor, it looks better.)

The painting is signed on the front and signed and dated on the back.  A certificate of authenticity is available upon request.

Don't pass up your chance to get this work of art at an affordable price and no reserve.

Although I am selling the original painting, I retain the official copyright to reprint the images for commercial purposes.  The buyer may reproduce for personal use, but not for commercial purposes,  without written permission from the artist.

Some comments from buyers of my paintings.

"Wonderful!"

"More beautiful than shown, awesome art work, fast delivery!"

"Love the shadowy mood in this beautiful & unusual nude painting. Great job, Bill."

"A great artist to deal with."

"This artwork is so very much better than pictured or described, thank you."

"Beautiful...great art!"

"A superb picture and service."

"In one word - excellent."

"This is beautiful!   It's really fantastic!"

"A very fine piece of work."

"A beautiful little painting!"

"I like the painting more each time I admire it."

Shipping in the US is $6.

International shipping will be quoted after the auction.

If you have any questions, please ask before the auction,
not after you have bought the item.

Please do not bid unless you fully intend on purchasing the item. 

My goal is to provide the best customer service possible, and in return I hope for respect and fair-mindedness from the buyer.

Satisfaction guaranteed.
I try, to the best of my ability, to describe the item accurately. If however, you are not satisfied with the item, you have purchased, I will refund your final bid price if the item is returned within five days of receipt in the original condition as purchased.
Buyer pays for shipping returned items.

The winner of the auction will be contacted by email when the bidding ends. 
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We will accept credit cards through Paypal, checks and money orders. 

Credit cards ship immediately.
Personal checks may be held until cleared.

Bill Brauker

Bill Brauker first started painting in the early 1970s, then life interrupted. He got married, had children, worked as a reporter, as the Press Secretary for a US. Congressman, newspaper editor, public relations executive and chief information officer for the City and County of Honolulu.

Over the years, his love of art continued, and he traveled extensively to some of the great art museums of the world. "I've been to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam twice," he said. "It was like going to heaven , or finding the Holy Grail." He loves discovering new paintings and painters.

Bill was born in Coldwater, Michigan, and lived in the state for over 40 years. After living through countless brutal Michigan winters, he and his wife, Anne, decided it was time for a change. They packed up the kids and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, for six years. They discovered after a while, that 84 and sunny was not all it was cracked up to be, and wanted to go back to the, "real world." Leaving Hawaii in the late '90s, they moved to Colorado, half way between Denver and Boulder, with the beautiful Front Range of the Colorado Rockies looming out the window, his thoughts drifted back again to painting and those first paintings in the 1970s. 

In 2006, Bill started painting again, and since that time has sold his paintings all over the US and numerous foreign nations.

Bill on Painting

My  interest focuses on color, texture, mood and mystery.  I think they must all be present for the piece to work. 

I can't describe the joy of creating something out of that blank space.You just never know how it will turn out, and to me, that is the great fun of it.  I'm learning to experiment more and let myself go.  So keep an eye out for my future paintings.

Attention Art Buyers
You may be missing out on a number of good,
low cost paintings, due to the way Ebay is set up. 

If you are searching for paintings in the,  Art > Direct from the Artist > Paintings category, you should know that the first 25 pages or so of paintings, are featured plus items, which means that artists have paid $14.99 to Ebay for special placement in front of all the other paintings offered.  That means that if you are looking at items, "ending soonest," you are only seeing the featured items that are ending.  You are missing out on thousands of others, who do not pay Ebay for special placement, that are located after the featured section.

To find them, sort by, "ending soonest,"  (use the little box at the top of the page on the upper right just above the items for sale.) and go to page 25 or so.  (to jump to any page, go down to the bottom of the page and type in the page number in the little box that says, "go to page.")  When you reach page 25, you will see on the far right, the time remaining.  If it says nine days, you are near the end of the featured items.  Keep going through the pages until you come to the thousands of other items that will be listed according to their closing times.  You will be astounded by the quality, low cost art, you find there.

There is also another great place to look for paintings, and that is in the, Art > Direct from the Artist > Other category.  A lot of good painters are listing their works there, because there are fewer listings and their customers can find them easier.

Happy searching and I hope that you will find a painting you love, and will have with you forever.  BB

A bit of advice.

Are you tired of being out-bid at the last second by snipers?  Many of my auctions end with bids in the last 30 seconds.  

I love it, but I'm sure there are many bidders who end up disappointed.

There is a solution.  eBay's simple to use proxy bidding.

Here's how it works.

--When you place a bid, enter the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the item. Your maximum amount is kept confidential from other bidders and from me, the seller.

--The eBay system compares your bid to those of the other bidders.  The system places bids on your behalf, using only as much of your bid as is necessary to maintain your high bid position (or to meet the reserve price). The system will bid up to your maximum amount.

--If another bidder has a higher maximum, you'll be outbid. BUT, if no other bidder has a higher maximum, you win the item. And you could pay significantly less than  maximum price you were willing to bid!

This means you don't have to keep coming back to re-bid every time another bid is placed, and you will end up winning more of the auctions.