Complaint Review: the starving artist group - Internet Internet

As the owner, I would like to thank James who wrote a rebuttal back in 2012.  First of all we never advertised original oil paintings.  We advertised hand painted oil paintings which is exactly what we used to sell.  Also, our frames are not made out of cardboard. 

They are made of wood & not glued but stapled.   Pretty good value for $59 since frame stores sell the exact frame for $149.  The main reason for my rebuttal is to tell the persons who wrote bad reoprts to stop wasting their time.  The last art sales were in January of 2017.  I have retired. 

There will never be anymore Starving Artists Group art sales.  For my last comment, I would like to thank all of our customers since we started the Starving Artists Group art sales back in 1976.  All we ever wanted to do was to offer decorative oil paintings at a good price and I think we accomplished this. 

Again, thanks to all of you for your support and I hope you all will enjoy your paintings for years to come. 

 This is what I was telling everybody all along, but I must've drawn the ire of the owner of this whole so called starving artists organization . I definitely got in his head when I exposed his whole group for what they were. At the end of the day, I'm not even mad, hell,I don't really even care, but they should be really honest with The general public

  I live in Houston Texas and saw an advertisement on TV to purchase original oil paintings, produced by starving artists, at multiple locations on January 3, 2016. The commercial also directed consumers to a website. I went to the website hoping to find samples of art posted, but did not. The site only listed where the shows were occurring and had a page to send an email to contact someone. Since the show was occurring in multiple locations on the same day at the same time, my concern was that different original pieces would be at different locations. I used the contact feature on the website to inquire into where I could review the art pieces so that I could go to the location with the art I wanted to look more closely at. I got back a quick but very short response that simply said, all of the locations would have great art. The response confused me because I couldn't understand how locations in Sugarland, the Woodlands, and another location, all 45 to 60 minutes apart from each other, could all have original pieces but not be seen by other locations. After reading the rip off report from a few years ago, and now all makes sense. They are not showing original art pieces. The pieces are copies, so all of the same artwork will be shown on the same day, at the same time, at all locations. I would not have an issue with that if the operators of this group had been transparent and honest from the very beginning.

I am associated with the Starving Artists Group. I have worked for the company for 6 years now. Mr. Stringer is the owner who has ran this business for 30 year. Starving Artists Group is a legitmate company which brings really nice oil paintings to suburban neighborhoods so people can decorate there home.

The paintings are only $69. They were hand painted by an artist. I don't know a better way for someone to be able to decorate their home.

The ripoff report that continues to show on the internet has been on here for a long time. If anyone has been to an art sale they would see there is always a manager there to represent us and it is no secret who the owner of the company is. If you dial the phone number on the receipt you will go directly to our office and everyone here is very happy to help in any way.  And, maybe, one time at one art sale in 2006 the sales clerks put unusual names on their nametags but that was not encouraged. That is an uncommon practice at our sales.

If any wants any further information you can call our office at 281-360-3420. We are a family owned business and we just want to help people be able to afford nice oil paintings.

Your observations match what I saw at the Starving Artists Group show on January 15, 2012 in Sugar Land, TX.  I included some pictures in my review 
http://www.ripoffreport.com/art-galleries/starving-artists-gro/starving-artists-group-origi-9510d.htm

I go to these art sales every year and love them. I live in a suburban home with a middle class salary and want to have oil paintings to decorate my house. I have been to art galleries and there is no way I could afford those artists work. If there was no Starving Artists Group my poor walls would be empty and sad. Because of this company my house looks full and well decorated.

Yes, there is a crowd when I go there but that is because so many people appreciate the opportunity to buy oil paintings at such a great price. It is best to get there early in order to get first pick of the great art work. And I am not sure who the artists are but I am very impressed with the quality of the paintings they have. Plus, the frames are great too. No where else can I buy a frame of that qulaity for that price.

Can I say I am being fooled when I walk out the door with a good quality painting and frame for a good price? Does it really matter who the artists are when I am ab le to decorate my home in such a beautiful manner.

I am going to continue to buy paintings from this company. They are doing me a great service by providing me and opportunity to buy such lovely art work at such amanzingly low prices.

I was researching the starving artists and read a complaint from Jan 2008

http://www.fineartregistry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77

I then found this complaint which is an exact copy of the 3 year old one. I don't know if it is malicious or a long held grudge but it seems less than honest to imply that something that happened 3 years ago happened last week. I will continue looking into the group on my own but wanted to alert others that this complaint is more than it seems.