You know Warhol and Chagall. You know Klee and Munch. What about Fereshetian? The name doesn’t ring a bell? Actually, I don’t know much about him either, except that I have hundreds of his paintings in my basement.

How did they get there? As real estate agents, we are quite often faced with new situations. One day last year, one of my colleagues told me her “situation.” She had just sold a house and there were hundred of paintings, drawings and sketches left from the owner who had passed away. His children were not interested and she was afraid that his artwork would just be trashed.

We got into my Jeep and drove over to New Rochelle where the house was located in Sans Souci, one of the neighborhoods on the Long Island Sound. This is the moment that I encountered the art of Mr. Fereshetian. I love the colors that he used, the fantasy, the silly little animals, and the grandiose bouquets of flowers. But what do I do with hundreds of pieces of art that don’t have an owner anymore? We are selling them for a good cause at $20 a piece. Half of the money will go to Rotary International and the other half to Fields for Kids, a local initiative to improve the play fields in the community.

So do you want to get to know Fereshetian? Contact me.

Posted By: H. Juergen Hess