WELCOME TO THE RICHARD KARON BLOGSITE
This newly established blogsite is dedicated to the biography of well known Muskoka and Canadian artist, Richard Karon, formerly of Baysville, Ontario, in the Township of Lake of Bays, District of Muskoka. Although Mr. Karon didn't have a lengthy artistic career in Muskoka, the period he did paint locally, from the early 1970's until the mid 1980's, inspired many hundreds of landscapes, many that he sold from his home-studio, situated a short distance from the Village of Baysville. He was one of the first participating artists on the annual Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour in the 1970's.
The initial biographical work began in the winter of 2012 with the assistance of the artist's son, Richard Sahoff Karon, with the lead researcher / author Ted Currie, of Muskoka History Resources, and was published on his personal blogsite, with a companion video highlighting the painter's work. The site included many images of Mr. Karon's paintings, as provided by the Karon family, and many other painting owners, who agreed to have their private collections reproduced, to create an inventory of paintings for researchers. The completed blog, with companion art work, was offered to both the National Art Gallery archives, and the archives of the Ontario Museum of Art.
It was agreed from commencement that a separate blog would be created, at the conclusion of the biography, to facilitate research on his career, and to assist those who own Richard Karon originals, learn more about the artist behind the work. This has now been completed. It also allows for comments to be submitted, and questions to be asked, (of the researcher and the Karon family) regarding the artist's career. There has not, to this point, been a way to accurately evaluate his art pieces, as few have come up for auction, which would normally set a "traded" value, that could be used for insurance purposes. We are interested in knowing about "asking" and "paid" values, found in the marketplace, in order to establish, at the very least, a trend in prices; those asked, and attained across the country. We would appreciate any information you can provide, to help us determine the current market values of his work for sale, based on observations and actual sales transactions, which may be provided by galleries and antique shops, that have sold his work in the past.....or are currently offering his panels for sale. Original acquisition prices would be helpful, if you have either original receipts or a good memory.
To use this site, you will need to 'ARCHIVE BACK" through the biography, as it has been published in "blog" format, to allow for updates, new information, submissions, critiques, and personal memories, to appear most current on the site. You can find a directory of the editorial content, on the blogsite history.
We are always interested in receiving more digital images of original Karon paintings, that with the owner's permission, can be added to the art inventory on this site, and shared with researchers and other art collectors. Hope you enjoy the site, and feel free to comment on the art work.
