When I started selling my own paintings, I noticed something about the people on the other side of the transaction. Most of them weren't asking about color or composition. They were asking whether they could trust what they were looking at.
Is this artist established? Is the price reasonable for this kind of work? Is the gallery legitimate? What should come with the painting when it arrives?
Those are fair questions, and they're surprisingly hard to answer. The information exists, but it's scattered across auction records, museum collections, exhibition histories, and seller pages that all describe themselves in the best possible light. Most buyers don't know where to look, and the people who do usually work for someone with something to sell.
So I built CollectRight.
CollectRight is a research and education site for people buying original art. It has guides, editorial, and a glossary written for buyers rather than sellers. It also has an Artwork Research tool: you paste a link to an artwork listing, and it researches what the public record actually supports about the artist, the work, and the seller. It shows its sources, and it says plainly when something couldn't be confirmed.
It isn't a marketplace. It doesn't sell art, take commissions, or accept payment to change what a report says. That independence is the whole point.
I spent sixteen years as a product designer before painting full time, and CollectRight is where those two parts of my life meet. Designing it has made me think harder about my own practice, too. Every certificate, every framing decision and every piece of documentation I send with a painting is something a careful buyer should be able to check.
CollectRight is still early, and it's growing every week. If you're considering a piece, from me or from anyone else, I hope it helps you buy with more confidence.