The Museum Heritage Collection by Mark Dahle

Several years ago, Mark Dahle began reserving some of his best paintings for the Museum Heritage Collection. Once Mark's museum is built, these paintings will be part of the museum's permanent collection and will not be available at any price. Until then, Mark has agreed to allow five paintings a year to be released out of the Museum Heritage Collection to support the capital campaign for his museum. The beautiful paintings in this exclusive collection are $1.2 million each and come with an exclusive lifetime guarantee.

Mother Teresa once reached for the hand of a man and, touching a different digit with each word, said, "You - did - it - to - me," a reference to a story about how when we help the poor it's like helping Jesus. These are paintings from the series Two Hands: Paintings Inspired By Mother Teresa.

One of the most famous stories of creation is found in the opening pages of the Bible. The paintings on the right relate to that story.

Paul Joseph Walkowski writes:    Here, in the world of the abstract, I have carved out a niche that interests me. The niche is color – textured, nuanced, moody colors. Think Willem de Kooning’s 1958 work Suburb in Havana, or A Tree in Naples; or Mark Rothko’s Three Triangles. On a more contemporary vein, you might consider Landfield’s For William Blake or Mark Dahle’s stunning Autumn Leaves Series. These are a few of the paintings in the Autumn Leaves Series.

Beautiful paintings exhibited at ArtWalk in San Diego will be included on this site starting May 15.

Current prices for other abstract artists:
    Mark Rothko                    $72,840,000
    Jackson Pollock               $11,655,500     
    Clyfford Still                    $21,296,000
    Willem DeKooning          $27,120,000

Artist's Statement

Because of the overwhelmingly positive reaction to my paintings, I believe they will someday be exhibited in museums worldwide, and every year I come closer to pricing them according to what I think their eventual value will be. Every time I raise my prices, people tell me, "I wanted to buy a painting at the old price." But often the people making that comment didn’t. Then the price jumps and they see what they missed.

My own rule of thumb for investing in paintings is this: I only collect originals. Often I invest in a painting the moment I see it. It’s just right, and I know it.

But sometimes I’m not so confident. If I’m still thinking about the painting the next day, and if I can afford it within a year’s time, I buy it that second day. The times I’ve not done this, I’ve had to hunt a long time to find the painting again and I’ve had to pay far more than if I’d just gotten it when I saw it and liked it. I've got two paintings right now that I'm trying to locate because I didn't buy them when I first saw them.

I’m sure some people will be surprised that most of my original paintings on canvas are $24,000 and up, and that paintings in the Museum Heritage Collection are $1.2 million. Some people will think that is expensive. But I expect my work to eventually be in the $10 million range. The way the art market has been going, I believe $100 million is eventually possible. So I can’t believe I’m still letting my work go for so little.

The question collectors have to ask is, "The next time I see this painting, if the price has gone up, will I regret not investing in it now?"

To reserve your beautiful painting from the Museum Heritage Collection, contact Mark Dahle.

Paintings on this website are © Mark Dahle 1989-2008.