COLLECTOR SERVICES
Getting the work home
Choosing the piece is the fun part. What comes after — getting it home safely and hanging it so it looks like it's always been there — is where most people could use a hand.
We do that part too. Through Raven Art Services, our sister art-handling company, we can take a work from the gallery floor to your wall without it ever leaving careful hands.
Hemmings + Raven
Hemmings Gallery and Raven Art Services are run by the same people. Same team, same standards, one phone call. Ed started Raven years before the gallery opened, handling art for collectors, designers, galleries, and estates throughout the Wood River Valley and beyond.
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What we can help with
Choosing the work
Sometimes people know exactly what they want. More often they know a wall, a room, or just a feeling, and want to talk it through. We're happy to pull things out, tell you about the artist, try different combinations, and give you time to sit with something. There's no rush and no expectation.
Seeing it in your space
Scale is one of the hardest things to judge in a gallery, and most people go too small. We'll look at your walls, your sightlines, your light, and the other things you live with, and tell you honestly what we think will work. Sometimes we'll say a piece isn't right for the room, and we'd rather say so.
If you're in the Wood River Valley, we can also bring work to your home so you can see it on the wall before you decide. There's no substitute for that.
Delivery and installation
Once you've found the piece, Raven takes care of getting it home and putting it where it belongs.
Paintings, works on paper, sculpture, heavy pieces, awkward pieces: level, secure, properly anchored, and cleaned up afterward. We do this every day, and we're particular about doing it properly.
Storage, transport, and collections
For anything bigger — a move, a seasonal home, a collection that needs somewhere climate-controlled to live for a while — Raven offers secure art storage, packing, receiving, and regional transport across the Western U.S., including Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Fe, and other destinations throughout the region.
Building a wall over time
Most collections aren't bought in an afternoon. They accumulate, and at some point the question stops being what should I buy? and becomes how does all of this live together?
We help with that too: salon walls, groupings, rearranging what you already own, and knowing when a piece needs to be left alone. It's one of the more enjoyable parts of the job, and one of the reasons we like visiting homes.
Sculpture installation
Raven Art Services
Raven works with collectors, galleries, designers, and estates throughout the valley and beyond, not just Hemmings clients.
Professional installation, transport, packing, climate-controlled storage, and receiving. If you have art that needs moving, hanging, storing, or simply looking after, Raven can take care of it.
Visit Raven Art ServicesThinking about a piece?
Come see us, tell us what you're looking for, or show us the wall you're trying to figure out.