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How A Simple $40 Piece of Art Can Win Friends And Increase Sales! By John D. Verlin

Midnight At The Oasis, Verlin Studio's 2014 Recently, a friend of mine told me a story that emphasized how important it is to make a connection with someone in whatever our personal and business life is. He had purchased one of my favorite prints that I took in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The print is called Midnight At The Oasis--depicting a walkway along the Caribbean beach around midnight with a full moon beaming down and glistening on the water. After he had purchase the $40 print--he had it mounted on a blue/silver mat that he said made the picture POP. As he told me the story--I reflected back to the night this was taken--a beautiful full moon along the shoreline tide. I remember thinking when I took it how rare it would be to get a full moon, much less glistening on the ocean with enough light to not make it too grainy. This night--I made sure I took a minimum of 20 pictures to enough enough to work with in the editing process. My friend had frame the picture in his