New Hopes & Dreams For The New Year

As we move into the new year I take pause to consider what the previous year meant to me, what I did to realize in my life that which I hold most important and where I fell short. It is important to feel grateful and give thanks for the life I am blessed with in spite of all the trials and tribulations that I have endured during the year 2010. Now my focus turns to the future and to the new year that stands before me.

Much of what we do at OOK is related to serving accomplishment of one kind or another. Whether it is an OOK hanger being used to hang a new wedding or graduation photo or a new work of art, OOK products are always involved in the hanging of something meaningful or special. Often times I am walking down some street with a friend or associate and happen upon a gallery or museum that is hanging all of their artworks on our OOK hardware. I must confess it has in more than one instance caused me to break a sweat with the thought of how all of those millions of dollars are hanging on our hooks. I never forget that fact and take great pride that all of this value, both financial and sentimental, is resting on the hooks and hangers of our OOK hardware. It means a lot to me and our whole company.

As I prepare for the new year I am excited with all of the opportunities our company will have to engage in "supporting the arts" as we do and I am eager to participate in exhibiting artworks of all types, sizes and shapes. A toast to art ,.....and its hanging!'

"Behind EVERY Great Work Of Art........"

My family and I have been manufacturing OOK Professional Picture Hanging Hardware since 1964. Since then we have had the privilege to supply museums and art galleries around the world specialty hardware to hang art of all sizes and shapes. Although our association with "art" is always hidden, we take the responsibility of "supporting the arts" with incredible seriousness and consider ourselves and the products we manufacture as the custodians for the safe hanging and exhibition of every work of art hung on an OOK Picture Hanger.

Here is where I am going to share some of my thoughts and experiences of my involvement in the arts. I get to have some amazing exposure, education and fun with artists, art collectors, galleries, museums and retailers. I often get a chuckle when I am approached, say at a bar or some social event, and someone asks me what I do for a living. I'll often reply, "I am a picture hanging salesman'! That always will get a laugh or a look of the perplexed. But that is in effect what I am , a manufacturer of hanging hardware for the arts and as the saying goes, if you ever need anything hung,... we can hang it!