About Us

The gallery owners are Elric and Leonie Saaski. Elric is a serial entrepreneur and inventor who has started several successful high-tech companies over the past 30 years. He presently owns Research International, a 15 year-old research and development company. His wife Leonie is an Aussie transplant with a diverse background that ranges from teaching business technology at the college level to money market fund management.

The idea for Art Merchant International emerged from several roots. Elric and Leonie are art collectors with a broad range of interests; a building recently purchased for their technology business has a significant amount of excess space; and they travel to the far east several times a year on business matters. Art Merchant International was born out of this confluence of events.

Corporate Visual Design

Robyn Andersen has joined Art Merchant International as our Corporate Visual Design and Gallery Director. Ms. Andersen has been active in the arts for the last 25 years. She has excellent experience with curating art shows, working with businesses and corporations, leading art events, and is also an award-winning artist. Robyn has been a United Way Director and written four books, two of which are about the arts. She is a sought after speaker and conference director/presenter and sits on many boards. She serves as a commissioner for the arts representing Snohomish County and currently sits on the Board of Directors for several art and public service organizations.

Her roles include:

• Working with corporations, restaurants, government agencies and medium-sized businesses on our special collections.
• Directs opening events for local businesses.
• Stages corporate showcases and gallery openings
• Works with businesses and government on their design needs.
• Speaks to organizations about our unique collections and visual design expertise.

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a color copy of our

Summer 2008 Art Catalog

(8.6 MB PDF file).