THAT'S THE END OF THAT!

I recently added half a dozen paintings for sale. I just sold my last painting I had advertised and now I am free of having to deal with people enquiring about the pieces they take interest in. The series included 12 canvases, all the same size with varying prices. A lovely lady collected the last painting this morning and was keen to purchase other paintings that I had on the walls. These weren’t for sale but the interest was encouraging. It’s sometimes hard giving up my babies that I put so much time into but all of the earnings go back into art supplies and have allowed me to pay off a few months rent in advance and fill up my car with a full tank of petrol, which always makes me feel like a rich man. In one of my earlier posts I brought up how disheartening it was to have a couple visit basically tell me they weren’t interested. This lady bought the same piece for the asking price and loved it. Art truly is in the eye of the beholder. I have come to learn this.

If there is one thing I hate about the selling of my art is the communication side of things. There is a lot of back and forth through messaging with people wanting to buy, wanting to view, wanting to bump down the price and it get’s tricky when I have a lot of paintings listed at once and knowing who wants what? How much one person wants to pay compared to someone else and what times they are available to visit. I really struggle also with having the buyer come over into my house. I have to use art talk to convince the person I am the real deal too. I’m not good with people at the best of times so to add the extra stress of managing the art of the deal can be overwhelming for me. I know it’s no big deal.. they either want the painting or they don’t but this doesn’t help when I’m playing the salesman and I have to put on a smile and act in a way that’s not the true me.

Anyway, that will be the last sale for a while. I’m taking a vacation. All I have to do now is wait for those creative juices to start flowing and make my way to the art store. I have plans on working on another series. The question is do I churn out the same themed product that have been proven to sell or do I experiment and see what I come up with… or both? At the end of the day I am just happy to be selling my work. I guess not every artist can say this. I’m no longer the frustrated, struggling artist - Actually this isn’t true, I really am. I just have an outlet to move my art now. This feels good to know.