SOLD!

If there are a few weeks where I don't sell anything, or there are no nibbles, I question my abilities - is my work bad and no-one is telling me? Talk about paranoid. This flips as soon as the sales come in of course. Looking at my dog right now, even he has a sold sticker on him (the small red dot in the middle of him), it's hard to see but it's there on his fur. My little kitten Wilbur was playing with a row of red dots which are now scattered all over the floor and one has stuck to Bailey. Apparently there has been a slowing down in art sales over the last few months which is not surprising considering the economic downturn. I have my own little gallery where I sell my work and have managed to sell a few pieces during this time - I also have other work to fall back on (teaching etc.) if I didn't have this, I would be so stressed and this would affect the work I do.

Regardless of the current situation, I find more and more people are 'getting into' art in general (original art that is). At the same time though it will still take a lot of people many years to realise the value in original art. And I mean the 'real thing' (something you love, something good, something that speaks directly to you) not 'brand' art (a name only, another post). It still floors me when someone asks Why does art cost so much? Arrggghhh.


This is part of my studio boxed and ready to go. I'm bursting at the seams now to create as soon as we move (to Rye in December). I have so many drawings, ideas etc and I just want to start. We are renovating a double garage, adding sliders at the front and a deck ,its totally private and surrounded by trees, a dream!