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Ok, so I had another flea market. Didn't sell anything this time but another coworker who has had her eye on one in particular (see painting to the left). She asked me to bring it in on Monday for her to buy. I am not sure if I will continue with the whole flea market circuit. People at flea markets do tend to expect to get something really cheap. I understand it I do it to. I bought some really cute shoes for $12 and a great bag for $10. The problem with homemade items is this, a person who puts their soul into creating something can't be expected to virtually give this item away. So I think the whole "flea market thing" may just not be for me. I might try to cater to the more "high-end" art appreciating public who go someplace specifically to buy art. I mentioned before the friend at work with the friend who owns a gallery, well she showed her my work the women liked it and wants to arrange a meeting for us to discuss my showing in her gallery. Also a friend of mine has a friend who knows someone with a gallery in New York who she gave my info to so maybe I'll get a call from them too. With art galleries, people go there expecting to spend money. No one goes to an art gallery with intentions on buying something and thinks they will see something for $15-$20, which isn't the case with the flea markets.
There is a guy at my job that came around with books the other day, he had written and published this book and did the art work on the cover. He had also written and published other books and he brought them around to sell. He is inspirational. The better I get at networking the further along I will get with my aspirations. It seems that now that more people at my job know that I paint and that I want to be a successful selling artist, they seem to all want to help me. I've been told that my style is unique and that makes me very happy. My style was one of the things that I used to worry about before I started painting again. I was worried about what my style would be and how it would distinguish me from other artists. I am so glad that my style, whatever it is, emerged relatively painlessly as soon as I stopped worrying about it. Some of the things that I have painted, I had no idea how to paint when I started. When I sat down, brush in hand the thing I didn't know how to paint came pretty effortlessly from my hand. Worry seems to be the bane of my existence. When I stop thinking so much, things actually seem to turn out fine, go figure!lol
Oh yeah the second painting is called "Silence" it is supposed to be eery and it symbolizes how most people don't really want to hear what we have to say.
