The fine line between working and networking.

I'm neither 'working or networking'

in this photo...

we had some really SLOW times...

this was one of those.

But...it brings me to the point...

I worked my butt off (don't I wish:) getting ready

for this show...

and

I still have inventory left to take to the next show.

Someone once told me...

"I wish all I had to do was paint..."

WHAT???

Dear Lord...this 'uninformed' creature had apparently

NO exposure to the world of online

sales and marketing.

I WISHED ALL I had to do WAS paint!!!

Life would be so much easier...

wouldn't it??

I could paint and paint and paint...

each and every day...

and I'd wind up with a house full of unsold paintings.

There are so many things one has to do to become

a successful artist online...

and painting (or creating in any way) only accounts

for a small portion of those many things.

I think the hardest thing online artisans have to do...

is to network and market.

I can vaguely remember those days that I thought..

"all I'll need to do is to 'paint and list'"...

I wished it were that easy!

Across The Universe

I got a good look at this painting
at our last show
and I was quite fascinated.

I had seen photos of Jaime's pieces
with the
"paper swans"
but didn't realize
until looking at one of her paintings
"up close"
that the paper swans were "origami".
I just
"fell in love" with them.

So I'm giving her
and her paintings
including
"Across the Universe..Pt 1"
2 Thumbs UP!!

Special "requests"..

There is a good reason I don't take too many
"special requests"...
for one thing..
I become a real b**** until the 'request' is finally
completed...
for another...
I will NEVER EVER get the 'request' to the point
that I am 100% completely happy with it...
so..to save myself a little stress...
I usually don't take on these 'requests'.

I'm not sure why in the world
I agreed..
not only to take on a "special request"
but to take on one that is
24" x 48"...
that's another thing I NEVER do...
work on canvas that is almost as tall as me!

But...I agreed...and I am
thankfully
almost done with it!

Of course...I could keep the painting forever
and never be completely satisfied with it...
that's my nature...
but, I have determined that TODAY is the
day
I will be finished with
"Sweeney and Jack".

I photoshopped my 'idea' before I started painting...
see the pic above...
now with a few 'tweaks'
I am ready to edge and varnish
and get it in the mail.

Then...I have another piece...
just an 11 x 14...
(which will seem like nothing
compared to the 24 x 48)
and I'll have all my
"special requests"
completed and out of here.

New print in shop

This is a print....very different background...
of my
"Necromantic"
painting.

The background has not been
altered...
I took the first photos of the painting
without the flash...
and I liked that background better.

Since it did not show the actual colors in the painting...
I decided to turn it into a print.