Do you have any business advice please?

[Enyaw]

I was in a gallery. Sold 3 pieces in two months all for low four figures. Pretty good for a new gallery in town and an artist who had a long way to go before he could call himself an artist. The gallery was taking 25%. The next weekend I went in and all my paintings were off the wall. I asked. She told me a fellow artist was giving her 50 % and unless I agreed to the same my art would not be hung. I knew the artist and he had not sold a thing. I told her 25% of 3 grand was far superior to 50% of nothing, gathered up my paintings and that was the last gallery I was part of. Not worth the bullshit to me as I had a good job and selling art was only gravey. The gallery went under in less than a year. No wonder.

 

[endersaka]

Pricing a painting…

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I totally relate with your experience.

For the suggestions I don't know too, though, I think they are pretty close to reality.

 

[endersaka]

No wonder too @Enyaw they have been pretty greedy, and the other artist did a questionable (at least) move, in my opinion.

 

[Enyaw]

Didn’t meant to put more bumps in the road but thought I’d mention a mole hill that occurs more often than not. It’s a mountain but it can be climbed if you are strong minded and lucky. Good luck with your excursion.

 

[Bongo]

another approach - paint more - sell for less

approach - paint more, sell for less - Steve Keene does 75+ paintings per day.

 

[endersaka]

another approach - paint more - sell for less

I hope everyone understand this is an edge case. It is not only physically and mentally hard to achieve such results but, for many the point of pursuing an Art dedicated life is to do something that enriches (not only economically) them somehow. Doing something that gives you back some good feeling, as like as (this list is not meant to be exhaustive): satisfaction, self-esteem, even pleasure (as in reading a good book, or drinking a good wine, ...) a sense of fulfillment.

So, the question is: doing 75 paintings a day, will I ever have time to enjoy it?

 

[Enyaw]

Bull shit baffles brains

 

[Bongo]

Bull shit baffles brains

meaning? What part is the bullshit?

 

[Enyaw]

The part about making art. Poor man’s assembly line.