I’m a happy bunny today – I’ve just been told a local gallery has sold one of my paintings. Big smiles. I’ll go and collect my money in a bit – the price of the painting minus their commission. It makes up for the lack of sales last weekend! Selling art is a funny business. […]
I’m still thinking about what I want to do regarding promoting myself and the offer the businessman made last week to invest a lot of money in advertising me as an artist (and also wanting a large share of the profits afterwards) but part of that decision will also be formed by the fact that […]
Last night I was propositioned. Nothing unusual in that. It happens occasionally….. enough to make life interesting anyway. But this was different. Not a sexual proposition – but a business one…….. A guy I met for the first time a couple of weeks ago and have not seen since, has offered to go into a […]
I’ve taken the chosen few….. well ……..ten…. paintings to the exhibition. The best of the years work. The ones I’m happiest with, most want to exhibit, the ones, in my opinion, most likely to sell. Wrapped lovingly in their protective covers, they’re taken to the venue, a few questions as to where they should be […]
People often ask me how long I’ve been an artist and are usually surprised when I say “Always”. I think they expect I’ll say “Oh, only the last year or so”. But I was born an artist. We all are. We all want to paint as very young children – brightly colourful drawings of houses, […]
Every so often I get an offer I can’t resist. The latest one has come through a half joking conversation with ‘Having my cake’ via some of the comments for my last blog post. She brought up the subject of the cunt painting episode from ‘Sex and the City’ where Charlotte poses for a famous […]
Having spent the last two weekends gallery sitting I’ve had time to sit and surreptitiously watch the viewing public in an art gallery setting, and what surprised me most was how short a time people spend actually looking at art. Some people were taking two to four SECONDS to look at each painting! Now, I […]
I’m always busy with art, but never too busy that the prospect of a new commission doesn’t excite me greatly. Last weekend I was gallery sitting for one of the many exhibitions I’m part of over August and was delighted that a woman expressed interest in the two tango paintings I had got there, amongst […]
Indigo wrote a very evocative poem on her blog recently about a mistress/slave relationship and I commented that she had written strong words describing a powerful feminine relationship. Cherrie said it would be a challenge to illustrate it, I agreed it would, but went on to say it was within my capabilities to do so. […]
Another drawing session with hornymaleuk and this time I put him through his paces – persuading him to do a full two hour pose with the female model, rather than three shorter sessions like last time. Having said that, I think that maybe the images were better last time! So, if he feels he can […]
Ever since I started this blog, some months ago, I knew I wanted an image on my profile (well, I AM an artist, after all!). But what image to have, was the problem. It had to be the right one, and thought about in some depth. I’d looked with interest to see what other images […]