You have to start somewhere. Your career might begin in
childhood when a parent praises a class assignment and hangs it on the
refrigerator. You move on to making work for family and friends and it gets
seen in private homes. Everyone encourages you, so you put your art at the
local coffee shop.
Your art might sell and it might not sell at the coffee
shop. You don’t
care. Okay you kinda care, but heck! You have a free place to hang your art. So
you keep putting it there over and over again. Why not? It’s comfortable.
That’s precisely when you know it’s time to move on. When something starts feeling too
easy, you must re-evaluate and make sure it’s serving your goals. You’ll never
get anywhere by playing it safe. Moving beyond your comfort zone
is a big step, but necessary if you want more from your art.
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I would love to hear your experiences with marketing and
showing your art, what methods do you use, which have you found are worthwhile
and which are you giving up, and why?
Regards
MAREE
