I wrote earlier about the postcard project. I have done the Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival in Thomasville, Georgia for the past six years. It's a great show with some high caliber artists. Last year with the economy in the pits it was a slow show all around. I decided in May that I would do something different for me. I would bring 100 small 5 x 7 paintings of landscapes of the local area. I ended up with a total of 105 and I put them up unframed with velcro on a big board. They were lined up together in rows. I sold them for lower than my normal prices at $110 each. Heres a photo of the set up.
Not a great photo but you get the idea.
And . . . . well it went over very well. I got nothing but very nice comments. I ended up selling 21 of them during the show. I thought that was pretty good considering that crowds did not seem as numerous as usual. It was fun to see people agonize over one of two paintings and end up buying two or three. Not sure I would do it again to such a large degree. But who knows. I did feel like it was a great practice and I definitely feel like I learned something.
The show was at the end of November so when it was over I took the remaining 85 to my gallery in Tallahassee. They had the velcro already on their wall for the framing business so they just hung them up right there for their Christmas show. They have sold about fifteen more so its all good. If your interested in whats left, email me. They make great Christmas gifts.
5 x 7 Inlet fishing
Thanks for looking.
