Thursday, March 11, 2010

52 and counting



so i went through yesterday and counted how
many paintings i am sitting on at the moment, 
and i am at 52!  this is all good but i 
figure i need about 100 more.

why you ask?  well... i am going to try and
tackle the art/craft fair world.  
(here is a painting so you don't get bored)


so far... i am doing 5 of them,
and am waiting to hear about 3 more...
the exciting bit about all this is i 
applied to be in the cherry creek art festival
(in the emerging artist program) and they
are going to have me!!!  


honestly, i about cried.  we used to live 
in denver and it is THE best art fair i have
ever been too.   so i was SO thrilled.

after the "thrill" wore off i became FREAKED!!!
and i started in on the worry.  how many... what if
people buy them... how many will they buy.
what am i doing?  why did i do this?  oh my
gosh.... what have i done?


THEN, i started asking other artists (amanda blake, and
rachel austin)  for advice,
and my freak-out lessened (sort of).  turns out the
general advice is 4x as many paintings as you think
you will sell.  ???  i have no idea how many
paintings i will sell.  none.  so where does a girl start.
then folks followed up by saying that if you couldn't do 4x
that 2x was realistic.  (this i can wrap my brain around)

basically i thought, well... if i can sell 30 paintings at a show
i would be thrilled, so i need around 60 per show.
so you are now looking at just a few!

52/150  (yikes!  who am i kidding)

14 comments:

  1. Congratulations and well done you....er...by the way...i've thought you're one of the greatest artists i've ever seen since i first discovered you on etsy, so no idea what you're worried about, of course people will buy, they'd be mad not to! I'd visit and buy loads myself if i wasn't all the way over here in the UK, afraid to fly!!! Tons of good luck with it all. xx

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  2. WOW! So cool, your painting will sell, more than you think I bet. The beautiful work you do will speak to people! No worries, deep breath and make sure to take time out to get inspired. xoxo

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  3. it all just goes so slow!!! i sit down to paint and the phone rings, then an etsy order... then it's the ups guy. maybe i need to start sleeping during the day and working ALL night.

    thank you so much for the well wishes. (i hope both your sweet words are right).

    *thanks by the way, for reading my little post.

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  4. I love your work and if I could go I would buy your paintings!

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  5. How fantastic. I live in Colorado Springs and will definitely go to the Cherry Creek Festival to see your work in person. I just love your art, especially one that I marked on Etsy, I believe it was a girl reading. I teach middle school English and just thought it was perfect. Good luck with all your shows!

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  6. All the best! I love your work. Such a vidid and dreamy feel to it. :)

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  7. You will do well. Your paintings ae wonderful. So glad I found you. I'm inspired.

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  8. Oh Cori,
    I love all these paintings, but the first one, the lady with the braids and the penciled flowers. Oh I am swooning!
    ~Jody

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  9. jody... that painting is on a "drawing" from someones homework! i bought it at a yard sale, a little portfolio filled with all kinds of good and bad drawings...

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  10. congratulations!! you will rock, don't worry.. best of luck to you! :)

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  11. Good luck! Although you won't need it! Your paintings are beautiful. I found you on etsy.
    Susie

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  12. Thats so exciting! I hope you get there! I just checked out your etsy shop and it's beautiful! If you are ever interested in becoming a seller on Lovely Clusters we would love to have you! http://lovelyclusters.com

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  13. Er... I think you may be more successful at CCAF than you're planning on. I will look for you this year! Good luck, and remember to breathe!

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  14. Hi, Cori, I just discovered your work through Anahata Katkin's blog and I am completely enraptured by your paintings! I think I could stare at them all day and keep seeing something different. I especially love your unique style; it is so refreshing! I can't wait to get one of your prints. You are going to have a blast at the art fair and, I think I can safely predict, will make a killing! ;-)

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