Good Bye To All That

 

I have always found them hard to engage with and usually as soon as they hear I’m an artist they drop the polite interest instantaneously. To hire a gallery is expensive and 90% of the Private View attendees need to be invited personally. A hire gallery with a strong natural foot fall is obviously the perfect dream, but I have not found one yet. So it has taken me a long time to realize I should leave that gallery game alone once and for all. 

 

I have developed a new strategy that engages with people who are not frequent gallery hoppers but like recognizable, relatable art. So in future I will be exhibiting at fates and fairs, museums and events, to find organically my market of people who love traditional art. Every time I have done this so far this year I have found useful leads. People don't go to Country fairs to buy original paintings, usually, but meeting new people in person, leads to new opportunities. My next stand is at the busiest museum shop in the country, the Tank Museum. 

So I am very glad to wave good-bye to my relationship with galleries! I shall let you know how it goes….