I sold two prints today.
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I sold two prints today.
That might not seem like a lot. But for me it was. It was a very good day.
The purchaser was a patron who’d discovered me locally at my booth, and later found me online to buy even more greeting cards over the last year.
That’s the goal, right?
But this was different: he bought prints. Because his family likes my work.
Prints aren’t practical. They’re not cards that get mailed to another person, or calendars that help you keep track of days, or notepads upon which you write lists.
When I started doing art as a career I never let myself believe my work had a place outside the practical. I was scared, and didn’t want to do pieces that couldn’t be used simultaneously as an asset for something utilitarian, because it was the functional aspect of the item that would help sell my art. I wanted to play it smart.
But this last year has been… eye-opening. I’ve sold more prints than I ever thought I would. It's allowed me to see things from a different perspective. It has been deeply validating, given me permission to be brave, and negated a lot of my deeply ingrained fears.
So today meant something to me. An older gentleman, who loved my work so much that his multiple purchases of greeting cards weren’t cutting it, believed in me enough to go to the next step and buy something from me simply because he likes it, not because it was useful.
That makes me feel really good. So it's been a good day.
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I sold two prints today.
That might not seem like a lot. But for me it was. It was a very good day.
The purchaser was a patron who’d discovered me locally at my booth, and later found me online to buy even more greeting cards over the last year.
That’s the goal, right?
But this was different: he bought prints. Because his family likes my work.
Prints aren’t practical. They’re not cards that get mailed to another person, or calendars that help you keep track of days, or notepads upon which you write lists.
When I started doing art as a career I never let myself believe my work had a place outside the practical. I was scared, and didn’t want to do pieces that couldn’t be used simultaneously as an asset for something utilitarian, because it was the functional aspect of the item that would help sell my art. I wanted to play it smart.
But this last year has been… eye-opening. I’ve sold more prints than I ever thought I would. It's allowed me to see things from a different perspective. It has been deeply validating, given me permission to be brave, and negated a lot of my deeply ingrained fears.
So today meant something to me. An older gentleman, who loved my work so much that his multiple purchases of greeting cards weren’t cutting it, believed in me enough to go to the next step and buy something from me simply because he likes it, not because it was useful.
That makes me feel really good. So it's been a good day.
@Coreyartus congratulations! Happy for you 🥰
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I sold two prints today.
That might not seem like a lot. But for me it was. It was a very good day.
The purchaser was a patron who’d discovered me locally at my booth, and later found me online to buy even more greeting cards over the last year.
That’s the goal, right?
But this was different: he bought prints. Because his family likes my work.
Prints aren’t practical. They’re not cards that get mailed to another person, or calendars that help you keep track of days, or notepads upon which you write lists.
When I started doing art as a career I never let myself believe my work had a place outside the practical. I was scared, and didn’t want to do pieces that couldn’t be used simultaneously as an asset for something utilitarian, because it was the functional aspect of the item that would help sell my art. I wanted to play it smart.
But this last year has been… eye-opening. I’ve sold more prints than I ever thought I would. It's allowed me to see things from a different perspective. It has been deeply validating, given me permission to be brave, and negated a lot of my deeply ingrained fears.
So today meant something to me. An older gentleman, who loved my work so much that his multiple purchases of greeting cards weren’t cutting it, believed in me enough to go to the next step and buy something from me simply because he likes it, not because it was useful.
That makes me feel really good. So it's been a good day.
@Coreyartus Congratulations!
I notice that the ART SHOP link in your profile gives a 404 error. Thought you'd like to know.
Cheers!
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@Coreyartus Congratulations!
I notice that the ART SHOP link in your profile gives a 404 error. Thought you'd like to know.
Cheers!
@matthewconroy Ack! Thank you!!
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@Coreyartus Congratulations!
I notice that the ART SHOP link in your profile gives a 404 error. Thought you'd like to know.
Cheers!
@matthewconroy Fixed! Thank you so much for catching that—I hadn’t realized I didn’t update those. You saved me a LOT of embarrassment and a lot of others a lot of frustration!! Thank you thank you thank you!
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@matthewconroy Fixed! Thank you so much for catching that—I hadn’t realized I didn’t update those. You saved me a LOT of embarrassment and a lot of others a lot of frustration!! Thank you thank you thank you!
@Coreyartus You're welcome!
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I sold two prints today.
That might not seem like a lot. But for me it was. It was a very good day.
The purchaser was a patron who’d discovered me locally at my booth, and later found me online to buy even more greeting cards over the last year.
That’s the goal, right?
But this was different: he bought prints. Because his family likes my work.
Prints aren’t practical. They’re not cards that get mailed to another person, or calendars that help you keep track of days, or notepads upon which you write lists.
When I started doing art as a career I never let myself believe my work had a place outside the practical. I was scared, and didn’t want to do pieces that couldn’t be used simultaneously as an asset for something utilitarian, because it was the functional aspect of the item that would help sell my art. I wanted to play it smart.
But this last year has been… eye-opening. I’ve sold more prints than I ever thought I would. It's allowed me to see things from a different perspective. It has been deeply validating, given me permission to be brave, and negated a lot of my deeply ingrained fears.
So today meant something to me. An older gentleman, who loved my work so much that his multiple purchases of greeting cards weren’t cutting it, believed in me enough to go to the next step and buy something from me simply because he likes it, not because it was useful.
That makes me feel really good. So it's been a good day.
@Coreyartus We once liked a greeting card so much we wrote to the artist and asked if we could buy the original artwork.
His reply was that he didn't know whether he could sell it to us, because he wasn't sure whether it was him or the greeting cards company that owned which rights ... so he sent it to us for free. And included a couple of other things for our kids.
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@Coreyartus We once liked a greeting card so much we wrote to the artist and asked if we could buy the original artwork.
His reply was that he didn't know whether he could sell it to us, because he wasn't sure whether it was him or the greeting cards company that owned which rights ... so he sent it to us for free. And included a couple of other things for our kids.
@TimWardCam Wow—what a gift! That’s awesome!!
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