Share to XI have to say goodbye to this Noosa painting today. It found a buyer and a new home.
It’s always bittersweet to sell a painting. Part of me wants to hoard them and create a gigantic personal gallery, with each wall filled from floor to ceiling with art. But part of me also appreciates that someone wants to hang one of my paintings on their wall.
I don’t make a huge effort to sell my paintings. I spend most of my time on drawpaintacademy.com. Something I’ve observed in my limited efforts is that most online sales appear to be for more affordable and often smaller paintings. I assume the more expensive paintings are still sold via galleries or directly with the artist. This would make sense. If you’re going to shell out a large amount of cash for a painting, then you’ll probably want to see it in person first.
If this is actually the case, then a good strategy for selling your work and promoting yourself as an artist (if that’s what you want to do) would be to use online platforms to push smaller and more affordable works. Use them to build a relationship with people and grow your clientele. Then use a more direct approach for your larger and more expensive works.
Just something to think about.
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Happy painting!
Dan Scott
Draw Paint Academy
