New Years Goals - No. 1

Put more effort into selling more art. I love the creation part, but I am not putting enough effort into selling. This was on my list last year and I worked on it to a point. I have kept good relations with the shops that already sell my work. And here is some of the shows and sales from last year.

• MINIATURE SHOW, St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Center, St. Thomas ON
• Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London ON
• MINIATURE SHOW, Art with Panache, London, ON
• in view of THE ARTIST Exhibition, St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre, St. Thomas
• from pose to page: a life drawing exhibition, TAP Centre for Creativity, London, ON

Setting up an Etsy shop was also on my list last year, but I never did that.  So, that is number one on my list. My deadline is to be up and running by February 1st. It's a lot of work, with many challenges....

• big learning curve, lots of research
• deciding what to list and what to not list in the shop
• getting good photo references
• creating writeups
• sorting out shipping
• pricing - is always a challenge
• deciding and purchasing whatever supplies I might need
• then getting the word out there
• organizing my inventory and supplies in my studio... which has lead to organizing my studio better!

Today, I am off to the post office to get prices and then to buy a few supplies. then maybe get a coffee and do some urban sketching, which is also on my list...