Making Changes

Scout, before and after

In my last post I told you I was getting switching paintings around at my galleries. One of the things I do when I get a painting back is take a hard look at it and see if it needs to be 'improved'

I actually was happy with this painting, Scout, but decided to add to it anyway. Did I improve it? I don't know.

The Painting Quadrille

This is the time of year I do the Painting Quadrille, also known at the Painting Shuffle. I send a painting to gallery 'A', they send an older painting back to me. I send that painting to gallery 'B', they send a painting back to me...........

The good news: The galleries get 'new' paintings and this helps sales

The bad news: My house looks like an explosion of paintings and shipping materials

I'd rather be painting

Apples and Stripes, oil on board, 9 x 12

Boxing up paintings today. Blah! But I'm sending work to my newest gallery -Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art, as well as my tried and true galleries.

But I'd rather be painting!

Life outside of the studio

We have a small herd of chickens which we pen up at night and let run during the day. We leave their gate open so they can get back in the pen for food and grain.
A few weeks ago we looked out the window and saw this mule deer buck INSIDE the chicken pen eating the grain. I had no idea that a deer would go through a gate!

Re-evaluation: galleries, art work, etc

This is the time of year I look back and see what I can do better.

99.9% of my work is sold through galleries. My goal is to find galleries and stay with them! But sometimes it just doesn't work out. I sent Exit Letters to 2 galleries last week. And I've had a request to send a painting on approval to another gallery that I would like to be in. Wish me luck on that.

I look at what paintings the galleries have and how long they've had them. Ugh! Some have been hanging too long. Time to get old work back and send new. What paintings flew off the wall and why?

How is my communication with my galleries? Needs improvement!

Of course the most important thing is to paint Great work and the rest will take care of itself (That's my theory anyway!)

First painting sale of the year!

Heart of Courage by K. Henderson

This painting has found a new home. I'm so grateful to have people that enjoy my paintings and to have galleries that have enough faith in me to show my work

Plans for the new year - calendar

I just printed out a calendar for the new Year. I like to print out a LARGE calendar(44" x 26") that shows the entire year with lots of space to write on. Each month is printed on a letter size sheet of paper and then taped together. The calendar I print out is here from vertex42.com.

I add show deadlines, shipping deadlines, tax due dates (yuk!) etc. This works for me. How do you keep your deadlines organized?