Thanks for making a video on this topic. My approach to art is to pursue any channel that helps to distribute my art, whether it's prints or artist books. I use print-on-demand for spreading my art via Fine Art America and artist books via KDP. I could probably make more money selling originals in a gallery, but I like keeping my asemic art affordable for people who aren't rich. Someday I would like to have gallery representation in a physical gallery, but the internet feels built for the type of art that I create, which is asemic writing, and visual poetry. I quit painting on canvas years ago because I lost my art studio and had nowhere to store my paintings. So I dived into books and abstract calligraphy.
We had great success with limited edition canvas prints, smaller than the originals available at art openings. Many times people want to support the artist but can’t afford originals but they can purchase $250 or $350 canvas prints
Thanks for posting these videos. I find them informative. I have a good friend who is always telling me I should sell prints or card reproductions of my paintings. I have personally not been interested in the idea, however it was good to here your thoughts. The deal breaker for me is that I prefer to focus on my original artworks/process/galleries rather than learning how to make reproductions of them and market them that way. Cheers-Greg
That's exactly the decision you have to make, and I agree that it makes sense to focus on marketing and selling your originals first and foremost. As your sales increase you can then consider prints.
Dear Sir Maarten from chicago is asking if it is a goo fidea to keep one category on an artist's website of paintings; lets say landscapes. and not combine it with portrait or house portraits etc. or just landscape and portraits?
Whenever I go to the museum I see a merch shop. Where you can get mugs, notebooks, prints, bags, umbrellas with pieces of art. Medicine brand every year makes different artists' collection. It doesn't seem to be wrong. Why should we feel it wrong then? If museums do so? Does it take from Monet's work if I have an umbrella...? It is a great way to create some income and if a gallery wants to complain I'll just send them my bills to pay. Because I hardly ever sell the originals anyway. And my postcard prints are selling - not much! Not enough to pay my bills but still they sell :)
Would a Series that was offered exclusively through the given gallery vs. other work that was merchandised be a good way to appease a gallery that had these concerns? I've heard other artists express that they did run into these types of issues, not from collectors, but from gallery reps/owners. However I think there is such a range of galleries that it's difficult to give blanket advice on this type of topic.
You're right - there's definitely going to be a range of opinions, and offering an exclusive line could be one way to work with a gallery. I expect, however, that this will become less and less of an issue with galleries as more artists move toward expanding their offerings.
@@JasonHorejs Right? And as galleries continue to adapt to the changing landscape and some struggle to survive I can just imagine it now... the galleries that incorporate a gift shop area with merchandise and then there will be those other galleries where someone asks, "Do you have mugs?" and the response will be "Oh no, we're not one of THOSE galleries." 🤣
