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> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 13:16:42 -0500, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
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>>modom wrote:
>>> On 3 Sep 2005 14:10:06 -0700, "nancree" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Michael,
>>>> I should have known you are an artist. Your imaginative and
>>>> enthusiastic treatment and combination of foods has always been
>>>> original. I have missed you on RFC recently. (I even posted a
>>>> question, recently, about your whereabouts).
>>>> Nancree
>>>
>>> I was painting. I made twenty paintings this summer, which is a lot
>>> for me. I painted so much that I actually have a callus on my
>>> painting hand. Vincent van Gogh on the other hand made over 200
>>> paintings in a little over 400 days while he was in Arles. I have no
>>> idea how he did it. But by the time he was my age not only had he
>>> produced scores of masterpieces, but also he was dead.
>>>
>
>>
>>Very nice, Micheal! Congratulations on your gallery showing.
>>
> Thanks.
>
> [snip]
>
>>Oh, and don't be afraid to go for a larger scale and/or up the price. He
>>told me for years he was so afraid of going with larger sized canvas and
>>afraid of overcharging. This particular piece was 6X6ish and sold for
>>$10K
>>
>
> Jill, I've been an artist for the better part of three decades. I
> hold an MFA in painting. I've made paintings that were 10 feet across
> and paintings that are only a few inches. I've taught painting,
> drawing, art history, etc. at four colleges and univeristies.
> Currently I'm on the graduate faculty of a university art department.
> I've published reviews and essays on art in several national
> periodicals. Although I'm certain that you mean well, your advice is
> unneeded.
>>
>>He also avoids galleries unless they are willing to cut the profit from
>>sales down from 50% to 30% and do NOT let them try to tell you how to
>>price
>>your work. Only you can decide what is right and there is no point in
>>them
>>making a buck when you aren't. Exposure is one thing; being ripped off by
>>a
>>gallery is another.
>
> Again, I've been around the block a time or two. The gallerists I'm
> dealing with are extraordinarily fair and kind. In fact, they're
> organizing a food/water/supplies haul to Baton Rouge next week. In no
> way are they ripping me off, and their exhibition space is beautiful.
>
> I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but the arc of my career is
> not consistent with your estimation of it.
>
> modom

I would like to see your paintings. I Am a painter too and I like van Gogh.
Have you got a web page?
Cheers
Pandora
>
> Only superficial people don't judge by appearances.
> -- Oscar Wilde