On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 13:16:42 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>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

Only superficial people don't judge by appearances.
-- Oscar Wilde