Saturday, January 1, 2011

what do you do with a painting...

that hasn't sold after being shown a bunch of times in a year & hasn't sold? OK, not just 1- a series totaling 21? There are 2 that I quite like & will keep for myself, and 5 that I just don't like & will paint over. Secondarily- do I rename them, or use the same numbers with the new faces?

All are series- monochromatic red, blue, brown & green. I never really liked the red, so those will get erased. The rest are generally paintings I'm happy with- they've just had no hits. Here's a possible cause: they're most expensive than usual for their size because they have about 10 layers forming their collage background & therefore have many more hours of labor.

Should I reduce the prices to what's now standard for me for that size? Retire them? Experiment with the surfaces? Paint over & rename? Paint over & keep the name?

1 comment:

Faye Wilcox said...

Two for One deals at the next art sale. You make some dollas, sell the paintings you haven't sold for a year, and you and the buyer get something out of it. Two pieces for one price (only for those you mentioned) = SOLD.

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