How are your ART sales this year?

[Robert Skeoch]

Up-date on my print sales.
We had our "artists of the area" Studio Open house at the beginning of Nov. I had about 400 people through the studio which I was happy with. I sold one print then and had a follow-up sale of a second print. (Same shot actually) Although the sales were slow I was thrilled with the weekend and have plans to expand it next year.

Later in the month I had work hanging at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. It's a pretty major public gallery in the area. I had two sales of 16x20's ($600 each) at the show.
The gallery said they were happy with the interest and I was happy with the sales.

Un-related to selling art prints, I've found the photography business to be very busy the past 18 months and don't expect to see a drop till after June. I work most days from 9am till about 10pm and only took about 5 days off this past year. I have two part-time assistants who never get caught up.

So over-all it's been a good year... but I don't live off print sales only.

I hope the rest of you are busy as well.

-Rob Skeoch

[Stefano]

This year, but it's my first time, I sold three 4x10 contact prints.
I sold them by my internet site, the others in a gallery I didn't sold...
I hope to sell better the next year(even if the year it not finish yet), but as first time I'm quite happy.

Stefano

[Leonard Metcalf]

200% increase in on-line sales this year

Len

[Don Boyd]

I did approximately $1700 in sales at the recently concluded Festival of the Crane at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. This included 2 images larger than 20x24 inches. All images were from my 4x5s. As an experiment, I made some cards on Epson Enhanced Matte paper and sold about 30 of those.

[Kirk Gittings]

Quoting myself, that is a first......I am up to 6 so far. The most I have ever sold out of this show.

The show comes down Friday. I am up to 9 sold, all of the three hung and three each of two of the prints additionally, by far the best I have done at this show ever. I think though it is somewhat of a fluke as for the first time for this show I put in images that were "pretty" landscapes as opposed to the dark moody, religiously overtoned stuff I usually put in it (which have more much meaning for me personally).

[John Brady]

The show comes down Friday. I am up to 9 sold, all of the three hung and three each of two of the prints additionally, by far the best I have done at this show ever. I think though it is somewhat of a fluke as for the first time for this show I put in images that were "pretty" landscapes as opposed to the dark moody, religiously overtoned stuff I usually put in it (which have more much meaning for me personally).

Congratulations on a great show! Having viewed your site I think some of your "dark moody" images are outstanding and probably would have done well also.
www.timeandlight.com

[Kirk Gittings]

Thanks John, and I have had many of those from the website in this yearly show previously. They do sell, but nothing like this years suite.

[Don Boyd]

Kirk, congratulations on the sales. I'm curious, what were the landscapes of that sold so well?

[Kirk Gittings]

Don, here they are. These are part of a collection of images where I am trying to capture the few remaining pristine long views of the Sandia Mountains next to Albuquerque. One of the first sold and 4 each of the other two. All are scanned 4x5 film.

[D. Bryant]

Don, here they are. These are part of a collection of images where I am trying to capture the few remaining pristine long views of the Sandia Mountains next to Albuquerque. One of the first sold and 4 each of the other two. All are scanned 4x5 film.

Kirk,

Nice work. Were the first two made off of I-25 or I-40?

Thanks,

Don Bryant