Comments on: Lucky You

By: Carlos Sketches

Fri, 25 Mar 2016 06:15:39 +0000

Alyson, as always your writing is inspiring and reinforces my decision to follow my soul in becoming an artist.

I just wrote a blog post on some of the self-esteem issues I’ve had that have made me second guess where my element truly lives:

http://carlossketches.com/a-poisoned-mind-and-an-antidote/

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:59:50 +0000

In reply to Bill.

Bill: I couldn’t agree more. But the brick-and-mortar no longer has to be a commercial gallery. There are other venues where you can make sales.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:58:57 +0000

In reply to Elise Nicely.

SWEET! I love hearing this, Elise. Good work.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:58:26 +0000

In reply to mandy evans.

Nice, Mandy. So curious as to where you were.

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By: mandy evans

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:56:15 +0000

I am lucky to have recently been on a holiday and have been totally inspired by the new lanndscapes i have seen

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By: Elise Nicely

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:48:14 +0000

I am lucky that I signed up for a local “pop-up”art show. I emailed the information to my entire address book. I received a response from a gallery director I met when she was organizing her town’s first art festival before she had her gallery. She has invited me to have a solo show in her gallery! WOW!

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By: Bill

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 21:27:20 +0000

I believe that brick and mortar galleries are still more important than having your work only shown on the Internet. I was reading an article about the business of art in a WSJ Magazine recently. Someone from NYC commented that (paraphrasing his words) with the Internet, you are buying only an image of the the art and not the art itself. Photographing your art can make any work seem great. How many times I have heard from customers of Amazon, E-Bay and the such that what was sent to them was not the same as the image on the Internet. I still believe that buying art is a very personal matter, where you are drawn into the piece at that moment in time. My own art has a totally different response when seen in person than seen on the Internet.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 01:24:39 +0000

In reply to Gary.

Gary: What a great story! Your friend was definitely a good luck charm.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 01:23:55 +0000

In reply to Pamela Neswald.

Pamela: Yes! And I find the artists I feature either from comments here, on Facebook, or in my programs.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 01:23:01 +0000

In reply to Patricia Finley.

Lucky you, Pat!

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