Many artists are having problems with reaching out and contact old and potential customers. The excuses are many: They don’t want to disturb them, they are afraid of being rejected, they are insecure regarding the exhibited artworks.

Today one of the most crucial skills of an artist is an ability and willingness to interact with art buyers. It is almost impossible to have success if you don’t.

Don’t be afraid, not all people have to love your art. Its OK if only some like it and consider buying it.

Well, I delivered 250 postcards, by post and personally. Then, to other people by e-mail or by telephone. There was a good coverage in newspapers and many people had seen the photos of my paintings on it. I received many praises in the press and from the public.
The exhibition was in a former Renaissance fortress, which the Town Council uses as place for exhibitions and many tourists visit it. In addition, it were organized inside the exhibition a spectacle of dance and concert of strings and another of a choir. After one month and a half, the visitors were exactly a 2073 people.

Ha! The perils of republishing and keeping the awesome comments that were made previously. I always hate to lose those.

I guess my question, Christina, is this: Did you invite any of those people yourself? Tell me about those numbers.

So I just read this article again and went to read comments and make a comment–and without looking at names I thought–Oh wow someone else loved the rooftop line as much as me…and then I looked and it WAS me in the past…still laughing at that line…and now I like the line that says there are plenty of people who want to show up….:)

Well, there were tourists, neighbors, friends, students, businessmen, employees and colleagues. Most of them, tourists, businessmen and professionals, such as doctors. By the opening 170 people came. The rest, during the month and a half that the exhibition was opened.

Lisa: Good for you for doing a review. It’s absolutely necessary when you want to improve your results.