http://www.arteparasanarte.com/art-repro/
Here are Todays Amazing Art Repro Deals
 |
 Repro Oil on canvas Lady Agnew of Lochnaw 2024 $69.99 End Date: Tuesday May-29-2012 18:28:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Strathchailleach Highland Scotland Original Watercolour Painting $11.20 (4 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:00:12 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original watercolour Gouache painting Ginger Cat peeping by Sue Barratt $55.75 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 8:03:49 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 original watercolour animal british blue cat kitten painting by su art $31.45 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 8:00:12 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL PAINTING OIL 16IN X 20IN LONDON NIGHT TEXTURE OIL PALLET KNIFE SMIG $8.69 (6 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 8:19:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 A Painting A Day Original Still Life Oil Painting $6.64 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:11:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 STEAM TRAVEL STEAMY FAREWELL Original Watercolour Painting $4.27 (4 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 14:17:02 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil painting Girl a Red Balloon 20 x16 inches on canvas $25.28 (6 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:05:14 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING SPLASH OF COLOUR TEXTURE PALLET KNIFE SMIG $8.69 (3 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 8:11:50 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL MAL BURTON OIL PAINTING TRAIN IS ON TIME TODAY $145.39 (16 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:51:09 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Winters Day A Watercolour Demo painting by Arnold Lowrey $79.02 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 19:23:50 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.02 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Wall Art Metal Decor Abstract Sculpture Modern Painting Home Contemporary Large $118.52 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 13:55:47 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Pear bowl J Palmer Daily painting Original oil still life $25.28 (6 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 14:10:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 STUNNING ABSTRACT OIL ON ACRYLIC STRETCHED CANVAS 16X16 SALE $44.69 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:31:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 fish and chips shop winter scene original watercolour painting Gordon Bruce art $36.35 (10 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:09:57 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Hanging Head Artists original acrylic painting $23.70 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 6:50:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 New Original painting catkittenspoppiesno reserverecordedcollectable $25.28 (16 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:37:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ACRYLIC PEN PAINTING ON STRETCHED CANVAS 16X16 $44.69 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:25:43 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 THE FOREST BY VSAXTON STRETCHED CANVAS 12X12 ACRYLIC ABSTRACT $31.92 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:26:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Beautiful handicrafts Art Repro oil paintingBeautiful of Peacock no frame $35.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 12:01:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $35.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Original Impressionist Watercolor Cumbrian Light Lake District $7.89 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:45:50 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Bud Mandala Artists original acrylic painting $31.61 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 6:58:50 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Worlds Artists original acrylic painting $31.61 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:06:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Hare Original Painting Spirit Path to Avalon Lisa OMalley $47.41 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:41:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Neil Carroll Daily Painting Original Oil Painting Still Life Pink Rose $16.59 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 16:35:16 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL Paul Kenton painting official sale by artist $1,185.23 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:00:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil Acrylic Painting northern art vintage austin a35 van Jim Gillon $39.49 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:58:39 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 art illustration A Little Fox Playing in the Snow signed watercolour painting $8.69 (8 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:02:07 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Handicrafts Art Repro oil painting Nude woman On Canvas 24x20 $25.99 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 11:14:40 PDT Buy It Now for only: $25.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 LILY OF THE VALLEY original watercolour painting 1175 x 825 $0.02 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 13:31:44 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 River Bank Artists original acrylic painting $31.61 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:15:41 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Painting Erotic Female Nude Cara David Tallberg $19.75 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 15:13:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Unikprodukt 23 Bizarre Astronaut Vinyl Graffiti Outsider Street Art Painting $10.27 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 5:05:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour Sheep in the Snow Landscape by MSWakefield $25.27 (8 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:08:19 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour Sheep in the Snow Landscape by MSWakefield $18.17 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:10:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Metal Modern Abstract Wall Art Painting Sculpture Decor original contemporary $118.52 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 13:51:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 SPIDER WOMAN Original art by Steve Lines H P Lovecraft Clark Ashton Smith $126.42 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 8:10:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 handicrafts Art Repro oil paintingBeautiful of Peacock no frame $18.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 6:47:31 PDT Buy It Now for only: $18.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 MAN WOMAN OLD RED UMBRELLA BEING WITH YOU ORIGINAL ART BLACKSUN13R $15.80 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:00:14 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Fernando Botero Repro Mona Lisa Smile Oil Painting Art $9.99 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 16:48:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 HMT FOYLE ORIGINAL SMALL OIL PAINTING 11x7 SIGNED RB NAVAL BOAT IN SWELL $110.62 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 9:12:53 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Pure Handmade landscape Oil Painting Repro Pathway to Paradise 24x36inch $0.58 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 9:12:10 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Handicrafts Repro Modern Abstract oil paintingTree In canvas 24x48 Innoframe $21.00 (11 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 17:40:41 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 MOON HARE BIG ORIGINAL ART CHARCOAL DRAWING WILDLIFE ART NO RESERVE $16.59 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:37:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 SCOTT BATEMAN ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY OIL PAINTING SIGNED CANVAS $1.56 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 12:54:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR NOSEY COW PAINTING VANILLA SUNDAE $3.48 (3 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 14:14:13 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Through The Field Original Art Oil Painting $126.41 End Date: Friday Jun-1-2012 10:04:14 PDT Buy It Now for only: $126.41 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil Painting by Bill OBrien Irish Art St Annes Walking the Dog $12.51 (9 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 14:14:44 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil Painting by Bill OBrien Irish Art HAPENNY BRIDGE Ring out the $57.46 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 14:23:13 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL ART AUTUMN PARK CANVAS NO FRAME NEEDED $23.69 (1 Bid) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:12:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Metal Modern Abstract Wall Art Painting Large Decor original contemporary City $109.04 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 15:17:54 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 water colour print hunting david tarrant $12.64 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:27:39 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Cat Cats Katze Chat $33.19 (5 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:27:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Metal Modern Abstract Wall Art Painting Sculpture Decor large contemporary $109.04 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 15:13:34 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Cat Cats Katze Chat $19.06 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:42:56 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 handicrafts Art Repro oil paintingshorse of whitenoframe $57.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 3:44:52 PDT Buy It Now for only: $57.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 STEAM RAILWAYS TANGMERE PASSING THROUGH Original Watercolour Painting $4.27 (5 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 15:00:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 WATERCOLOUR PAINTING ORIGINAL EMBRACE $11.85 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:36:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour Sheep Landscape by MSWakefield $14.21 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:13:36 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour Sheep Landscape by MSWakefield $14.21 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:15:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VIOLA Original Painting EMILY BEFORE THE WAR $56.89 (5 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 11:43:40 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Restless SleeperArtists original acrylic painting $31.61 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:36:35 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 WATERCOLOUR PAINTING WAITING FOR THE TRAIN ORIGINAL PAINTING $5.53 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:53:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Dog Golden Retriever $16.59 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:04:53 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Sea glass art hand painted english sea glass lovers on a sunset beach $18.96 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 5:23:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $18.96 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Hare Hares Jack Rabbit $21.33 (6 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:38:23 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 HARE MASSIVE A1 ORIGINAL ART WATERCOLOUR PAINTING WILDLIFE ART NO RESERVE $48.99 (6 Bids) End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:37:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour 2 Snow Landscapes by MSWakefield $26.15 (6 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 12:09:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Cow Friesian Cattle Holstein $15.01 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:14:10 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 WATERCOLOUR PAINTING HAVING FUN FISHING ORIGINAL BY P JAMES H $10.27 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:44:54 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Josie P ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR Painting Cow Friesian Cattle Holstein $12.91 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:29:55 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour 2 Sheep Landscapes by MSWakefield $14.21 (1 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 12:11:25 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 pole cat limited edition print $14.22 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:33:45 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 24x36 Hand Painted Oil Painting Repro Gustav Klimt The Friends On Canvas 725 $76.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-20-2012 15:04:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $76.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Beautiful Rainbow MERMAID original watercolor painting fantasy fairy ooak art $15.80 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 7:19:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 The Pumpkin Party Original Acrylic Painting Box Canvas Witches Cats Moon $23.69 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 13:07:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING SLEEPY NEW YORK TEXTURE PALLET KNIFE SMIG $1.58 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 10:14:27 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Oil painting Rainy Day in the Park 20 x16 inches on canvas $15.01 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:05:48 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Warrior Charge Artists original acrylic painting $31.61 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:47:49 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 PUG DOG PORTRAIT ORGINAL OIL PAINTING $31.61 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 14:42:19 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 art illustration A Lone Polar Bear in the Snow signed watercolour painting $7.90 (3 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 11:05:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 DALMATIAN DOG PORTRAIT ORGINAL OIL PAINTING $31.61 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 14:48:47 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Winter Brook Original Art Oil Painting $79.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-6-2012 5:38:52 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 WIPPET ITALIAN GREYHOUND DOG PORTRAIT ORGINAL OIL PAINTING $31.61 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 15:23:32 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Highland cow snow winter scene original watercolour painting Gordon Bruce art $15.80 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:09:05 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL ART MOONLIGHT BEACH CANVAS NO FRAME NEEDED $23.69 End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 11:50:48 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 BEACH HUTS SOUTHWOLD SUFFOLK Original Watercolour Ink Painting $10.59 (12 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 14:31:53 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Painting Goat Watercolour Ziege Animal Art Farm Life Jessica Rochlitz $7.89 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 12:39:52 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Art Painting Watercolour Boats on the Beach by MSWakefield $14.21 (3 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 12:06:03 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 art illustration A Fox Walking with the Robins signed watercolour painting $1.90 (2 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 13:18:10 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 original watercolour painting Last of The Snow Isle of Skye Scotland $7.90 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:19:13 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Woodland Corner Original Art Oil Painting $126.41 End Date: Monday Jun-11-2012 11:23:21 PDT Buy It Now for only: $126.41 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 ROOSTER PAINTING ORIGINAL animals BY CARA LYONS ORIGINAL $114.91 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:23:22 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING street dance $15.79 End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 12:08:31 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 TROPICAL SUNRISE Original Watercolour Painting $1.56 End Date: Friday May-25-2012 13:25:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 san454 Landscape painting original gouache 157 x 12 40 x 30cm by Sandy $47.39 End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 11:51:30 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 MIDNIGHT HORSE 30x40 LARGE PAINTING animals BY CARA LYONS ORIGINAL $383.04 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:24:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 RED SQUIRREL ON CANVAS animals BY CARA LYONS ORIGINAL $255.36 End Date: Tuesday May-22-2012 7:24:50 PDT Buy It Now for only: $472.42 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Original Painting Erotic Female Nude Lovers in the Darkness David Tallberg $3.48 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday May-23-2012 15:03:18 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Lemon Lime J Palmer Daily painting Original oil still life $25.30 (6 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-24-2012 14:07:29 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
More Great Information on Art Repro:
Five Proven Art Festival Showing Strategies for Artists Selling Their Work
So you've always wondered what it would be like to be an artist and show and sell your work around the country at weekend art shows. Here are some tips that can increase your chances of succeeding.
1. Visit the Art Shows First -
You may not always have the luxury of visiting each and every art show before you apply for acceptance. After all, if you visit before applying, you'll have to wait another year to participate (if you are accepted) and most of us are not that patient.
However, when you can visit the show first and talk to participating artists, you will get a feel for whether or not this is a show in which you wish to participate.
Be up front with the artists that you talk with and ask a few questions. Most will be happy to answer your questions if they sense your honesty and sincerity and you don't distract them from those who visit their booth. After all, they are there to show and sell their work, not to act as your show researcher.
With their permission, ask how long they have been doing these types of shows? Is this considered a good show? Was it hard to get in? Is the fee reasonable? How is the attendance? Are the show hours long enough, too long, or just right? Was the set-up and take down schedule suitable? What do you like about this particular show? What do you not like about it? Do you plan to return next year?
There are a number of other questions that could be asked, but please respect the artist's time.
Some events that bill themselves as art shows or even arts and craft shows end up with a lot of questionable "art" booths that are not really art at all. If the "art" show has more than it's share of artists who make foam rubber alligators on a coat hanger or rubber band gun crafters, it's probably not that high quality of art show. That is not to say that there is not a place for these products.
There are many large festivals that attract huge crowds that have all kinds of vendors from artists and crafters to cosmetic salespeople to sausage-on-a-stick vendors. Don't knock these venues, just be aware that you will encounter a lot of folks at these events who may have little or no interest in your art. The good thing is that you will encounter a lot of folks and sometimes that's what it takes to find a few gems who will make your efforts worthwhile. I have experienced successes at both types of venues and I have come up short on occasion, as well.
On the other hand, a juried event will elevate the level of quality work that is shown, which should attract an audience that has a greater appreciation for art. It may reduce the number of attendees, but those who do attend may be a more "qualified" audience. By qualified, I mean that they not only have a greater appreciation for art, but hopefully the means to purchase it if they like it.
Once you have determined that you want to participate in a particular show or festival, here is what I think is vital to your success both as an artist and as a businessperson.
2. Have a Consistent Body of Work -
Even though you may be good at every artwork you ever produce, your audience of potential purchasers/collectors will likely identify you with a particular subject, a color, a style, a medium, a method of presentation, etc. Show a lot of whatever you enjoy doing the most and a lot of what seems to be connecting with folks the most.
A bunch of random paintings of various subject matter with no distinctive style or color pallet in cheap mis-matched frames will not likely hold a potential buyer's attention for long, even if the paintings are good. A hodge-podge of sculptures that look like they were made by ten different sculptors will not likely enhance your reputation. This randomness does not help to identify what you are all about.
I'm not advocating that you never try anything new or experimental, but you must make your art memorable to gain any kind of following. Consistency is the key. Look at the work of some of the more successful artists that you admire. What ties their work together and identifies it as their own? Subject matter or theme, style (the way they paint or sculpt), choice of colors used, size, framing? Any and all of these characteristics may apply. Don't copy their work, but learn from it.
If you are doing work that connects with an audience, folks will seek you out to buy your art, even after the show is over. It's happened to me many times.
3. Have Varying Price Points -
Whether you choose to show only originals, or limited editions, or a combination is often dictated by the show guidelines. Sometimes, it is entirely up to you. If you have a body of work that connects with viewers, it obviously would be desirable to sell some of it.
If you limit your offerings to large, expensive (whatever that means to you) original works, your potential market will be smaller and you will eliminate a number of folks who, otherwise, might like to purchase. That may be OK if your work is selling for the prices you want on a regular basis.
However, my experience is that having artworks at several price levels makes it possible for purchasers/collectors to enjoy ownership of some of my art in the "now" until they are ready to move up to more collectable, thus more expensive and profitable, pieces.
This might be achieved through offering a number of sizes of original works, offering print or sculpture editions in two or more sizes, having some limited editions and some less expensive open editions, or even offering gift type products such as note cards or calendars with your art reproduced on it (if the show allows it).
While it's true that some will never purchase anything of significance, others may use this as a stepping stone to begin their collection of your work to whatever extent they can afford.
Your job after that purchase is to keep these lower end purchasers (as well as all of your purchasers) informed about you and your art through mail outs, newsletter, website, newspaper or magazine articles, or however you can to let them know you appreciate their business and look forward to seeing them someday own some of your better art pieces.
They are more apt to desire to own more of your art when you show your appreciation for their purchase and they know more about you and your progress as an artist.
4. Have a Clean and Attractive Display Booth -
There are a few generally accepted artist booth set-ups that are used at most quality shows. The standard size booth is often a 10x10, so many canopies, or tents, are made to this size. EZ Up, Flourish, ShowOff, and a few others seem to be the most popular.
As your inventory and sales increase, you can always add on for a double booth space, when available. Though some brands of tents come in a myriad of colors, a white top is recommended.
Some shows won't accept anything else. Choose the one that suits your budget and make sure it has adequate sidewalls and leg weights in the event of inclimate weather. If you show long enough, you will experience inclimate weather.
The actual racks that you hang your work on or use as a background might be metal grid type panels such as those made by Graphic Display Systems, or carpeted type panels such as those made by Pro Panels, or mesh netting made by Flourish.
Get what you can afford and upgrade as sales allow.
An indoor/outdoor carpet or other ground covering is a nice added touch if it enhances your booth and does not distract from your art.
Have a focal point in your booth, a "whopper," a signature piece, or something that stops the show attendees in their tracks so that they will want to come in and see what your art is all about.
I hang a matted and framed 24x36 limited edition of my signature piece above a custom made credenza (that is on wheels, but the wheels are camouflaged) right in the middle of the back wall of my booth.
This popular image is what I am most identified with as it has become my best selling print. Since I have started doing this, I have seldom failed to sell one of these framed prints. The credenza also tastefully displays very small pieces such as note cards, hand painted tiles, and a guestbook for addresses and e- mail addresses (my favorite way to contact folks).
Inside the drawers of the credenza are my change (keep adequate change), sales tickets, credit card forms (in my opinion you must accept credit cards for higher end items), tape, string, insect repellant, business cards and brochures, and extra hang tags for my framed pieces. Underneath are unframed prints ready to replenish my print rack when one is sold.
All of my work that is hanging is framed (with the exception of an occasional gallery wrap canvas) in similar style frames with brass nameplates to enhance the value and identify the title of that piece. All unframed prints are sleeved in clear bags that have an adhesive flap to seal them and placed in a browse rack.
Have a tool box to contain such items as pliers, hammer, nylon connectors, wire, duct tape, clamps, small broom and other miscellaneous items that you may need over the course of the show.
Once you have shown a few times, you will get an idea of what items are useful. Keep this and anything else that might distract from your art out of sight as much as possible.
5. Give Your Potential Customers Room -
I have noticed that more people will actually come inside my booth exhibit and look longer if I stay outside my booth until I sense an interest in my work. I try to be very attentive, but I will only approach a visitor when I sense some kind of interest, however slight.
Do not block your entrance by positioning yourself and your staff or friends and family where no one can walk in and look around. Even if there are two of you and each is sitting at the side near the front of your booth, there seems to be an invisible barrier through which visitors will not pass.
I have seen other ideas of where the artist(s) position themselves to encourage better "booth visitation," and in a larger booth than 10x10 I could see where sitting over to the side at the back of the booth might work well.
However, in my own personal booth I don't want my face to compete with my art. At this point, I am only incidental to the art.
I created the art and I answer any questions and take the money. Otherwise, I don't want to get in the way. Yes, I want the customer to remember me, but I first want them to see my art. When you make a sale of any significance, follow up with a handwritten thank you note.
Showing and selling your work at outdoor art festivals is hard work often accompanied by some expensive lessons. However, when you finally make that connection with folks who like your work and are willing to part with their money to own some of it, the rewards can be great, both financially and artistically.
Neil Lemons
View all articles by Neil Lemons