WIP: Wish Doll / Marketing questions

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Dear Visitor
Thank you for visiting my blog and my apologies.
 Unfortunately due to the continued infringement, mining and exploitation of my images by individuals, spammers and companies I no longer have the incentive to show images on my blog.

She's coming along, although she needs more hair, another leg, a few embellishments and some accessories. She is a wish doll because I put a secret wish list inside the doll and many of the features are tokens to ward off the things, such as a bad back for example. She is made of fabric that I painted after I constructed her. The filling is stuffing (I stole from a pillow of often steal from off the couch, which my husband is beginning to notice is not as fluffy, oops!) and rosemary, as well as a bay leaf . She is wearing a brace similar to the one Frida Kahlo used for her painting. There are two reasons why I used a similar brace, one being I love Frida Kahlo's work and the other because I identify with persistent back pain. She is sitting next to my Rhubarb patch because I LOVE rhubarb, especially rhubarb pie.


Art Marketing: Philip asked me a few questions with the intent it might help me focus, and it did. In fact I am reminded of what 2007 was supposed to be about. In other words I have meandered along and forgot my purpose this year and got myself in a tither.
Views on publicity at the start of the year and my plan for 2007 : "The year will be about a new direction with my art, doing my blog, doing found art (which I have found to be personally very rewarding) art fun with friends and special art projects."

1. How do I feel about marketing and the skills and effort needed? After recapping 2006 my answer is the amount of time/energy with little to show it isn't worth diluting so much time away from my art.
2. What do you think the ideal way would be to market your work given that you live in a very small community? Online with a website portfolio, a link on DVAC (Datyon Visual Arts Center), link on the YSArts Blog, and links on both Galleries that represent me. I exclude the blog because my blog isn't about marketing as much as using it as an art form in itself and communicating with family, friends, and fellow artists. I guess what I see after writing this and thinking about it is that I don't really market my work for sales as much as promote what I do (if that makes sense). I prefer to leave the sales and promoting of sales to a gallery.
3. What happens to most of your work? Some in galleries, some is given away to family, some stored away. Work that doesn't sell after a few years gets chopped up and reused, or painted over.
4.To what extent is your work on display in your own home? I have a few fave pieces in the dining room, in the den, but most of it is packed away.

So I guess if I want sales it is up to me to promote sales or leave it up the galleries and shut me gob griping about it.

Oh that felt good. Thanks Philip :)