Value

I'm submitting a painting I finished to a local gallery for a chance to be in an upcoming show. I figured I'd sell it (if, of course, it gets selected for entry), but have absolutely no idea what to set the price as.

That's one thing I don't like about being an artist. And there are so many opinions on how to price work that there doesn't really seem to be any standard. I'm almost better at accepting a commission where the client says, "I have this much money to spend, can you do it?"

Then I can just say yes or no!

So, an original oil painting, 24"x30"... Gallery would keep 20%... Hmmmm.

Luckily I have a few days to play with some numbers.

Arrrrr(t) Pt IV

And this is an older piece, but is a direct influence of something I'm tinkering with now.

Arrrrr(t) Pt III

This is one in a series of 4 I did for work to promote American Classics. It's probably hard to tell, but the entire piece is made up of brushstrokes with the words in the phrase "Call me Ismael." (Obviously digital.)

Arrrrr(t) Pt II

And here's an oil that isn't quite 100% finished yet, but allllmost there.

Arrrrr(t) Pt. I

Not doing too good with the blogging lately! I received some nice encouragement about my work today from several people. Reminded me how a few people have asked to see some of my stuff...

And I just spend a few hours painting what might turn out to be an utter failure of a submission for the end of the month.

(I still love it.)

But I digress. This is a painting I did during my "Hmm, let's get back into acrylic" step a little while ago. You can sort of forget how quick it dries. Fingers were used in the making of this piece.