do you value art?

Question

just like any artist i think im amazing and my art is worth something but how can i get someone to put value on it? is there a site for this ?
cheers thanks

Answer 1

most artists start out pricing their work low, then they keep raising their prices to see what the market will bear.

Answer 2

Art is subjective and a lot of artists don't make a lot of money, not because they aren't good but because they aren't exposed and don't have a venue to sell their art. You can get into orginizations like the starving artists and probably more art clubs that can help you expose your work. I know in a lot of the country they have Starving Artist sales where they sell little know artist's work at reasonable prices, it can make you some money to at least buy materials to make more art. Other than that getting to know the owners of local Galleries or having a Library display your work. sometimes you can get Gift stores to take your work on consignment, have street showings with proper permits, do Fairs and Bazaars and anything to get your name and work out there is what you have to do. Good Luck.

Answer 3

The perceived value of art depends on a variety of things;

- your painting experience (in years)
- your past sales record & "reputation" (do people know your name to hear it? Do many people own/collect your work?)
- your volume of work
- your technique level
- your consistency of style
- size of your work
- your medium (carvings are PERCEIVED as being more valuable than ceramics, oil is PERCEIVED as being more valuable than acrylic, watercolour, pastel, photography, mixed media, graphite - generally in that order)
- your presentation (professionally framed or finished?)
- your subject matter (is it popular where you are showing it?)
- the population profile of the region where you show (ie their art education, average income, blue collar/white collar, etc)
- the location in which you show your art (Restaurant? High-end gallery? Church bazaar next to grandma's knitting? Shopping mall? Mid-priced local artisans co-operative? Library? The end of your driveway?)

Find a venue (gallery, shop etc) where they show work that is similar in as many of the above ways as possible, and check their prices, then go from there. Just remember, you can always put your prices up - you should never bring them down again. Keep in mind you'll be paying a commission of up to 50% in high-end galleries, and build that into your prices.

Good fortune on your journey

Answer 4

Its a good idea to get in touch with museum and gallery people and ask them to consider your work for exhibition and/or feedback. Its a very subjective world there so contact many not just one.