I would like to talk to a sculptor or an artist about spacific techiniques getting into galleries.?

Question

What is the easiest way to earn a living as an artist

Answer 1

What i do is go around shops and restaurants ask them to sell my work for me, but your best bet is to join an art club they have all the right contacts, some shops will just say no but some agree to sell your work, best to try the smalller shops , I paint for friends and word goes around ,, the orders come in , also on e-bay selling work through there is only good if you send small ones and the larger ones to the more local , school fetes and other local gatherings are another area of selling, pure profit there coz you only pay asmall fee to the organizers. good luck hun. Oh yes i forgot to add shoping centres are good you can set up a stall for your work theres lots of trade passing through, although the rent of the space for the day can be pricey .

Answer 2

get a job
i am a sculptor and i subsidise my day job so that i can enter my art world. i am lucky that i have a trade in which to do this, but most of the artists i know all work to feed their art. if i didn't do this is would not be able to live and eat. you have to make sacrifices in art so that you can survive. you step into art because you want to, it is a passion, you know that you will never be rich; but you hope that you will leave the earth a bit richer in the knowledge that you have left something behind. i use photography as another medium again the camera is bought through work not through selling work.
you will find a lot of people like, love your work, but are not prepared to pay the price, which is like all jobs. to fet into a gallery you need to have an exhibition of your work and invite gallery owners along and ask them would they be intrested in showing your work.

Answer 3

Try this site: http://www.artquest.org.uk/ then click on the 'Exhibiting and Selling' link. Check out all the links on Artquest and you'll find the information extremely useful.

I trust you have a good comprehensive website with all your work ready to be seen by prospective galleries? None of it is easy, believe me, and none of it comes cheap either. You just have to keep trying and trying ... unfortunately, for most part, not making much of a living out of it.

I agree with the person who suggested approaching restaurants and cafes as a good starting venue to display your work. Are you in a position to have an 'Open Studio' of your work? I have a 'studio' which is really part of our lock-up garage, but it serves its purpose! I'm having an Open Studio this Tuesday from 5-7pm and, even if a few 'lookers' wander in, my work is still being seen.

Be careful about selling art on eBay. Don't get me wrong, I'm a great eBayer ... but it is not the place to sell your work. One artist has undercut another, price-wise, and, inevitably, the market has suffered to the point of collapse. NEVER let your work go for peanuts; you're not doing yourself any favours whatsoever. People are listing paintings of large dimensions at prices from £15 or even less. They still don't sell!

Go to Artquest and see what the experts say. Good luck!

Answer 4

Too late this year but the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition is the obvious answer for someone who hadn't gone through the usual channels (well known art school, snapped up and signed up) Some Galleries will show your work for a 20-50% commission on sales if they think you will sell and your work meets their criteria.

Otherwise, try going it alone. Watercolour sketches of London landmarks sell well to tourists. Collaborate with talented unknown musicians to produce their flyers. Failing that, there's eBay.

Answer 5

The best way I found was to contact galleries in the chelsea district of NYC and ask them what are the grounds for which they chose their sculpture? Many are very open to talk about this. Who doesnt like talking about themselves? So, I found that getting my hands on a Chelsea gallery guide really helped and then I just contacted all the galleries to gain feedback. It worked!

Answer 6

what I do is take my arrow brushes put some paint on them cast them forward at the painting through the rain drops for the right moisture and drying time after the painting is complete I go right up to the door take two steps and I'm into the gallery