Grandma is one of those Right Wing Glen Beck Types.Dear Reader,
Sales is an artform. The movie "GlenGary GlenRoss " was a dramatic depiction of the cut throat methods used by griseled salesmen selling customers real estate they didn't need. There was the subtle "dream the dream" angle to the aggressive..." You can't let opportunity slip away" . You get the picture.
During the Tour, I noticed a phenomena of sales that is well known in the ranks but was acted out in front of me 2 years in a row now. I have seen sales of paintings when there are at least 3 groups in the room. Somehow , that number seems to generate a form of kinetic energy of movement around my paintings. I want to preface this by saying , with Jana and I in the " Gallery" room we pretty much fill the space. So I guess what I'm saying is that there has been a feeling of a crowd. As one person becomes interested and inquires and buys , then someone else jumps in and makes a decision to purchase as well.
Last year, I pulled out these old curriculum illustrations that I had done for a publisher years ago. I had already been payed for these small oils and I just wanted to move them. I placed them in my " bargain bin" area of the gallery and marked them for $50 to $100. If you bought more than 3 I brought the price down. Customers started looking at these and talking and soon I was selling a whole bunch of these. I literally have hundreds of these 6 x 9 illustrations gathering dust.
It seemed that seeing someone buy was like smelling a barbeque. The fumes of cooked red meat registers a primal desire and the stomach and brain responds....I'm hungry for a thick slab of Angus Beef Darlin....! I sensed that a purchase transaction witnessed by a group validates any hesitation that someone may have about a piece of artwork. It must be good they reason ...someone like me is buying. I'll buy too. I guess that is why auctioneers have been known to grease the wheel and have someone start the bidding. I guess its also the same at a party and waiting for a group brave enough to get on the dance floor and strut their stuff.
I did not feature these curriculum images this year as I wanted buyers to buy the plein airs and portraits. But I still brought them out and mentioned it to those that I felt might be interested. I did not sell one of these images this year. But they were a big hit last year....go figure.
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