Identity crisis

Arrived back in the USA to cold weather, truck loads of walnuts and leaves on the ground. One day we were on top of the situation, the next it looks like a magical carpet of yellow leaves - there are at least a dozen trees around the house, let your imagination wander!

 

Since mum passed away I have been thinking about lots of things. When I sat in the Art Center doing my share of being artist on site, I looked around and thought well, my paintings just kind of merge in with everyone elses. Hmmm. I'm so different to everyone here, why am I doing artwork that is similar to theirs? Doing similar stuff is not going to make me stand out. So there you go, sometimes it takes a momentos moment for changes to come about.

 

So my action plan involves lots of sketching and painting. Here are some of the results so far;

 

Greenstone
have a closer look at
desray.etsy.com



Wave rider
a set of three 4x4inch canvases
displayed on recycled wood
see more at desray.etsy.com



 

I'm on a roll



Calm Surrender,
 the first stylised figurative painting I sold
from desray.etsy.com.

 Ok, so things are going wonderfully. This is what I want to do. Sell my paintings. I am excited. First one painting hanging at the Senior Center in Corvallis is sold. The following month I sell a painting from my etsy account - desray.etsy.com. The following month, the next painting I sell is one that is also hanging in town at a retirement village. I am pumped, 3 paintings in 3 months! I am on a roll.........

Well that's what I was looking forward to, however that is where it all came to a grinding halt.

So what was I doing right when they were selling? What am I presently not doing that I should be?

Well two sold to mature customers who more than likely have more disposable income. The third was a buyer who chose to buy anonymously, and although invited to, gave no information.

What subject matter sold? The first was more along the line of folk art, a series of four houses each portraying a different season. The second was a stylised figurative painting. The third was another set of three houses each painted blue, with postive affirmations on each.