On Monday I set up a display of my work at the
Garden Cafe. This East Dallas eatery is open 6 days a week for breakfast and lunch. My work will showcased until March.
One of the my new images shown will be "Five Clay Pots". Instead of presenting this on canvas without a frame I have printed this one on a heavy photo paper. The paper was mounted to gator board, given a clear UV coating, and then put in a classy walnut burl frame with linen liner. I really like this look and will do other images this way.
Five Clay Pots
I also have five pastels on display.When I was 6 years old I took some pastel lessons from an artist that lived down the street from our house. Over the years I haven't worked with them very much but recently I have picked them back up. I think its a talent that I need to spend a little more time on and give it a chance to mature. What do you think?
Sea Oats and Sand Dunes
Pastel on sanded paper!
Clark, can you report any return on your investment, displaying prints at the cafe? There is certainly a bit of work on your part to assemble a display like this. Did you sell any prints or attain a measurable exposure for your work?
ReplyDelete- Kevin D
Hi Kevin,
DeleteI sell my work at art shows so I already had the work that I displayed. It actually was nice to have it hanging somewhere during my slow time of the year instead of stored at the house. Last year I sold one black and white framed print. Other years I have sold one or two large canvas. That is usually about all you can hope for when you show at a restaurant, office, library... etc.