Four time, returning smARTist Alumni, Amadea Bailey, tells us exactly why she keeps coming back!

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One of the burning questions, for a large number of artists, is, Are galleries worth their 50% cut?

One way to look at this is a simple check list of what the gallery is going to do for you, in an ideal relationship:

• Pay for the space to show your work, and all the attending overhead costs:

              –Rent for a good location 

              –Heat/light/insurance/decor/administrative costs/staff

              –Advertising

              –Exhibition costs: display, brochures, ads, opening night expenses, etc.

• Create lasting relationships with buyers and collectors for your work

And yes, you could…

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"Mark Twain" by Jim Brothers

I placed Jim Brothers‘ monument of Mark Twain in Hartford, CT after an earlier deal fell through with a scheming Missouri businessman who tried to “commission” the piece from Jim, meaning the guy wanted it for next-to-nothin’. The City of Hartford bought it in 1994-although for far less than what Jim gets now.

Why did I take the lesser price?

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Okay, so this art is really not in question at all. And the materials aren’t exactly “quirky.” And yet… something about the whole way these images landed in my inbox gave these the same aura of quirkiness as our Marzipan babies of last week.

After these driftwood and oak horses turned up in an email, without an artist’s name, I was compelled enough to go searching on Google.  ”Driftwood horses” did not lead me to the artist’s website, but to another website,  where I did find her name and her website: Heather Jansch.

What I found most interesting, on this viewing adventure, was that the presentation of her images was so much better on the website that was not her own.

And herein lies a caution tale for artists:

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