I give up… I don’t have a clue!
I have just sold a painting which I almost didn’t bother to frame because I thought no-one would buy it because it was too dark. Don’t get me wrong – I always liked the painting myself, but I thought that people who bought bird paintings would want brightly coloured parrots and dainty wrens bathed in sunlight. At Christmas I sold one which I thought was a bit too dark in the other sense of the word so from now on I’m not going to worry too much… If I like it… I’ll frame it !
So if any of you have paintings out there that you like but that you think are not saleable for some reason… GET OUT YOUR FRAMING GEAR.
For anyone who is interested, the two paintings mentioned are Nocturne and Inquisition
catherine walker
congratulations…that’s wonderful !!!!
Gili Orr
I see you point;-) I find it hard to guess what will be sold or even popular… I had a few surprises myself.
Karin Taylor
i love things like this too, although i love bright works, i think it adds another dimension if they’re a little darker….someone told me once, they liked my work…but they prefer darker works…and they pointed one of mine out which they preferred…all these things are so interesting to learn….there is so much subjectivity :)
Karin Taylor
…and congratulations :)
I am also very surprised at times, which paintings people like and want to buy :)
often something that has been highly criticised by someone else, or something i really didn’t like or feel proud of myself :)
EnPassant:
I guess there’s even hope for the painting’s we’ve given up on Kariin. – Maybe we should drag them out of the garage and give them another go. :)