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If any of you are in the Hummelstown, Pa area next Saturday, September 19, please stop by our booth and introduce yourself.

With any kind of luck it will be a nice sunny cool day and just perfect for an early fall show.  While working with my regualr customers I have been trying to get all of my work ready for this show. I never realized just how much work goes into getting ready for an art show and this is only one day. You folks who do full weekend shows have to be dead on your feet by the end of it.

Have to stretch more canvas prints…. will let you know how the show went.

Many of you are old pros when it comes to outdoor art shows, but I am doing my first one. I have attended many shows and found so many ways to display art it makes my head spin. So where do I start.

My wife, bless her soul went out and bought me a ezyup canopy…. Believe me, they are not easy to put up the first time… Got it up and it looks great. Now, how do you hang your art? We tried all kind of ideas and nothing  worked. Then I remembered a job I did for an artist/designer several years ago…. he had a project for a display systems company. I’ll call him.

Sure enough I gave Bob Tobias of Graphic Display Systems, located in Lebanon Pennsylvania a call, and he remembered me. He must have remembered me… told me to come down to his shop and he would get me fixed up for the show. I have seen his product, manufactures them himself, and they are fist class. Everything goes together easily and it is a great way to display your work.

So, I am off to my first show… wish me luck, I think! I’ll post how we did at the show.

For all my artist and photography friends I am offering a Holiday Special. Now is the time to get ready for the holiday selling season. Check your inventory. Art will be a big seller this season. Folks are decorating their homes instead of taking those winter vacations.

Instead of putting a lot of inventory on the shelf you can order only what your need to meet your sales. I can print one or 100 prints and any size up to 44 inches wide on archival watercolor paper or archival canvas.

Call me directly or check out my website at www.artreproservices.com 

September 1 – December 31 – 2009


• High Resolution Scan + 360dpi

• Color Correct and Clean File

• Create Ring-Around Proof for Approval

• Create 8×10 Proof for Final Approval

• Print 11×14 Final Proof on Paper or Canvas

• Create Note Card File

• Create Certificate of Authenticity File

• Create Website File

• Create Zapplication File

• Burn Files to CD 

Regular Price – $150.00

Holiday Special Price – $75.00

Call Now: 717-576-8884
This Offer Fills Up Fast at This Time of Year.

In order to sell more artwork it’s important to step outside the box of conventional wisdom.  Having your artwork collecting dust in storage while waiting for a home accomplishes nothing.  Get your work out there!  I recommend displaying your artwork in high traffic businesses and restaurants. 

Businesses and restaurants need to enhance their environments, and need to reach out for customers the same as you do.  If your artwork compliments the ambiance of their business, you can allow them to display your art at no charge to them.  Why loan out your artwork?  So that you can place a small sign or plague in close proximity to the piece of art.  

The signage needs to let the customer know where they can buy this piece and where they can contact the artist to preview additional items for sale. Artwork that’s easily displayed on walls or pedestals is a great match for this technique.   

The key to making this strategy work is placing easy contact information near the artwork.  This should consist only of your name, phone number, and website.  Don’t bother listing your address – no one wants to write to you and you don’t want uninvited company to your studio.   

Some restaurants may object to any information on the plaque other than your name.  Regardless of the information allowed, it’s very important to educate the staff so that they know the art is for sale.  More importantly educate them so that they know where to direct the customer in order to complete the sale.  Leave cards with the hostess and wait staff; meet all of the managers of the restaurant and educate them on your art.   A security guard in the lobby of the building?   Introduce yourself and leave him all of your information.

Once your artwork is in place, keep in touch with the restaurant or business.  As the artist make sure that your art doesn’t fade away as part of the décor.  When people work in an environment day after day, night after night it becomes very easy for them to ignore their surroundings and your artwork.  Your artwork will become memorable once you become a name and a face to them.   Every time you make an appearance, you will remind them of your piece. 

Enhance this strategy – meet with the staff and employees of the business or restaurant and give them an education on your artwork and offer them a commission or a gift for any sales that come to you as a result of their referral.  I guarantee you that your art won’t go unnoticed when you send a commission check.  Imagine what will happen when you place the next piece? 

When implementing this strategy, look for businesses and restaurants with lots of traffic that match your customer demographic.  For instance, don’t approach a fine steakhouse with nautical themed painting; instead take that to a seafood restaurant.  Make sense?  Match the art to the business. 

Voila, free advertising!

For more information on how to sell your art for maximum profits, go to www.thethrivingartist.com; there you will find even more simple strategies to explore your business!

Steve Popkin, a veteran glass artist, makes it easy for artists to become successful. Learn the secrets most artists and craftsmen will never know about selling artwork in his complimentary e-course just visit http://www.thethrivingartist.com