Brian
Many thanks for looking, and for you comments. I have been in this business for
40+ years so believe me I am under no illusion regarding selling. It is just an
attempt to add another string to an already overstrung bow. I do have
exhibition space booked for later this year, and I have already exhibited
widely in the UK including at the RPS, together with France, Italy and USA.
Gerry
On 28 Jan 2012, at 19:58, Brian Swale wrote:
> Gerry wrote
>> Rather arrogantly I have started a gallery of art prints for sale, and to
>> launch them you can enter the code ART25 and get a 25% discount. Prices
>> start at ?50 (that's about $75 or ?60).They are on my web site and you can
>> find them here:
>>
>> http://archive.gwpics.com/page2
>>
>> Gerry
> Gerry, I don't see anything arrogant in what you have started.
>
> Looks excellent to me. I wish I had the ability to do prints of that (cotton-
> paper) quality.
>
> It might be different where you live, but based on my experience of trying to
> sell from a web-site (no sales or even enquiries in 3 years) and having
> talked to several people on this matter, it is essential to actually have
> your
> prints available "in the flesh" somewhere.
>
> I know from his own words that Chris Crawford has success from web-
> sales, and he also has cultivated facebook to aid his sales.
>
> Currently, I am getting ready to follow the successful example of a couple of
> local photographers, and exhibit at a local "farmers-type" market that runs
> on Saturdays.
>
> It is my observation having closely watched galleries owned by artists and
> photographers who display ONLY their own work ( none from anyone else)
> that sales from them are not necessarily all that good either. Two I know
> have closed or are trying to do so.
>
> Potential customers want more variety of style and content in one gallery.
>
> BUT, I gather that Bob Whitmire's experience is different from that, from
> what I've read, but I suspect the physical location of his gallery (which I
> have
> never visited) alongside a prime coastal tourist site - in a country with a
> short
> coastline in relation to its land area - would make it relatively more
> attractive
> because of its rarity.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Brian Swale. http://www.brianswale.com
>
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