New Year, New Beginning

Isn't it strange how we say the same thing every year....New Year, New Beginning....but it's true...it gives us all an amount of time to real a goal and then start over again with another...at least that's true for me.....

and this past month, I have finally come to the realization that I can't fix my husband and his illness and neither can he.  What has happened has happened and we're going to have to live with the results as they move on in this coming year.  I'm not sure where this is all going to lead us, but I'm sure it's not going back to the way it was in the beginning.    And I have to accept that!

I've decided that I'm giving myself another year at the gallery and working hard on my display and work that I promote there on the walls ... another year to prove to myself that I can sell my work and make a profit after paying for my wall rental and supplies.  2014 wasn't a good year for me for some reason...my first thinking was my work was getting stale, it needed to change...but when I did that, many wanted the other work up on the wall....the customer that sees my work will see it once in their lifetime as our gallery's customer is usually the tourist...I'd say around 85% are tourists and the other 15% are locals who venture down to Old Sac maybe two/three times a year....not good odds. 

I know which images sell the best...that's what I should be placing up on the wall while incorporating some newer images a little at a time....February I will be moved into the back room on a longer wall and I did sell better in the back room, so that's where I'm going to set up my new display.  Purchased a plastic shelf to place at the bottom of my display to house some small easels with my 3"x3" fruit pictures and built above that...placing the best sellers at eye level....anything above eye level is hard to sell..people really only look slightly below and above their eye level...proven fact.

Aside from creating work for the gallery, I'm going to venture into unchartered waters for myself....play around with new ideas, new image ideas, hoping to find my next niche, my next series that I can built a solo exhibit around for the future.

Tending to caring for my husband is taking more time as we go along so I need to really concentrate on using my studio time the best I can.  I refuse to give us my passion and will continue as long as my brain and body can handle it.