Thoughts on the National...

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Craig - I haven't read the whole thread so forgive me if this has been mentioned. One of the most effective things I have seen at a convention (comic book) was an artist who displayed multiple high quality images (same size) of his work through various stages. The images were displayed chronologically from beginning to end. One of the good things about his approach is that people stopped to look at the images and this have him a chance to chat them up.


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[billyb]

Jamie and Alex,

Both great ideas. Along with Alex's idea, just a short spiel about the process that creates the longevity of your paintings. in one of your threads, you explained the different stages just setting up the paintings, which was very interesting. The quality of your work that, even before one drop of paint hits the canvas, was very interesting. Don't give them too much to read, but just a short paragraph at a few stages would be good.

[LEHR]

Graig, just my $0.02.

First, even if you don't sell a thing at a National in my opinion the exposure is priceless. I had never heard of you until someone posted photos of you and your paintings on another sports card board. Since then I've spent a great deal of time following your work and you are by far my favorite sports artist, period.

Second, To help people afford your work have you ever considered letting people set up an account with Dean where smaller payments could be made over time? Say for instance someone could submit an image to you and an initial $500 deposit which secures the image to be painted for that person unless they default on the account. Then, the person could make say $500 quarterly payments to there account until the painting is paid for. You could even not start the painting until the person has paid at least half of the agreed upon amount. If the person doesn't make additional payments or pay on time the "account" could be cancelled, the image freed up for someone else to select and you/Dean could keep whatever had been paid to the account up to that point (zero refunds). This idea may sound silly to you or others but in my opinion it would allow far more people to afford your work.

Just a thought. Take care.

[UnVme7]

I haven't read the entire thread, but have you thought about doing a raffle? Each person throws in $20(or whatever you put it at) and once you hit $1,000 you do a drawing. Whoever the winner is gets to choose what image they want for the painting.

An affordable way for those that don't have the money to buy one of your paintings, and great exposure. I'd be interested in that.

Something along those lines...

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

I haven't read the entire thread, but have you thought about doing a raffle? Each person throws in $20(or whatever you put it at) and once you hit $1,000 you do a drawing. Whoever the winner is gets to choose what image they want for the painting.

An affordable way for those that don't have the money to buy one of your paintings, and great exposure. I'd be interested in that.

Something along those lines...

Nate,
They did that acouple months ago m

[UnVme7]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Nate,
They did that acouple months ago m

Damn, I missed it.

[thecatspajamas]

Nate, there will be another. There was a hiccup with getting a sufficiently-large print/scan of the winner's original selected image, but now that an alternate selection has been made and the painting is progressing (see thread here: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=188067 ), a follow-up raffle is being planned for the fall.