It's Fall, Y'all...and that means busy season!

 I look forward to fall every year.  Of course, part of that is relief--summers in Louisiana are brutal.  The heat plus the humidity will sap the strength right out of you in a matter of minutes.  I gave up on outdoor vendor events in the summer years ago.

But as people's thoughts turn from watermelons to pumpkins, the decorating bug sets in.  Fall through Christmas is the biggest time for selling decorations. 

And as an artist, painted decor items are my bread and butter. Sales make up for the other nine months of the year.  And an extra benefit--holiday traditions remain mostly the same from year to year.  You can still sell holiday decorative items painted last year or even the year before; they do not go out of style like many other items do.

I know, I know, someone out there is saying "painted decorations are not real art".  Fine.  I fail to see how putting my designs on a stretched canvas would change them.  I believe they are "real" art (and I price them accordingly!).  They are, however, art that sells much easier than canvas paintings.  Since this artist has to pay the electric company every month, I am going to create saleable items.  I will still paint on canvas. 

But I will also paint on small ornaments, shopping bags or as my husband says "anything that doesn't run away".  And I will cart it all to craft fairs, art fairs, and any other place where artists can sell their wares--because I love

showing my work almost as much as I love creating it.  I love meeting other creatives and getting inspired to try new things out in the studio!