How To Exhibit
Painting is one thing, but exhibiting is quite another. While just the thought of having your work examined, analysed and judged by the public is enough to make you have a panic attack, actually being at your own exhibition when the door opens and the first people come walking in is enough to make you have some kind of seizure. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Here is how to go about working your way up so when the big solo exhibition comes, you are ready for it. 1) Exhibit locally with other people. This takes some of the pressure of you and means that if you sell nothing, there is a fair chance you are not the only one. 2) Make sure your framing and exhibition stands are as good as can be. Clip frames won’t cut it I’m afraid. Clip frames at an exhibition will have you doomed before you even start. 3) Take pride in selling just one piece: it may not sound like much, but, in three years time, when that person tells you how much joy your art has brought them, it will be just as worth it as if you had sold a thousand. 4) Don’t expect too much: just because you sold out your last exhibition, that doesn’t mean that every one after will be the same. Even the best artists have lean periods, and you can be sure that if you persist things will improve. 5) Once you have experienced all the above, jump in with a solo show at a gallery with just your work open for discussion. Chances are that by then you will have a few fans, which means that at least there’ll be people to talk to when it gets busy and you start the nervous business of watching your work sell.
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