Selling Art - My Pet Peeve

"Gerbers"

7" x  5", Oil on Board
SOLD to a Collector in Corinth, TX

I have a thought I'd like to voice my pet peeve.  I own two blogs - The Daily Painters of Georgia and the Palette Knife Painters and I volunteer as the Membership chair of the Artists of Texas/Daily Painters of Texas blog and website.  So I get a lot of emails from artists who want to join one of the groups.

There's many reasons why an artist would want to join a site.  I know why I want to.  I want to get more exposure so that I can sell more paintings.  Simple.

I guess I suppose that I assume artists who apply to join the group are professionals....well, actually most are. Most often have some web pressence and that's probably how they found "us".

So here's my suggestion and pet peeve - get your own email address.

I understand that some artists are new and just starting their "careers" and have not gotten their domain name and address.  (That would be my next advice and suggestion - get  your own domain.)

(But before the domain)  Get your own email address address AND make sure that the name that shows up on the senders is yours..... Even if you use Hotmail/gmail or yahoo -  Don't use your spouse's or a family/group/etc....please.  If you are Jane Doe and the email shows a message from John Doe  or Doe Family - I don't know who I'm responding to or whether "jane" is reading my emails....Clients won't know either and it looks too unprofessional.

Thanks for listening!

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YouTube Video Beaches

Summer is surely here.  Time does fly - and the month of June is nearly ended.    I asked a friend who composes fantastic R&B and soft rock music if I could have a snippet of his beautiful song titled "Gabriel's Big Day" to add to a video of my paintings.  The melody is so soothing it seemed appropriate for beach and water scenes.  

FYI - if you liked the song Bobby Mack will let you download a full length version if you send him a message via Facebook he will share :)  http://www.facebook.com/rmackb

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If you are interested in purchasing any of the paintings feature in this video, please email me at judy@judymackey.com.  If you like my work, I hope you will refer me to your friends.

Angel with Pink Cowboy Boots - Palette Knife Painting

"You Wear It Well"
10" x  10", Oil on Board
Available for purchase
$300 s/h included

A while back I painted an angel with Cowboy boots on.  On that post someone commented that if she were to have an angel she'd have on pink boots because she is a breast cancer survivor.  With that in mind I painted several angels with pink boots.    This is the third of those angels.  These angels with cowboy boots just seem to have an attitude - I like angels with attitudes.  Angels should have attitudes, they look out for us, afterall....HA! if you read this far - are you tired of reading the same words except for the "third"

I think painting in a series is good especially when you hit upon a good idea - this one because of a comment on one of my angel with cowboy paintings.  So this is the third of a pink boot series.

Website:  JudyMackey.com

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If you are interested in purchasing "You Wear It Well", please email me at judy@judymackey.com.  If you like my work, I hope you will refer me to your friends.

Pink Cowboy Boots Angel Painting with the Palette Knife

"Putting Her Foot Down"
10" x  10", Oil on Board
Available at Muse & Co Fine Art Gallery, Roswell, GA

A while back I painted an angel with Cowboy boots on.  On that post someone commented that if she were to have an angel she'd have on pink boots because she is a breast cancer survivor.  With that in mind I painted several angels with pink boots.    This is the second of those angels.  These angels with cowboy boots just seem to have an attitude - I like angels with attitudes.  Angels should have attitudes, they look out for us, afterall....

I have this painting on display at the Muse & Co Fine Art Gallery in Roswell, GA.  

Website:  JudyMackey.com

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If you are interested in purchasing "Putting Her Foot Down", please email me at judy@judymackey.com.  If you like my work, I hope you will refer me to your friends.

Angel Oil Painting, Pink Boots, Palette Knife Oil Painting

"Wearing My Pink Boots"

10" x  10", Oil on Board
Available at Muse & Co Fine Art Gallery, Roswell, GA

A while back I painted an angel with Cowboy boots on.  On that post someone commented that if she were to have an angel she'd have on pink boots because she is a breast cancer survivor.  With that in mind I painted several angels with pink boots.    These angels with cowboy boots just seem to have an attitude - I like angels with attitudes.

I have this painting on display at the Muse & Co Fine Art Gallery in Roswell, GA.  They have a number of my angels on display there.  If you are in Atlanta, do try to get over to Roswell where there are a number of really nice art galleries clustered in their historic downtown.  I am so happy to be a part of that art scene.

Website:  JudyMackey.com

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If you are interested in purchasing "Wearing My Pink Boots", please email me at judy@judymackey.com.  If you like my work, I hope you will refer me to your friends.

Pink Hydrangeas - Palette Knife Oil Painting

"Pink Hydrangeas"

12" x 12" x 1.5", Oil on Canvas

While visiting Japan, I noticed more of the pink, rich pink hydrangeas in the flower stores.  I've heard that the blues, purples and pinks have to do with the acidity and alkalinity of the soil the plants are grown it.  In Japan, I've heard people say that the rains make the flowers more blue.

I wanted to paint these with a warm aqua/turquoise blue background with lots of movement.  The flowers are almost abstract with all the thick paint that I've used.  This painting will take a little while to dry since it is so thick.

Website:  JudyMackey.com

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