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Subject: Re: [OM] FS Art Prints
From: Gerry Walden <gwpics@xxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:16:36 +0000
Brian

Many thanks for looking, and for you comments. I have been in this business for 
40+ years so believe me I am under no illusion regarding selling. It is just an 
attempt to add another string to an already overstrung bow. I do have 
exhibition space booked for later this year, and I have already exhibited 
widely in the UK including at the RPS, together with France, Italy and USA.

Gerry

On 28 Jan 2012, at 19:58, Brian Swale wrote:

> Gerry wrote 
>> Rather arrogantly I have started a gallery of art prints for sale, and to
>> launch them you can enter the code ART25 and get a 25% discount. Prices
>> start at ?50 (that's about $75 or ?60).They are on my web site and you can
>> find them here:
>> 
>> http://archive.gwpics.com/page2
>> 
>> Gerry
> Gerry, I don't see anything arrogant in what you have started.
> 
> Looks excellent to me. I wish I had the ability to do prints of that (cotton-
> paper) quality.
> 
> It might be different where you live, but based on my experience of trying to 
> sell from a web-site (no sales or even enquiries in 3 years) and having 
> talked to several people on this matter, it is essential to actually have 
> your 
> prints available "in the flesh" somewhere.
> 
> I know from his own words that Chris Crawford has success from web-
> sales, and he also has cultivated facebook to aid his sales.
> 
> Currently, I am getting ready to follow the successful example of a couple of 
> local photographers, and exhibit at a local "farmers-type" market that runs 
> on Saturdays.
> 
> It is my observation having closely watched galleries owned by artists and 
> photographers who display ONLY their own work ( none from anyone else) 
> that sales from them are not necessarily all that good either. Two I know 
> have closed or are trying to do so.
> 
> Potential customers want more variety of style and content in one gallery.
> 
> BUT, I gather that Bob Whitmire's experience is different from that, from 
> what I've read, but I suspect the physical location of his gallery (which I 
> have 
> never visited) alongside a prime coastal tourist site - in a country with a 
> short 
> coastline in relation to its land area - would make it relatively more 
> attractive 
> because of its rarity.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Brian Swale.   http://www.brianswale.com
> 
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