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Timothy C. Tyler · 01-23-2003, 01:15 PM

After you get to that point where you no longer need to announce yourself your reputation (and the quality of work that presumably got you there) will sustain you. Richard Schmid felt the need for more exposure when he entered the Arts for the Parks, the first one about 1986. He won and now has a Sargent Award from the ASOPA although I don't think he's done 12 actual portraits in his life.

Pino is another example. Seven years ago no one ever heard of him. Then he began buying 2 or 3 full page ads per month (paid for by himself by the way) and began to sell his work directly so well that the galleries came looking for him.

01-23-2003, 01:15 PM	#6
Timothy C. Tyler Inactive Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Siloam Springs, AR Posts: 911	Which is my point After you get to that point where you no longer need to announce yourself your reputation (and the quality of work that presumably got you there) will sustain you. Richard Schmid felt the need for more exposure when he entered the Arts for the Parks, the first one about 1986. He won and now has a Sargent Award from the ASOPA although I don't think he's done 12 actual portraits in his life. Pino is another example. Seven years ago no one ever heard of him. Then he began buying 2 or 3 full page ads per month (paid for by himself by the way) and began to sell his work directly so well that the galleries came looking for him.