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Another Surprise!
How wonderful to hear from you Steven. You seem to have been my loyal companion when I post a piece for critique or need answers to questions. You are a gifted artist as well as an articulate instructor, offering explanations that are concise and easy to understand.
After posting my original message, I received a phone call from a local, rather prestigious and long standing art/framing/gift/interiors store. The owner has been looking for a portrait artist to represent and, after seeing my latest piece, wants to rep for me exclusively! She will rep for no other artist, and from what she showed me at her large store, has only represented 4 or 5 artists over the last 25 years. Most left the area because their prices became prohibitive and moved to larger markets. After looking at my "new" price list for 2004, she said, "Oh, now let me take care of THAT! You're selling yourself WAY too short." Words, by the way, that echo something Chris Saper said to me once, "if you don't give yourself a raise, who will."
I'm cautiously optimistic. When a rep says, get ready, because you're going to be making a great deal of money, I say to myself, "well, I have $250 in overhead a month and I like to have lunch every once in a while at Taco Bell". If I can pay for that each month, I'm a happy camper!
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