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I'll try to keep you posted as I learn the world of fine art. I can tell you at this stage , speaking from the artist 's viewpoint, the "start up" phase is about managing "opposing" issues on multiple levels -
1.) being completely confident of your talent and what you can offer as a distinctive "product", and recognizing the market is chock full of work out there already by very talented people
2.) deciiding what to paint .... Painting what you are drawn to, yet taking a serious look during the process to the viability of whether what you make is marketable. Out of the 6 paintings I've done, I'd say 1 is not viable (but will make for a good portraiture example) 3 could be sold as inexpensive fine art (two of the three I still see potential, so I'd sell them as "studies" with the idea to re-paint the composition) and 1 looks like it would have enough general appeal to sell it through limited edition reprodutions. When you're painting you have to put aside whether it's sellable. But you have to be open to knowing that it may not be worth much on the fine art market - and better to be proactive at that analysis than find yourself with a hundred painting that no one wants.
3.) Trusting your judgment .WHILE trusting others' advice.
4.) Learning to rely on others to help sell your work while being conscious that they are only good for you IF YOU ARE GOOD FOR THEM . Be conscious of it and see it as a good thing, but pick and choose who you work with as it seems there alot of way the artist can lose inthe equation.
It feels alot like like when I was a new mother - feel competent and totally inept at the same time - The struggle of being ok with either sentiment at any given moment.
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