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Peggy, you are a treasure of great information and ideas! How kind of you to share it, too!
When you say the first few times for you "it didn't take", did you go back again a few years in a row with the same patron, or was it just that you hit the right region eventually?
I have a friend in Dallas who would help me. Do you know how the portrait market is there?
I am actually planning a family vacation in Florida in February, though we'll be on the east coast, not near Naples. I could visit the Miami/Palm Beach galleries. (Guess I should plan on turning every trip into a business trip from now on!)
When you say, "hit the galleries", what would you do? Phone ahead and bring a portfolio and ask for representation? Aren't many galleries reluctant to handle portrait artists because they lose control, since the work is done by commission?
Sorry if I sound so clueless on this! It really is a whole new area for me and I would bet, for many others on the Forum, too.
Thank you, Peggy, for your generosity in sharing your experience!
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