At our last artist meeting the president mentioned we must promote and market ourselves and my mentor/representative also reminds me I must do this but it is something that does not come naturally to me.
So I hope that I will find a gallery that will represent me in a major art market and they will say, "Curtis, you keep drawing and produce great artwork and we will do everything else, you just show up every six months for a group show and every two years for a solo show. We will pay for the cost of making prints of your work, send you a stipend every month (unless every two weeks is better for you, of course), and give you travel expenses should you need to go overseas for inspiration now and again. You may have to come to gallery from time to time to meet important clients or be interviewed for major magazines, but we will pay transportation and housing costs for you and any members of your family you wish to bring."
I would pause then, contemplate, and say, "Well..,"
The gallery owner raises his left eyebrow, leans across the table and says, "Hard to get, aren't you. Okay, double the stipend, add comprehensive health insurance, and take complete artistic control. You never have to do a picture you don't want to do."
"Okay, then, I'm your man --or artist should I say," I reply.
This will be our journey to find that gallery. It sounds reasonable, does it not?
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