- Always bring your work wired
- Always bring your work dry!
- Always sign your work!
- Decide which party will assume framing responsibilities
- Understand that sales can be cyclical – up one minute, down the next
- Decide if you’re an artist who wants to sell — or an artist who wants to paint. If you want to sell, listen to your gallerist who can convey buying trends to you
- Be open to direction if needed
- Don’t drop by to chat without a courtesy phone call first (we’re busy, busy, busy even if someone’s not in here)
- Send good quality jpgs in low resolution but save your high res version in case the gallery requests it
- Think about painting in pairs or in a series – too much disparity is not good
- Figure out what the gallery likes (palette, subject, size) and paint several for the gallery to review
- Respect how the gallery hangs
- Don’t call us … We’ll call you. If we like your work, we really will!
Bill Davidson, Paris Light