STOP waiting for galleries to sell your art!
Most visual artists are depending on galleries, art shows, or just hoping the right person stumbles across their work. The problem with this is you have no control. You're waiting for someone else to sell for you, taking a massive cut of your money, and building their business, not yours. This leads to inconsistent income, underpriced work, and the feeling that making a real living from your art just isn't possible. After Maria selling over $10 million of art over 25 years and me selling over $200k of art without the traditional path (without a website, a following or gallery), here's what we'd do instead: 1. Sell directly. 2. Build your own audience. 3. Control your own income. This is because when you connect people to your art through your story and passion, you don't need a gallery to validate you or take your money. You find buyers who genuinely love what you create. Which leads to consistent sales, prices you actually deserve, and a life where your art pays for everything. You can think about it like this... Do you want to keep hoping galleries and shows will do the work for you? Or do you want to build a business around your art that you actually own?