Why EXPERT Art Business Advice Isn’t Helping You Sell Art

[@magnoliapondsmaxtaylor1488]

Excellent. You are the first "advisor" who actually said, "Hey! Check and see if your artwork is actually good quality." I paint in oils and show 6-8 times a year as I am 72 with little stamina. Love your videos!

[@danja7691]

What constitutes "good quality"?

[@KrystleColeArt]

Thanks so much for watching! It's pretty awesome that you're still doing art fairs and painting at 72! It's inspiring, hope I'm still doing all this when I'm 72 :)

[@KrystleColeArt]

If you watch the video, I share with you a strategy to figure out if your art is good enough to sell. "Good quality" is subjective, but you can use the techniques that I describe in the video to help give yourself a step up :)

[@OkieSketcher1949]

Great advice. Over the years I have looked at many art fair and gallery shows with an eye for works similar to what I do. I’ve looked at their prices, their normal picture sizes, frames (if any), the subject matter, how good their work appears to me, and even engaged in conversation with as many artists as I could (some enjoy the talks and some do not). In my mind I have compared my works to theirs. I have decided 1) the majority of my work covers an area not served by them, 2) their prices for the relatively same size work is normally higher than what I am asking, 3) they have spent one heck of a lot more when it comes to framing their work than I have spent (framing costs have gone through the roof!), 4) for the most part I have not seen any presentation/advertisement put out by them, nor can I find them on social media very often if at all (I need to do more), 5) as a rule my works are a bit smaller than theirs, and 6) from what I have been told, they have been at it commercially far longer than I and they all belong to at least one local art guild or club made up of members who regularly present at local art fairs, galleries, and social media (something I need to do). I’m still learning. I will continue doing a lot of what you have pointed out. I intend to keep working at this and hopefully improve with each work. I am about to join a local gallery/club. We will see how it goes. Keep up your instructive videos please. I really like learning from your pointers and advice. Thank you once again for what you do. May 2025 be a great year for you.

[@KrystleColeArt]

You’re going to do great! Joining the art gallery/club sounds like a great idea!

[@gabumongirl]

It is so hard to judge your own art! All great tips today 😊 Thanks for sharing ❤

[@tonydeluna8095]

Hi Krystle! I just want to thank you 🙏 for the other video when I mentioned that I work with turpentine. I’ll look into green! Trying to paint a lot healthier. Thanks!

[@KrystleColeArt]

You're welcome! It's great that you're thinking about your health while creating :)

[@lyudmilafeshchukova7312]

Love your videos, may I ask you to talk about business organization as far as how and what type of business to register and what to look out for, what to safe (like receipts), how to figure out studio deductions. Thank you in advance.​@KrystleColeArt

[@tonydeluna8095]

@@KrystleColeArtyes, I’m trying to! Turpentine was first introduced back when I was in art school. That was back in 2009. Long time! I really appreciate this video as well! Keep it coming!

[@TomHendricksMusea]

Most modern art substitutes weird for quality, narrow isms for scope, and trendy for depth. It also refuses to change or even talk about progressive ideas in art like those that follow Too many treat art as a marketing scheme. Modern art has become a trendy clique and the art now is mostly over promoted footnotes to greater art that was done 100 years ago. But art is too important to be reduced to a trendy clique. Post-ism, is art for a new century, not a continuation of last century trends. 1 Mass Market Paintings like Prints. When any art form is mass marketed it enters a golden age. This has happened with books, records, and film. Let's add paintings. Most art is in storage in museum basements. Mass Marketing allows art to tour in copies and allows artists to make royalties on copies. Why do you think the world gets so excited about a new great book, record, or film; but no one cares about a new great painting? All are mass produced except the painting. 2. End a Century of Isms. Dump the genres and formulas and let all kinds of art be a part of the art world. 3. Shift Emphasis From Trendy to Quality. Shift emphasis from the latest trendy art, to quality art in any style. Just because art is weird does not mean it is great art. 4. Free the Art From Museums and Galleries. Get the art out of the ivory elitist museum and gallery towers and back into the world. Have city art centers open to all artists. Make art that is relevant and communicates with people. Start with the first generation of artists online. 5. Postism is Part of a Bigger Revolution. Postism is part of the bigger art and media revolution out of Dallas, that includes art, music, lit, film, media, and a lot more. 6. Postism online: Online artists are the new wave of art. We had all the isms of last century. Now we have a free for all, of all kinds of artists, that are not sanctioned by any museum or gallery, displaying their work. Out of that comes the next wave and revolution of artists. Last century the goal was to fit the ism. This century the goal is to do great art - no ism, no boundaries. Fractionalized art then, synchronized art now. Even calling something modern art is a type of ism that separates that art from the art of the past. The 20th century was a century of experimentation in art. Now in the 21st we can choose from all those styles and / or start one of our own. Then too if someone devises a way to charge and collect a penny per view on a webpage, that would allow any great artist to get money for their art and have a career without any middlemen. Duchamp broke ground 100 years ago - but now his clones are just shoveling dirt. Weird art is easy, you put a strip of raw bacon across an expensive violin, but it's not good art. Join the art revolution and pull the art world out of last century. Musea since 1992.