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A year in review

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A year in review

2009 started and ended well. I began the year with very strong goals to work towards. One of them was to find an art web site to show and sell my work. My research lead me to Fine Art America ( FAA ). After reviewing all it had to offer I signed up. Within two weeks one of my paintings was featured on the home page and soon after I sold my first print. Every morning I made it my job to log onto FAA and learn all about the wonderful marketing tools it had to offer. I began posting in the discussion forums during my first month of membership. It wasn’t long before I was one of the “regulars”, interacting with some of the worlds best artists. Many of whom I now call friends.

My excitement for this “treasure” of an web site grew as each month passed. New marketing features were added to help the artists promote and sell their work. One of my favorite features is the “customizable emails”, which allows me to send out beautiful and professional news letters to everyone on my email list. I am able to keep my customers, friends and family updated on new art work I’ve created or announce an up coming art show.

Another great feature that was recently added was “customizable greeting cards”. All my work is now available in the “card” format. Costumers are able to customize each card to suit their needs. The specs are as follows;

FAA greeting cards are 5″ x 7″ in size and produced on digital offset printers using 110 lb. paper stock.

Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss appearance.

The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with a text message up to 500 characters in length. The message is centered on the inside of the card and printed in black 18pt arial font.

The artist’s name and the name of the image is printed on the back of each card along with the FAA logo.

Cards may be ordered in a horizontal or vertical configuration.

Cards may be ordered with a white background or black background.

All greeting card orders ship within 48 hours, and shipping is available to any destination in the world!

I am now setting goals for 2010. The main ones will be focused on marketing my art work to increase exposure and sells. I will be creating more ideas for my students continued growth in the art of oil and acrylic painting. And I have made a goal to concentrate on posting more often in my blog.

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and for your continued interest in my art work. May your New Year be full of creative energy.