Over the next week or so, I’ll be finalizing the details on my shiny new sales portal at SaatchiArt.com online. Even though I’m already registered there, I’ve got a lot of background work left: choosing art, deciding whether to offer prints, verifying shipping weight and dimensions for each piece, researching market prices, etc.
Why Saatchi? I’ve been considering online sales platforms for almost a decade, and found problems with too many. Another artist recently referred me to Saatchi. The US-based, internationally-known fine-art sales platform has a fairly good reputation both among artists and buyers. Their commissions are reasonable, and their marketing and delivery terms seem solid. It’s definitely not Etsy! (Yes, I was aware of certain legal issues before I joined.)
This is very like self-publishing: it could be a great new adventure, it could amount to absolutely nothing, or (as I suspect) it could be a modest new income source and another online portal to showcase my 30+ years of art design and creation. I’m cautiously optimistic. Not only does this give me a chance to regain some storage space (big paintings eat garages!), I have a venue for art styles I’ve always wanted to try but never had any luck in the local gallery scene or with existing art publishers.
What will be available? Surreal, fantasy, and semi-abstract acrylic paintings on wood, cotton canvas, and linen, ranging from 4″ x 4″ to 60″ x 24″ x 3″. Beaded and embroidered tapestries including ‘Aquifer’ above. Glass mini-mosaics of landscapes and still-life scenes, some bordered with glass bead mosaic frames. Some paintings will be offered un-stretched and rolled, some will be stretched and wall-ready. Tapestries and mosaics will be ready to display with hanging hardware attached.
When I’m ready, I’ll post the notification link here, as well as in the Art section of my Author Notes.
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