Why you won’t find prints of my paintings for sale at gallery shows.

Back in the 2000’s when I was just starting to exhibit work I would make prints of my paintings available at gallery shows just trying to make a few extra bucks. I felt if my paintings were too expensive for some then it would be prudent to offer a lower priced alternative. 99% of the time it was that alternative that was chosen.​ Eventually I came to realize that I was loosing money, short changing the gallery, and under selling myself as an artist. I struggle, as most artists do, at upselling myself and my work.

​If I hired someone to represent me at a gallery show I would be offended if that person directed patrons to the prints instead of selling the paintings that were on the wall - yet I did this to myself thinking I was creating more opportunities for my patrons to own art. Truth was that the prints I was offering did not even come close to replicating the intensity or immediacy of my paintings, the vibrant colors, the tactile qualities.

​I should have represented myself better as a painter and skilled artist that creates unique works of art that are truly one of a kind, signed, dated, and created to last decades if not longer. I am doing my patrons a service by offering them the best of my abilities, not merely a reproduction that can be created in any print shop.

​I do offer a wide selection of my work in print form on variety of products today, but the you’ll have to take the initiative to visit my website to peruse and purchase the print product yourself. I find amusement in seeing my painted images in the form of a shower curtain or duvet cover and certainly won’t deny this option for those who enjoy my work. But, you won’t find one of these in the gallery gift shop or hanging on exhibit … or maybe a whole show of artistic duvet covers would be avant-garde. Hmmmm…