Location
Parker, AZ
About
Your Medium
Painting
Years in the Art Fair Business
38 Making my living at it for 36 yrs
First show ever
Westwood Village, CA in Oct. 1979
What are the best things about art fairs
Direct contact with the potential buyer and USUALLY keep all of the sales price , after expenses. Friendship with the other artists, only they know what your life is really like.
Best show ever and why
St. Louis, (Clayton) almost sold out - Once! But there are other good shows, too: FT. Worth, Kansas City Plaza, Bellville, sometimes Bellevue Museum, WA and more..There are no guarantees in this business. Some shows that used to be great are dying a slow agonizing death, Beverly Hills,CA for one, Ann Arbor, MI for another.
Worst show ever and why
Any zero show or a show where the artists are treated like trash. One show stands out, though - Austin, TX when it was held on the downtown streets and setup didn't start until late the previous night - it's the only time I ever screamed at a director - once I was able to find her - about midnight , and THEN had to setup! Never went back.
Who referred you to ArtFairInsiders.com? Please be specific.
It was so long ago, I don't remember.
What is one fun fact about yourself?
I'm pretty easygoing, enjoy a good laugh and a good drink after a good show and am just generally philosophical about the whole thing - give it your best shot and then it's in the hands of the gods who watch over us poor fools who call ourselves artists.
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