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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Here is my work at the cafe today.
I get asked from time to time how many I make in one day. It is a hard question to answer at times. Basically, I can work on over 100 pieces in a session, just adding some paint here and there, and doing touch-ups. I usually just mix up one color, and go through a stack of napkins, and whatever piece needs it, I add paint to. It is an assembly-line process. It makes the painting easier so I don't have to stop and think at every one.
On the other hand, from start to finish, I can make a napkin art in five to ten minutes. If I am doing a portrait of somebody, I just slap on a lot of paint, and it goes pretty fast.
Again, nobody bought anything at the cafe today. The high point was some man smiled at what I was doing.
Most people ignore me at the cafe, which is in high contrast to what happens at the bar. Women come up to me, look at all the work, and throw money at me. I definitely get more attention at the bar.
My conclusion to this is that sober, poor people at a cafe who can't think outside of themselves for a minute about what anybody else is doing don't buy art. Drunk, happy people with some spending money inside a bar, they buy art.
If I could somehow figure out how to get people to buy my work in the cafe, so I would have both a day business, and a night business,....well, I'd be doing pretty good.
Even selling one piece in the cafe would pay for two coffees.
Mostly in the cafe, both my artwork and I get strange looks. Sometimes people will just stare at me, and say nothing, which makes me feel real uncomfortable.
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