What’s in a name? Personalize your interactions and introduce yourself. It’s going to help spark conversations, and you’ll be much more likely to make a memorable impression. Be unforgettable and personable and you’ll sell more art.  

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Here’s why you should avoid autoresponders on social media. Bots and automation are not helpful. People who want to engage with you on social are looking for human interaction.  

Nothing turns off a prospect faster than an automated response. When you respond, ask permission to take the next step. You don’t have to share everything in one long message. Allow the conversation to evolve naturally.  

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Bad salespeople feel like they have to convince. No one enjoys being talked at! Here’s what you can do instead. Draft some great questions to prompt conversations. You’ll sell more art, and people will truly enjoy talking to you too.  

When talking to a customer, it’s hard not to interrupt. Don’t do it! Active listening will help you understand what’s important to them. You don’t need to convince anyone.  

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When you're selling in person, body language matters. In fact, I think it matters even if you aren’t in person.  

You don’t want to be the artist in the corner with your coffee. Plan to stand and project confidence and energy.  Be mindful of the space that potential customers find comfortable so they don’t feel like you are hovering.  

Be approachable and ready to connect.  

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Klee was a multi passionate artist who studied art and the violin. He was in his 30’s before he focused on his art career. Even then, he changed his style often to defy categorization.  

He believed that creativity comes from beyond consciousness and that making art was a form of mediation. He said, “I paint in order not to cry.”  

Why do you create art? I’d love to know.  

Rothko’s striking color combinations are meant to be meditations. He wanted to create art church’s where people could look at art and pray.  

He said “I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions and the fact that lots of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I communicate those basic emotions. The people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience that I had when I painted them.  

Art has a spiritual effect on me. Does it affect you that way too?  

Let me know what you think.  

Agnes Martin painted in a minimalist style but considered herself an part of the abstract expressionist movement. She suffered from hallucinations, depression and was often hospitalized and eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.  

She used subtle color and meticulously drawn grids to create a calming effect. About her work she said “art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.  

Her work is also part of the Paul Allen billion-dollar art action at Christies later this month.