Big Fat Desperate Art Sale
Folks, times are tough for dreamers. I've been, um, 'between apartments' for the last few months and lordy, am I sick of it; about as sick as my friends are of seeing me on their couches.
To help remedy this, I am having a huge original art sale. All comics and prints will be regular price; however, there will be discounts for orders of more than one item.
Why just have a sale on original art?
Essentially, original art is time. Lots and lots and lots of time; with some but not much physical overhead (unless you count the $30,000 in student loans). Many of my pieces, in particular the watercolor ones, take over 50 hours to complete. If you've ever though 'shit, original art is expensive. What do artists think we are, chumps?' consider this:
An artist spends 80 hours on a piece (I have clocked this amount). The piece is offered in a gallery for $1000. The piece sells. Standard gallery fee (every gallery ever) is 50%, so they get $500. Artist gets $500. That means the artist has been earning $250 for each 40 hour week; or $6.25 an hour- not including time spent getting the piece into the show to begin with.
Why am I telling you all this? Because I am hoping you understand that when I say it's a sale..It's a ding-dang bad-business-practices sale.
Im going to list prices here, instead of on Etsy, because maybe-maybe someone will find it in their hearts to, ahem, donate a little more to the 'Help-Meredith-Not-be-Homeless' fund.
Details: All sizes are approximate, links point to larger Flickr photos. Donate button at the bottom will take you to paypal- please indicate which piece you are buying. Please Ad $15 for shipping and allow awhile because, well, I have to get them out of storage.
From top left:
Night Quarry 30"x15": $250
Lady In the Fronds 30"x15": $225
Greenwash: 11"x14": $100
HitchHiker: 20"x15" $200
Still: 11x14 $200
Heartbrush 15x20 $125
404: 10x20 $100
Philophobia: 15x20 $100
Folk Music: 20x30(ish) $125
Daydreaming: 15x25 $175