I don’t really make resolutions, but yesterday I decided something. I haven’t sold a painting since April and I’m at a point financially where, after I finish the painting I’m working on and the ACEOs/ATCs, I have no money for canvases to create new work and since that’s the case, I must be doing something wrong or what I have been doing simply doesn’t work anymore.

The fact of the matter is that I have an audience and my audience has seen my paintings and I think everyone who’s going to buy a painting already has, or at least there has been plenty of opportunity for them to and no one has so that tells me maybe it’s time to show my paintings to a new audience and see if I do any better.

So, despite my misgivings about the site, I’ve decided to actually use the Etsy shop I registered like, almost 3 years ago, and I’ve just listed all of my paintings there. When the ACEOs are finished, I’m going to list them there as well.

I realize that a lot of people simply don’t have the money to buy paintings and I totally understand, but something you could do to help me out that’s free is that if you have an Etsy account, you could heart/favourite my shop and that would help me with my “street cred” on the site.

I figure I have basically nothing to lose by listing things on Etsy, so I might as well give it a try & see what happens. If anyone has any Etsy tips, I’d love to hear them because I have no idea wtf I’m doing.

Thanks and Happy New Year!