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Blasting off to Planet ART SNOBBY

                       "Remix Grotto"
2020 is just around the bend and I've slowly been laying some groundwork to elevate my business and the worth of my art. Meaning that my originals will be worth more for my collectors and therefore a better "investment". I'm sure most of my collectors just wanted the art because they loved it- but there have been at least two cases that I know of that my art got "flipped" or resold to other collectors.
At any rate it's time to be a professional now. I've been a professional freelance artist for nine years now and its time to do the adulting thing. Raise prices, invest more in my business and self, hunt viable opportunities and increase my value.
I have teamed up with Artistic Transfer LLC located in the World Trade Center and they will be spearheading the sales of certain "collections" in the giclee and fine art printing realm. Their scans of my work are PHENOMENAL and I'm pleased with my investment.
They also included me in the Jane Seymour exhibit and will be marketing me to their clientele.
So what does this mean in plain English?
They will be providing the highest quality reproductions of my work in print form- canvas, paper, giclees, etc and they will be LIMITED EDITION and come with certificate of authenticity like professional works should.
This also means my originals cannot cost less than my prints so....prices will be set accordingly and proper to their worth which makes all fair and square and lovely for whoever collects it.
I've been discounting myself for way too long and am way beyond selling $40 originals. 😳😣
So even though I jokingly say Im being ART SNOBBY its really just me getting the going rate for my skill and experience. Cost of living has gone up and so must everything else.
So as I don my new fancy eyeballs that make me look like an ADULT, Im also putting on my adulting panties and jumping up into the really real world. 
I'm also going to be launching my YouTube channel this year and getting to know Patreon and finding new supporters and art patrons. The internet is vast and wide and complicated and there is much to learn and do-but looking forward to figuring it out and creating a sustainable art life for myself. 
I hope everyone gets their due UPGRADES in the coming year.
WE ARE WORTH IT.
❤
You can view and purchase my new limited edition collection of giclees here. Select ORIGINALS are still available through me-expect price increase to be effective Jan 1, 2020.
Collect ORIGINALS here

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