Advice to a young Artist who has had a little success.

“What should I do now?”

Look for a good commercial Gallery to represent you.

If you have had a few good shows and good sales and there was very good press reports, these should get you interviews with good Galleries. A few good shows and you get their attention.

You should join some like minded Artist groups and get involved in group shows getting yourself before strangers who may like your work and buy and become your collectors.

Donate a painting to charity where your name will be published and again get before collectors who often support charity events.

As a young Artist you need to use your initial successes to build your future career, not get looked away painting in your studio and ignore any momentum you may have.

There is no easy way to the top of the Art World, it is hard work.

Yes you need talent, but you will also need a ton of self belief and you will need to work harder than everyone else and never give up and you definitely need to be noticed, get attention.

Obscurity is death to Artists.

Young Artist get noticed, get attention and capitalise on the first successes.

You are only as good as your last exhibition.

You will need to market yourself and your paintings on social media and get peoples attention especially collectors.

Many Artist I advise get upset when I tell them that, but the truth is if the collector sees you and likes you, then they will like your work, it is just human nature and the collector will want to be your friend. Not go out to dinner with you but every time he sees you he expects you to talk to him, be friendly and tell him all you are doing with your art.

Collectors love to connect, to be close to their Artists, to be in the know. They are spending their hard earned money on you so give back it pays off in the long haul.

Lastly as an Artist, play the long game, its not about selling a painting to a person, its about selling paintings for a life time to many people.